We would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You to every member of our parish and community who joined us for our annual Parish Festival this past Saturday.  Thank you for coming, for smiling, for welcoming, for laughing, for singing, for dancing, for sharing your joy with us.  

We are so grateful, every day, to know you and call you neighbour and friend.

Please join us in thanking those who made this incredible evening possible:

To our Knights of Columbus – who joyously served up 813 Hamburgers and Hot Dogs!  We specifically wish to thank Cathy Albrecht, Chris Albrecht, Ron Phillips, and Linda Phillips as they provided, prepared, and served the lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and cheese.  Finally, we are tremendously grateful to Barrie Herod for his leadership, his organization, and the incredible amount of work and time he contributed to make the evening possible.

To our Bibles and Brownies Ministry Team – who generously shared their time and talents decorating the booth, baking brownies, designing bible verse cards, handing out treats and witnessing to the value of this new ministry. We are so grateful for the many girls, leaders and participants alike, who made the event so special!

  Specifically, we would like to thank: Monica Whelton, Emma Whelton, Heidi Whelton, Eva Chow, Isabel Chow, Sophie Chow, Caroline Churko, Julia Jaskiewicz, Maeve Jaskiewicz, and Ammeliana Misceo.To our Face Painting Volunteers – who used their creative talent to make our festival colourful and bright. Their persistence and willingness to paint each kid’s face was greatly appreciated not just by kids and parents, but by every passer-by who got to see an especially vibrant smiling face.

To our Altar Servers – Thank you to all of those who manned the ice cream table.

To our CWL Ladies – Specifically, we would like to thank Lhu Florentino, Anna Shen, Paula North Valerie, Maria Damiani, Jane Michelis, Colette Parker and Margaret Herod for your time and efforts throughout the night to take care of the nearly 1,000 people who visited us.

To our Beer Garden team – Thank you so much to Raff Misceo, Marco D’Angelo and his assistant for their hard work and creative cocktails throughout the night.

To our Tech Team – Thank you to Joshua Valouche and Dylan D’Mello for their hard work assuring our sound worked well throughout the night and throughout the parish.

To our MC and Event Coordinator – Thank you to Emma Steele for the incredible amount of work and time put in to support this event, and to her lovely family for their support of everything that needed doing, arranging and thinking about.  The event truly could not have happened without you.

To our Alpha and Welcoming Team – Thank you to Krystal Howard for her time and help manning our recovery-team garage sale table.

To our Holy Grounds Team – Thank you to Sarah Powell, Claire Powell for taking care of all of the guests of Holy Grounds during the event, running the kitchen and cafe.

To our Catechists – We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our Catechists of the Good Shepherd Andrea Powell and Kristina McBride for your joyful presence in the Atrium during our Parish Festival this past weekend and  leading the children through the scavenger hunt helped make the experience both meaningful and fun.

To the extra hands who just get everything done – Thank you to  Monica, Francis, Gerard and Randy Tabada, Michael Steele, Debbie & David Wheeler, and Ed for showing up early and staying late and doing everything that needed doing to make the event as great as it was.

To those who helped setup and clean up – We are so grateful to all who came and contributed their time and manpower to setup the event and then stayed to return our parish back to normal so we could begin again the next day following the festivities.

The heart of our parish breakfast is rooted in a simple yet powerful conviction: every individual matters—deeply and unconditionally—to our Father in heaven and to the community gathered here on earth. With this in mind, we extend an open invitation to all—whether you are a longtime parishioner, a new face in the pews, or someone we serve through our Food Rescue program. Our goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where every person feels truly seen, valued, and at home. 

Plan ahead to join us on Sunday, September 14th following the 9am and 11:15am Masses.

Breakfast is by donation.

Please join us after the 4:30pm Mass on Sunday, September 14th for an evening giveaway in the St. Patrick’s Parish School Gymnasium.  

Gates open at 5:45pm or when Mass lets out, which ever is later.

Donors this week include Food Bank on Wheels, Shoppers, Safeway Bakery, Starbucks and the Port Coquitlam Costco.

We ask that young people please enter with their parents / guardians and refrain from running or skirting around others into the gymnasium.  Our program invites people of all ages and abilities and we ask our guests to treat everyone with respect and care.

Please join us for this Fall Alpha course. 

Registration opening soon.  We hope you’ll join us!

September 17th at 6:30pm &
September 18th at 9am

Please save the dates and consider who you might bring for an enjoyable evening or morning of good conversation, good food, good company, and a lot of good thoughts.

Alpha at St. Patrick’s is an experience intended to immerse you and leave you glowing with a freshening of your spirit and your connection to God.  It takes an amazing team of incredible humans to make everything come together at each session so that when you join us, you truly can enjoy a meal, relax into the video, converse at length and deeply with fellow Alpha-explorers, feel welcomed, loved, and appreciated for all that you are and all that you bring with you.  

Over the next few weeks we would like to introduce you to our core leaders who guide and direct the evening and morning Alpha series here at St. Patrick’s.

Our team for the Fall 2025 Alpha Series is comprised of Mitch Ferraris, Krystal Howard, Mike Albrecht (Evening Alpha), and Shelly Head (Morning Alpha).  

Please welcome Shelly Head as part of our Alpha CORE team. Come and say ‘hi’ to her; she can help answer any Alpha related questions. Shelly will be present at the Alpha program on Thursday mornings.

Who are you, where are you from, how long you have been at St. Patrick’s. 

I am a child of God. I am from Amherstburg, Ontario and been a member of St. Patrick’s for 2 years.

Your favourite thing to do on a day-off?

I like to take day trips and explore the area, have coffee with a friend and spend time with my new grandson.

Why do you want to volunteer at Alpha?

I wanted to volunteer again at Alpha because I get to know people at a heart level.

Please tell us one guilty pleasure…

My guilty pleasure is reality TV, programs such as Amazing Race and Big Brother.