Category: Parish News

WHAT: Cemetery Clean-Up
WHERE: St. Mary’s Cemetery
WHEN: Nov. 8th, Saturday, 9AM-12PM
WHO: Middle School and High School Students, Parents, and Parishioners

*Please bring your own rakes, leaf blowers, tarps, and safety gears.*

We are also looking for parishioners with trailers or trucks who could help in loading and dumping the leaves.

Please join us on Wednesday, December 3, for the annual Advent by Candlelight Dinner.  This is a time to gather socially with other women of the church and the community.  We will have a fellowship time starting at 6:00pm with dinner to be served at 6:30pm.  Please feel free to bring your favorite wine or beer.  

Please consider hosting a table.  Tables will be set for 8 people.  As hostess you will be responsible for the table decoration, which needs to include candles or some sort of lighting. You will also be responsible for collecting money from the guests at your table.  Table service will be provided.  Chargers may be used.  PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR OWN DISHES.  Please contact Cindy Abrahamson at (641) 660-2070 or by email at abefam2000@yahoo.com to reserve a table.  If you don’t want to host a table, but would like to attend, please contact Cindy and she will place you at a table.  A short program will follow the meal.
This year’s meal will be ham balls, sweet potato casserole, green beans w/ bacon & almonds and the side salad w/ dressings, a roll and a dessert. The cost will be $20 per plate.  There will also be a gluten-free option.  Please have your guests let you know if they would like the gluten-free meal.

Join us for BINGO on Nov. 9th from 2-4 pm at the Parish Center.
Prizes will be awarded white
elephant style, so bring a new or gently used wrapped prize.
Snacks & lemonade will be
provided

Sponsored by Church & Family Life Commission.

Annual Turkey dinner
November 6th 2025
St. Mary’s Parish Center
$15.00 per ticket
6 years and under free
Serving from 4pm-6:30pm
Drive Thru Only

Join the Men’s Group on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Wednesdays of the month from 6:00pm-7:00pm  in the downstairs of the church.

Great opportunity to have fellowship with other men of the parish as you study and grow in faith.

Men’s Group

The Women’s Group meets weekly on Tuesdays at 6:00pm at the Parish Center. They are studying the Gospel of Matthew.

 Come and spend time with other wonderful women in our parish!
Women’s Group

“Hold on to friends

who draw you Jesus!”

St. Mary’s Oskaloosa & St. Mary’s Pella have the opportunity to receive a Jubilee Year Plenary Indulgence by attending a Jubilee Pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Church in Grinnell, Iowa.

What: Eucharistic Adoration and Reconciliation
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Where: St. Mary Catholic Church
       1002 Broad St.
       Grinnell, IA 50112