Merry Christmas everyone! Christmas certainly is a beautiful time to be together with family and friends, for the exchange of gifts and “decking the halls” with festive decorations. Christmas music fills the air in stores and offices, along the sidewalks of outdoor “malls” and across the airwaves. Click the title to read more.

If you would like to schedule a Mass for 2022, please reach out to the Parish Office. The recommended offering is $10 for a weekday Mass and $25 for a weekend Mass

On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, our attention turns now to preparing for the celebration of the birth of our Lord. During the early part of Advent we focused on the Second Coming of Christ in his glory. Now in these final days of Advent we remember the account of how Jesus came into the world. The scene in this week’s Gospel follows upon Mary’s encounter with the angel Gabriel, who announces to her the astounding news that she will become the mother of the Son of God. Click the title to read more.

This weekend we celebrate the third Sunday of Advent, known as “Gaudete Sunday”, from the Latin word for “Rejoice!” St. Paul in today’s second reading tells us, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice! Indeed the Lord is near.” (Phil. 4:4-5). John the Baptist reminds us in today’s gospel that the Lord is coming, the one “mightier than I” who will baptize “with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Luke 3:16). This theme of rejoicing is picked up again in our first reading from the Prophet Zephaniah: “Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel!” (Zeph. 3:14). We light the rose colored candle of our Advent wreath as a sign of our joy. Click the title to read more.

We are in need of new servers to join this wonderful ministry at St. Mary's. All youth in 4th Grade or above are welcome to participate in our annual training program, which will be a three-session class (please plan to attend all three sessions) on Jan 2, 9 and 16 from noon-1 pm. We invite you to join us at the 11 am Mass, with training classes taking place following Mass. Please register (click this link) or via email: [email protected]

The Second Sunday of Advent always focuses our attention on John the Baptist. Who is this figure, and why is he important? John is the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary’s “relative” or “cousin.” The story of John’s miraculous conception and birth is told in the opening pages of Luke’s Gospel (1:5-27). Zechariah and Elizabeth are childless, until one day, when Zechariah is ministering at the altar of incense in the Temple, he has a vision of the angel Gabriel, announcing that he and Elizabeth will finally have a son, who is to be named John. Click the title to read more.