Old St. Pat's Podcast

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Old St. Pat's Podcast episodes

July 01, 2025 Odd Couples, Holy Mission - Fr. Ed Foley 6.29.25
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20 min
June 29, 2025Music Series: A Place at the Table, Receive Who You Are, I Am The Bread of Life 6.29.25
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir
The featured songs today are:
A Place at the Table
Receive Who You Are
I Am The Bread of Life
9 min
June 24, 2025 A Field Hospital of Hope - Fr. Pat McGrath 6.22.25
Are you ready to take control of your money and build the financial future you deserve? Join Start Smart Finance co-founders for a Financial Fitness Workshop for Young Adults today, Tuesday, June 24th, from 7 to 8:30 PM at Fellowship Hall, 625 West Adams in Chicago. Whether you’re looking to budget better, save smarter, or tackle debt, this free event is here to help you thrive. Register by Friday, June 20th. Free parking is provided. Let’s get financially fit — together! For more info, visit: https://osp.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/1120/responses/new
This Pride month, join LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies for an evening of prayer. The event will take place on Monday, June 23rd at 6:30 pm at Old St. Patrick’s Church. Through music, scripture and reflection, we will offer space for shared prayer during this special time. No matter where you are in your journey of faith, know you are invited and welcome here as beloved children of God. This event is presented by Old St. Mary’s and Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Scozzafave at [email protected].
Are you interested in connecting with your faith and others through music? Consider joining the music ministry at Old St. Pat’s. Partake in vibrant liturgies and concerts, expand your musical skills, and contribute your singing experience, all while being part of a tradition of great music in Chicago’s West Loop at Old St. Pat’s church. For more information, visit oldstpats.org/music-ministry.
16 min
June 22, 2025Music Series: Here I Am Lord, A Place At The Table, I Am For You 6.21.25
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir
The featured songs today are:
Here I Am Lord
A Place At The Table
I Am For You
13 min
June 17, 2025 Hearts Made Wide - Mike Merterharm 6.15.25
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the very things that bring you the deepest joy can also break your heart?
Today, we hear a special, heartfelt reflection from Mike Merterharm, a Father and a member of Old St. Pat’s.
In this episode, Mike reminds us that the heartbreak of parenting isn’t something to avoid, but a sacred stretching of the heart that deepens our capacity to love. Through this breaking open, we begin to grasp the truth of the Gospel—knowing we are never alone, but held by a God who understands love and loss, and still offers us hope.
10 min
June 15, 2025Music Series: Living Spirit Holy Fire, Diverse In Culture Nation Race, Go Be Justice 6.15.25
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir
The featured songs today are:
Living Spirit, Holy Fire
Diverse In Culture, Nation, Race
Go, Be Justice
10 min
June 10, 2025 A Church That Heals - Fr. Pat McGrath 6.8.25
Have you ever longed for a place where your soul feels at home — where faith isn’t just practiced, but lived with joy, purpose, and healing?
That’s the vision we’re stepping into here at Old St. Pat’s. Rooted in the love of the Holy Spirit — we are embracing a renewed mission. To be a church that welcomes and a church that heals. A field hospital, as Pope Francis reminds us — out in the world, tending to one another with compassion and courage.
Old St. Pat’s has always been a place where people from near and far find hope, kinship, and belonging. But now, we feel the Spirit calling us deeper — to live our faith more boldly, to be a beacon of healing in a fractured world, and to open our hearts in ways we never imagined.
So today, Father Pat McGrath asks for your prayers — that together, we may live out our renewed mission, all for the healing of the world we so desperately need right now.
20 min
June 08, 2025Music Series: Come Holy Spirit, In the Breaking of the Bread, One Bread One Body 6.8.25
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir
The featured songs today are:
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
In the Breaking of the Bread
One Bread One Body
14 min
June 03, 2025 Before We Breathed - Fr. Jack Wall 6.1.25
Have you ever wondered what it really means to be one with someone, to be connected in a way that shapes who you are?
Before we ever spoke a word or took a breath, we knew communion. We just didn’t know we knew it. We sat there in the womb — totally in communion with our moms — totally one, totally dependent. Our whole biological reality took shape through that oneness, that quiet, unseen nurture. That’s communion.
And the mystery is — that kind of communion never stopped. God is still forming us, still nurturing us into life through love, connection, and presence.
Today, Father Jack Wall explains that God is up to something beautiful in your life right now and invites us to have faith that something holy is being formed when we are in communion with God.
15 min
June 01, 2025Music Series: If Today, Could It Be, Spirit of Life 6.1.25
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir
The featured songs today are:
If Today
Could It Be
Spirit of Life
10 min

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Old St. Patrick's is a Roman Catholic community in Chicago's bustling West Loop neighborhood, founded by Irish Immigrants on Easter morning in 1846. Since then we have grown into a home to a…