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Saint Patrick Catholic Church
​Photos


Family BINGO Night - Saturday, February 25, 2023
Catholic Diocese of Peoria Traveling Monstrance
Monday, February 27th at St. Patrick, Wapella
6:30-7:30 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration


​​Harvest Breakfast Raffle Winners - November 7, 2022

​$100 Amazon Gift Card - Dick Schmid, ​Teresa Daugherty
$100 Toohill Beef Gift Certificate - Barry Clesson, Mary Whitted
Sunday, August 28, 2022 - Annual Parish Cookout / Picnic

​Eucharistic Procession
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
June 19, 2022
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MAY CROWNING
Sunday, May 8, 2022

Jacob Sterr
Jessie Wertz
​Jack Shipley
(carrying pillow w/ crown)
First Communicants from May 1st:
- Layla Crow
- Michael Whitted
- Hannah Ashbeck
(not present - Charlotte Switzer)

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First Communion - Sunday, May 1, 2022
Hannah Ashbeck, Layla Crow, Michael Whitted, Charlotte Switzer
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LIVESTREAM HERE. 

Confirmation - Sunday, May 1, 2022
Cathedral in Peoria with Bishop Lou, Father Horton and Deacon Todd
Timmy Romer (St. Joseph), 
Kyra Denning (St. Kateri Tekakwitha), Alex Maas (St. Sebastian), Aiden Toohill (St. Andrew). 
LIVESTREAM HERE.

​Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Father Horton's "fjord" photo of St. Patrick Church

​Thursday, February 3, 2022
Father Horton's drone flight at St. Patrick
​after 2 days of snow
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​December 19, 2021 - Decorating the Church for Christmas
time-lapse video by Fr. Geoff Horton

​Harvest Brunch - Sunday, November 7th, 2021
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Fr. Geoff Horton was sworn in as Pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Wapella by Fr. Dustin Schultz (Vicar of the Bloomington-Lincoln Vicariate) at 5:00pm Mass on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.


​May Crowning - Sunday, May 9th, 2021

Corbin Swofford, Madelyn Rutherford, Kayla Sterr, Jacob Sterr
Congratulations to Madelyn Rutherford and Corbin Swofford!
First Holy Communion Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
February 2021
New Saint Michael the Archangel statue
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First Holy Communion and
Brown Scapular Enrollment with Father Geoff Horton

Special Masses on August 5th and 9th, 2020 only for First Communicants and their families.
​August 5th  (photos below)
Clare Braden
​August 9th  (left to right in photo)
Samantha Trost
Addison Troha
Cole Ferrie
Abelin Munoz

Kaylee Whitted


​​Saturday, July 11, 2020
Parishioner Nicole (Nikki) Sheppard received the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion

4:00pm Mass - St. John the Baptist Church, Clinton
Pictured below - Nicole (second from left) with
 her sponsor, Mary Walsh (far left - parishioner at Sacred Heart, Farmer City);
Father Jim Henning (seated center); Deacon Pat Comfort (near song board); Deacon Todd Weber (
far right).
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​New Septic System for the church, hall and rectory - installed July 7th-9th
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October 30, 2019 - cistern lid collapsed under parish dumpster

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - Move in Day for Father Horton
​Saturday Evening Mass, Dinner & Family Bingo - Saturday, February 22, 2020
​​Friday, August 23, 2019
Parish Visit to Peoria to Honor ​Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
​Sunday, August 18, 2019 - Parish Cookout Indoors
​Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Father Henry Ogu's Farewell
Sunday, May 5, 2019 - First Holy Communion
Father Jeffrey Stirniman, Teacher Isaac Ferrie 
Camden Denning, Kaylee Moser, Alexis Munoz, Alex Romer, Karli Shelmadine
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April 7, 2019 - Confirmation at The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Jessie Wertz, Brooke Monteggia, Aubrey Fink, Jacob Sterr, Braden Denning, Collin Koch, Lauren Toohill
​and Bishop Daniel Jenky
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Our young men who Confirmed in April
attending the May 5 Celebration Brunch...
Collin Koch, Braden Denning, Jacob Sterr 
Friday, November 2, 2018 - All Souls Day
Saint Patrick Cemetery
Sunday, August 26, 2018 - Annual Parish Picnic
Due to high heat / humidity and no bathroom access at Wapella Park, event was moved to the parish hall.
Photos by Kristin Fink
Sunday, May 27, 2018 - Sacraments of Initiation
Frank Slayback received the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion and his grandson, Benjamin Farrell, was Baptized. Frank's sponsor was Tom Harris with his wife, Karen.  Benjamin's Godparents are his grandparents, Frank and Jackie. 
Benjamin's parents are Ben and Jenee Farrell who reside in Louisiana.  
 Welcome to the Church, the Body of Christ!
​Sunday, April 29, 2018 - ​First Holy Communion
Deacon Todd Weber, Fr. Jeffrey Stirniman, Teacher Isaac Ferrie
​Ben Maas, Keegan Troha, Matthew Rutherford Jr., Carolena Ferrie, 
Jayce Moser
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 - Easter Vigil
Libby Johnson received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy Communion.  She's pictured below with
her fiancé and sponsor, Jacob Jording (left) and Deacon Todd Weber (right) at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Clinton. 
Last picture is the Rite of Election in Peoria - Sunday, February 18, 2018.
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Diocesan High School Youth Rally - "Spirit Lead Me"

Claire Martens, Aubrey Fink, Kayla Sterr, Victor Szymkiewicz

Saturday, February 10, 2018​
Mardi Gras BINGO
Dcn Todd & Kim; Father Stirniman (masked)
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​Friday, November 3 - Sunday, November 5, 2017
Dio
cesan High School Retreat - "Abide in Me"

Claire Martens, Victor Szymkiewicz, ​Bryce Foffel and Rachel Maas attended from our parish.  ​Two linked parish  students joined us as well:  Susanna Angles
​(Historic St. Patrick) and Valerie Feldker (Holy Trinity). 

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - All Souls Day
Saint Patrick Cemetery
​October 2017
​Therese of Lisieux Statue Arrived from Spain
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September 2017
​Grotto Pavers and Statue Work

Sunday, August 20, 2017 - Annual Parish Picnic
​Wapella Park
​Sunday, April 30, 2017 - ​First Holy Communion
Justin JJ Droke, Father Dustin Schultz, Kevin Valencia
Caleb Troha, Braxton Denning, Audrey Toohill, 
Jacob Monteggia
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​May 2016 - May Crowning

Emma Wertz and Audrey Toohill
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