🥫 This weekend - help support those in our community in need by donating items to the St. Vincent de Paul Society!
Baskets are available near the entrances of the church for non-perishable goods. There is a special need for peanut butter, cereal, pasta & pasta sauce, canned tuna/chicken, canned fruit & vegetables, paper products, soaps, and detergents. The items donation will be distributed by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary's.
Blue bins for used clothing in good condition are located next to the storage garage by the baseball diamond south of the church. The bins are available 24/7.
In most locations, the Society of Vincent de Paul will pick up donations of appliances and household goods at your home. Call 716-882-3360 to schedule a pick up.
🤎 There will also be the opportunity to be enrolled in the Brown Scapular. By wearing the Brown Scapular that Our Lady gave to St. Simon Stock, we venerate Mary, show that we love her, and trust in her protection, along with the many other protections offered by the scapular. St Simon Stock’s holy first-class relic will also be available for veneration.
Mass and Procession are by candlelight this month, not to be missed, along with a closing Reception for all to gather and be joyful!
Our Lady of Fatima came to share some very important messages for all of humanity - prayer in the Holy Rosary, fasting, devotion to her Immaculate Heart, and sacrifice to obtain peace for the world and the conversion of sinners. Be sure to join us!
Click here for more information: https://tinyurl.com/yfuftsap
#SacredHeartofJesusDiocesanShrine #candlelitMass #Rosaryprocession #OurLadyofFatima
Day 6 · Invite · St. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Who in your life is waiting for an invitation: back to Mass, into this community, toward Christ? Frassati's whole method of evangelization was to bring his friends along. Join us this week for Rebuild My Church from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
Day 5 · Give · Venerable Jan Tyranowski
Jan Tyranowski was a tailor who took on a youth ministry nobody wanted, with no training and no budget. One of the young men he formed became John Paul II. What gets given is rarely what anyone would call sufficient. Join us this week for Rebuild My Church from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
Day 4 · Community · St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
A parish is more than a building people go to — it's a community people belong to. Elizabeth Ann Seton built both, mostly from nothing. Join us this week for Rebuild My Church from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
All are invited to a Parish Week Gathering at St. Mary’s TONIGHT for fellowship and a discussion on St. Francis and the prayer challenge:
Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:30 – 8 PM | St. Mary’s Room 109
🪴 Details and RSVP can be found on our Together in Christ community page: https://hallow.app.link/kZ4WrYHpP6b
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
Day 3 · The Sacraments · St. Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis called the Eucharist his highway to heaven. The sacraments are not milestones we've already passed, but the encounter that keeps happening.
This week our parish joins hundreds of others for seven days of prayer called Rebuild My Church. Join us from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
All are invited to a Parish Week Gathering at St. Mary’s TOMORROW for fellowship and a discussion on St. Francis and the prayer challenge:
Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:30 – 8 PM | St. Mary’s Room 109
🪴 Details and RSVP can be found on our Together in Christ community page: https://hallow.app.link/kZ4WrYHpP6b
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
This feast goes back to October 7, 1571. As the Christian fleet sailed into battle at Lepanto, Pope St. Pius V asked the faithful to pray the Rosary. When word of the victory came, he credited it to Our Lady's intercession and set aside this day in thanksgiving.
Families - a simple way to keep the feast with your kids: pray one decade together tonight. Before each Hail Mary, let a different child name someone they want to pray for.
#ourladyoftherosary #feastday #october #Marysmonth
Day 2 · Prayer · St. Teresa of Calcutta
🙏 "Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God."
This week our parish joins hundreds of others for seven days of prayer called Rebuild My Church, Oct 5-11. Join us from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
All are invited to a Parish Week Gathering at St. Mary’s for fellowship and a discussion on St. Francis and the prayer challenge:
Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:30 – 8 PM | St. Mary’s Room 109
🪴 Details and RSVP can be found on our Together in Christ community page: https://hallow.app.link/kZ4WrYHpP6b
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
Don't forget - join Daughters of Mary TONIGHT, 7:00 - 8:30 PM in Room 110/111 at St. Mary's.
