100 Years of Faith: Celebrating our Past, Embracing our Future
We are the Church: All are welcome, All belong!
Happy Centennial Year! As we shared in our fall preview, this centennial is a reflection of our rich past, a vision for our future, and an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the hope, faith, and sense of community we cherish here at St. Mary in Ann Arbor. Each month, we will have featured opportunities to celebrate in this Centennial Celebration Event Corner of the bulletin.
Additionally, in the upper atrium, please take time to view the rotating showcase of our parish history. The exhibit, St. Mary Student Parish: An Origin Story, 1914-1940, will be displayed throughout January and February.
What is next? Here is a preview of just some of our events…
February 22, 2025, at 5 PM – First mass at St. Mary commemoration – Bishop Earl Boyea will preside.
April 6, 2025 – Cornerstone Commemoration Event
May 2025 Crowning of Mary Celebration
Fall 2025 – All Parish Mass (Location – TBD)
Fall 2025 – Sister Barbara Reid, O.P, PhD., is the President of the Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago and is one of the leading scholars in feminist interpretation of the Scriptures. She will speak on “Mary and the Scriptures.”
October 3, 2025 – Night before UM Homecoming Game St. Mary Event
December 7th & 8th, 2025 – Concluding Masses and final reception with museum showcase
Thank you to everyone who attended or donated to the centennial fundraising dinner! Your support raised over $25,000! Your donations will fund all our centennial year events!
Questions? Our Centennial co-chairs, Rachel Guinn Feder and Vernnaliz Carrasquillo will connect you with the right person: [email protected] and [email protected]