Weekday Masses Monday through Friday 6:30 a.m. 8 a.m. 12:10 p.m.

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1 Rev. Edward C. Hathaway, Pastor Rev. Nicholas R. Barnes, Parochial Vicar Rev. Andrew W. Haissig, Parochial Vicar Rev. Edward J. Bresnahan, In Residence Rev. Kevin Barnekow, In Residence 310 South Royal Street Alexandria, VA (703) Church Hours Monday-Friday 5:30 a.m. 9 p.m. Saturday 7 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Sunday 6 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Sunday Masses 5 p.m. (Saturday Vigil) 7 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. (Children s Mass during the school year at St. Mary School gym) 10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Parish Office 313 Duke Street Alexandria, VA Monday Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Extended Hours (at 310 Duke Street) Monday-Friday 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Weekday Masses Monday through Friday 6:30 a.m. 8 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Federal and National Holidays and Holy Days Check bulletin and website Saturday 8:30 a.m. only St. Mary School (Pre-K 8th) 400 Green Street Alexandria, VA (703) Mrs. Janet Cantwell Principal (703) stmaryof Baptisms Sunday at 2:15 p.m. Call the Parish Of ice to register in advance and obtain regulations concerning godparents, etc. Marriages Contact Parish Priest at least six months before possible wedding date. Couples who are living together will be asked to live separately during marriage preparation time. Confessions Monday to Friday following the 12:10 p.m. Mass Saturday 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. (during Holy Hour) Novenas and Adoration at the Church Miraculous Medal Novena Mondays at 12 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Mother of Perpetual Help Novena & Holy Hour Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Nocturnal Adoration First Friday at 9 p.m. throughout the night until 6 a.m. on Saturday Holy Hour for Life First Saturday at 7:30 a.m. through Benediction at 8:15 a.m. May 7, 2017

2 CONSIDER GETTING INVOLVED IN ONE OF OUR PARISH APOSTOLATES Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 12:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays Children s Mass 9 a.m. Sundays, school year, in school gym Marian Singers 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass WORSHIP Mary Stier Claire Schwab Jo-Ann Hovey mlpstier Lectors Laurie Schultz Mary Martha Guild Christine Kleiber MMG@stmaryoldtown.org Nocturnal Adoration Society Jeffrey Petrino jeffrey.petrino Rosary Prayer Group Call Parish Office Sacristans Steve Young asyoung001 Sanctuary Society Jill Stanton jillrstanton Schola Cantorum David Elliott Ushers Randolph MacPherson Alexandrians InVolved Ecumenically (ALIVE) Bereavement Committee Receptions after funeral SERVICE Greg Smith Kitty Guy alive.saintmarys kitguy100@aol.com Carpenter s Shelter Ed Velarde Christ House Gabriel Project Pro-life pregnancy help Jail Ministry Alexandria City Pro-Life Activities Rita Meyer Janet Watkins Barbara Furey barbarafurey29 Chris Lewis Melinda and Chuck Zakrzwski cmzbear@cox.net Shut-In Visitation Call Parish Office Society of St. Vincent de Paul Jim Larocco amborocco@usa.net Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy Secular Franciscan Order SPecial REligious Development (SPRED) For children Harry and Lynne Dolton Sadie Martins Mary Froehlich nannysadie@aol.com mary.m.froehlich That Man Is You Col. Daniel P. Ermer dpermer@me.com Walking with Purpose Barbara Dwyer and Julie Guiffre Sts. Ann & Joachim Scripture Study American Heritage Girls Troop 0325 Ancient Order of Hibernians Liz Gardenier Beth Ann Garcia Kathy Doherty Terry Riley bgardenier@aol.com bamgarcia kathryndoherty tjcr1@live.com Boy Scout Troop 301 Dan Scheeler dscheeler Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Kavanaugh #54 Catholic Mom s Book Club Debbie Weatherly Beth Ann Garcia bamgarcia Cub Scout Pack 301 Mark Kramer cc.pack301 CYO Sports EDUCATION & EVANGELIZATION egrizzo5@hotmail.com Girl Scouts Tina DelDonna tdeldonna@aol.com Jr. Catholic Daughters Girls grades 2-8 Adelaide Biegun sbiegun@aol.com Knights of Columbus Larry Clark hlclark63 St. Mary s Play Group Trista Roehl and Jen Retz Sts. Ann and Joachim Society Seniors 55+ Youth & Young Adults FELLOWSHIP Barbara Juszczyk Arragon Perrone saintmarystots x 3024 For more information on the activities of our parish apostolates, go to ACTIVITIES at Sunrise Retirement Home 1st Friday Communion Woodbine Rehabilitation Center Margaret Denlinger Tom Hasbrouck BULLETIN DEADLINE 12 noon on Wednesday, 1-1/2 weeks BEFORE the date of the bulletin (i.e., May 17 for the May 28 bulletin). Submit announcements to: bulletin@stmaryoldtown.org.