We will discuss the book, "Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor E. Frankle. If you don't have time to read, no worries - come join in the discussion on finding significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles. A sweet treat will be served. Bring a friend!
#daughtersofmary #bookclub #manssearchformeaning #bringafriend
Since 1987, followers of Jesus have gathered in public witness for Respect Life Sunday, in prayerful repentance over the sin of abortion in our cities and in the Church.
Please pray with us this month to build a culture that cherishes and protects every human life: https://www.respectlife.org/prayers
#lifechain #october #respectlifemonth #togetherinchristfamily
Day 1 · Rebuild My Church · St. Francis of Assisi
🪨 Christ told St. Francis to rebuild His Church. Francis started with the stones in front of him.
This week our parish joins hundreds of others for Parish Week: seven days of prayer called Rebuild My Church, Oct 5-11. Join us from our parish page in the Hallow app: https://hallow.com/communities/18852/
All are invited to a Parish Week Gathering at St. Mary’s for fellowship and a discussion on St. Francis and the prayer challenge:
Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:30 – 8 PM | St. Mary’s Room 109
🪴 Details and RSVP can be found on our Together in Christ community page: https://hallow.app.link/kZ4WrYHpP6b
🫶 Join the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign! Donations must be made in the Hallow app, will go to directly our Parish Family, and will be matched up to $5K by Hallow. Monies raised will be used to renew our parish subscription to the app, which provides premium features and retreats, our community app group, and also to support Faith Formation programs. Give right on the app — go to the Church tab — then look for the Rebuild My Church Giving Campaign.
#TogetherinChristFamily #hallow #rebuildmychurch #prayerchallenge
REMINDER: Daily Masses (Monday-Thursday) at 9 am will be in the St. Mary's Chapel starting on Monday, October 5th.
Don't forget - join Daughters of Mary for a gathering on Monday, October 5, 7:00 - 8:30 PM in Room 110/111 at St. Mary's.
We will discuss the book, "Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor E. Frankle. If you don't have time to read, no worries - come join in the discussion on finding significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles. A sweet treat will be served. Bring a friend!
#daughtersofmary #bookclub #manssearchformeaning #bringafriend
St. Francis is the Catholic patron saint of animals and the environment, known for his deep love for nature and calling animals his "brothers and sisters".
You can pray for and bless your pets and animals at home too. The following blessing and a sprinkling holy water can be offered in your backyard, garden or anywhere inside your home:
"Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of all living creatures. You called forth fish in the sea, birds in the air, and animals on the land. You inspired St. Francis to call all of them his brothers and sisters. We ask you to bless this pet. By the power of your love, enable it to live according to your plan. May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen."
Thank you to everyone who brought their precious pets to be blessed today!
#stmarys #petblessing #feastofstfrancis #togetherinchristfamily
Don't forget, bring your furry, feathered, and scaly pets (on a leash or in a pet carrier) to St. Mary's today for the ANNUAL PET BLESSING in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis! Join us today, Sat., Oct. 3rd at 2:00 PM on the front steps of the school, facing Transit Road.
#stfrancis #petblessing #feastday #togetherinchristfamily
Everyone has a Guardian Angel and none of us has to walk through the trials and sufferings of this life alone, because we each have a special friend that is ours alone. No one before us had our specific Guardian Angel, and no one after us will have the same one ever again. Many Saints have even seen their Guardian Angels and spoken with them.
There are many prayers we can say to our Guardian Angel. The most traditional one is the Guardian Angel prayer;
“Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits here, ever this day/night be at my side to light, to guard, to rule, and guide."
We should pray often to our Guardian Angel for guidance and protection. They want to help us, but we have to be open to allowing them to work in our lives.
#feastday #guardianangel #lightguardruleguide #togetherinchristfamily
We're blessed to have wonderful Catholic Schools in our faith community! Save the date for Fall Open House at St. Mary School. Click the link below to RSVP and learn more.
🐝 www.smstheplacetobee.com
#SMStheplacetoBEE #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders #PreK #Kindergarten
#stfrancis #petblessing #feastday #togetherinchristfamily
#OurLadyofFatima #MiracleoftheSun #LadyoftheRosary
