St. Patrick's extends its prayers and congratulations to Fr. Zachary Romanovsky who was ordained to the priesthood on Friday evening by Archbishop Prendergast. May the Lord bless his ministry, and bless all of us through him!

In today's Gospel, Jesus gives His disciples - and us - a new commandment: "Love one Another". Good stewards who spend their time and talents in service to others are well on their way to fulfilling this commandment.

UPCOMING EVENTS
MOTHER'S DAY PROJECT - OUTREACH COMMITTEE
There is a box at the back of the church for this Sunday May 6th. We are collecting personal items for single mothers for the Parents Resource Centre on Uniacke Street. SUGGESTED ITEMS: shampoo, hand cream, body lotion, soap, toothpaste, deodorant, disposable razors... Thank you for your generosity! For more information: Carol Fenton, Michele O'Neill, Sr. Cecilia or Paul Carnell.

PRO-LIFE PRAYER VIGIL
Wednesday, May 9 (8 p.m. to 9 p.m.).Vigil starts near the VG hospital parking lot on South Park Street. More information, call: Campaign Life at 861-1982

BLUE NOSE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON (May 18-20) (involving 7,500 runners and walkers). This will affect our mass of May 20th. Please allow for extra travel time and parking.

WOMAN'S MAGNIFICAT BREAKFAST - A Spiritual Ministry to Catholic women. Saturday, May 26th (9 am to 12 noon, following the 8 am Mass in St. Agnes Church). St. Agnes Auditorium, Halifax. Guest Speaker: Kay Pelham. $7.00 tickets available from the Secretary at St. Pat's Rectory.

ADMIN COMMITTEE MEETING: 7:30 pm Monday, May 7 in St. Patrick's Hall ? FIRST COMMUNION GROUP following mass in Children's Liturgy Room.

FROM THE PASTOR
We will begin the process of amalgamation of St. Mary's and St. Patrick's parishes this week with a joint meeting of the Administrative Committees of the two parishes in St. Patrick's Hall on Monday. The purpose of the meeting will be to design a process by which the many issues needing to be attended to will be dealt with. These issues are not simply practical ones, but go to the heart of discerning and reformulating the missions of both parishes in the context of the objectives of 'Forward in Faith' throughout the Archdiocese. As we approach Pentacost I invite all to pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will give us wisdom in discernment, courage in action, and charity to bind together all our efforts. I refer you to the letter distributed with this bulletin.

Fr. Mabey