Greetings!  Welcome to the St. Mary’s website!  We are located in Canandaigua in the heart of the upstate New York Finger Lakes.  We are a vibrant community offering many services and enjoying rich worship, lively activities, and active school within picturesque City of Canandaigua.  We invite people to visit and warmly welcome those who desire to share in our community life.  There are many ministry areas available depending on one’s gifts and talents.  When you are at St. Mary’s, you are home!  

Firmly rooted in the Catholic doctrines and traditions St. Mary’s Church, through the power of the Holy Spirit, fulfills its mission by following the ways of Jesus Christ. We, the parishioners who are St. Mary’s Church, represent Jesus Christ to our community. Our mission is to follow the way of Christ in our thoughts, words, and deeds, and to make Christ more fully present in all who live within our community.

Vacation Bible School:  Son Rock Kids Camp. Where kids build their lives

on the Rock: Jesus  Will be held at St. Mary's  July 13th - 17th 9:00 am - 12:00pm

Cost    $ 15.00 per child  $25.00 maximum per family.

Click here for Registration Form

1ST ANNUAL ST. MARY'S SHOWCASE

Save the date!  Share your talent! 

Join us on Friday, July 31st for the 1st Annual St. Mary's Showcase.  All proceeds to benefit Youth Ministry pilgrimage to the National Catholic Youth Conference.  For registration information, please contact Dawn Burdick at 394-1220 x39 or dburdick@dor.org

Scripture Blog

On the Forming Faith Survey several people suggested creating a weekly Scripture Blog where people could read a reflection on the Sunday reading and comment on it themselves. In response we have created "The Word Engaged" a weekly blog that will offer a short reflection by a member of the St Mary's/St Bridget's staff, and the ability for everyone to share their own thoughts on the weekend's readings. The site can be found at http://thewordengaged.blogspot.com/. Please take a look and share your thoughts with us!

We've begun a second blog for Project Mark (see below). Check out that blog at: http://ourmarkproject.blogspot.com/

Bite Sized Education

Looking for some bite-sized Catholic education?

If so, check out the What's What page. Each week a new topic is published and gives you basic information and some sources where you can find more, if interested. Give it a try!

Click here to go to the What's What page.

Thy Will Be Done By Me

As part of the Forming Faith Initiative, a website, thywillbedonebyme.com has been created to give you a better idea of the volunteer opportunities available at St Mary's and St Bridget's.

SPIRIT ALIVE!

Prayer for Spirit Alive!

Holy Spirit, Loving Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ,
Touch our Hearts
Lead us, Guide us, Refresh us, Heal us, Forgive us,
Give us new life.
We make this prayer for ourselves and all the people of our Diocese.
Be with us in these months with your life, your love and your encouragement.
Holy Spirit, Touch us, Be with us Always.
We pray, through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

Spirit Alive! continues with an emphasis on building our relationship with Jesus by coming to know and love the Word.  As a diocesan church, we will read, study and reflect on the Bible during the upcoming Church year.  Please take this opportunity to get to know your Bible a bit, and make a commitment to read it regularly and to attend Bible study over the next several months.  There will be many different ways you can participate in this initiative.  Just think about how you can stretch yourself to become more Bible literate and make a commitment to do it.  It will be a fruitful experience!