Welcome
Are you looking for a dynamic community of disciples, a place to call your spiritual home? Here at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gloucester City, we strive to answer Christ's call of loving self-sacrifice - through our participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, through our communal and individual prayer, through our study of Scripture, and through our service to the community around us. With God's grace, we aim to become "doers of the Word," so that all people may experience the Good News and the healing presence of Jesus Christ. We welcome you!
Mass Times
SUNDAY: 7:30 A.M., 9:30 A.M., 11:30 A.M.
WEEKDAYS: 8:00 A.M.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)
SATURDAY: 9:30 A.M., 3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. and by Appointment
Staff
- Carla Herbert, Bulletin & Website Administrator
- Daniel Spencer, Parish Secretary
- Deacon Dave Murnane, Baptism Instructor & Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
- Marge Saunders, Parish Bookkeeper
- Ronnie Gorman-Battersby, Financial Secretary
- Monsignor William Hodge, Pastor
Office Hours
8:30 AM-3:30 PM
Closed from 12 PM -1 PM for Lunch
Tuesday Evening
6-8 PM
Events
Candles
St Joseph Altar Candle is burning for Ott Pacifico (Birth Rem) R/b Family
Blessed Mother Altar Candle is burning for Marianne Eller (Birth Rem) R/b Family
Sanctuary Candle is burning for Deacon Frank Crosson (Healing Int) R/b Battersby Family
Parish Organization Meeting Schedule
Knights of Columbus: 2nd & 4th Monday at 8 PM
Catholic Daughters of America: 1st Tuesday at 6:30 PM
Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians: 2nd Thursday at 7 PM
Legion of Mary: Wednesdays at 9:15 AM at 420 Monmouth St
Adoration: Thursdays 12 PM
Religious Education: Wednesdays at 3:40 PM & Thursdays at 3:40 PM
RCIA: Tuesdays at 6:30 PM in the Rectory
Youth Ministry: Sundays at 12:30 PM
Saint of the Day
St. Volusian: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 18, 2021
01/18/21 7:00 am
Bishop of Tours, France. A senator at Tours, he was initially married, supposedly to a most unpleasant wife. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the Arian Visigoths, and went to Spain. He died perhaps in Toulouse, or in Spain, possibly as a martyr.
Read MoreSt. Anthony the Abbot: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 17, 2021
01/17/21 7:00 am
Two Greek philosophers ventured out into the Egyptian desert to the mountain where Anthony lived. When they got there, Anthony asked them why they had come to talk to such a foolish man? He had reason to say that -- they saw before them a man who wore a skin, who refused to bathe, who lived on bread and water. They were Greek, the world's most admired civilization, and Anthony was Egyptian, a member of a conquered nation. They were philosophers, educated in languages and rhetoric. Anthony had ...
Read MoreSt. Fursey: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 16, 2021
01/16/21 7:00 am
Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri, IreÂland, as a noble. He founded Rathmat Abbey, now probably Killursa. In 630 Fursey and his friends went to East Anglia, England, where he founded a monastery near Ugremouth on land donated by King Sigebert. In his later years, Fursey went to France to build a monastery at Lagny, near Paris, France. He was buried in Picardy. St. Bede and others wrote ...
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