MASS TIMES

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ST. MARY'S CHURCH

Main Church at White Pine Canyon Road & Highway 224

English
SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL: 8:45 PM
EASTER SUNDAY: 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM, 12 noon

Children's Ministry at most Sunday 10:30 AM Masses

Español
DOMINGO DE PASCUA: 2 PM

Latin
EASTER SUNDAY: 4 PM

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ST. LAWRENCE MISSION

English
SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL: 8:45 PM
Sun: 10 AM
Mon: 9:30 AM

Español
Domingo: 12 PM
Miércoles: 6 PM


OLD TOWN CHAPEL

Open daily for all to visit, pray at, and worship, St. Mary’s Old Town Chapel is the Oldest Catholic Church in Utah. It’s a special and revered establishment of the community, a precious reminder of our roots, and a landmark for our town. Learn more and support the Chapel at StMarysParkCity.com/Chapel.





CONFESSION

Also available by appointment

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ST. MARY'S CHURCH

Tues: 4:30-5:30 PM
Thurs: 4:30-5:30 PM
Sat: 4:30-5:30 PM

ST. LAWRENCE MISSION

Mon: 10 AM
Wed: 5-6 PM
Thursday: 10 AM





ADORATION

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ST. MARY'S CHURCH

Mondays at 5 PM
Thursdays at 8:30 AM


ST. LAWRENCE MISSION

Wednesdays 5-6 PM






DIRECTIONS


ST. MARY'S CHURCH

1505 White Pine Canyon Rd
Park City, UT 84060
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Visiting Hours
Daily: 7:30 AM - 6 PM


OLD TOWN CHAPEL

121 Park Ave
Park City, UT 84060
click here for directions

Visiting Hours
Daily: 7 AM - 7 PM


ST. LAWRENCE MISSION

5 S 100 W
Heber City, UT 84032
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Visiting Hours
Mon - Thurs: 10 AM - 5 PM

If Church is closed, go to office.


THRIFT STORE

84 South 100 West
Heber City, UT 84032
(click here for directions)

Hours
Wed - Fri: 10 AM - 6 PM
Sat: 10 - 5 PM





fr. gray's column for dec 8, 2019

the shortest distance is between

Is Advent a penitential season? I think the question isn’t quite right. Temperance is a virtue we should always follow, that should always be a part of our habits. Every Advent we want to use this special time to open our hearts to receive the Lord—it seems to me that we won’t find the room to welcome the Lord unless we empty ourselves at least a little!

We should always practice penances, generally. When we purposefully lay aside something that will give us pleasure, we are performing a penitential action and this is a very good and useful part of our spiritual life. Useful? Absolutely! The less full-of-ourselves we are, the better at welcoming others we become—be it a stranger whom we welcome, our neighbor, or even Christ Himself.

If we empty ourselves from self-serving desires, we likewise open ourselves to be more attentive to the voices that come from outside of ourselves. Then again, sometimes we get “hangry” when our need for nourishment becomes startlingly present and destroys our ability to be decent to the people around us (usually, our own families). Like other virtues, temperance lives in the world of neither too much nor too little. There are things we need to take care of to satisfy our hearts, but we also need to be able to be attentive to the needs of the good people around us.

Practically speaking, one way in which I urge you to fast this Advent—to do penance, to exercise temperance—is to cut down on the amount of noise you consume. The noise-sources in our lives are things like the constant radio in the car, the television in the background, or the ever-present Internet of distractions. Choose to cut down on the noise even just a little bit. Not so much to get disturbed by their absence, but at least enough to let your mind think about the world with a little more circumspection.

The people around us need our attention, and the work of preparing our hearts for the Lord is something that requires our attention, too. For the sake of being able to build habits of listening to sources we do not choose, to encountering communication that does not fit in our plan. Perhaps we could even call this “intentionally being open to distraction,” but with an important caveat: not a distraction of our choosing, but rather being open to the voice of the Spirit.

The Spirit’s voice is very quiet; let us attune our ears to this subtle voice.

In Christ,

Fr. Christopher Gray, pastor
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