Dear Parish Family,

We are pleased to offer our July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 financial report. This past year we welcomed 12 new families to our parish. We also welcomed Fr. Gary J. Malin as our Senior Parochial Vicar in August 2025, Fr. Sean Neville as our Parochial Vicar in June 2026, Benjamin Baratian as our seminarian intern for this year, and bid farewell to Fr. Fabian Han at the end of June 2026 as he returned to his home country of South Korea. 

Needless to say, we have a full rectory! The new rectory at St. Mary’s was completed in August 2025 and houses the priests serving at St. Patrick’s and St. Mary’s. The new rectory has the capacity to house up to four priests and seminarians and has been a wonderful home providing prayer, rest, and fraternity for Fr. Gary, Fr. Sean, Ben, and me. It’s hard to believe the rectory just turned “one year old” this year (and yes, we celebrated with cake and a candle!). We also love spending time at the St. Patrick rectory which continues to provide a place of peace, prayer, and retreat for us as well as visiting priests and seminarians throughout the year.

Our Chinese Auction proceeds helped to fund the polishing and sealing of the church flooring this past year. We also spent capital funds on waxing the lower hall, pond maintenance, and a new fountain for the pond! We opened a new capital improvement investment fund to grow our cash reserves for future projects. 

St. Patrick’s continues to be a beacon of joy for our Thompson community as we gave away hundreds of hot dogs at the Fourth of July parade and gelato from Prima Dolce at the Thompson Square concert series. This year, we gave away “punny” handouts with our parish information to invite in anyone in our community looking for a Church to call home.

We are grateful for the participation of all of our parishioners in our ministries to welcome and provide hospitality to everyone who walks into our church doors, and to offer outreach to those in need. There’s always a need for more volunteers for our ministries, so please reach out if you would like to get involved in anything from our Welcome Ministry, Good Samaritan hospitality, Bereavement team, visiting the sick and homebound, community events or outreach, youth ministries, arts & environment, or a liturgical ministry. There’s something for everyone!

Thank you very much for your continued investment in our parish and ministries! I am grateful to the Lord for all He is doing in our midst, and to all of you, our parish families, for your support and engagement to make our parish a place of joyful encounter with the Lord!

I am yours in Christ,

Fr. Scott Goodfellow