3 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Three Oremus pro invicem. Let us pray for each other. Father Edward C. Hathaway MAY PROCESSION Our May crowning of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place at the beginning of the 11:30 a.m. Mass next Sunday, May 14. The procession will be led by our First Holy Communion children. Please join us for this delightful annual tribute to Our Lady. ST. MARY PARISH STAFF Sheena Byrne, Receptionist x 3015 / sbyrne@stmaryoldtown.org David Elliott, Music Director x 3019 / delliott@stmaryoldtown.org Carmen Federle, Parish Liaison to Diocesan Office for the Protection of Children and Young People cfederle@stmaryoldtown.org Melanie Graves, Director of Religious Education x 3023 / mgraves@stmaryoldtown.org John Harchick, Director of Facilities x 3021 / jharchick@stmaryoldtown.org John Lilly, Director of Communications and Evangelization x 3009 / jlilly@stmaryoldtown.org Kara Lilly, Assistant Director of Youth and Young Adults x 3030 / khollis@stmaryoldtown.org Emily Liutkus, Bookkeeper x 3010 / eliutkus@stmaryoldtown.org Diane Maple, Bulletin Editor x 3032 / bulletin@stmaryoldtown.org Hilary Munger, Assistant Director of Religious Education x 3033 / hmunger@stmaryoldtown.org Elena Otero-Bigg, Office Manager/Assistant to the Pastor x 3018 / ebigg@stmaryoldtown.org Arragon Perrone, Director of Youth and Young Adults x 3024 / aperrone@stmaryoldtown.org Naomi Roberts, Part-Time Administration Kristin Smith, Office Administrator x 3029 / ksmith@stmaryoldtown.org Trish Weiler, Business Manager x 3011 / tweiler@stmaryoldtown.org WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS From Bishop Burbidge: On this 54th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, we join to ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest (Lk 10:2), and to pray for all those already serving in the harvest as priests or consecrated religious. We give thanks to God for these men and women who give their lives to make Christ visible through their witness, their prayer and their service. In his message for this day, Pope Francis tells us we are all called to be missionaries of the Gospel, men and women touched and transformed by the joy of God s love, who cannot keep this experience just to ourselves. Just as Christ has touched our hearts and minds, so too should we be inspired to invite others to consider a call to be a priest, brother or sister. In a special way, I respectfully ask parents and grandparents to encourage your children and grandchildren to be open to God s call and to assure them of your willingness to support them in their discernment. May we be united in our prayer for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life within our Church and diocese, and in our commitment to help others hear and respond to God s call in their lives. A Prayer for Vocations Lord Jesus, we ask You to choose from our parish, homes, schools and colleges an abundant harvest of apostles for Your kingdom: Priests, brothers and sisters. O Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, teach all those the Master calls to say a joyful yes as you did at the Annunciation. Amen. THE MONTH OF MARY May, a time of rebirth in nature, is aptly dedicated to Our Lady, the Mother of New Life in Christ and our spiritual mother. I encourage all of you, in some particular and concrete way, to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary during her month. Practical devotions to Our Lady include recitation of the Hail Mary, the Angelus (replaced in the Easter season by the Regina Coeli), wearing her brown scapular or Miraculous Medal, praying the rosary and honoring her through small acts of love and sacrifice. Next Saturday, May 13, is the feast day honoring Mary as Our Lady of Fatima, named for her appearances to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in Two of the children, Bl. Jacinta and Bl. Francisco, will be canonized in Fatima by Pope Francis on May 13, the 100th anniversary of Our Lady s appearance there. The cause for canonization of Lucia, the third child, is progressing. Mary s message at Fatima still resonates for each of us today: A call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin, reparation and devotion to prayer, especially the rosary the ultimate prayer to Jesus through Mary. May also brings First Holy Communion to our second graders at two Masses at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 13. (More on that next week!) Please include them in your prayers as they receive Christ in the Eucharist for the very first time. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for them! Blessed Jacinta and Francisco, pray for them!

