Saint Mary of the Assumption - News Posts
Look with favor on your people, Lord, we pray, and pour out upon them the gifts of your Spirit, that they may grow constantly in love of the truth and devote themselves with zeal to perfect unity among Christians. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
All Souls with the Faure Requiem – Wednesday, 6 November 2019 at 7 pm
On Wednesday, 6 November at 7 pm we will celebrate the All Souls Mass. In a unique manner, the Mass this year will be stitched together with the music of Gabriel Faure, the french composer from the late 19th century, who wrote a Requiem Mass setting for use at...
All Souls Mass with the Faure Requiem – 6 Nov at 7 pm
Gabriel Faure was a French composer who lived from 1845-1924. He lived in the Impressionist era of art and music, alongside Ravel, Debussey, Monet, Renoir and van Gogh. Faure was a church organist and composer. "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious...
All Souls Mass with Faure’s Requiem – 6 Nov 2019 at 7PM
On Wednesday, November 6th, St. Mary of the Assumption will celebrate the feast of All Souls. We often use different settings of the Mass at Sunday Masses and Funeral Masses. On this occasion, we will be hearing a specific setting of the Mass, composed by French...
Parish Picnic: Pie Contest Results
One of the highlights of the parish picnic this past Sunday was the best pie contest. Some forty pies were submitted in the contest and placed before our esteemed panel of judges: Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas Judge (Retired) the Honorable Chris Martin;...
Bicentennial Celebration: Mariology Lecture – Thursday, 24 October at 7 pm
Have you ever wondered about the basis for what the Catholic Church teaches about Mary? Or - how did attention to Mary develop in the Church over time? Find out on Thursday, October 24 at 7 pm when Father Thomas Buffer of St. Mary Church in Marion visits Lancaster to...
October 6 – All Souls Mass with the Faure Requiem
Mark your calendars to join us for a special evening of music and memorial. Wednesday, November 6th, will be our parish commemoration of the Feast of All Souls. We will have a Mass at 7 pm which will include the music from the Requiem written by Gabriel Faure. More...
Day of Recollection with Sr. Louis Mary – Sat. 12 October
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Parish Picnic – Sunday, 29 September after 11.15 Mass
OUR PARISH PICNIC Sunday, 29 September after 11.15 Mass In the Courtyard Great Food! Games! Pie Baking Contest! Concert! Join the fun at the annual Parish Picnic where you’ll enjoy a delicious meal catered by Bob’s Backyard BBQ. Each family is asked to...
Be a part of liturgical music at Saint Mary!
St. Mary Adult Choir is beginning a new season of singing and we'd love to invite any singers who might be interested in joining us. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings in the choir loft from 7:00-8:30. We sing regularly at the Sunday 8:45 Mass and also for many feast...
Bicentennial: Our Parish Hymn – Fair Fields and Pastures
As Catholics, the most important moment in the life of the parish is the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass! At Mass, we bring our joys and sorrows, our concerns, our griefs and moments of great thanksgiving, our deepest prayer, the celebration of the...
Our New Parish Shield
In honor of our bicentennial, a new parish shield or what is formally called the heraldic achievement was commissioned. Our new shield was designed by Matthew Alderman, who has designed shields for bishops, dioceses, religious communities, as well as parishes. The...
Daniel Sullivan to discern religious life with OFM Cap’s
Please keep Daniel Sullivan, parishioner, and graduate of St. Mary School and Fisher Catholic, in your prayers as he enters postulancy to discern religious life with the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans) in the Province of St. Augustine. The...