Welcome to our Saint Mary Family! As we kick-off this fall, please take time to review the important information below regarding the upcoming school year. If you have any question or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us using the contact forms below.
Family Adventure Days
What is Family Adventure Day?
Family Adventure Day is a faith formation approach that recognizes parents and the primary educators of their children in the catholic faith. Our program brings families together to learn, pray, and grow in the faith as a community.
*This is the starting point for any families with children seeking the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation currently or in the future. It is a required component of Sacramental Preparation.*
What happens at family adventure days?
Family-centered approach: parents are supported and equipped to be confident faith teachers in their own homes.
Community building families connect with other parish families, creating lasting friendships and support networks: intergenerational learning parents, children, grandparents, and extended family members learn together, strengthening faith bonds across generations.
Program Structure
Registration for Family Adventure Days will open August 16, 2026.
**Pricing information to come**
Monthly family gatherings will take place in the Parish Life Center (PLC) after the 8am or 10am masses. Coffee, donuts, and light refreshments will be provided as we pray together and break open the theme for the month.
Your family will experience different aspects of faith through thoughtfully prepared stations. As you travel together, it is our prayer that your family grows together in learning more about the truth and beauty of our faith.
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Fall 2026 Schedule
August 16 – Registration for Family Adventure Days opens.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Starting back up in the Fall, Children’s Liturgy of the Word will be every Third Sunday of the month at the 10:00am Mass. Children in K-5th grade are invited to hear the Sunday Mass readings using the Children’s Lectionary and to pray together. We process out after the Collect and return during the Offertory.
Contact Brandy Rice below with any questions, comments, or specific topics that would be helpful for your family. We look forward to meeting you!
If your child needs First Reconciliation or First Holy Communion, please go here for information!
Contact Lydmarie Machado below with any questions about Sacramental Preparation.
Childcare Ministry
Available for 6 month—4 year olds in the Childcare Room during the 8:00am and 10:00am Sunday Masses. Special events we will also be offering childcare for children up to age 11! Sign up HERE to join the email list.
Contact Sara Keyser below if interested in volunteering or if you have any questions.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level I Atrium (volunteers needed)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, also known as “The Atrium,” is a Montessori-based program that gives the child a space to grow and nurture their relationship with God.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Email explorers@saintmary.life if interested.
For more information, please read through the CGSUSA.org website.