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2022 Parish Festival Vendors Wanted

We are now accepting vendor registrations for our 2022 Parish Festival held on May 1, 2022. Fill out the online form here, or call our office at 254-773-4541. We are going full throttle for a day filled with fun and live music with our very own local bands, Jerry Haisler and Billy Holt! The festival includes homemade lunch plates, a petting zoo, vendors, food trucks, live and silent auctions, a wine walk, a beer garden,

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tractor train ride at Parish Festival

2022 Parish Festival Coming Soon

Planning is underway for our Parish Festival, held on May 1, 2022. We are going full throttle for a day filled with fun and live music with our very own local bands, Jerry Haisler and Billy Holt! The festival includes homemade lunch plates, a petting zoo, vendors, food trucks, live and silent auctions, a wine walk, a beer garden, and much more. For the first time ever, we’re bringing carnival rides to our festival! Raffle

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Parish Festival Meeting August 26th @ 6PM

Come be apart of creating something for all generations to enjoy.  We need YOU!  We need your thoughts, your ideas, your wisdom, drive, energy and creativity!  This will be our first Parish Festival meeting to lay some ground work for more FUN, more productivity and lot’s of memories. Meeting will be held in the Ave Maria room and will be over by 7PM Parish Festival will be May 1, 2022

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ADCCW presents “Joyfully Caring for God’s Creation”

The Austin Diocesan Council of Catholic Women 71st Annual Convention is June 28-29, 2021.  We invite and encourage all who are interested to attend this very special event right here in our great city!  The event will be at hosted at St. Luke’s Catholic Church located at 2807 Oakdale Drive, Temple, Texas 76502.  There is a link to download and print the application form for your lunch and dinner selection.  Please feel free to contact

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Father Kurtis Featured on EWTN News Nightly

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (starting at 5:09) was featured in EWTN News Nightly: On “EWTN News Nightly” tonight: President Joe Biden’s “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021” has been unveiled on Capitol Hill. The bill, which faces an uncertain path, offers a pathway to citizenship for millions of people in the U.S. without legal status. Meanwhile, Indiana Senator Mike Braun is re-introducing a bill called ‘Dignity for Aborted Children Act.’ Braun says he knows it is

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Family Life Center – Renovation Update

As we get ready for some major renovation projects I wanted to review the overall plan for the campus and why we are moving in this direction. I’m hoping that by keeping you informed you can become collaborators in the process and help make this a reality. When I arrived,my predecessors, through your generosity, had been able to put away$1.3 million for future building renovations, particularly the parish hall. When I arrived the direction that

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Listen to Fr. Will’s Homily from last week about the amazing things happening at St. Mary’s and learn how you can help.