Happy Birthday St. Patrick!

Today is the 120th anniversary of the church we've called home for the last 6 or 7 years, St. Patrick Catholic Church.

After Jude and I got married, we attended the Cathedral of the Incarnation for a while.  It's where we were married and it's where Jude had attended church in the past.  I had been really comfortable at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin, which is a small church, so the Cathedral was a little too big for me.  After I joined the Catholic church, we looked around and visited several Catholic churches before we discovered St. Patrick.  Almost immediately, we fell in love with St. Patrick and it's small but vibrant congregation.  We're there almost every Sunday.  John Patrick, Jude and I love our priest, Father David Perkin.

Last Sunday, we celebrated our church's 120th birthday.  Bishop David Choby held mass and gave the homily, which was a real treat.  St. Patrick's former priest, Father Eric Fowlkes was there, too.  It was a real treat to take communion from him again.  Nashville's mayor, Karl Dean, and his wife sat in the front row.  He read a proclamation at the end of Mass, which was a nice touch.

John Patrick warmly greeted Bishop Choby after Mass, which made us smile.  All around, it was just a really special event, one we were blessed to be a small part of.