Liturgy
Welcome to St. Margaret Mary, a small traditional Catholic parish. We are dedicated to spreading the teachings of the Catholic faith and fostering a close-knit community. Our parish has a rich history and a vibrant present, and we welcome all to join us in worship and fellowship.
OUR VISION
At St. Margaret Mary, our vision is to create a welcoming and spiritually enriching environment where individuals and families can deepen their relationship with God. We strive to serve our community with love, compassion, and humility, following the example of Christ.
WHAT WE DO
Our mission at St. Margaret Mary is to provide spiritual guidance, support, and education to our parishioners. We offer a variety of ministries, programs, and services aimed at nurturing the faith of our members and reaching out to those in need within our local and global community.
OUR COMMUNITY
The St. Margaret Mary community is a diverse and inclusive family of believers. We come together to celebrate our shared faith, support one another in times of joy and struggle, and engage in charitable activities that make a positive impact in the lives of others.
Liturgy
At St. Margaret Mary, the celebration of the liturgy takes great importance for it is through it that the community is sanctified and that the mystery of Our Lord is manifested.
The Parish offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms. Please consult the “Mass Times” at the Home Page.
Beginning on the First Sunday of Advent 2016, the Parish has begun offering all Masses ad orientem, as a greater sign of the people’s turning together to the Lord and in response to Robert Cardinal Sarah’s words. In July 2016 in London, for the Conference entitled Sacra Liturgia, Robert Cardinal Sarah, the Prefect of the Holy See’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, urged that “it is very important that we return as soon as possible to a common orientation, of priests and the faithful turned together in the same direction—Eastwards or at least towards the apse—to the Lord who comes, in those parts of the liturgical rites when we are addressing God. This practice is permitted by current liturgical legislation.”
At the same Conference, Cardinal Sarah recounted the Holy Father’s, Pope Francis’, appeal to him which is “to study the question of a reform of a reform and the way in which the two forms of the Roman rite could enrich each other.”
Offering the Mass ad orientem is a practical way of continuing the authentic reforms initiated by Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. Active participation, which the Constitution promoted, is enhanced through ad orientem: “[Active participation] consists, first of all, of allowing ourselves to be led to follow Christ in the mystery of his death and of his resurrection. ‘One doesn’t go to Mass to attend a representation. One goes to participate in the mystery of God,’ Pope Francis reminded us very recently. The orientation of the assembly toward the Lord is a simple and concrete means to encourage a true participation for all at the liturgy,” according to Cardinal Sarah (Interview with Famille Chretienne, May 23, 2016).
“For the liturgy–through which the work of our redemption is accomplished–most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church.” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution On the Sacred Liturgy, Second Vatican Council).
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