Mardi Gras 2012! After many fun and successful years, it is time to say goodbye to the St. Mary's tradition of Mardi Gras....

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The third Saturday of each month from September through June, is Chili Lunch Saturday for the Church of the Advent Soup Kitchen guests.

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You may make a donation to St. Mary's via a secure on-line connection. If your donation is in memoriam or for another special purpose, please email that information to the Parish Adminstrator, parishadmin@stmaryspr.org after making your contribution.

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From The Park Ridge Herald-Advocate   read more »

Teddy Bear Sunday at St. Mary's

A long standing Outreach Partner of St. Mary's is Bishop Anderson House, a member of Episcopal Charities.

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Click to read:  Chicago Tribune, TribLocal, July 8, 2010   read more »

Like New Auto Spa, located at 1050 Busse Highway in Park Ridge, is sponsoring a season long fundraising event for St. Mary's Outreach. Download the attachment for more information and for a printable coupon.   read more »

St. Mary's hosted a champagne reception and book signing on Friday June 4 for "COMEBACKS: Powerful Lessons from Leaders Who Endured Setbacks and Recaptured Success on Their Terms" (Jossey-Bass, 2010) by Andrea Redmond and Patricia Crisafulli. Over 40 people attended and received a free copy of "COMEBACKS". The free will offering held at the book signing to support St. Mary's Outreach raised nearly $2000.   read more »

Dancing at Mardi Gras
St. Mary's Mardi Gras netted nearly $20,000! These proceeds will be used to help our Outreach Partners and others in need. All the proceeds will be distributed to groups outside St. Mary's. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this event a huge success.

St.Mary's has joined with other Park Ridge churches and community organizations in helping furnish the weekly supper for those needing a warm meal at St. Paul of the Cross.   read more »

St. Mary’s Treasure Chest is a re-sale shop run by the women of St. Mary’s. The shop raises money to support both church charities and the work of our congregation. Generous gifts from the shop helped the church to pay off its mortgage and continue to help us improve our facility and give generously to charitable organizations. The Shop is open from September through June. The directors are Mary Redmann and Ellen Zurek.   read more »

How do we put our faith into action? How do we go from frustration about the difference between how things should be and the way things are to effective action to put things right?   read more »

Our companion parish, San Juan Bautista, is a small but vibrant parish in the Diocese of Southeast Mexico. San Juan Bautista is in a remote Mexican village called San Filipé Cihualtepec.   read more »