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No Matter how our lives may twist, turn and overlap, they all fit together as part of a magnificent whole. No beginning. No end. Just one of God's creations. |
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| We are all the Church. The Church is not a
hierarchy, not a building, not an organization. The Church is
us. If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it. (1 Corinthians 12:26-27) It's up to each of us to use our God-given talents and resources to preach the Good News, to teach what we know, to minister to all. If you have an interest in donating your time, talents, or resources to St. Patrick's Parish Community, please call the Parish Office at (253) 383-2783. |
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| As each one has received a gift, use it to serve
one another as good stewards of God's varied grace. (1 Peter
4:10) Who is a Christian disciple? One who responds to Christ's call, follows Jesus, and shapes his or her life in imitation of Christ's. Who is a Christian steward? One who receives God's gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others, and returns them with increase to the Lord. Genesis tells us that God placed the first human beings in a garden to practice stewardship there - 'to cultivate and care for it' (Gn. 2:15). The world remains a kind of garden (or workshop, as some would prefer to say) entrusted to the care of men and women for God's glory and the service of humankind. In its simplest yet deepest sense, this is Christian stewardship ... Excerpted from Stewardship: A Disciple's Response, ©1993 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops If you have an interest in serving the Parish by volunteering your time, talents, or resources, please call the Parish Office at (253) 383-2783. |
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