St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Nixa MO

08/25/2026

🎉Happy Birthday, Fr. Shoby! May God bless you abundantly and grant you many more years filled with joy, good health, and blessings. We are grateful for all you do for our parish!🙏🎂

08/22/2026

Don't forget your towel and lawn chair on Sunday! 🫧

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

Our Youth Group will begin meeting the 1st Wednesday of every month from 5:00PM-6:30PM starting in October. We look forward to seeing all of our 6th-12th grade youth members. Invite your friends. All are welcome!

08/14/2026

✨🙏OCIA is here!🙏✨
Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic faith or taking the next step in your faith journey? **OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults)** is a welcoming place to ask questions, learn, pray, and grow in faith.

📅 ** Every Tuesday**
⏰ **6:30-8:00 PM **
📍 **St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church**

Whether you're considering becoming Catholic, returning to the Church, or simply want to learn more, YOU are welcome here! ❤️

Come as you are - we'd love to have you join us!

08/14/2026

We will celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary tonight at 6:30PM. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15

On Aug. 15, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption, when Mary was taken, body and soul, into heaven.

The Church believes that Mary’s body was not subjected to decay because of her unique role as the sinless Mother of God. “Rightly you would not allow her to see the corruption of the tomb since from her own body she marvelously brought forth Your incarnate Son, the Author of all life,” reads the preface of the feast day Mass.

Mary’s assumption is not described in Scripture but was consistently believed by the Church since apostolic times. On Nov. 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be an infallible dogma of faith. “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory,” he stated.

In heaven, Mary serves as an advocate for the faithful on earth, interceding for us with the Lord.

“This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 969).

Source: St. Louis Review, the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis

Note: The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau will be hosting its first Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of its canonical er****on as a Diocese on Saturday, August 15. Because the Eucharistic Congress occurs on the same day as the Solemnity of the Assumption, please read the Decree issued by His Excellency, Bishop Edward M. Rice regarding Saturday Masses. To read in its entirety, visit: https://dioscg.org/dec-pontifical-mass-modification-of-parish-mass-schedules-aug-14-16-2026/

08/12/2026

Some of our parishioners went to the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau to help prepare for this weekend's Diocesan Eucharistic Congress. We are grateful for their willingness to serve and help make this special event possible.

We look forward to a beautiful, faith-filled weekend celebrating our love for Jesus in the Eucharist. Please keep all those attending in your prayers!🙏

08/11/2026

✨Mass Schedule for This Weekend✨
▪️Friday, August 14- 6:30PM
Solemnity of the Assumption
▪️Saturday, August 15-NO MASS
Eucharistic Congress
▪️Sunday, August 16- 9:30 AM and 5:30PM

As many from our parish travel to the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress, 🙏we pray for their safe travels and ask the Lord to bless everyone attending with a renewed love for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. May they return with hearts strengthened in faith and ready to share His love with others.🙏

07/24/2026

Save the Date! One week from tonight, the Knights of Columbus are hosting a Texas Hold'em Poker night on Friday, July 31.

07/22/2026

Our Youth Group is doing a School Supply Drive for LifeHouse Charities. Help them by "adopting a child" and bringing in school supplies they need for a successful school year. 🖍️📏📚🍎