We invite you to join us at the following liturgies at St. Mary’s during the Advent and Christmas seasons to make the holidays truly Holy Days this year! Nov. 28 – Thanksgiving Day Dec. 5 – Advent Confessions Dec. 9 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Patronal Feast of the United States of America and …
Author: Deacon Matthew Newsome
Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome
Join Fr. Paul Asoh and Deacon Matt Newsome on a special Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Italy, May 12-20, 2025. On May 9, 2024, Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year of Hope with the Papal Bull Spes non confudit, or “Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5). This year of holy Jubilee will run from Dec. 29, …
Parish Eucharistic Mission | July 7-10
We are holding a parish mission in advance of the National Eucharistic Congress, and you are invited! Our mission will extend from Sunday-Wednesday the week before the Congress, and will be preached by our own Deacon Matthew Newsome, who will be attending the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis the following week. The Church calls the …
Holy Week Schedule 2024
We invite all to celebrate with us the sacred liturgies of Holy Week, as we commemorate the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ this Easter. Palm Sunday | March 24 Palms will be blessed and distributed before each Mass. Holy Thursday | March 28 Good Friday | March 29 Holy Saturday | …
Ash Wednesday & Lent
The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which this year falls on Feb. 14. We will have multiple opportunities for the faithful to receive blessed ashes both at the parish and on the WCU campus. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence. Liturgy Schedule At St. Mary’s At WCU Stations of the Cross A bilingual …