St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Winthrop, IA

06/11/2026

06/10/2026

2026 Totus Tuus
A Summer Catholic Youth Program held June 21st - 26th @ St. Athanasius for students entering grades 1st -12th this Fall!

Day Program is for students entering 1st - 6th grade. Day program is June 22-26 from 9:00am - 2:30pm at the St. A's campus. Registration fee is $60 per child, with a max of $170 for 3+ children in the same family (grade 1-6). Lunch & snacks will be provided.

Evening Program is for students entering 7th - 12th grade. Night program is June 21-25 from 6:30 - 8:45pm at the St. A's campus. Registration fee is $20 per teen, with a max of $50 for 3+ teens in the same family (grade 7-12). Dinner will be provided.

Registration Link: https://giving.myparishsoft.io/App/Form/7252df62-13fa-44ac-b2a4-712488165575

T-shirt Link: https://1800tshirts.chipply.com/TotusTuus?action=viewall&apid=25449692&acid=2482766

06/09/2026

EFT Opportunities....
We have many ways you can contribute to your individual parish. Besides bringing your envelope to church or mailing it to our office, you can consider automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings account. This option is available for both St. John’s and St. Patrick’s. If you are interested in EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer), please contact the parish office at 319-334-7191.

06/08/2026

Mini Explanation —
Gratitude pays a kind of “moral debt.” Children owe it to their parents; citizens owe it to their country. The Eucharist is the most perfect act of gratitude, wherein God is acknowledged as the source of all good.

Gratitude, Explained!
How many of us have been told to “be grateful” when we look a little glum? But the truth is that gratitude is about more than just attitude. This virtue concerns our actions — how we carry ourselves in the world, how we behave toward other people, and how we submit to lawful authority.

“Gratitude answers to the moral debt,” St. Thomas Aquinas writes (Sum., II:II, 106, Art. 1). We owe gratitude to those who have cared for us — children owe it to their parents in the form of respect (CCC 215) and citizens owe it to their country in the form of love and service (CCC 215).

The Eucharist is the most perfect act of gratitude. Appropriately, Jesus “gives thanks” for the bread at the Last Supper, just as we give thanks before the Eucharist — acknowledging God as the principal source of all that is good.

©LPi

06/07/2026

Readings for the week of June 7, 2026
Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58
Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1-6/ Ps 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8/Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16/ Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8/Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39/ Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab and 8, 11/Mt 5:17-19
Thursday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 (580)/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13/Mt 5:20-26
Friday: Dt 7:6-11/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30
Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21/Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10/Mt 5:33-37
Next Sunday: Ex 19:2-6a/Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5/Rom 5:6-11/Mt 9:36-10:8

06/06/2026

Journey in Faith: Interim Mass Schedule

The Interim Mass Schedule for the Independence Area Pastorate is included as a bulletin insert this weekend. The Interim Mass Schedule will be in place from July 15, 2026 through January 15, 2027. This interim schedule will provide an opportunity to thoughtfully evaluate the needs of the pastorate and discern the need for any further adjustments. We encourage everyone to approach these coming months with openness, prayer, and a willingness to allow the schedule time to work before conclusions are drawn. We are grateful for the patience, flexibility, and prayerful support of our parish communities during this transition.

06/05/2026

MARRIED COUPLES -
Would you like to relive the excitement, romance and passion from your honeymoon? Rekindle that spark on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. For more information call 563-920-9419 or you can sign up at wwme.org. Upcoming dates are October 9-11, 2026 in Epworth, Iowa and February 12-14, 2027 in Dubuque, Iowa.