Old St. Pat's Podcast

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Extraordinary Magic by Ben Rector The Lord Is Kind & Merciful How Great Thou Art

What are you giving up for Lent this year? Rather than forgoing the usual vices, what if we decided to find more ways to be humble over the next 40 days? In today's episode, Father Foley shares a beautiful personal story about visiting Pearl Harbor with his Mom & Dad that challenges us to overcome our differences, pain, and prejudices by humbling ourselves and allowing love, peace, and reconciliat...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By the Old St. Pat's Choir Today we are featuring a medley of songs that can be heard at our upcoming Broadway on Adams on May 18th, 19th, and 20th !  We hope you'll join us!  The songs in today's episode include: "You Can't Stop The Beat" from Hairspray "Bring Me To Light" from Jeanine Tesori's 1997 show, Violet "Sunday" from Sondheim's Sunday In T...

Today is Valentine’s Day, and it’s a great day to remember that if we are open to the possibilities, the power of love can transform our world. So in today’s episode, Father McGrath challenges us to see all as our brothers and sisters, expect more of ourselves, and remember that we are always called to more love. Happy St. Valentine’s Day from Old St. Pat’s!

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Today we are featuring a medley of songs that can be heard at our upcoming Broadway on Adams on May 18th, 19th, and 20th!  We hope you'll join us! From Now On - The Greatest Showman Seasons of Love - Rent Lullaby Details about the upcoming Broadway on Adams will be available in early May HERE .    

"Watch your step." "Look both ways when you cross the street." "Be careful; this plate is hot." These common phrases allow us to share information we have the privilege of knowing that another person may not know yet. It's our way of showing care for those around us so we can help each other throughout our day and limit any pitfalls or injuries. Who does something similar in your spiritual life? W...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Light the Fire How Can I Keep From Singing Lead Me, Guide Me

Have you ever found yourself moved to take action to help someone, your community, or our society at large, but then in the next moment, quickly doubt how your contribution would make any difference? This line of thinking that says, “I can’t do this, I have no power, I am only one person,” may even hold you back from doing anything. However, today, Father Pat McGrath reassures us that these though...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Today we are featuring an instrumental medley of songs that can be heard at our upcoming Wedding Music Fair on February 6th, 2023 , in the church!  OSP Wedding Music Fairs allow couples to hear the many talented and skilled cantors who sing for weddings, as well as a string quartet, trumpet, and Irish traditional instrumen...

It can be easy to get down and focus on the darkness on these cloudy, cold, dark days. And yet, we get through the winter by finding ways to give ourselves reminders that the sun is always brightly shining behind those clouds and spring will be here soon! Like with the weather, sometimes, the people around us can be going through a period full of emotional darkness, pain, and struggle, and it’s up...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Someday If You Believe & I Believe We Have A Dream

We are all familiar with the phrase, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Just like we need to open up the book and read the text to understand the content of its pages, we need to use this same wisdom when interacting with the people in our lives. Today, Father Foley helps improve our perception so that we can look past worldly labels and truly see the face of Christ among us.

On our spiritual journey, how do we know what to seek, and how do we know when we find it? Or what if we know what we are looking for but deliberately choose not to take action or are too afraid to begin the search? After hearing the story of the three magi who were seeking what was under the star of Bethlehem, we can look to them as examples. In this episode, Father Michael Simone gives us ways t...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: What Child Is This? Hark The Herald Angel Sing Gloria

New Year is a time to reflect on our past year and also a time to look toward the future! Typically, we may view this from the lens of our goals on what we achieved and would like to accomplish. But instead of focusing on resolutions, Father Shea encourages us in this episode to recall the times God was present in our lives in 2022 and use that as assurance that God will continue to be there for u...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Hail Mary / Gentle Woman Blessed One Ave Maria

Merry Christmas from Old St. Pat's!  Enjoy a special Christmas music episode!   The featured songs today are: Deck the Hall Silent Night by Harmony Hope & Healling Joy to the World

Today, enjoy an Advent Reflection entitled Voices from the Manger by Jack Shea. Jack is a storyteller, theologian, poet, author of over twenty books, and a good friend to Old St. Patrick’s. In this episode, Jack invites us to seek out the deeper meanings of Christmas by considering what our Christmas trees and Creche figures would say to us if they were to speak aloud.

What’s your Christmas wish this year? When you start to dream about your wish, do you tend to back away and have doubts about it becoming a reality? Or do you begin to visualize it coming true? As we come toward the end of Advent, Father McGrath encourages us to lean into our dreams with faith!

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Happy Advent 2022!  Around the manger, all are welcome. Join the Old St. Pat's community this Advent and Christmas season by being present and prayerful. Please explore the resources and programming that will take place during the 2022 Advent and Christmas season.  Click here for more information. The featured songs today...

The time surrounding the holidays can be a time of reflection that has the potential to lead one down a path of self-doubt. Did I choose the right educational path? Am I on the right career path? Am I in the right relationship? These thoughts can become prison bars in a jail cell we create for ourselves. But today, Father Foley wants us to know that no matter what prison we might dwell in, there i...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Happy Advent 2022!  Around the manger, all are welcome. Join the Old St. Pat's community this Advent and Christmas season by being present and prayerful. Please explore the resources and programming that will take place during the 2022 Advent and Christmas season.  Click here for more information. The featured songs today...

The lights, the decorations, the music - the time leading up to Christmas is a time of wonder and awe! But if we are distracted, moving too fast, or focused on how we what things to go rather than being in the moment, we could miss the magic right in front of us. Today, Father Michael Simone explains that when we notice how Christ appears in our daily lives, we are in tune with God, which makes it...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Happy Advent 2022!  Around the manger, all are welcome. Join the Old St. Pat's community this Advent and Christmas season by being present and prayerful. Please explore the resources and programming that will take place during the 2022 Advent and Christmas season.  Click here for more information. The featured songs today...

The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: All of Me Soon And Very Soon I Will Lift My Eyes