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.
Advent – Preparing to receive Christ who comes to us in many ways
Since God has become Man in Jesus Christ, He has entered His creation and human history, and thus the liturgical seasons and feasts we celebrate are not empty rituals of distant events in Salvation History, but are real encounters with the living God. As with the...
Family Advent Celebration – Sunday, 2 December after 11.15 Mass
Bring your family and attend the Family Advent Celebration on Sunday, 2 December - the First Sunday of Advent - after the 11.15 Mass in the Spirit Center for a light lunch and Advent Crafts for the children! Enjoy a bowl of homemade soup while the kids have fun with...
St. Mary School – November News
Congratulations to Grace Gundelfinger, St. Mary School Class of 2012, for receiving the 2018 Carlton Rider Distinguished Alumni Award. Grace is a wonderful example of what it means to live the Catholic faith. Grace acknowledges that attending Mass and the overwhelming...
Discernment Retreat: “Consumed by His Love”
The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles are offering a discernment weekend of prayer, presentations, and community for single-women and 18-35 who may wonder if God might be calling them to consecrated religious life. The retreat will be held in...
Sandwich Saturday – 20 October – 8am
This Saturday, 20 October, our social concerns committee will sponsor "Sandwich Saturday" at 8 am to make sandwiches to be donated to area shelters to help feed the hungry around the community. Donations of any of the following are always appreciated: bologna,...
Sacred Heart Congress – Saturday, 10 November
Join us for the 7th Annual Sacred Heart Congress on Saturday, November 10th at St. Michael Church in Worthington, OH 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Doors open at 7:00 AM, Rosary at 7:30 AM, Mass at 8:00 AM followed by our speakers. Registration: $10 for individuals, $20 for...
Day of Recollection with Sr. Louis Mary – Saturday, 13 October
St. Mary School – News
Our parish school was happy to welcome 40 new students this year. Students and teachers have been settling into their routines using Chromebooks and online resources in conjunction with many hands-on-projects. Our fourth grade class has already made an educational...
Mass before the Rosary Rally at St. Bernadette
St. Bernadette parish will offer the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (Traditional Latin Mass) at 9 am on Saturday, 13 October before the downtown Rosary Rally. Confession is offered at 8.30 am before Mass. Over 23,000 rosary rallies are being held across the nation to...
Attention high school students!
Join high school Catholics from across the Lancaster area as we welcome a Missionary Team from Camp Damascus -- home of Catholic Youth Summer Camp -- to help kick off an exciting year of youth ministry. Please plan to come on Sunday, 13 October from 7-9 pm as we kick...
Solemn Mass at St. Bernadette this Saturday at 9 am
For the feast of St. Michael the Archangel this Saturday, 29 Sept at 9 am, St. Bernadette parish will host a Solemn High Latin Mass according to the 1962 Missal (Tridentine Mass or Extraordinary Form) as offered before the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican...
Men’s Silent Retreat
Friday, October 19 at 6 p.m. to Sunday, Oct 21 at 12 p.m. San Damiano Retreat Center, 125 Kitchen Road, White Post, VA Cost: $295 through October 1. After October 1, registration costs $325. This year's retreat will be preached by Reverend Roger J. Landry, a priest of...