4 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Four MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, May 7 7 a.m. Special Intention: The President, Cabinet & All Elected Leaders 8:30 a.m. Alicia Mathes 9 a.m. (school) Parishioners of St. Mary 10 a.m. Myra Halpin 11:30 a.m. Aideen O Malley Cooney 1 p.m. George Edward Pack 5 p.m. Special Intention: The Colucci Family Monday, May 8 6:30 a.m. Harmon Burns 8 a.m. Augusta W. Hourigan 12:10 p.m. Jared Mader Tuesday, May 9 6:30 a.m. Joseph James Harchick 8 a.m. Robert J. Hourigan 12:10 p.m. Jared Mader Wednesday, May 10 6:30 a.m. Joseph James Harchick 8 a.m. Sally Gibbey 12:10 p.m. Louise F. Castle Thursday, May 11 6:30 a.m. Antonio Guerreiro 8 a.m. Steven Nordlinger 12:10 p.m. James P. McAndrews Friday, May 12 6:30 a.m. Joan Neff 8 a.m. James Gill 12:10 p.m. Susan Scandurra Saturday, May 13 8:30 a.m. Tessa Zajac 5 p.m. Mary Chow Woon Leung Sunday, May 14 7 a.m. Mother s Day Novena 8:30 a.m. Joan Daly 9 a.m. (school) Mary Ann Keller 10 a.m. Parishioners of St. Mary 11:30 a.m. Special Intention: Arlene Stelluto 1 p.m. Ellen Whelan Norris 5 p.m. Eleanor Rymond WE WELCOME THROUGH BAPTISM Jackson Christopher Jones, Roman Daniel Spadacino and Scotlyn Bayley MARRIAGE BANNS The banns of marriage for Margot Morris and Eric Chavez, Meghann Robertson and Shawn Kincaid, and Emily Patterson and Timothy Meier, are announced for their upcoming weddings. Lord of love, we pray for these couples. Be with them in all their preparations and on their wedding days. Give them Your love in their hearts throughout their married life together, we ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen. DAILY MASS READINGS Go to for daily Mass readings, including audio, and reflections on those readings. Sign up there to have daily Mass readings sent to you via every morning! PRAY FOR THE ILL, INCLUDING: Suzanne Aragona, Sammy Araya, Jean Baptiste, Beth Bartlett, Olga Bell, Mary Claire Bright, Isabel Bucciante, Mike Clemmer, Cathy Coates, Edward Conklin, Baby Bridget Faith Cummins, Heidi Donelly-Pesa, Michael Friedson, Loretta Fusco, Baby Galileo George, Jim Hebb, Michael Henderson, Michael Kinsky, Kelsie Kocourek, Sean Kocourek, Heidi Krieger, Meeka Layfield, Anthony Lodato, Rodney Lodato, Emma Lopo-Sullivan, James F. McGrath III, Baby Cecilia Mathews, Sarah Dawn Medina, Dana Neese, Janice Nolen, Sr. Laura Fidelis Nolen, Terry Nunan, Blaise Pugh, Carl Rieman, Joanne Ritter, Jim Rooney, Howard Saucier, Teddy Schwab, Jennie Seko, Nick Spagnoli, Mary Stier, Jack Street, Daniel Talamante, Randy Weber and Kimberley Ross Weston PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, INCLUDING: Marietta Comey, Frances Hughes, Judi Gillespie and James Taylor To add a name, call the Parish Office at Names of the ill are listed for approximately four weeks. PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY & CIVILIAN MEMBERS SERVING IN HARM S WAY, INCLUDING: Fr. Jason C. Burchell, Casey Chandler, Matthew Constantino, Peter Culbert, Jeremy Hill, Mark Martins, Nathan Martins, Hannah Martins Miller, Edward Joseph Parry III, Chris Quayle, Michael Stabile Jr., Patricia Stabile, Shawn Wells and Brian Wong This list includes active military and civilians in service. Call the Parish Office at to add or remove names. TRINITY DOME SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND The U.S. Bishops have approved a one-time, national collection to fund completion of mosaic art decorating the Trinity Dome, the central dome of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, known as America s Catholic Church, in Washington, DC. (For more information on the project, visit In our diocese, the collection will be held this weekend, May 6 and 7. Your financial support will help complete Mary s Shrine and leave a lasting legacy for many generations to come in this living monument to our Catholic faith.

