Welcome
Are you looking for a dynamic community of disciples, a place to call your spiritual home? Here at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gloucester City, we strive to answer Christ's call of loving self-sacrifice - through our participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, through our communal and individual prayer, through our study of Scripture, and through our service to the community around us. With God's grace, we aim to become "doers of the Word," so that all people may experience the Good News and the healing presence of Jesus Christ. We welcome you!
Mass Times
SUNDAY: 9:30 A.M.; 11: 30 A.M.
WEEKDAYS: 8:00 A.M.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)
SATURDAY: 9:30 A.M., 3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. and by Appointment
Staff
- Carla Herbert, Bulletin & Website Administrator
- Daniel Spencer, Parish Secretary
- Father David Klein, In-Residence
- Father George Seiter, Pastor
- Deacon Kevin Heil, Deacon
- Ronnie Gorman-Battersby, Financial Secretary
Office Hours
9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Closed from 12 PM -1 PM for Lunch
Events
Parish Organization Meeting Schedule
Knights of Columbus: 2nd & 4th Monday at 8 PM
Catholic Daughters of America: 1st Tuesday at 6:30 PM
Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians: 2nd Thursday at 7 PM
Legion of Mary: Wednesdays at 9:15 AM at 420 Monmouth St
Adoration: Thursdays 12 PM
Religious Education: Wednesdays at 3:40 PM & Thursdays at 3:40 PM
RCIA: Tuesdays at 6:30 PM in the Rectory
Youth Ministry: Sundays at 12:30 PM
Saint of the Day
St. Matthias: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, May 14, 2024
05/14/24 6:00 am
How does one qualify to be an apostle? The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they chose to focus their attention on finding a twelfth apostle. Why was this important? Twelve was a very important number to the Chosen People: twelve was the number of the twelve tribes of Israel. If the new Israel was to come from the disciples of Jesus, a twelfth apostle was needed. But Jesus ...
Read MoreSt. John the Silent: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 13, 2024
05/13/24 6:00 am
Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he spent nine years in his office before retiring to Jerusalem to embrace the eremitical life. Through a vision, he found his way to the monastery, or laura, of St. Sabas, asking to be walled up and living for seventy-five years as a silent recluse.
Read MoreSts. Nereus & Achilleus: Saint of the Day for Sunday, May 12, 2024
05/12/24 6:00 am
So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying "I was only following orders." But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross. Everything we know from authority about the two first- century martyrs comes from a testimony written by Pope St. Damasus in the fourth century and inscribed on a memorial tablet that commemorates their lives. But even this commentary comes 300 years after they died. Damasus tells us that Nereus ...
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