We are St. Patrick’s African Catholic Community. As the gospel of Luke affirms to us: “And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.” - Lk 13:29. We are from a diverse and multicultural background brought together by the Catholic faith. Through the outreach ministry, St Patrick’s has welcomed and touched the lives of many immigrants from Africa. Likewise, we have over the years enriched the parish community life by participating in the Liturgy and other parish ministries. The outreach mass on the 5th Sundays of the month over the years allowed us to share our faith through singing at Mass. The diversity of the African culture is represented by countries including, but not limited to, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

On October 2nd, 2018, the first meeting of parishioners of African descent was convened in the presence of Fr. Josef Vollmer-Konig for the sole purpose of organizing and uniting in building the Body of Christ at St. Patrick’s. We strive for continued participation in the way of life at St. Patrick’s. We ordinarily meet on every 3rd Sunday of the month after the 12:00 Mass at the parish center. Due to COVID-19, the meetings are now through Zoom on 3rd Sundays of the month at 2:00 PM. We have since volunteered hundreds of hours towards charity, school and other parish events. We are sharing our gifts by being part of the choir, proclaimers of the Word, ushering, ACTS community, parish council, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, charismatic ministry and Knights of Columbus. For the first time, we participated in the Christmas carols during December of 2019. We work closely with the refugee outreach program and offer guidance to new members seeking to assimilate at St Patrick’s and welcome back those who are returning to the faith. Most importantly, we bring a cultural enrichment to our faith community while focusing on the one thing that binds us together – Faith in One God.

Please contact Albert Mona at 972-841-7124 or albert.mona@gmail.com 

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

- Saint Thomas Aquinas