St Mary's Church, Swormville

This will be my last column as your Pastor. I’ve struggled with what to write and I keep coming back to what it means to be a Pastor. On October 31, 2020, I was assigned as Admini...

By now I am sure you have heard the announcement that I will be leaving St. Mary’s as your Pastor to become the full time Vicar for the Renewal. This was not a position that ...

Each week at the conclusion of the prayers of the faithful we have been praying our Prayer for Renewal. I hope that the words of this prayer have been sinking in since we began th...

“Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.” Words from our 1st reading today from the 60th chapter of the prophet Isaiah – sis...

As we move toward our 175th Anniversary celebration, we invite you to share your favorite memories of St. Mary Parish and St. Mary School. Whether you are new to St. Mary’s or you...

When was the last time that believing in Jesus changed your behavior? Today as Church we celebrate the Epiphany, in which Jesus is reveled to the nations. In other words, Christ i...

We herald the fact that God is no distant lord, dwelling in isolation above the heavens, but love incarnate, born like us of a mother, in order to be a brother to each of us, to b...

In the wake of the Christmas Blizzard of 2022, St. Mary’s has resumed it’s regular Mass schedule: Monday – Thursday (Chapel) 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Friday (Church) 7:00 a....

Merry Christmas! Today we celebrate a Savior being born for all of us. No matter what brought you to church, remember that the baby Jesus was born to save us from our sins. What w...

The Roman Church has been singing the “O” Antiphons since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from Decemb...

One of the great struggles of our western culture is that we are always moving onto the next thing. We rarely appreciate the moment we are in, but are always concerned about ‘what...

It’s the time of year in which we make our lists and we check them twice. Personally, I live off of To-Do Lists and Post-It Notes. If it doesn’t make it onto my electronic calen...

November 27th – First Sunday of Advent Blue Books available Giving Tree ornaments available online and in church Adventure to Christmas 10:30am – Noon in the gym What is ...

As you can clearly see on the cover of the bulletin, there is a lot going on at St. Mary’s that can make this season of Advent the season of preparation it is meant to be. It can ...

It is good that Thanksgiving is upon us. We are given the opportunity in this holiday to be intentional about our appreciating so that we can respond accordingly to what is indee...

Two years ago, Fr. Luke and I arrived at St. Mary’s to a parish that was struggling in many ways. Deacon Rick had been doing an outstanding job as administrator of St. Mary’s, but...

As the liturgical year in the Church draws to a close with the feast of Christ the King coming up on November 20th, our attention as a Church is drawn to the last things. Last we...

St. Mary’s spirit of giving and helping those in need are intricate parts of our faith community. This is our 25th year of offering the Giving Tree for the many men, women and...

I hope that we are continuing to invite and encourage others to join us at St. Mary’s. We need to actively reach out to those who are missing and let them know they are missed and...

Last year during Lent, you may remember that our parish filled out “Disciple Maker Index Surveys” from the Catholic Leadership Institute and those surveys indicated that at St. ...