Schedule your parish directory portraits
Please use the provided link to visit the Lifetouch scheduling page. Just follow the directions to schedule a date and time for your portrait. Lifetouch Online Scheduling
Pray the Rosary with us this month
The Rosary will be prayed before all Masses and Communion Services in May. Join us in prayer during this month of our Blessed Mother, Mary.
First Communion photos available
Photos can be picked up at the parish office.
Parish office will be closed May 24
Due to the school picnic the parish office will be closed Thursday, May 24. Please park in the church parking lot or on Sharon Street as West Street (between Raymond and Auburn) and the alley beside the gym will be closed. Morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up of school children will follow the usual procedure.
There will be no Holy Hour of Exposition on Thursday, May 24 as there will be a Mass for St. Mary's sixth grade.
Rummage sale June 1 and 2
The Altar and Rosary Society will have a rummage sale Friday, June 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Purchases are $1.00 per bag on Saturday, June 2.
Donations may be dropped off 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 31 at the gym.Donations can be picked up if needed; please call 419-347-6897. For more information call Susan Dannemiller at 419-347-8428.
Celebrate with Father Nick
Join us to celebrate Father's 33rd anniversary of his ordination on Sunday, June 10 following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Bring a covered dish, meat will be provided. To be certain there will be enough meat, please contact Diane Young 419-347-8428.
Scrip Office summer hours
The Scrip Office will be open Monday and Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Orders may be called in or emailed during off hours. Orders can be picked up at the school or parish offices when the office is closed.
Thanks to the new festival chairpersons
Many thanks to Bobby and Robin Evans for stepping up to be chairpersons for the upcoming Family Fest. We are still in need of co-chairs to assist the Evans'. We hope you will take the time to consider this responsibility and volunteer. Anyone interested in the position, please call the parish office.
Volunteers needed
We are also looking for people who are willing to help with the shrub trimming, tree trimming, and weed pulling. These volunteers may come at their convenience sometime in July and August. They will need to bring their own tools. Please contact the Parish Office if you would be willing to help out in this endeavor.
Our custodians take on an incredible amount of work in the summer thoroughly cleaning and repairing the school building, the pre-school, and the youth room. Getting them ready for the new school year along with maintaining their weekly duties such as Church cleaning, office cleaning, bathroom cleaning, rectory cleaning, setting up and cleaning up after meetings and events, mowing all of the yards just to name a few. It would be a great help to keep the hourly wages down if we could get some volunteers to help with the summer cleaning as well.
Offeratory Gifts
Our goal is to have someone from our parish community bring the Eucharistic gifts to the Altar at the weekend Liturgies. If you have noticed, we have reserved a pew for that purpose. If you see the empty bench, don't be shy, please fill the void and don't forget to wait on the tithing basket. Thank you for enhancing our celebrations.
"In a nation dedicated to religious liberty as its first and founding principle, we should not have to negotiate for our freedom." Bishop Leonard Blair
Religious liberty and the HHS Mandate
A Statement on Religious Liberty
Our First, Most Cherished Liberty: A Statement on Religious Liberty was developed by the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty for the USCCB. The opening statement reads: We are Catholics. We are Americans. We are proud to be both, grateful for the gift of faith which is ours as Christian disciples, and grateful for the gift of liberty which is ours as American citizens. To be Catholic and American should mean not having to choose one over the other. Our allegiances are distinct, but they need not be contradictory, and should instead be complementary.
We are bound by our Catholic faith to defend religious liberty. Please stay informed and keep up with this most important issue.
Please read the entire statment here at: A Statement on Religious Liberty
Stay informed on the continuing fight for religious liberty. Visit the The Catholic Diocese of Toledo HHS Mandate Information Page here: HHS Mandate Information Page
Visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops site: USCCB Religious Liberty
