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St. Mary's Parish
Miramichi
NB
E1V 2J9
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Who we are
Welcome to our faith community. St. Mary’s was founded in 1862 and since its humble origins, we have told a very important story, our sacred story of who we are as God’s people. At St. Mary’s we are presently a community made up of many families and many backgrounds who gather to worship God, to build a community of faith and to be a people constantly weaving the story of Jesus into our lives.
Our Parish mission statement sums up so well what St. Mary’s for 150 years has meant to us and to the people of the greater Miramichi area. “St. Mary’s is a people called through baptism to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through our gifts, great and small, we build a caring community of faith and prayer which enables us to risk being open and responsive to present and future needs.”
This is what the Lord asks of you:
To act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Enjoy your visit, more importantly gather with us to experience as a people of faith the inclusive love of God revealed in each of us, revealed in our sacred story.
Our Parish mission statement sums up so well what St. Mary’s for 150 years has meant to us and to the people of the greater Miramichi area. “St. Mary’s is a people called through baptism to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through our gifts, great and small, we build a caring community of faith and prayer which enables us to risk being open and responsive to present and future needs.”
This is what the Lord asks of you:
To act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Enjoy your visit, more importantly gather with us to experience as a people of faith the inclusive love of God revealed in each of us, revealed in our sacred story.
Location of worship / Church Address
360 Newcastle Boulevard
Miramichi,
NB
E1V 2J9
Canada
Phone: (506) 622-5720
Fax: (506) 622-7031
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Church Pastor
Fr. Godwin Kalu, SMMM
Pastor
360 Newcastle Boulevard
Miramichi,
NB
E1V 2J9
Canada
Phone: (506) 622-5720
Fax: (506) 622-7031
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Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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Roman Catholic
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Fr. Godwin Kalu, SMMM
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Administration
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Becky Lyons-Standring
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Office Administrator
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360 Newcastle Boulevard
Miramichi
New Brunswick
E1V 2J9
Miramichi
New Brunswick
E1V 2J9
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St. Mary's Parish Miramichi Mass Times
Weekend Mass Times
Saturdays 4:30 pm
Sundays 10:00 am
1st Saturday of each month 9 AM Rosary, Exposition, Confession; 9:30 AM Mass, Devotions to Our Blessed Mother.
Weekday Mass Times
Tuesday to Friday: Holy Rosary - 11:30 am / Angelus-Noon;
Mass Times last updated on the 27th of November, 2022
Saturdays 4:30 pm
Sundays 10:00 am
1st Saturday of each month 9 AM Rosary, Exposition, Confession; 9:30 AM Mass, Devotions to Our Blessed Mother.
Weekday Mass Times
Tuesday to Friday: Holy Rosary - 11:30 am / Angelus-Noon;
Mass Times last updated on the 27th of November, 2022
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Bereavement
Children's Word Liturgy
Liturgical Ministries
Music
Prayer Shawl
Development & Peace
Martha Guild
Prison Ministry
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Monday – Thursday
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Monday – Thursday
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
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St. Mary's Parish History
St. Mary’s was founded in 1862. After years of immigration into this area, a need was seen to build a church. Before this, the Catholic people of the area had been ministered to by priests at Bartibog and Nelson.
The first church was built on Prince William St. (Now Newcastle Blvd.) between the area of today’s railway tracks and the former rectory and had a capacity of 450. This church served the congregation adequately until the 1930’s and 40’s when population growth made a larger church necessary. During the Pastorate of Rev. Raymond Hickey (1954-63) the new St. Mary’s building was erected, blessed and opened on December 4, 1956.
This church was built to accommodate 1300 people and could look after the approximate 1000 families in the parish. The basement of the church contained an auditorium to seat 800. It also had kitchen facilities, classrooms and meeting rooms.
St. Mary’s Church could be described as a handsome edifice in Neo-Gothic style, of locally quarried stone. The interior woodwork, pews and 8 doors are of oak and windows of coloured glass except for four windows of stained glass donated by parishioners. Since 1956 additional stain glass windows have been purchased as well as a magnificent window dedicated to the Virgin Mary that was installed as a millennium project in 2000. This window overlooks the choir loft and main entrance.
St. Mary’s Parish was part of the Diocese of Bathurst for the first 3 years after construction of the new building, but in 1959 the English speaking churches of the Miramichi were transferred from that diocese to the Diocese of Saint John.
No history of St. Mary’s could be complete without mentioning the two mission churches, that of St. Joachim’s in the First Nation of Eel Ground and St. Theresa’s in Bridgetown in the west end of the city. This church was sold to the adjoining pulp and paper company and later torn down.
The first church was built on Prince William St. (Now Newcastle Blvd.) between the area of today’s railway tracks and the former rectory and had a capacity of 450. This church served the congregation adequately until the 1930’s and 40’s when population growth made a larger church necessary. During the Pastorate of Rev. Raymond Hickey (1954-63) the new St. Mary’s building was erected, blessed and opened on December 4, 1956.
This church was built to accommodate 1300 people and could look after the approximate 1000 families in the parish. The basement of the church contained an auditorium to seat 800. It also had kitchen facilities, classrooms and meeting rooms.
St. Mary’s Church could be described as a handsome edifice in Neo-Gothic style, of locally quarried stone. The interior woodwork, pews and 8 doors are of oak and windows of coloured glass except for four windows of stained glass donated by parishioners. Since 1956 additional stain glass windows have been purchased as well as a magnificent window dedicated to the Virgin Mary that was installed as a millennium project in 2000. This window overlooks the choir loft and main entrance.
St. Mary’s Parish was part of the Diocese of Bathurst for the first 3 years after construction of the new building, but in 1959 the English speaking churches of the Miramichi were transferred from that diocese to the Diocese of Saint John.
No history of St. Mary’s could be complete without mentioning the two mission churches, that of St. Joachim’s in the First Nation of Eel Ground and St. Theresa’s in Bridgetown in the west end of the city. This church was sold to the adjoining pulp and paper company and later torn down.
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