St. Mary Parish, Manchester at 210 West Main Street, Manchester, MI 48158 US - Home
Greetings from
St. Mary Roman Catholic Church,
in the LOVE of the Lord!
An invitation:
Are you looking for a Roman Catholic parish that is:
- Faithful to and thankful for authentic Church teaching;
- Respectful of her time tested, deeply sacred rites;
- Devoted to the Eucharist and Mary;
- Committed to catechesis and evangelism in full Gospel Truth;
- Reverent and aware of beauty in both sacred liturgy and music;
- Striving in joyful self-donation, letting "Thy Will Be Done"
Join us in the sacred liturgy—Join our household in Christ.
During November
The Book of Remembrance of the Dead During the month of November, St. Mary Church will continue the local custom of inscribing the names of our beloved dead in a Book of Remembrance. This parish tradition will help us to remember the dead in prayer before the Lord as well as to seek the ...
Special Parish Events & Offerings
A unique St. Mary Cookbook (over 500 parishioner recipes!), and beautiful St. Mary Christmas cards (three new designs) are now available for purchase. Click the "more" button to find out how you can enjoy these wonderful parish offerings!
Fr. Tim's Homily for the Solemnity of All Saints (Nov. 1)
“Let us all rejoice in the Lord and keep a festival in honor of all the saints. Let us join with the angels in joyful praise to the Son of God.” The words that I just read are those of the Entrance Antiphon for today’s liturgy. These words remind us of why we have gathered in this sacred place today; we have gathered to celebrate all the saints. We could rightly look upon this feast as the feast of victory for all of our brothers and sisters in Christ who have gone on before us and now share in the glory of the crucified, risen and ascended Lord. Today’s solemn feast reminds us that there is a life beyond this life. This feast points us to heaven our true home. This feast also reminds us that how we live our very brief life on earth directly impacts where we will spend our life in eternity. This feast reminds us that through our baptism we were set on a spiritual path and given an eternal destiny, but not one that is to be taken for granted but rather one that requires a daily and intentional choice to keep moving in a heavenly direction. There is only one way to heaven, one way, that way is called the imitation of Christ. Many of us, many good people, while striving to do good and avoid evil don’t give much thought to sainthood. Many of us don’t give much thought to being a saint because we think that it is beyond our grasp. Many of us have decided that being a saint is for someone else, not for me. So we long ago gave up on the dream…
Rendering an Account of Our Stewardship
Many of us have been culturally conditioned to think of our lives, our bodies, as our own personal property, and because they are ‘our property’ that means we have unlimited control over them. It seems that we no longer are able to look upon the human person and ...
The Peoples' Prayer for Priests
Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). May ...
Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament December 4-5
Come, spend time with Jesus!!!!
First Friday 9:00 am Until Benediction on Saturday 8:15 am
Exposition & and Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament ...
Ask Me Why I'm Pro-Life
“Eighty-five out of 100 women seeking an abortion decide to have their baby after seeing their unborn child’s image on a 4-D ultrasound display.”
Pope says moral values must be part of economic recovery, development
Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and promote the real development of all the world's peoples, Pope Benedict XVI said in his new encyclical. The document, ...
- Caritas in Veritate (PDF)
What is an Encyclical?
A Papal Encyclical is the name typically given to a letter written by a Pope to a particular audience of Bishops. This audience of Bishops may be all of the Bishops in a specific country or all of the Bishops in all countries throughout the world. A more complete description can be found ...