Posts by Fr Jay Scott Newman

Dear Friends in Christ, 1. From Monday 15 September through Friday 19 September, the church will be closed to all visitors, and no sacraments will be celebrated here on those days. That is the week of the annual Retreat for Priests of our diocese, and we’re taking advantage of that time to replace our 12…

Dear Friends in Christ, Several items for your attention: 1. We have a new parish website, and I encourage you to have a look and learn how you can more easily keep up with life at St. Mary’s. The new site is at our old web address, www.stmarysgvl.org, but everything else is new. For example,…

Dear Friends in Christ, If you regularly attend Mass here but are not registered, then you are not an active parishioner. If you are registered but do not attend Mass here each Sunday, then you are not an active parishioner. If you are registered and attending Mass but not supporting the parish according to your…

Dear Friends in Christ, 1. This Friday, 15 August, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation, and there will be three Masses: 7 am, 12 noon, and 7 pm. 2. A holy day of obligation is a day on which Catholics are obliged to attend Mass,…

Dear Friends in Christ, Evangelical Catholicism is the name we give here to the Church’s universal mission to preach the Gospel to all nations, but while fulfilling the Great Commission is a constant imperative for the Church, how that mission is accomplished has changed widely according to time and place. The Second Vatican Council, Pope…