5 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Five AROUND THE PARISH, DIOCESE & BEYOND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NAOMI! Parish staff recently celebrated the birthday of Naomi Roberts, who has worked in the rectory since 1979! We give thanks for Naomi and her many years of service. Ad multos anos! PILGRIMAGE TO ENGLAND Join Fr. Rich Miserendino (formerly here at St. Mary) for a pilgrimage to England, September 18 to 26, visiting London, Oxford, Cambridge, Walsingham, Stratford-upon-Avon and more. Following the theme The Catholic Saints and Authors of England, pilgrims will become familiar with the lives of English saints such as St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman and the Catholic martyrs of Tyburn, and the lives and work of Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. For additional information, Fr. Rich at rmiserendino@saintagnes.org. PRO-LIFE MINISTRY Each and every human life is unique and unrepeatable. Bishop Michael Burbidge Project Rachel, Post Abortion Help HOPE Gabriel Project, Pregnancy Help Arlington Catholic Charities Adoption Services INFANT MEMORIAL SERVICE An Interdenominational Infant Memorial Service will be held at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 3700 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, on Saturday, May 13 at 7 p.m. for any who mourn a child lost through miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, abortion or infant death. Join Divine Mercy Care and the Kristen Anderson Perinatal Hospice Program of Tepeyac OB/GYN for this event to honor the value of every little life. All are welcome, including friends and children, regardless of when the child was lost. For more information, contact or cmullins@divinemercycare.org. CHANGE IN FOOD DONATIONS Please take note that we no longer accept St. Lucy Project food donations at the church. Please now drop your food donations at Christ House, located at 131 South West Street, Alexandria, VA SPONSOR OF THE WEEK Thank you to Cunningham Turch Funeral Home for advertising in our bulletin. Please patronize our sponsors! WOMEN S DISCERNMENT RETREAT Could Christ be calling you to the religious life? Find out at the annual discernment retreat for women, June 16-18, led by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (Nashville Dominicans). $60 cost includes overnights and meals (assistance available). Contact Fr J.D. Jaffe, Director, Office of Vocations, at or vocations@arlingtondiocese.org. Registration deadline is May 19. Our Parish Office recently moved across the street to the Lyceum at 313 Duke Street. Please use the entrance on the right side of the building to visit us for routine business. The new location is handicapped-accessible, including the restrooms, for office visitors. It also provides a more professional work space for our staff, enabling us to better serve our wonderful parishioners that s you! PARISH OFFICE HOURS at 313 Duke Street (entrance at right side of Lyceum) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday only VOCATIONS On this Good Shepherd Sunday we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life, especially for our diocese, that God will raise up good shepherds in our midst. If you think God is calling you to serve the Church as a priest or in the consecrated life, call Fr. J.D. Jaffe at or write: j.jaffe@arlingtondiocese.org. RECTORY HOURS After hours service at the Rectory (310 Duke Street) 5 to 7:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday NEW PARISH OFFICE MAILING ADDRESS St. Mary Catholic Church 313 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314

6 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Six SERVICE, EDUCATION & EVANGELIZATION DINNER AT CHRIST HOUSE St. Mary volunteers will be providing dinner at Christ House on Tuesday, May 30. A sign-up book is located at the back of the church for food items needed. Please have food brought to Christ House (corner of Prince and West Streets in Old Town Alexandria) by 3 p.m. the day of the dinner. Questions? Please call Janet Watkins at or Rita Meyer at Thank you for your help! OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OTHERS When a loved one passes away, the St. Mary s Bereavement Committee is available to provide a reception after the funeral. Families appreciate being able to visit and be comforted by relatives and friends without the confusion of preparing and serving a