Saint Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish in the Diocese of Hartford, CT,  serving the communities of Canton, Avon, Burlington, New Hartford and our sister parish of Ste. Thérèse de L'Enfant Jesus in Lilavois, Haiti... read more

We’d Like to thank all of our current Parish Council members for all of their hard work and dedication to making St Patrick’s Church the best it can be.

Please help us welcome the new incoming members of the Parish council. There will be a special Installation Mass at 10am on June 3rd to induct all of our new members

From Our Pastor

If there is ever an occasion where you would like to draw particularly closer to Jesus, but cannot participate in Holy Mass (a weekday, a weekend when you are ill, when inclement weather truly prevents you from going to Mass) you can still make a spiritual communion.

In the Eucharist, “unlike any other sacrament, the mystery [of communion] is so perfect that it brings us to the heights of every good thing: Here is the ultimate goal of every human desire, because here we attain God and God joins himself to us in the most perfect union.” Precisely for this reason it is good to cultivate in our hearts a constant desire for the sacrament of the Eucharist. This was the origin of the practice of “spiritual communion,” which has happily been established in the Church for centuries and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life. St. Teresa of Jesus wrote: “When you do not receive communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on you” [The Way of Perfection, Ch. 35].

Prayer for Spiritual Communion:

My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. 

 I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. 

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

If you or a loved one have a serious illness (physical or mental health), and likely will need the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick soon, DO NOT WAIT!  more....

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Fr. M. David Dawson

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