"Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent is the season leading up to the celebration of Christmas. The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas..." A link to Bishop Barron's Advent Reflections can be found on our Advent page.

Students changing light bulbs and cleaning fixtures; Christmas Concert; Advent books, wreaths, candles, Christmas cards and gifts available in Gift Shop; Advent Penance Service.

What We Believe...Why We Believe It, the bulletin insert that painlessly re-educates and re-evangelizes Catholics. Coming soon to St. Mary's.

Women’s Guild Bake Sale; Children's presentation before the Christmas Vigil Mass; Christmas Concert; Church Office and Gift Shop closing; Advent prayer resources; Advent wreaths, candles and Christmas Cards available in Gift Shop; Advent Penance Service.

On Friday, December 4th at 7:30 p.m., the McLennan Community College presents, the MCC Chorale and the Tennyson Middle School Varsity Girls Choir performing "Midnight Mass for Christmas" (1690) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1401 Washington Avenue, Waco, Texas.

The Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) provides funding for groups that make lasting change and uplift the poor in the United States. CCHD grants improve education, support economic development, and help communities provide housing in low-income neighborhoods. Help us continue to defend human dignity and aid those living on the margins of society. Please be generous.

Pope Francis has declared that a Year of Mercy be celebrated throughout the world. The Year of Mercy began on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2015 and will conclude on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Sunday, November 20, 2016.

Thanksgiving food baskets; Children's presentation at Christmas Vigil Mass; Special Collection; Women’s Guild meeting; Women’s Guild Bake Sale; Christmas Concert - MCC Chorale with Tennyson Middle School Varsity Girls Choir.

Food baskets for Thanksgiving; St. John's Catholic Church Turkey Bingo; Women's Bible Study; monthly Pot Luck Supper; Christmas children's presentation; bulletin advertising.

Pro-Life Waco invites you and your friends to its Second Sunday Pro-Life Gathering on November 8, 2015 in the St. Mary's Parish Hall. Guest speaker will be Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, an associate with the Priests for Life.