St. Mary's Parish

This week there will be two opportunities to celebrate the Sacrament of Confession as part of the communal Penance Services:

• Wednesday, December 21, 7:00 PM – Malta
• Thursday, December 22, 7:00 PM – Dodson

Confession will also be available on Christmas Eve at the regularly scheduled Saturday 4:00 – 5:00 PM time if you are unable to attend either Penance Service.

Unfortunately, the schedule for Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was left out of the bulletin. Here’s the schedule for Christmas:

Christmas Eve

• Confessions – Malta – 4:00 PM (as normally scheduled)
• Vigil Mass – Malta – 5:30 PM

Christmas Day

• Midnight Mass – Malta – 12:00 AM
• Mass – Dodson – 8:30 AM
• Mass – Saco – 11:00 AM

Some prayers of the Mass will be changing. We invite you to learn more about it.

Mystical Body, Mystical Voice is a unique program based on an appreciation of the sacramental nature of the liturgical rites.

This program will

• let you know what changes are coming;
• open you to the riches of the liturgy;
• lead you to participation that is fuller, deeper, and more conscious.

Find out more! Come join us!

Sessions begin in Malta on September 6 at 7:00 PM in the Church Basement, Dodson on September 8 at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall, and Saco on September 11 in the Church Basement after the 12:15 Mass.

This weekend, St. Mary’s played host to the annual Search youth retreat.

Search participants and volunteers at the beginning of the weekend

In my homily over the weekend, I spoke about the need for all of us Catholics to evangelize. I hope everyone understands that this is not coming solely from my thoughts or feelings, but is the consistant teaching of the Catholic Church. It has been a continuous theme by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, and here is an article describing the remarks he made at a recent meeting of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization: Crisis of ‘indifference’ shows need for New Evangelization. It’s my hope that we can put into practice the Holy Father’s call for evangelization.

With the arrival of Palm Sunday comes the beginning of a very blessed and busy week at St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart and St. Francis.

Saturday before Palm Sunday – April 16
2 PM – Confessions in Malta
3:30 PM – Confessions in Saco
4 PM – Mass – Saco
5:30PM – Mass – Malta

Palm Sunday – April 17
8:30 AM – Mass – Dodson
10:30 AM – Mass – Malta
12:30 PM – Mass – Whitewater

Monday of Holy Week – April 18
8:30 AM – Mass – Malta
7:00 PM – Chrism Mass – Great Falls

Tuesday of Holy Week – April 19
5:30 PM – Mass – Malta

Wednesday of Holy Week – April 20
8:30 AM – Mass – Malta

Holy Thursday – April 21
7:00 PM – Holy Thursday Mass – Malta

Good Friday – April 22
12:00 Noon – Good Friday Liturgy – Malta

Holy Saturday – April 23
9:00 PM – Easter Vigil – Malta

Easter Sunday – April 24
8:30 AM – Mass- Dodson
10:30 AM – Mass – Malta
12:15 PM – Mass – Saco

In case you missed it at Mass:

Bishop’s Message Care and Share 2011.

Welcome to the new Internet home of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Malta, MT! With the new site comes new functionality, such as posting PDFs of the weekly bulletin and the use of Google Calendar to keep up-to-date on the latest events. There is also the capability for adding pictures and YouTube videos of parish and local events.

A good website is always a work in progress, so please let Loy or me know if there is anything that would make this site easier to use and get the information out quickly and easily. Also, parish members, please let us know if there is anything you’d like to have posted on the calendar or on this “What’s Happening” section.