Community of St. Patrick's Church of Troy, NY

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Good afternoon St. Patrick’s Alumni Family and Friends. First off, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns that you have given me and my family. This year has defiantly been a challenging year for many people. Whether it be loneliness, grief, exhaustion, frustration, anxiety, anger, fear, physical wellbeing or the loss of love ones. However, we are all strong and our faith will guide us through these difficult times. Sometimes it will not be the... outcome that we have planned however keep in mind there may be a reason for that. The Bible tells us, For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). Lesli White wrote God has a perfect plan for us. He never does it all at once, just step by step because he wants to teach us to Walk by Faith not by sight. So, I hope and pray that you all can find peace through this holiday season and you are all in my thoughts and prayers. This year we will not be able to hold our Alumni Christmas Eve service and I will greatly miss you all. Hopefully soon things will settle down and we can get together in the spring. Below I have shared some church services that will be happening however in most cases you will have to register before hand to attend. So, I hope this information is helpful and on behalf of myself and my family I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! God Bless Father David Jones. St. Augustine Church, Troy NY, they will be having two masses on Christmas eve 4-5 pm and 8-9pm unfortunately the 4-5 services has been filled with 150 people. However, they will be live streaming the service. The 8-9 mass service has less than 100 seats left. So if you with to attend you may want to reserve you seats now. Christmas day service will be at 9-10am and there is also 100 seats left for that service. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044da5ab28a6fb6-christmas Our Lady of Victory Christmas Mass schedule will be as follows: Our Lady of Victory,Christmas Eve:2:00 PM, 6:00 PM; Our Lady of the Snow,Christmas Eve:5:30 PM; Our Lady of Victory, Christmas Day:9:45 AM. Please note that the 2:00 PM and the 9:45 AM will be live-streamed for anyone who wishes to participate virtually. All Masses will require advance reservation for Our Lady of Victory by calling the parish office at 518-273-7602 and for Our Lady of the Snow call Julie Darling at 518-421-5070. All Masses require masks and social distancing as usual. Further instructions may be required to assure the safety and well-being of our congregants https://www.olvols.org/. St. Anthony of Padua Church, Troy 2020 CHRISTMAS MASSES Thursday, December 24th CHRISTMAS EVE 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm (There is NO 4:30pm Mass this year) Friday, December 25th CHRISTMAS DAY 9:00am and 12:00pm Reservations are required for all Masses. https://parishes.rcda.org/stanthonyofpadua/

Good Evening St. Patrick's Alumni family and friends. We are reaching out to give you all an update on Father Jones. Father Jones is home from Rehabilitation Center and he is doing well. He and his family would like to thank everyone for the concerns and prayers.

Good Morning St. Patrick's Alumni Family and Friends, Father Jones has taken ill and is in Albany Med. We are requesting prayers. Father Jones and his family have been a foundation to our St. Patrick's Alumni family. He is not just our pastor he is our family. Family is the foundational unit of society. Family is our first ministry. They are people who are always with us and those we will spend the rest of our lives with. So lets all come together and Pray for Father Jones and his family. Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of Father Jones. Through him, we experience your presence in the sacraments. Help Father Jones to be strong through this difficult time. Grant him the strength to overcome and heal through these hard times. Lord God Hear our Prayers

Update on Fr. Jones. He is back home well and resting. Thank you for all the prayers for I’m sure they helped get him get through his illness experience.