St. Mary's Parish

Baskets for the Spring Fling/Mardi Gras from our Bands

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:40:06 +0000

PCCW Ladies: The time has come to begin shopping to gather things for this year’s Mardi Gras Baskets, so please notify your band members. You can bring your baskets to the church basement KC room. We can wrap them if you don’t want to, but make sure to label them so we know which month it is from. Please make sure each basket is quite full, with approximately $100 in products. They should be turned in by April 23rd, and include with your basket a list of items so we know what is in them. Also remember one large dessert per month to bring to the Mardi Gras, as our dessert bar last year was a BIG hit! Please call to let us know who will be bringing it.

Themes for each month’s baskets:

January – Grandchildren Fun
February – Summer Barbecue
March – Little Girl Playtime
April – Gardening Time
May – Game Night
June – Spa Day
July – Campout
August – Mr. Fix-it
September – Crafty
October – New Baby Boy
November – New Baby Girl
December – Homemade in Malta (Made in Montana)

If you have any questions, call Colleen Murray at 654-1763 or Cathy Salsbery at 654-2798. If you’d like to change your basket theme or if you need ideas, just let us know. Also let us know if you know of anyone who is crafty with wood that would like to make an item. We do have many in our church group that are talented!

Thank you in advance! We hope to be as successful as last year.

Operation Rice Bowl

Fr. Cory Sticha — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:54:49 +0000

As we did last year, St. Mary’s will be participating in Catholic Relief Services‘ Operation Rice Bowl. ORB is an easy way to help those throughout the world who benefit from the work done by Catholic Relief Services. A little spare change can go a long way!

The “rice bowls” will be given to the Religious Education students on Wednesday, February 15th, with the remaining bowls available at the weekend Masses in Malta. Please pick one up and join in this simple yet powerful Lenten practice. Catholic Relief Services’ Operation Rice Bowl invites us to pray with our families and parish community, fast in solidarity with those who are hungry, learn about our brothers and sisters around the world, and give sacrificial contributions to help those in need.

Annual PCCW Letter from Anne Boothe

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:48:43 +0000

PCCW annual letter - Please click the underlined link to view!

PCCW Bands List for 2012

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:45:03 +0000

Click here to download and view the list

PCCW Cookie Giveaway

Fr. Cory Sticha — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:40:17 +0000

From Anne Boothe:

The Parish Council of Catholic Women (PCCW) delivered over 40 plates of wonderful cookies and candies to parish and community members in need of some Christmas Cheer on Wednesday December 14th. After packaging the goodies, ladies enjoyed a soup supper and special devotional on the meaning of “swaddling” prepared by Madeline Itcaina. The best part of the evening was delivering the trays and extending wishes for a Merry Christmas to all the recipients.

Thank you to everyone to attended and especially those who made and donated the delicious treats.

Soup Supper

Wrapping the cookie plates

The finished cookie plates

The PCCW ladies displaying their handiwork

Advent Penance Services

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:48:14 +0000

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.

Schedule for Christmas Masses

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:45:07 +0000

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

Invitation to all parishioners

Fr. Cory Sticha — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:42:50 +0000

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.

St. Mary’s Search Retreat

Fr. Cory Sticha — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:00:48 +0000

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

Search participants and volunteers at the beginning of the weekend

Need for Evangelization

Fr. Cory Sticha — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:52:31 +0000

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.