St. Mary Oxford of the C-1 Family

09/09/2026

TONIGHT!! All women are welcome to join!!

09/09/2026

St. Peter Claver, pray for us. Teach us to make the love of Christ visible through the way we treat others.

Saint of the Day | St. Peter Claver 🤍

Love is most convincing when it becomes action.

St. Peter Claver reminds us that before we speak about Christ, our lives should show Him—in the way we serve, comfort, welcome, and care for those in need.

“We must speak to them with our hands, before we try to speak to them with our lips.”

🙏 St. Peter Claver, pray for us. Teach us to make the love of Christ visible through the way we treat others.

09/08/2026

The Story of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church has celebrated Mary’s birth since at least the sixth century. A September birth was chosen because the Eastern Church begins its Church year with September. The September 8 date helped determine the date for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.

Scripture does not give an account of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James fills in the gap. This work has no historical value, but it does reflect the development of Christian piety. According to this account, Anna and Joachim are infertile but pray for a child. They receive the promise of a child who will advance God’s plan of salvation for the world. Such a story, like many biblical counterparts, stresses the special presence of God in Mary’s life from the beginning.

Saint Augustine connects Mary’s birth with Jesus’ saving work. He tells the earth to rejoice and shine forth in the light of her birth. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley. Through her birth the nature inherited from our first parents is changed.” The opening prayer at Mass speaks of the birth of Mary’s Son as the dawn of our salvation, and asks for an increase of peace.

Reflection
We can see every human birth as a call for new hope in the world. The love of two human beings has joined with God in his creative work. The loving parents have shown hope in a world filled with travail. The new child has the potential to be a channel of God’s love and peace to the world.

This is all true in a magnificent way in Mary. If Jesus is the perfect expression of God’s love, Mary is the foreshadowing of that love. If Jesus has brought the fullness of salvation, Mary is its dawning.

Birthday celebrations bring happiness to the celebrant as well as to family and friends. Next to the birth of Jesus, Mary’s birth offers the greatest possible happiness to the world. Each time we celebrate her birth, we can confidently hope for an increase of peace in our hearts and in the world at large.

09/07/2026

Today’s Mass times

09/06/2026

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Oktoberfest!!!! October 3!!!! At the Preble County Fairgrounds!

09/06/2026

Come Holy Spirit

09/04/2026

Please note the Mass schedule for Labor Day!

09/03/2026

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Join Archbishop Robert G. Casey of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati an...

09/03/2026

Candlelight Mass with Fr. Michael Willig TONIGHT!! All are welcome!

09/03/2026

Pope St. Gregory the Great, pray for us!!

Saint of the Day | Pope St. Gregory the Great 🙏

He was called “the Great,” yet he chose to call himself “Servant of the Servants of God.”

Pope St. Gregory reminds us that true greatness in the eyes of Christ is not found in status or recognition, but in humility, faithful service, and love for others.

May we use whatever God has entrusted to us—not for our own glory, but for His.

Pope St. Gregory the Great, pray for us. ✝️