St. Mary Roman Catholic Church 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.

Today the Universal Church celebrates one of the greatest events to occur in the history of the world. Matched only by the Incarnation and the Redemption is the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the fiftieth day after our Lord’s solemn Passover from death to life. The feast of Pentecost is the day when the Church celebrates her birth; more accurately it could be said that Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit breathed his divine life into the Mystical Body of Christ, and the Church was animated. The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church. For just as a human body cannot have life without a soul so the Church cannot have life without the animation of the Holy Spirit. Before we venture any further into the feast of Pentecost, let us briefly look backward to the fortieth day after the Resurrection, to the day of the Ascension, the day when the Church celebrates the event of the risen and glorified body of Christ ascending into heaven. The significance of this event must not be passed over quickly, nor treated lightly, for while this event happened personally to Jesus Christ, it is called the first fruits establishing the pattern for all who would come to believe in him…