Students in grade 6 - 12, mark your calendars to join our fun Youth Ministry Team for CATHOLIC GAME NIGHT on Monday November 6th, 6:30 - 8:00 PM in the gym. Bring a friend! Sign up on the parish website under Faith Formation>Youth Ministry or use this link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054caba72fa7fd0-breakthrough1#/
Preparation for First Reconciliation has begun. Students who are preparing for the Sacrament and their family were called up to the altar at the end of Mass to receive a special blessing and gift. First Reconciliation Spirit Day is scheduled for November 18th.
Deadline for ordering commemorative 175th Anniversary items for Christmas is this Friday, October 27, at midnight. Order here: https://www.promoplace.com/stmaryswormvilleanniversary
Children's Liturgy of the Word (PK-GR. 4) at 9 AM Sunday Mass each week. "I love hearing what the children know about their faith! It is a blessing to be able to reiterate to them that they are loved greatly by God!" Jennifer G.
Have you ever noticed the statue in front of the parish office? It used to be located at the corner of chapel. It is a statue of our founder St. John Neumann.
#ThrowbackThursday #StMarys175
St. Mary School Class of 2024 sweatshirts were blessed by Fr. Art at the 9 AM Mass this morning. Blessing of these special sweatshirts is a longstanding tradition at St. Mary's. Our faith is incorporated into all that we do at St. Mary School.
Throwback Thursday goes back just three years to the morning of October 11, 2019. This breathtaking photo was taken by a parishioner at 7 a.m. Mass.
Throwback Thursday! Are any of these St. Mary's baseball players relatives of yours?
#StMarys175 #throwbackthursday
Pray the Rosary with us tonight in St. Mary's chapel at 7 PM. Please pray for an end to the violence in the Middle East.
At Friday's Breakthrough Night, we read the Parable of the Sower and discussed ways we can work to make our hearts good soil for the Word of God to grow and bear fruit. One way was through creative activities...like painting!
Check out some of our creations, including one that quotes Galatians 6:9 "we will reap a harvest" in Japanese.
Join us on Monday, 10/16 to get into the spirit of the season by solving some holy mysteries!
For Peace in the Middle East:
God of mercy and compassion,
of grace and reconciliation,
pour your power upon all your children in the Middle East:
Jews, Muslims and Christians,
Palestinians and Israelis.
Let hatred be turned into love, fear to trust, despair to hope,
oppression to freedom, occupation to liberation,
that violent encounters may be replaced by loving embraces,
and peace and justice could be experienced by all.
- Reverend Said
Read the US Bishops' statement on the violence in the Holy Land:https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/statement-us-bishops-international-justice-and-peace-chairman-amidst-violence-holy-land
First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is this Saturday, October 7th. This devotional opportunity, offered every first Saturday of the month, includes praying the Rosary and devotional prayers after 9 a.m. Mass. There is also an opportunity for confession following Mass. It is the hope that after completing the first Five Saturdays we will continue to grow our relationship with Jesus through Mary.
TONIGHT - ANNUAL PET BLESSING to celebrate The Feast of St. Francis will be held at 6:00 PM on the front steps of the school, facing Transit Road. All furry, feathered and scaly pets are welcome! Please bring pets on a leash or in a pet carrier.
SPARK! is Wednesday, October 4th at 7 PM in room 109. Young adults ages 18-25 are encouraged to come and check out this peer group designed just for you. Bring a friend, all are welcome. Meet others and share in fellowship.
Today is the Feast of the Guardian Angels
"From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by [the angels’] watchful care and intercession. Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God." – Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 336
St. Mary's Annual Pet Blessing to celebrate The Feast of St. Francis will be held on Wednesday, October 4th at 6:00PM on the front steps of the school, facing Transit Road. All furry, feathered and scaly pets are welcome! Please bring pets on a leash or in a pet carrier.
The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.
~ St. Vincent de Paul, Priest
Feast Day-September 27
Thank you, Fr. Tom, Fr. Walt, Fr. Joe, and Fr. Art, for answering God's call to the priesthood!
This Sunday is Priesthood Sunday. Please thank a priest and keep the priesthood in your prayers!
Use this link to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F054CABA72FA7FD0-abiblical2#/
or contact the Catholic Education Office
