Holy Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 pm Christmas Eve in the Milan Church and at 9:00 am Christmas Day in the Unionville Church

Join your faith community for a reception recognizing our newly ordained deacons, Edwin Pacheco and Jeronimo Chinchilla. The reception will follow the 4:30 pm mass, Saturday, October 26, in Unionville and the 11:00 am mass, Sunday, October 27, in Milan. Bishop Shawn has assigned both Edwin and Jeronimo to serve the people of Putnam and Sullivan Counties, along with other Hispanic ministries throughout the Jefferson City Diocese.

To empower the entire parish to attend the Diaconal Ordination October 13, in the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Jefferson City, the 11:00 am Spanish language Holy Mass is cancelled. This change is only for the October 13 mass.

Holy Mass in Unionville at 4:30 pm, Saturdays. Holy Mass in Milan on Sundays, at 8:30 am in English and at 11:00 am in Spanish Santa Misa en Milan, Domingo a las once de la mañana

The quarterly Fifth Sunday Breakfast in Milan and the Fifth Sunday Brunch in Unionville immediately follows Holy Mass in both locations this weekend. Everyone is most welcome and warmly invited to attend.

The Winter Mass Schedule begins the first weekend in October, Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. Holy Mass in Unionville is at 4:30 pm Saturdays Holy Mass in English in Milan is at 8:30 am Sundays Holy Mass in Spanish in Milan is at 11:00 am Sundays La Sant Misa en español en Milán es a las 11:00 am los domingos.

There is no substitute priest available to account for Father Pat's absence on Saturday, August 31. There will be no Saturday evening mass. However, Msgr. Michael Flanagan will preside at mass for the parish at both 8:30 in Milan and 10:30 in Unionville on Sunday morning, September 1.

The mass times for Sunday, August 18, in both Milan and Unionville will move forward one hour to allow Father Pat and Deacon John to attend the Bishop's Mass in Jefferson City later that afternoon. Milan's mass will begin at 7:30 am and the mass in Unionville at 9:30 am. These changes are for this day only. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

A 55 seat, air-conditioned motor coach will depart from the Milan parking lot at 10 am on Sunday, August 18. The coach should arrive at the Cathedral of St Joseph around 1:30 pm and return to Milan around 7:30 pm. There is no charge for the transportation, but a free-will offering to help defray costs is most welcome.

¡Ven con toda tu familia! Nuestro Obispo, Shawn McKnight, invita a todas las familias Hispanas de nuestra a diócesis a celebrar nuestra herencia Hispana con la celebración de la Eucaristía presidida por él mismo y concelebrada por todos nuestros sacerdotes. Después de Misa tendremos la oportunidad de convivir con familias de otras comunidades. ¡Los esperamos! Catedral San José, 2305 W Main St. Jefferson City, MO

Monday, July 29, begins five days of fun and learning for St. Mary youth from Pre-K through fifth grade. Each day from 5 to 8 pm in the parish hall, our children have the opportunity to learn foundations of our faith and experience what it means to be on mission as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Meals and snacks will be provided and there is no charge to attend.

After some well deserved vacation time, Padre Pat Dolan returns to St. Mary from his native Ireland. Padre will return to preside at our liturgies beginning August 3rd.

Thanks to all who worked so selflessly to make the Annual Unionville Thanksgiving Day Meal such a living demonstration of Christian hospitality, love and generosity. Nearly two hundred meals were served this year to the local community and surrounding areas. Once again, special thanks go to Lois Brummer for her dedicated effort and leadership.

The November General Assembly of Bishops in Baltimore was a difficult but perhaps unavoidable experience for us to move forward as a Church. My reflections on the meeting are available on our website. There is a pdf version which can be easily printed for bulletins or discussion groups. Thank you to the approximately 500 who attended one of the six listening sessions. Your insights and concerns greatly helped me in forming my focus for the General Assembly. We now have the redacted comments from the listening sessions available on our website, diojeffcity.org.

Father Pat will come to Milan to celebrate Holy Mass at 9:00 am Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day is rapidly approaching. If you would like to assist in the support, preparation or serving of Unionville's annual Thanksgiving Day meal please contact Lois Brummer. The meal is served beginning at noon Thanksgiving Day in the Putnam County 4H Building.

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight issues list of those priests or religious brothers credibly accused or removed from ministry in the Diocese of Jefferson City.

Thanks to all who have contributed to the Catholic Steward ship Appeal. If you have not yet offered your support, you can accomplish that online on the Diocesan website.

Twelve children partake Eucharist for the first time at mass August 25.

Una Misa de Resurrección para Nayeli Lizett Baltazar se celebrará a las 5:00 P.M., el viernes 10 de agosto de 2018 en la Iglesia Católica Santa María en Milán, Missouri. La visita comenzará a las 4:00 P.M. en la iglesia. El entierro seguirá en el cementerio católico de Santa María. La Funeraria Schoene-Ruschmeier está gestionando los arreglos.