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It takes courage to carry Christ publicly in a procession, professing faith in a God who is "really, truly, and substantially" present in a piece of bread. St. Francis had the fortitude to stand before the Sultan during the Crusades, not with an army, but with....

The last Adult Choir rehearsal of the season will be Wednesday June 3rd at 7:00pm. Mid-week rehearsals will resume in the Fall. If you are interested in joining the music ministry at St. Mary's when rehearsals resume, please contact Patrice Metcalf at [email protected]....

Although one can experience various losses throughout a lifetime, the grief that accompanies this loss often follows a similar path. Grieving is a profound emotional lifelong process encompassing a complex mixture of emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations. Grief is lonely, but you are not alone....

“Lord, make us an instrument of your peace.” These words of St. Francis of Assisi resonated across eight centuries, and on June 7, 2026, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, our Collaborative, will gather to process with the Blessed Sacrament. We do so at a remarkable confluence: 800 years since Francis’s transitus (his death and entrance into eternal life, 1226), and 250 years since the birth of the United States of America (1776): One Nation under God. We do so in the prayerful context of....

The offices of St. Martha and St. Mary Parishes will be closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.

The Ascension of the Lord is Thursday, May 14th, a Holy Day of Obligation. There will be a 9:00 am Mass at St. Mary and a 6:00 pm Mass at St. Martha.

SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, June 7th, 2026–The Feast of Corpus Christi, our next Eucharistic Procession! Please join in our collaborative Eucharistic Procession as we walk from St. Mary Church to the Maples, then to the....

God blesses us in so many ways, and in our country this Sunday we especially honor the gift of our mothers. While parent-child relationships can be complicated at times, we are grateful for the ways we are blessings to each other. We give thanks to God for those who gave us birth and those who embraced us as mothers through adoption or as step-mothers, for their motherly care as we grew and for continuing to guide us in strong and gentle ways. We give thanks for...