St Mary's Church, Swormville

St. Mary School (SMS) has a long tradition of pairing the seventh and eighth graders with the Kindergarten and first graders for school Mass. They are each other's "church buddy"....

I know we’ve all had a lot to process over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve gotten behind on a few things amidst attending to the happenings of the transition both here at St. M...

An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on June 19 th from 2- 7 PM in the school cafeteria. Appointments are preferred. Appointment and contact information can be found ...

“The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” Words from our 1 st reading today from the 34 th chapter of the book of Ex...

Disciples can make an impact in many ways. Please join us in service to others. St. Mary's Day of Service Saturday, June 10, 2023 Volunteers are invited to attend 9:00 am M...

Congratulations to Stanislav (Stas) Ryskin, SMS Class of 2023, for being awarded the annual St. Thomas More Scholarship based on his essay identifying someone that he considers to...

Dear St. Mary’s Families, We appreciate the outreach and feedback so many of you have provided since this weekend's announcement about Fr. Luke’s departure and the appointment...

My homilies all get posted on our parish website, but some had asked that this be made more widely available, and it is a good summary of all I’d like to share with you regarding ...

So today I begin with the news that a pastor has been named for our family of parishes, and that will be Fr. Tom Mahoney who is most recently serving at Infant of Prague parish in...

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not prevent them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” Matthew 19:14 Our spiritual life begins at Baptism, usu...

Rev. Luke Uebler, III announced during Masses this weekend that beginning July 1, 2023, Fr. Thomas Mahoney will be the new pastor of our Family of Parishes which includes St. Mary...

I wonder what was going on in the hearts of the disciples after Jesus’ ascension into heaven but before the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. By this point, they knew that ...

As they embark on the new faith formation year, our Catholic Education Team received a blessing from Father Luke this morning following 9 AM Mass. We are truly grateful to have su...

The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord , which is a Holy Day of Obligation, is this Thursday, May 18 th . We will have a Vigil Mass on Wednesday, May 17 at 5 PM. On Thursday the...

SHADOW OR TOUR ST. MARY SCHOOL THURSDAY, MAY 18, 9 AM - 1 PM Prospective 2023-2024 students are invited to spend the day (shadow) with their potential classmates and parents a...

We celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven this coming Thursday, May 18, 2023. Our Mass schedule for this Holy Day of Obligation is 5:00pm (Wednesday Vigil), 7am, 9am, and 7...

“Beloved: Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual hous...

Mary Quinn, St. Mary School Class of 2019, has earned the honor of being named Salutatorian of the Mount St. Mary Academy Class of 2023. Mary is the daughter of parishioners, Pat ...

This 5 th Week of Easter we hear from the pastoral letter of St. Peter speaking to the early Christians and to all of us about our identity in Christ. Together with Him, we are ...

The readings for this weekend (including the daily reading on Monday) lend itself to being known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Some of the characteristics of t...