My dear family,Hi, everyone!  I hope the New Year is going good for you. Just a few updates:YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS SIGN DOWN. Many thanks to you who put up your Christmas Evangelization sign. Now is the time to take them down. Perhaps you can store it with your Christmas stuff and use it next year.UPDATE ON FATHER YOUNG: I talk to Father on a regular basis. He is making sure if slow progress ...  Read More

My dear family,Hi, everyone!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know everyone is looking forward to a better New Year! Here are some updates on parish life.JANUARY 1st, THE FEAST OF THE MOTHER OF GOD. Of course this is normally a Holy Day of Obligation, but because of the pandemic we are dispensed (excused) from the obligation.The schedule will be:Thursday, Dec. 316 pm - Vigil MassFrida...  Read More

My dear family,Hi, everyone! A few reminders before Christmas:CHRISTMAS: Friends, this will be the Christmas Mass schedule this year:Dec. 24, Christmas Eve : 4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pmDec. 25, Christmas Day : 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm The Christmas Eve 4 pm Mass and the Christmas Day 9 am Mass will be live-streamed on our website (stanm.org). If you are not able to come to church this year, we suggest that you gath...  Read More

My dear family,Good day to you all!THE CHRISTMAS NOVENA starts tomorrow Wednesday, December 16th. We will pray the Novena at all the Masses for these nine days of prayerful preparation for Christmas. At the end of today's memo I am including the Novena prayer so that you can print it and pray it at home.In addition to the normal confession times, each night of the Novena (Dec. 16-23), there will b...  Read More

My dear family,A blessed Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe to you all!UPDATE ON FATHER YOUNG: I am happy to share with you some guardedly optimistic good news. It looks as if Father has passed the immediate crises of a heart attack he had while he was in the hospital. He is awake and more-or-less coherent.Father is suffering from a form of bone cancer. There are chemotherapy treatments that can c...  Read More

My dear family,Blessings to you all!"THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS" SMALL GROUPS START TONIGHT! To sign up just go to the parish website (stanm.org) and click on "The Purpose of Christmas" tab.Not only is this a wonderful thing in and of itself, but I think that to belong to a small group this year is really important. At lot of us are going to be suffering from loneliness and isolation this Christmas....  Read More