During this season of Lent, please consider joining the Pastorate Lenten Book Club. This year we will be reading and reflecting on “Lent in Plain Sight” by Jill Duffield. The books are $10 each and may be purchased through the pastorate offices. Our weekly sessions will begin Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 pm in St. Charles Hall, Otterbein and continue through Holy Week. For more information, or to register, please email Bridget Schlebecker at bschlebecker@parish.dol-in.org or call the Pastorate Office at 765-884-1818.

Prayers Please! Our 15 Mexico Missioners will be building houses for needy Mexican families February 11th-18th. Please take a sombrero and pray for that person to have a safe, successful and spiritual experience. Prayers are greatly appreciated Pancake and Sausage Breakfast! Sunday, February 5 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at St. Patrick Parish Hall. Donations accepted. All proceeds to benefit the Mexico Mission Fund.

The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, through meditating upon the chief scenes of Christ’s sufferings and death. It has become one of the most popular devotions for Roman Catholics, and is often performed in a spirit of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during His Passion. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will discover some of the ways this beautiful devotion has evolved. Each parish is in need of someone who would be willing to lead the stations of the cross. Please contact Bridget Schlebecker at 765-884-1818 or register at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4cabab2aa6f8c34-lenten#/

MEXICO DATES: The next St. Patrick's Mexico Mission trip will be Feb. 11-18, 2023. Come join in making a difference in people's lives! Contact John Brost at 765-366-5329 or at jbrost60@gmail.com for more information. Limited to the first 21 people.

Letter from Bishop Doherty included in the March 12, 2023 bulletin.