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Come as you are! Bring your intentions, petitions, and desires before the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar in community with others. Thursday, October 17, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Join us for a Night Out at the parish with Catholic Illusionist Giancarlo Bernini on Saturday, November 2. Event child care available for purchase.

Please join us for a series on Mental Health in collaboration with Venette Westhoven, PhD. Clinical Psychology. Session dates: November 6, 13, and 20 - Sessions are free but due to limited seating, you must RSVP.

Looking for event information, how to donate, what is needed or how to volunteer or more? You are in the right spot! Check our bazaar page often where we have all of that information and more!

The Women's ACTS Retreat is scheduled for November 7-10, 2024 and registration is open to all women! An ACTS retreat is a wonderful opportunity for all to become closer to God, to receive His grace and to be filled with His love.

Our first Catholic Women's Conference will be February 8, 2025. Registration is now open and details can be found on the conference website! bestillandknowconfernce.org.

Registration and information on the pilgrimage to the Shrines of Italy with our very own Fr. John Rooney as the Spiritual Director! The pilgrimage dates are October 13-23, 2025.

Come join us for a quiet, faith-filled hour of exercise. Classes are free, for men and women, and for all levels of experience. We meet Mondays and Wednesdays at 9am in the Ministry Building - See bulletin for any Mondays or Wednesdays that are exceptions, particularly around the holidays.

We have a group here at St. Mary focusing on help and encouragement after the death of a loved one. Our spring session meets Wednesday morning and will run from June - September. Read the full article for registration and full details.

St. Mary's Food Pantry is open Wednesdays from 10AM - Noon. All donations are greatly appreciated! Open the full article for current suggested donations. Monetary donations can also be made through Faith Direct.

Please consider picking up a trinket or souvenir from your out-of-town destination for our Going Postal Bazaar Booth. Packages can be mailed to the parish office or dropped off during regular business hours. Remember...vacation sites can be near or far. Thank you!

Our Respect Life Committee and Knight of Columbus are expanding their annual baby shower to be a 'Families Helping Families Shower'. See full article for details and how you can help!

Parish directories will be distributed on Wednesdays in the parish office from 8 am - 5 pm and in the Ministry Building from 9 am - 5 pm. All those photographed receive one directory per photo entry.

It's that time of year again! Our Annual Fun Run to benefit our Jr. High and High School youth is just around the corner! Start planning your team! The race/event is Saturday, April 13. Registration still open!

Joining together each year in support of these Archdiocesan ministries, our local Catholic community helps fulfill Christ’s mission here on earth by supporting those programs and services that cannot be accomplished by one parish alone. Click for more information.

National Vocations Awareness Week is traditionally celebrated the first full week of November, Nov. 5-11, but can be celebrated any time in November.

Modeling Jesus’ foster father, the St. Joseph Ministry strives to raise awareness and increase support of youth in foster care or living with a relative. Open the article for full details.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our parish bazaar! It was a beautiful day of fellowship and fun! To see pictures open the full article and scroll to the bottom of the page.

We honor life through The Rosebud Program. This ministry offers families daily prayer and support for those who are pregnant, celebrating birth or adoption, grieving miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, infant or child death, wanting to become pregnant or adopt, for grandparents’ concerns, and those facing troubled times. Open the article for full details.

Welcome! Welcome! We always want to make every person who comes to St. Mary of the Expectation feel welcome and part of our parish family. Are you interested in helping to create this welcoming environment?