Mass Times:

Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday 7:30, 9:30 11:30 a.m.

Daily Mass  Tues-Fri 11:30 a.m.


705 Main St., Cedar Falls, Iowa

(319)  266-3523     

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Social Justice

Social Justice

Please contact the committee members or call the parish office...

Birthright

  • Birthright offers an alternative to abortion by providing caring, non-judgmental support to girls and women who are distressed by an unplanned pregnancy. Birthright services are free, absolutely confidential and available to any woman regardless of age, race, creed, economic or marital status.


  • Birthright's philosophy is that "It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth, and the right of every child to be born."


Contact: Birthright at 277-2000

Catholic Worker House


  • Members of our parish donate food, serve and dine with the residents of the Catholic Worker House, 321 E 8th Street, Waterloo once a month on an "on-call" basis.


Contact: Kristin Woods at 240-1948

Community Meals

To help those in need, church volunteers in our area join together to provide a meal once a week at the First United Methodist Church at 8th and Washington Streets. The meals are offered every Tuesday (except for the first Tuesday of the month).


St. Patrick is responsible for donating, preparing, serving, and cleaning up on the second Tuesday each month. The participants look forward to the social evening, nourishing food, fun, and fellowship.


The link below will take you to our SignUp Genius site, where you can see what what we need for the next Community Meal.

Contact: Barb Bitterlie 319-464-8511 or Cathy Hartz at 319-231-5569
  • Everyone faces challenges and sometimes a little assistance is needed during times of accident, illness, or other losses. The loving response that we can provide may ease the trouble for another. 


  • Perhaps you could prepare and deliver a complete meal to a family, act as an emergency care giver or provide transportation to a doctor or dentist appointment.


Contact: If you could potentially help on "short term" notice, call Rita Grimm at 277-8489 for more information.


Crisis Response

Home-Bound Visitation


  • We are looking for more volunteers to be part of our homebound ministry. You would take Communion to residents of care facilities. We have restarted this important ministry which had to be put on hold during the pandemic. If interested, please contact the parish office at (319) 266-3523.


  • How does it work? Volunteers from the parish are individually matched with elderly or otherwise shut-in members of the parish. The volunteers are expected to visit and socialize with their partner at least once a week. The visit can be as simple as talking, or it may involve sharing a meal, playing cards, or sharing a common interest.


  • The visit provides a link between the individual and the parish, promotes Christian fellowship, and provides a much needed opportunity for socializing.


  • If you have a family member who is homebound or in a care facility and would like to receive Communion, please call the parish office. We will work with you and the care facility to distribute Communion to your loved one.


Contact: Deacon Al Weber at 266-3523

Matthew 25 Food Pantry

  • The Matthew 25 Food Pantry, which is part of our St. Patrick Church Outreach Office, provides healthy food, personal care items, and household items to those in need throughout our Cedar Falls/Waterloo community. We serve approximately 100-125 individuals each month; roughly a third of them are children. Please call 319-266-3523 to schedule your appointment to receive a food box. Clients can visit our emergency food pantry once a month as the need persists. We accommodate special dietary needs whenever possible. All in need are welcome. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.


  • Staff and volunteers maintain our Matthew 25 emergency food pantry to help our neighbors during times of struggle and crisis. Our food pantry is open twice a week, year-round. We are always accepting donations of shelf-stable foods, personal care items, and household items to distribute when the need arises. The following items may be donated at the St. Patrick Parish Office (located at 705 Main St, Cedar Falls; enter through the door marked Office/Commons) or may be placed on the Social Justice table in the Link Hallway:

 

  • peanut butter and jelly 
  •   pancake mix and syrup 
  •   bags or boxes of pasta and rice
  •   instant potatoes and stuffing mix
  •   spaghetti and sauce
  •   mac and cheese
  •   chunky soups and crackers
  •   personal hygiene items 
  •   laundry detergent and dish detergent
  •   toilet paper and paper towels


  • Money donated to our Matthew 25 Food Pantry is used to make food purchases from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, purchase food pantry supplies like thermometers and cleaning supplies, and occasionally personal care items and household items to round out the donations we receive for the blessing bags we make to donate to those experiencing homelessness in the Cedar Valley every Advent and Lenten season. 


  • Hours of Operation:  Mondays 9 AM to 12 PM and Thursdays 1 PM to 4 PM.


Please call 319-266-3523 to make an appointment. Voicemail messages are returned during the Matthew 25 hours posted above. We are closed on any holidays or inclement weather days that the parish office is closed.


If you have donation questions or you'd like to volunteer, please contact: 

 

Cindy

Outreach Coordinator

pastoralcare@saintpatrickcf.org




Nursing Home Ministry

  • St. Patrick volunteers provide refreshments and plan entertainment for the residents.
  • Eucharistic Ministers are needed to distribute Communion each week.

Contact: Deacon Al Weber at 266-3523


Prison Ministry

  • St. Patrick Social Concerns would like to begin a Prison Ministry to address the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women and children, their families and those who work in the prison environment.

Contact: Tim Boller at 277-8149


Parish Twinning Program

  • The Social Concerns Committee oversees the support St. Patrick Church provides to our sister Parish, St. Jean Bosco, located in Cap Haitian, Haiti. St. Patrick Parish provides financial support from the World Responsibility Fund.
  • We participate in the “Twinning” program, which matches up Catholic parishes in the United States with needy parishes in Haiti. Haiti is predominantly Catholic and is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 
  • Get involved by joining the committee, donating funds earmarked for teacher salaries, or donating funds/supplies for the medical clinic. Members of our parish have made visits to John Bosco. Check out the Haiti display in the link hallway and visit our Sister Parish page.

Contact: The Parish Office 266-3523


Social Concerns Collection

  • The 2nd Sunday of every month, cash in excess of $200 collected during the Offering at each Mass is earmarked for the Social Concerns Committee. Each month, the Committee designates a local agency, group or cause to receive the money from this collection.
  • Past recipients include Operation Threshold, Habitat for Humanity, Birthright and the Catholic Worker House.

Contact: Tim Boller at 277-8149


World Responsibility Fund

  • Each fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) the parish tithes a certain amount of money from the parish budget to be donated to worthwhile projects to help the needy in the United States and throughout the world.
  • Approximately half of the money budgeted is donated to John Bosco Parish, our sister parish in Haiti. The remaining funds are donated to projects designated by the Social Concerns Committee, subject to the pastor's approval.

Contact: Tim Boller at 277-8149

 


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