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 …
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 …
On Sept. 8, 1972, on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our church of St. Mary Mother of God was elevated by the newly installed bishop of Charlotte, Bishop Michael Begley, to the status of parish. As part of the overall celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the …