As Fr, Vien announced at Mass last week, we are very pleased to welcome Rev. Patrick Baikauskas, OP, as the new part-time Senior Associate Pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in St. Louis. Fr. Patrick will officially start his new duties as of July 1.
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Fr. Patrick is also the Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Evangelization at Aquinas Institute of Theology, and will continue in this role as he establishes a presence at SMOS. Fr. Patrick will continue to be in residence at the St. Dominic Priory on Lafayette Avenue.
At St. Margaret, Fr. Patrick will be a regular presider at Mass and the Sacraments, assist at the school, be a presence at our parish events and activities, work with our various ministries, and bring his own talents and charisms to our parish life.