Welcome to St. Mary’s!

Welcome to the online home of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Kutztown!  Whether you are a long-time Catholic, new to the area, considering the Catholic faith or just passing through….  please join us, as we strive to follow Jesus Christ our Lord!

Holy Season of Lent

In this holy season of Lent, we strive to follow Christ our Lord more intensely, with prayer, fasting and almsgiving.  In solidarity with the faithful throughout the world, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence.  All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.

For a full explanation of these traditional Lenten obligations, check out this article from the Allentown Diocese, which may be found HERE.

Our Schedule for Holy Week is listed below.

 

The Disciple Maker Index Survey is Open until March 27!

It’s official! The Disciple Maker Index Survey has opened and we need your help!

Please help us by completing a 10-15 minute survey.

To complete the survey online, go HERE!

To access and print a paper survey, click HERE.

There are also opportunities to complete the survey after daily or Sunday Mass.  A limited number of paper copies are available on the table in the gathering area of the church, or may be obtained by contacting the parish office at 610-683-7443 or secretary@stmaryskutztown.com.

The survey will be available until Wednesday, March 27, 2024 and will ask you to reflect on your own spiritual growth and enable you to provide feedback on our parish’s efforts to help you grow. All responses will be confidential. The parish will only receive information about the community as whole.

We are seeking the highest response rate possible. This information will be invaluable to Fr. John and our various ministries as we plan for the future and strive to be true disciples of Jesus Christ. We will receive the results this spring/summer at which time we will share what we have learned with the entire parish.

Thank you for helping with this important project!

As an alternative to the link above, you may also “capture” the code below & go to the survey:

 

SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK

PALM SUNDAY – MARCH 24

Sunday 3pm – Reconciliation Service (4 priests hearing confessions)

 

Wednesday – March 27 

Stations of the Cross at 6:30 pm

Adoration of Blessed Sacrament from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, with confessions available from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

 

HOLY THURSDAY – MARCH 28

7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Adoration in Gathering Area until 11:00 pm

 

GOOD FRIDAY – MARCH 29

3:00 pm Good Friday Liturgy

7:00 pm Stations of the Cross

 

HOLY SATURDAY – MARCH 30

Easter Egg Hunt – 10:00 am

Blessing of the Easter Food – 11:15 am

Confessions available from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

8:00 pm – Solemn Mass for Easter Vigil

 

EASTER SUNDAY – MARCH 31

Masses at 7:00 am, 9:00 am and 11:00 am

 

Ladies Auxiliary April 27 Retreat

On Saturday, April 27, the Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor a spiritual retreat at the McGlinn Conference Center at Alvernia University.

For more details, click HERE.

 

Help us to communicate!

The parish is striving to keep our contact information current and complete, including phone numbers and email addresses.  You can help us by visiting the following link HERE!    Thank you!