We are pleased to announce the opening of our St. Mary's Church Traveling Library. A selection of seasonal faith-based books, CDs and DVD's will be available at our Library table in the Parish Center as part of our Coffee and Fellowship Cafe after the 8:00 and 9:30 AM Masses on select Sundays. Please come by for some nourishment for the mind, body and soul!
IGNITE will be selling baked goods after all Masses on April 21-22 and April 28-29. This fundraiser will help to cover costs for our annual trip to the Steubenville East Catholic Youth Conference. Over the past five years, our parishioners have been very supportive. We are grateful for your generosity! To learn more about this Catholic youth conference, click the title.
It's that time again! Granny's Attic is looking for volunteers. We need help organizing before the sale, during the sale dates and lastly help with the "Big Clean Up" afterwards. Last year Granny's Attic raised over $23,000.00 for our Church! Come be a part of this great fund raiser and meet some new friends! Click the title to sign-up to see just where your talents can be given. Feel free to sign up for multiple dates and times!
The Women's Guild has been asked to set up a “Helping Hands” committee for people in our parish who have experienced new births, deaths, illnesses, etc. who may be in need of basic things like meals, dog walkers, car rides, etc. If anyone is interested in heading this up? Contact Diana Kalamarides at ([email protected]).
The Women's Guild will be planning a Living Rosary on May 20th from 6-8 PM which will include our First Communion children, our Confirmation teens and our RCIA members. Fire pits will be used for the “Our Father” beads, candles will be used for the “Hail Mary” beads. Afterwards, we will celebrate at the fire pits will be by making s’mores.
A huge thank you to everyone who made our Easter Basket Collection a huge success! We collected enough items for 7 baskets for the ABC House, 14 baskets for the South Park Inn and so many gifts for the children at CCMC. We are all so grateful for your generosity and for all of the SWMG members who made this service project possible.
We are close to our goal of 50 meals for the Simsbury and Granby VNA. Please contact [email protected] to help. All items should be deliverd this Wednesday, March 28th between 5:00 - 7:00 PM to the lower church.