St. Mary Catholic Church

06/18/2026

06/17/2026

Prayer of Discipleship

Dear Jesus,
You’ve called every soul to yourself, aware of our faults and failures, but also our gifts, perspectives, our talents, and our dreams. As we grow to know you, help us to more fully understand ourselves and, in doing so, to use our unique positions to spread your love to the world.

06/17/2026

Prayers of the Faithful

That we grow in friendship with God and live our discipleship out of love for Him.

06/16/2026

Virtues, Explained!
Sin began with a lie.

It was a lie that Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden, and it was by doubting God’s faithfulness — by thinking God to be a liar — that the fall of man came about.

Of course, God Himself is Truth — Adam and Eve discovered that when they believed the lie. Therefore, if we belong to God, we must live truthfully — in small matters and in large ones, so that the witness we bear to the ultimate Truth of God shall always be taken seriously. “Witness is an act of justice that establishes the truth or makes it known,” says the Catechism (CCC 2472), which also calls the act of martyrdom “truth written in letters of blood.” (CCC 2474)

When Ananias tries to deceive the Christian community and secretly hoard wealth for himself, Peter tells him he has “lied not to human beings, but to God.” (Acts 5:4)

©LPi

06/16/2026

STEWARDSHIP BULLETIN
REFLECTIONS
JUNE 14, 2026
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time
“As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of
heaven is at hand.’” (Matthew 10:7)

Many of us take our lives for granted. We think we
have plenty of time to “repent.” Maybe we should live
with a little more urgency in making things right with
God. This is the difference in living our discipleship
out of obligation versus out of love. Obligation implies
we do the minimum required. Love implies we want a
relationship. God wants us to be with Him in Heaven
forever, but he also wants to be in relationship with
us right now, while we are on earth. Start this second
- invite the Lord into your heart.

06/15/2026

PARISH NEWS

PSR: We need of an 8th grade PSR teacher for the 2026-27 school year. If you are
interested please contact the parish office or Kim at [email protected]

Topics of our Catholic Faith: will meet on Monday evening June 15 at 7:00 pm in
the parish center. All are welcome.

The following was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on June 7, 2026: CREW
ALLEN STRUNK, child of Seth & Rachel Strunk.

06/13/2026

Bulletin for the week of June 14, 2026

https://parishesonline.com/find/st-mary-church-63349/bulletin/file/01-0400-20260614B.pdf