Distant Waters

Welcome to St. Mary Parish We welcome you to St. Mary Parish in Shrewsbury, a large, dynamic and active faith community of 2,800+ households. We seek to offer a welcoming presence to all and to reach out to the spiritual, material and social needs of our parish members and beyond.The Sunday Eucharist is the heart of our parish life as we gather to give God praise and worship. Our religious education and faith formation programs inspire us to discover God's plan for us and to live by the values and teachings of Jesus. We seek to make God's peace, justice and compassion a strong force in our local community and the wider world. Together we find new life and growth in Christ as we seek to make the world around us a place of God's love, joy and peace.The parish staff and parish pastoral council join me in extending a warm welcome to you. If you are new to our parish, we hope that you will soon find a home in our spiritual family. We are a vibrant parish offering many opportunities for people to live out their Catholic Christian Faith