Want to get to know the faith, join the faith or get to know your faith better? 
Check out these upcoming opportunities!
 ARISE
CHRIST calls you to come and follow Him.  The ARISE weekend may be an important step in your pilgrimage.  Arise is sponsored by the Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi, another program of the Diocese of Biloxi.  Whereas Cursillo is limited to Catholics, Arise is actually designed with the non-Catholic in mind, for persons who would like to receive additional information about the Catholic Faith in a short period of time.  For information, contact 228-382-3215.
Next ARISE  October 4, 5 and 6, 2019
 
Men's Cursillo # 282
Thursday, Sept 26th – Sunday, Sept 29th
Dedeaux Retreat Center, Pass Christian
PHONE: (228) 382-3215
EMAIL: secretariat@southms-cursillo.org
 
 The Right of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
classes will begin September 10th.  If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, learning more about the Catholic Church or receiving the sacraments as an adult, then please join us! For more info call Jim or Martha Liston at 228-273-1737.  Registration Forms can be found in the alcove at the back of the church.

 
Children’s Choir Practice and Mass Schedule Fall 2019
Our children’s choir will resume in September. The choir is open to ages 4-14 years of age. The schedule for September is below. We can’t wait to hear the beautiful voices of our kids leading our singing at Mass.
 Practice- September 17th and 24th from 5:30-6:15 in the church
 Sing on Sunday, September 29th at the 11:00 mass. Meet in church at 10:30.

 
St. Mary Catholic Church PROLife Prayer Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month after the 6:30 PM Mass.  All are welcome!  Please come and help us attend to this very important ministry.


We are in need of volunteers to serve as Altar servers, Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. You can choose which Mass you would like to serve for. We have Saturday at 5:00pm, Sunday at 8:30am, 11:00am and 5:00pm. When we have enough volunteers we are able to schedule everyone about one weekend mass per month.
We will have a special training for all interested on Sunday, August 25th from 9:45-10:45 in the church. This is an excellent opportunity to use your gifts to serve God and our parish family. We hope to see you there!


Attention all Parents of Kindergarten- 12th graders. We are very excited to announce our St. Mary Parish Religious Education Kick-off for Sunday, September 8th.  We have something special planned for all school ages!

We will begin in Murray Hall at 9:45 with doughnuts, milk and juice for our K-5th grade CCD students and their parents. While you enjoy some breakfast refreshments, we invite you to a brief mandatory meeting in the main hall with our CCD coordinator, Melissa Winney. You will then get a chance to meet your child’s CCD teacher and have a brief meeting in their classroom along with your children. After the brief meetings we invite you to spend time outside with our bounce houses and inflatable slide. This will be a great time for your kids to enjoy some playtime and for you to get to know some of the other parents. We then ask you to join us at 11:00 mass for a very special youth Mass with Praise and Worship music provided by our Lifeteen band. It will be a great time to have all the youth of our parish and their families together to celebrate Mass.

For our Edge and Lifeteen families (grades 6-12) we invite you to begin with our special 11:00 Youth Mass. Following Mass we ask all Edge/Lifeteen students and their parents to walk over to Murray Hall for your kickoff. We will begin with a brief mandatory parent meeting with our Youth Minister, Lindsey Martin. After  the meeting, we will have lots of delicious food and several fun activities for our teens. Please bring a towel and a change of clothes because you may get wet and dirty in the course of our awesome activities. Parents are welcome to stay and eat and then come back later for their teens. 

Please take the time over the next few weeks to visit members of our Religious Education team in the Narthex to pre- register your child for CCD, Edge or Lifeteen. Registration will be after all the masses on the weekends of August 17 & 18, 24 & 25 and August 31/September 1st.
We look forward to an amazing year with the youth of our parish!


We are excited to announce that Edge will be the same time as Life Teen!!! It will start with 5 o’clock mass then we will meet in the hall at 6:15 and have dinner! Life Teen will meet in the youth room!!!


NEW MASS INTENTIONS POLICY
In order to allow ALL Parishioners an opportunity to schedule Masses, we are implementing the following procedure:
Mass requests for the next calendar year will be accepted beginning September first.  Parishioners may request more than one date/time during the year but the following will apply:
1. Requests will be randomly sorted. 
2. Up to three dates/times requested by the first person will be entered on the schedule. The request page will go to the back of the requests.
3. Up to three dates/times requested by the second person will be
entered on the schedule.   The request page will go to the back of the requests.
4. This will continue with all requests until all masses have been
scheduled.  If your requested dates are not available, alternate dates/times will be allotted as near as possible to the dates requested.
*Please include your email or mailing address with your request so that your schedule may be given to you.


Adult Bible Study will resume Sunday Sept. 8th at 10:00 AM. We will meet in the Conference Room of the Church Office Building.  This year we will be continuing our study of the Bible based on the Paulist Press Journey series.  Our first class will begin with I Samuel and Judges.  All written materials are provided.  There is no fee for the class.  Just bring your Bible.  We will follow the CCD Calendar for our schedule of meetings.  Please contact Charlotte Randazzo at (H) 228-392-3056 or (C) 228-860-4252 or email her at charlotterandazzo@bellsouth.net if you have any questions or would like to sign up. 
 
Catholic Bible Study – Matthew: The King and His Kingdom
Upon This Rock Scripture Study’s Fall 2019/Spring 2020 Bible study program will be Matthew: The King and His Kingdom.  Jeff Cavins presents the 24-week study lesson in the DVD presentation. It focuses on Jesus as the fulfillment of the promises of the Old Testament and His establishment of the Church as the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. The Bible study will begin Wed, Sept 11, 2019 and will meet each Wednesday morning through March 25, 2020 from 9:15 A.M. until 11:15 A.M. at St. Mary Parish in Murray Hall on Woolmarket Road in Biloxi. The fee is $39.00 and includes the study set book and DVD presentation. Payment by August 19, 2019 will ensure that you receive your materials on September 11, 2019. For more info or to register call Sharon Jones at 228-591-1069.


 






 

 


Mass Schedule
​ Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: 8:00AM; & Wed: 6:30PM
​ Sat. 5:00PM;  Sunday 8:30AM, 11:00AM, & 5:00PM (LIFETEEN)
Confession Sat. 4:30PM
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