This Week at St. Mary's

This week there will not be Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

RCIA meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Parish Center.

The Blood Pressure clinic is from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Family Hall.

Middle School Night (for all parish youth in Grades 6-8) is this Wednesday, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in St. Mary's Gym.

There is an open house for parents and students at St. Mary's School, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Parish and School offices are closed next Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

 Saint of the Week

St. Gregory the Great - Feast Day September 3

The patron saint of our pastor was born around 540 AD.  As a relatively young man, he founded six monasteries on his Sicilian estate, and became a Benedictine monk in his own home at Rome.  Ordained a priest, he became a deacon of the pope and served as the papal nuncio in Constantinople.  At the age of 50 he was elected pope by the clergy and people of Rome.

Gregory is known for his reform of the liturgy and for strengthening respect for doctrine.  He also removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners and to care for persecuted Jews and victims of plague and famine.  He was very concerned about the conversion of England, sending 40 monks from his own monastery.  His book, Pastoral Care, on the duties and qualities of a bishop, was read for centuries after his death.  He described bishops as physicians whose duties were preaching and enforcement of discipline.

Gregory has been given a place with Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome as one of the four key doctors of the Western church.

[Adapted from Saint of the Day (5th Rev. Ed.), St. Anthony Messenger Press.]

September 2010

• September 1
  Blood Pressure clinic, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., Holy Family Hall
  Middle School Night for all parish youth at St. Mary's Gym, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
• September 2
  Open House at St. Mary's School, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
• September 6
  Parish Office is closed.
• September 7
  St. Mary's School begins.
  Stewardship Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center.
  RCIA meets at 6:30 p.m. upstairs in the Parish Center.
• September 8
  10th Grade Confirmation - Orientation for Candidates and Parents - 7:00 p.m. in Holy Family Hall
• September 11-12
  Commissioning of Catechists at all weekend Masses
• September 13
  Catholic Daughters meet at 7:00 p.m. in Holy Family Hall
• September 15
  Generations of Faith, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in St. Mary's Gym.  (Supper served from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.)
• September 29
  "The Way" - St. Mary's Senior High - meets at 7:30 p.m. upstairs in the Parish Center.
• September 30
  Art & Environment Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Center.

October 2010

• October 1
  St. Mary's School Marathon
• October 4
  Catholic Daughters meet at 7:00 p.m. in Holy Family Hall
• October 6
   Blood Pressure clinic, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in Holy Family Hall
  Confirmation Candidate & Sponsor Session, 7:00 p.m. in Holy Family Hall
• October 9-10
  Confirmation Retreat
• October 13
  Generations of Faith, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in St. Mary's Gym (Supper served from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.)
• October 16
  Reconciliation Parent & Child Session, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Holy Family Hall
• October 21-22
  No school
• October 24
  St. Mary's Bazaar

 

Mass Intentions for This Week

August 30 - September 5, 2010

• Tuesday: NO MASS
• Wednesday: NO MASS
• Thursday: NO MASS
• Friday: Leon and Helen Meyer (8:30 a.m.); Leland Klug (10:00 a.m. at Caledonia Care Center)
• Saturday: Angela Weichert
  
• Sunday: Marguerite Beardmore (9:30 a.m.); St. Mary's Parish (11:00 a.m.)

Eucharistic Adoration: Monday, 12:00-5:30 p.m., and the first Friday of the month following 8:30 a.m. Mass.

Magnify the Lord Prayer Group: Tuesday, 7:00-8:00 a.m. before the Blessed Sacrament