Saint Nicholas will be visiting the All School Mass and school classrooms this Friday, December 3, 2021. Mass (8:30 a.m.) will be recorded and you are also invited to attend. Masks are required.

Please join us for our Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas Celebrations at St. Lawrence and St. Mary Churches. This time of year is an exciting time as people are bustling from store to store, some doing their last-minute shopping while others might be just simply trying to go to work, or at least arrive home safely. We often sing the song “Silent Night” as one of the Christmas Carols of the season, and I think one of the reasons it is such a popular song is that it's a song that is in such stark contrast to the reality of the season. It is important for us to remember that the evening Christ was born was truly a “silent night” until the angels lit up the evening sky with the announcement that would change the world from that point on.

St. Mary and St. Lawrence Parishes are excited to welcome Deacon Ben Wanner, a seminarian and transitional deacon from the Diocese of Bismark, ND. Deacon Ben is finishing his last year IV, at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He will be with us until May. Click his picture for a message from Deacon Ben.

Each year on Holy Saturday during the Easter Vigil,  thousands are baptized into the Catholic Church in the United States. ach year on Holy Saturday during the Easter Vigil,  thousands are baptized into the Catholic Church in the United States. Parishes welcome these new Catholics through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Click on the link for further information about the process of Christian Initiation. 

It is with great joy that St. Mary School is happy to announce we have a new Principal!  Mrs. Maria Pryor will assume the leadership of St. Mary, July 1, 2021.  Maria is a 1992 graduate of St. Mary and a member of St. Mary Parish.   She is presently a senior faculty member with 11 years of teaching experience at our school. She has been teaching 5th & 6th Grades for the past seven years.

Maria Pryor was nominated for doing a fantastic job of keeping kids engaged and on track while juggling dual grades. The nomination also noted how she pushes the limits of the students and encouraging them to be more than they themselves believe they are capable.