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.
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 Parish Shield
In honor of our bicentennial, a new parish shield or what is formally called the heraldic achievement was commissioned. Our 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...
SympmptoPro Natural Family Planning (NFP) Class Series (Aug-Sept)
SymptoPro offers an in-person 3 part class series on the Sympto-Thermal method of NFP. NFP is not the Rhythm method and is 99% effective in preventing pregnancy when the rules are followed along with your instructor. The same information taught to avoid pregnancy can...
St. Mary Children’s Choir – Summer Choir Camp
If your child is entering 3rd - 8th grade this Fall and would like to sing in our St. Mary Children's Choir, we have an opportunity for you! During the week of July 1st - 3rd we will have Choir Camp each morning from 9 am - 11.30 am. Choir students will sing together,...
Upcoming Natural Family Planning Series
Our parish will be offering an ongoing 3-part class series on the Sympto-thermal method of Natural Family Planning (NFP) beginning July 20th, and running August 3rd and 17th from 3.30 - 5.30 pm in the Spirit Center. The price per couple is $120 which includes the...