meal. We need volunteers to prepare food (simple comfort food like cookies, salads and sandwiches) and to serve the meal. Can you help continue this important Corporal Work of Mercy in our parish? Contact Kitty Guy at or kitguy100@aol.com or Margaret Susank at or susank02@comcast.net. FORMED.ORG FORMED is a comprehensive, online library of Catholic resources. It is FREE to St. Mary parishioners! Go to FORMED.ORG, click Sign In at the top and enter our parish code (7M63PY) for unlimited access to all programs. BISHOP S LENTEN APPEAL WE DID IT! St. Mary s BLA pledges have reached $670,136, 102% of our parish goal of $660,000, with pledges from 30% of our households. Many thanks to everyone who made this possible! Your contributions will help fund many vital programs throughout our diocese. CUB SCOUTING Scouting at St. Mary provides boys a foundation they can stand on to embrace opportunity, overcome obstacles and make new discoveries. Come to Join Scouting Night on Tuesday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary School gym. Current first to fifth graders are eligible to join; children are welcome to attend. Questions? Please contact Nancy at nkcanter. AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS TROOP 0325 American Heritage Girls (AHG) is a scouting and Catholic fellowship opportunity for girls, ages 5 to 18. St. Mary's American Heritage Girls Troop 0325 meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Christ Child Hall at St. Mary's School. For more information or to register your daughter, contact Beth Ann Garcia at bamgarcia3 or Kathryn Doherty at kathryndoherty.

7 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Seven SENIORS GROUP TRIP TO HIRSHHORN The Sts. Ann and Joachim Society (St. Mary Seniors Group) will be going to the Hirshhorn Museum Exhibition "Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirrors" on Wednesday, May 10. We have timed passes for 11 a.m. We will meet in front of the parish Lyceum at 9:45 a.m.; the bus will leave promptly at 10 a.m. All are welcome. The bus fee is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. FROM THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS Monthly Meeting: The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Kavanaugh #54, a group dedicated to charity, will hold its next monthly membership meeting on Monday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Auditorium at the Lyceum. There will be a Meet & Greet social preceding the meeting at 7 p.m. All women interested in learning about or joining the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) are invited to attend. Questions? Contact CDA Regent Debbie Weatherly at debbie_weatherly@comcast.net. A Journey to Baltimore: Join the CDA, Fr. Hathaway and Fr. Jerome Magat on Thursday, May 11 for a step back in time to the establishment of the Church in the United States. The day begins with 8 a.m. Mass here at St. Mary, coffee and snack in the Lyceum at 8:30 a.m. and bus departure for Baltimore at 9 a.m. We ll visit St. Marys Seminary, the nation s first Roman Catholic seminary. Lunch in Little Italy, followed by a visit to St. Mary s Spirituality Center and Seton House, residence of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. $32 (bus ride and lunch). Send your check payable to CDA #54 to Martha Gabriel, 108 Quay Street, Alexandria VA For more information, contact Maria Sabio at sabio.m22 or Archdiocese for the Military Services 23rd Annual Memorial Mass honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces WORSHIP, PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP Living Faith A Reflection for Sunday, May 7 And Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:38 The word repent means to turn from sin, to change our actions. When it comes to change, do we take responsibility for change or do we think others have to change instead? Permanent change comes from within, we must take control and be disciplined. Remember, though, we are not alone; Jesus is there to help lighten the load. