Special Events & Announcements...
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The All Saint’s festival was a big success, thanks to everyone that helped: Hamburgers- KC 4th Degree. Booths- RE Catechists and Assistants. To the confirmation students, parish staff and everyone who volunteered and to RE students who dressed up as their favorite Saints. To James and Keith for setting up the booths and Andy Cardenas for bringing items back to the parish hall. Special thanks to Mrs. Helen Juarez for helping
organize the festival. Thanks to all of you who attended and helped the RE Program make
$2,203.24 which will help purchase needed items for the RE Program throughout the year.
Las Mananitas- The 9 day Novena will begin on Sun. Dec. 4th until Mon. Dec. 12th every morning at 6am followed by coffee & pan dulce In the hall.

Las Mananitas- Los 9 dias Novena empiezaran el Domingo 4 de Diciembre hasta el 12 de Diciembre cada mañana a las 6am seguido con café y pan dulce en el salón parroquial.
Hello and welcome! Our Parish is excited to announce its newest ministry. If you would like to join the Hospitality Ministry, please join us Thurs., Dec. 1st at 6pm in the Religious Ed Bldg. RM#4. The Hospitality Ministry would like to greet our parishioners at all Masses’ and offer a helping hand in our St. Mary’s Community. - Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, Faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Romans 12:12-13.
Deanery Advent Penance Services-7pm 
​Wed. 11/30- St. Paul-Smithville
Mon. 12/5- St. Michael-Uhland
Tues. 12/6- Ascension-Bastrop
Mon. 12/19- Sacred Heart-Rockne
Tues. 12/20- Sacred Heart-Elgin
Wed. 12/21- St. John- Luling
Thurs. 12/22- St. Mary-Lockhart
Spanish confessions available at all Parishes
St. Mary’s Cemetery New Hours With Daylight Savings time ending Nov. 6th
The evenings will start getting darker earlier. The cemetery will be closing every
evening at 5pm starting on Saturday, November 5th Please spread the word. Notices will be placed at the entrance of cemetery.

Next weekend is the Catholic Services Appeal, during which you can support the more than 100 ministries and programs of the Diocese of Austin. This year’s theme, This is My Body…This is My Blood, tells us that we all become one through the Eucharist, which leads us to serving our brothers and sisters in need. Please prayerfully consider
making a gift that will impact the lives of thousands throughout Central Texas through your
abundant generosity. To learn more and make your gift today, visit austindiocese.org/csa/give.
Choir and Musicians- Need musicians- Guitarist, Pianist, Organist plus Vocals. Come join us at the 10:30AM Mass. At this time, we are in formationNo practices- parishioners welcome to come join us in the choir room to play and sing to the Lord.
Stained Glass Windows Update- As you have already seen our beautiful stained glass windows are complete and have added alot of beauty and light to our church. Thank you to everyone that pledged, donated and prayed that this wonderful project could be done! It definitely could not have been done without the support of many. If you have not contributed and would like too join in, you may still do so, It’s not too late as we are
considering finishing the windows in the chapel, choir area, and balcony. We still have $2,300.00 in pledges and ask that you continue to make your payments on those pledges. We will soon be be requesting the bid for those other windows. Forms are available at the entrance of the church and the parish office. 
Stewardship Report
Nov. 12/13
5:30 pm-                    $2,457.00
7:30 am-                    $1,812.00
10:30 am-                  $1,883.00
 Total-                        $6,152.00
2nd Collection-Campaign Human Devel.-Total-    $304.50
Faith Direct for November-Total-                         $5,511.00
++Thank you for your generosity and support++