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FUNERAL MASS FOR CHRISTOPHER BIERLEY August 10 at 11:00 AM All Are Welcome Viewing August 10 at 9:45 to 10:45
Friday, August 21 • 7:00 PM An Evening of Music Join the musicians of St. Mary Our Lady of the Isle, along with musicians from churches across Nantucket, for a joyful evening of sacred music and...
Thursday, August 13 • 6:00 PM Taizé Prayer & Meditation at Sconset Chapel Take a break from the busyness of summer and join us for an evening of peaceful prayer at the historic Sconset Chapel....
Dear Friends, This past Tuesday I gathered with the priests of our diocese and Bishop Edgar da Cunha. August 4 is the feast of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of priests, and each year we come...
Dear Friends, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Franciscan Friars of The Renewal) has offered 6 Challenges for Catholics to rethink how we go to Mass. I really think they are helpful; so, as a result, my...
Gifts from Bethlehem A Traditional Art and Livelihood for Holy Land Christians Gifts from Bethlehem will be here at St. Mary’s on August 8 th & 9 th . The handicrafts trade evolved as a cultural...
Dear Friends, Our Fall River Diocesan Vocation Office has been very busy this year. Thanks to your prayers and the dedicated work of our Vocation Office, I’d like to share some encouraging news....
On August 7 at 7:00 pm we will host an evening of Music with Chris Brunelle. Chris is a lifelong choir director and music minister in the Catholic church and offers selections of liturgical music....
Dear Friends, On the weekend of July 25–26, we will be welcoming our Bishop, Edgar da Cunha, to St. Mary – Our Lady of the Isle. A bishop’s visit is always a special moment in the life of a parish...
Summer Mass Schedule ~ Continues through September 6 Saturday: Mass at 5 pm Sunday Masses: at 7:00(quiet Mass-No music), 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 am and 6:00 pm in Spanish in church and 8:45 am at the...
St. Mary’s July Cookout ~ Thank You! Thank you to everyone who attended, worked, donated to or participated in any way to another successful Summer Cookout for St. Mary’s. And a special thank you to...
Saints at St. Mary’s Paintings of the Saints: we again have an artistic display of the saints in our church for the summer. The artist, Nancy Merek Cote, is local to our diocese. Nancy ‘s hope is...
Dear Friends, Like many of you, I’ve been paying a bit more attention to soccer this summer. Even if you are not a huge soccer fan, it is hard not to notice the energy, excitement, and sense of...
This was in the bulletin a couple of weeks ago; many commented on it and now that we are at July 4th Weekend, I figured it was worth a rerun! Dear Friends, Every summer, our little island fills with...
Dear Friends, When you enter the Church this weekend you will notice that the images of the Stations of the Cross have been temporarily replaced for the summer by a series of portraits of saints and...
Dear Friends, I have a confession to make. I rely heavily on my cell phone. I check the weather, my email, the parish calendar, the news, social media, directions, and, of course, whether the Red...
Dear Friends, Every summer, our little island fills with people looking for rest, relaxation, and perhaps the perfect lobster roll. As Catholics, we’re invited to find something even better: a...
PLEASE NOTE: THE SUNDAY SPANISH MASS WILL NOW BE AT 6:00PM. It will at 6 pm until our winter season. Thank you.
Summer Choir at St. Mary’s Are you interested in joining the St. Mary’s Choir? Are you visiting Nantucket for the summer and enjoy singing? Beginning June 28, Dr. Eddie will lead two “Come As You...
Dear Friends, I am writing this column on May 13, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. The message of Fatima is just as important today as it was 109 years ago. Mary invited the children to whom she...
Dear Friends, We celebrate Motherhood this weekend on Mother’s Day. Where would we be without our Moms? All mothers deserve more than one day. There are not enough days in the calendar to set aside...
Dear Friends, All too often the news—and the lives of celebrities and public figures—run on headlines, scandal, and sound bites. It’s easy to stay at the surface. But every now and then, someone...
85 th Annual Catholic Appeal The 85th Catholic Appeal is here. Please join with your fellow parishioners in helping those in need in our communities. Take this action to support others, and bring...
Dear Friends, This Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday—a day when we reflect on Jesus as the shepherd. Now, some people don’t love this image because… well… sheep aren’t exactly known for their...
Dear Friends, In these days, so much of our common life is seen through the prism of politics. This can make it easy—almost automatic—to place every public figure into familiar and limiting...
Dear Friends, Last Sunday we celebrated the Resurrection. The tomb is empty. Christ is risen. Everything has changed. And yet today, we find the disciples not out in the world, but locked in a...
Dear Friends, Christ is risen! He is truly risen! For these fifty days of Easter, we rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus Christ—the victory that changes everything. The powers of this world—sin,...
Dear Friends, The greatest spiritual pilgrimage of the year begins today—Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. This Holy Week, culminating in the Sacred Triduum, is the holiest time of the year for us...
Two Shout- Outs to our Knights We would like to thank our Knights of Columbus for moving the parish office back to Orange Street. They made it very seamless and easy and they were so organized. It...
Dear Friends, You will notice this weekend that the statues and crucifix are covered; this marks the beginning of “Passiontide.” This is the Church’s way of telling us that Lent is now entering its...
