Welcome Home 728 Ellsworth SW Albany, OR 97321 541-926-1449 Emergency only: 541-990-5552		St. Mary's Catholic Parish Albany, Oregon                 St. Mary’s Book Group   St. Mary’s Book Group provides a ministry within the parish family for those who share a passion for the written word.    Our mission is to read and discuss books that inspire a closer, vibrant, living relationship with our faith.   Highlights: Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:30 PM Meetings rotate among members’ homes Stimulating round table discussion   Upcoming Book Selections                 January 2008: What Happens at Mass by Jeremy Driscoll OSB February: The Way of the Pilgrim translated by RM French March: Silence on Fire: Prayer of Awareness by William Shannon April: Here I Am Lord: The Letters and Writings of Ita Ford by Jeanne Evans and Ita Ford May: Left to Tell, Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculate Ilibagza July/August: The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton September: A biography of St. Francis October: The Confessions by St. Augustine November: From Union Square to Rome by Dorothy Day December: Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know by Diane Moczar   PREVIOUS BOOK SELECTIONS My Life With the Saints   by James Martin, SJ Twelve Extraordinary Women   by John MacArthur Celebrating Good Liturgy: A Guide to the Ministries of the  Mass   by James Martin, SJ All We Know of Heaven: A Novel   by Remy Rougeau   For more information: Elaine Young (541) 619-6106 peyoung2@comcast.net
Our Mission Statement We, St. Mary's Parish, are a people responding to Christ's call to conversion, new life and discipleship with a nurturing Community. We celebrate this new life in Scripture and the Sacraments of the Roman Catholic tradition. Our Celebration impels and transforms us to be Spirit filled individuals who can reach out and minister to all people challenging and enabling them to build God's Kingdom of justice and holiness.