Fish dinners return at St. Patrick Church in Hubbard after 5 years
HUBBARD, Ohio (WKBN) — Parishioners of a local church are happy to be back serving the weekly dinners during the 2025 Lenten season.
The anticipation has been building at St. Patrick Church in Hubbard to kick off its Lenten Friday Fish Dinners.
'We're really looking forward to having a great night tonight,' said Deacon John Bartos. 'We have baked fish, we have fried fish and we also have Italian fish.'Parishioners spent Friday morning packaging coleslaw and applesauce.
'It's work but it's fun, it's always made fun,' said parishioner Anne Schur.
Meanwhile, Paul Zuzik prepared the dumpling dough for his homemade haluski in the church's new kitchen.
'Everyone else boils noodles. We don't do that. We look to set ourselves apart a little bit,' Zuzik said. It's been five years since the church has been able to offer these weekly lenten meals after it was halted mid-season in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A fire at the church the following year closed the parish building until renovations were completed last March.
'We put all our faith and all our trust in God and we're not afraid and we keep moving forward to here we are today — the family of God all together,' Bartos said.
Volunteers have spent the last few days preparing for the meals once again and are excited to be offering fish dinners this lent.
'This is all just really wonderful. Thank god that we can do this,' Schur said.
The Lenten Friday meals at St. Patrick's are served from 4 to 7 p.m. It even offers full-service sit-down dinners for folks who dine in.
Money raised from the fish dinners goes to support the church and its ministries.
'It's much more than just a fish dinner to us — it's bringing back our whole community,' Bartos said.
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