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.
An expanded daily Mass schedule will begin on Friday, 30 October
Monday - Thursday: 7 am Tuesday - Friday: 9 am There may come an occasion when a 9 am Mass be canceled due to one of the priests being away, or upon a meeting or funeral of another priest when both our priests will be in attendance. We will make every effort to...
Rosary Live-Stream on the Wednesday Evenings of October
The month of October has traditionally been devoted to praying the Rosary along with promoting Respect for the Dignity of Life from natural conception to natural death. This October, Deacon Frank Sullivan will be leading the Praying of the Rosary on Wednesday evenings...
St. Francis Day – 4 October – Blessing of animals at 1 pm
In some parts of the world, it is a tradition to bless animals who have a certain role to play in human existence for food, clothing, and companionship. On Sunday, October 4 at 1:00 PM in St. Mary courtyard, the custom of invoking God’s blessing will be given by Fr....
Natural Family Planning Series
SymptoPro NFP class series to be held at our parish in the spirit center on Sunday, September 27, October 11, and 25 from 3 pm-5 pm. Please contact Maranda Patzkowsky to sign up at 740-475-9565 or by email ( here ). COVID precautions will be in place. Two couple limit...
Youth Ministry Fall Kick-Off Event
Getting Started for Homeschool PSR at St. Mary
Brian McCauley, PSR Director Email me Since this is a very new and unfamiliar way for us to facilitate our PSR program this year, rather than make a PDF guide on the how to's for PSR families and email it out to everyone once at the start of the year, I've decided to...
Getting Started for Hybrid PSR at St. Mary
Brian McCauley, PSR Director Email me Since this is a very new and unfamiliar way for us to facilitate our PSR program this year, rather than make a PDF guide on the how to's for PSR families and email it out to everyone once at the start of the year, I've decided to...
St. Mary P.S.R. Plan during the Pandemic
Lancaster Daily Eagle – Article on St. Mary 100th Anniversary – 16 Aug 1920
“Lancaster Daily Eagle" (1890-1936) 16 August 1920 THE CATHOLICS CELEBRATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR RELIGION IN LANCASTER SUNDAY--GREAT CROWDS PARTICIPATING IN THE CEREMONIES--THE PARADE IN THE AFTERNOON, ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATE AND SPECTACULAR EVER PUT ON IN...
St. Mary School – Principal Transition
Dear St. Mary Parishioners, I am writing today to let you know that Ms. Erin Walsh has resigned as principal of St. Mary School, effective on August 3, 2020 to take another position. With the challenge of safely re-opening our school for our students ahead of us, I am...
Bicentennial Parish Directory – Family Photo Scheduling
Since this bicentennial directory will be of significant importance in the life and history of our parish, we hope as many of our families as possible can register to have their photo taken to be included. We've just added two more days of options in September....
Sunday, 12 July 2020
Saint Mary of the Assumption Rev. Fr. Craig R. Eilerman Dear parishioners, Is it hot enough for you? I imagine you have been asked that question more than once this past week as our temperatures soared into the 90s. You probably also heard; well it’s summer and it is...