St Patrick Fathers Chicago

12/12/2025

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, pray for us. 🙏🌹✝
On this feast day, we honour the blessed Mother who appeared to St Juan Diego with a message of love, protection, and hope. ❤
May Our Lady cover us with her mantle, guide our steps, and bring peace to all who seek her intercession. ✝

(Photo: Fr Lawrence Lew, OP. This stained glass window is in the Poor Clares chapel in Tonopah, AZ, USA.)

12/10/2025

Africa Magazine - St. Patrick's Missionary Society

☺️✨Our covers this year.🌟💚 Thank you so much to all our supporters and subscribers for your ongoing encouragement and generosity. 🙏🙏Your continued support helps us share inspiring stories and bring hope to communities around the world.🕊❤

11/19/2025

We share uplifting news from Fr Livinus Onogwu in Kenya:✨ 😊 🕊 🙏
We are grateful to God for the gift of our newly admitted eight Kenyans into St Patrick's formation. They come from the dioceses of Bungoma, Kisii, Wote, Kitale and Mombasa. They will start their formation journey in January 2026 at our Nakuru Formation House. 🏡 The renovation of Nakuru Formation House is now completed. Fr Innocent Olise and Fr Johnson Ovat will be their Formators. We wish them well as we continue to pray that the Lord of the harvest will send more fine young men into his missionary vineyard. 🙏🙏

11/19/2025

The December issue of Africa is out now!😁👏
Use this link to see our website for a flavour of the articles this edition: https://www.spms.org/africa-current-issue
As we approach the end of the year, I wish a very happy and peaceful Christmas to all our readers! Thanks for your support throughout 2025. ❤️ Happy reading!

07/17/2025

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05/11/2025

Mother’s Day prayer!
Dear God, we thank you for the gift of mothers, for their Love, Guidance, and Care. Please bless them with Your Grace, Strength, and Wisdom as they continue to nurture and support their families. Surround them with Your Love and Peace, and let them know how deeply they are appreciated and cherished.
In Jesus name, we pray.
Amen.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.
-Fr. Mick Madigan & Fr. Michael Moore
St. Patrick Fathers Chicago

05/08/2025

Habemus Papam: Pope Leo XIV

05/05/2025

Dear Friends,

We would like to take a moment to thank everyone who helped with our Annual 2025 Dinner Dance and Grand Raffle. We would especially like to thank our table holders, raffle sellers and all who donated towards/attended our event. Without all of you, we would not be able to continue our Missionary Work.

Attached, you will find a list of this years winners.
Once again, thank you to all who supported this event.

God bless you.
Fr. Mick Madigan & Fr. Michael Moore
St. Patrick Fathers Chicago

10/21/2024

Our November issue of Africa Magazine is out now!

The November edition of the Africa magazine is out now!
Some of the articles you will find in it:
Fr John Joyce introduces us to the English Jesuit poet and convert, Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, who in his writings celebrates the uniqueness of every person: ‘Christ plays in ten thousand places’.
Anne Cowley continues her series The Hare’s Corner with a very enlightening piece on the tremendous contribution old walls make to promoting biodiversity. You will never look at an old wall in the same way again after reading Anne’s article!
Fr Eamonn Hayden tells the story of an altar which has been in the possession of the Society for decades, that originated in a castle. It is an interesting story tracing family and Society roots.

​There are many more articles for you to enjoy.
Thanks to all our readers for your continued interest and support. Happy reading!

10/21/2024

Mission Sunday 2024 🙏