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Dear Friends, This past Thursday (October 1) we celebrated the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Thérèse of Lisieux) — the Little Flower. Thérèse became a Carmelite nun at the very young...
Dear Friends, On Thursday of this past week, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified and is now known as Blessed Fulton Sheen. This is the final “step” in the process of canonization. Many of us...
Dear Friends, This coming Tuesday evening, September 22, autumn will officially arrive. Fall is a great time of year, especially here on Nantucket. It has become my favorite season on the island....
Beginning Soon! OCIA St. Mary’s OCIA. Discover the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults(OCIA). Whether you were never baptized, were baptized in another Christian tradition, or are a baptized...
Registration for our Faith Formation program is open. Please make sure to register and check our weekly bulletin and website for additional information, registration dates, and updates. If you have...
Dear Friends, Another summer season has come and gone. I love the summer and all the people it brings to our parish and our island. I really love seeing new faces and seeing familiar faces from...
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, I wrote in this column about the protection of human life, particularly here in Massachusetts. As you know, this is considered a controversial topic—but one rooted in...
Dear Friends, There are certain passages of Scripture that seem to speak directly to the times we live in. This weekend, we hear one of them from St. Paul: “Do not conform yourselves to this age but...
PLEASE NOTE Mass Schedule beginning SEPTEMBER 12 & 13 , 2026: Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am and 11:00 am and 1:30 pm (Spanish) IMPORTANT NOTICE Beginning on September 13th the Spanish Mass will...
Dear Friends, Summer is a time for taking a break. I am taking a little break from writing a column this weekend. However, since Friday was the Memorial of Pope St. Piux X, I thought it would be...
Dear Friends, One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 139. The verse that speaks so clearly to me is, “You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” The great care God takes in creating us, with the...
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...
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....
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...
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...