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT What a beautiful time of year to remember Christ s ultimate sacrifice for us. Yet He is STILL with us 2,000 years later, in silence, hidden in the Sacred Host. He is waiting for us to visit Him! Think of spending just one hour per week with Our Lord during Eucharistic Adoration from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, concluding with a Holy Hour. ST. CECILIA SOCIETY The St. Cecilia Society is a new organization established to support the musical life of our parish. Donations support The Schola Cantorum, our principal liturgical choir, comprised of professional section leaders and talented volunteers, with a repertoire from the best of Catholic sacred music tradition, singing throughout the year at the 10 a.m. Mass; our newly formed St. Mary Chamber Orchestra, which performs two orchestral concerts in the Lyceum and two orchestral Masses for the Feast of Christ the King and Christmas Midnight Mass in the church; and an exciting new Concert Series during the year by professional and collegiate ensembles from the Washington, DC, area and beyond. Member benefits include reserved seating at all concerts, invitations to the Society s yearly concert planning meeting and yearly members-only formal dinner with chamber music, and acknowledgment in all programs and concert series brochure. You can join and make a donation at saint-cecilia-society/. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 4th Street & Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 21 Principal Celebrant and Homilist: The Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop Parking is limited Car pooling advised Military personnel are encouraged to be in uniform Dress: Civilian Business Attire; Military Service Dress To request seating or to obtain additional information, visit: MARIAN SINGERS Help honor our parish patroness by joining the Marian Singers. We are a music ministry that honors our Blessed Mother by providing music for the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass. We rehearse in the church every Tuesday at 7 p.m. We are looking for new members; men and women of all skill levels are welcome. For more information, please contact Jo-Ann Hovey at canadiansongbird@verizon.net. HOLY FATHER S INTENTION FOR MAY CHRISTIANS IN AFRICA: That Christians in Africa, in imitation of the Merciful Jesus, may give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice and peace.

8 May 7, Fourth Sunday of Easter Page Eight FROM THE PARISH SCRAPBOOK The Fr. Rankin House (314 Duke Street) We recently renamed the White House, adjacent to the rectory, as the Fr. Rankin House. The house is used by many parish groups for meetings and events. It also serves as home for our in-residence priests. The name change stems from the significant work Fr. Thomas A. Rankin undertook for the parish as pastor in the 1930s and 1940s. The education of the parish children was a major concern of his. In 1934, Fr. Rankin was forced to close the Xavier Brothers School for boys on North Washington Street because it was too costly to operate both it and the parish school during the Depression. Seeing that the old parish school was becoming increasingly inadequate, Fr. Rankin made several attempts to purchase property to build a new school. Eventually, he procured the land on Green Street where our St. Mary School is located today. Fr. Rankin also played a large role in the complete restoration of the church following a devastating fire in He built the hallway between the sacristy and the rectory, and he completely refurbished the sacristy following the fire. After completing the restorations to the church, Fr. Rankin began enlarging the rectory. He wanted to cut a new window in his dining room (currently the pastor s office) to let in more light. However, he needed permission from the next door neighbor at 314 Duke Street to alter the property. When the neighbor objected, Fr. Rankin used his personal money to buy the house for the parish. We honor and remember Fr. Rankin by naming the house for him. Every third weekend of the month, join us for wine and cheese after the 5 p.m. Masses on Saturday and Sunday at the Fr. Rankin House patio (314 Duke Street).

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