St. Mary Roman Catholic Church at 210 West Main Street, Manchester, MI 48158 US - Home

Greetings from
St. Mary Roman Catholic Church,
in the LOVE of the Lord!

An invitation:
Are you looking for a Roman Catholic parish that is:

• Faithful to and thankful for authentic Church teaching;
• Respectful of her time tested, deeply sacred rites;
• Devoted to the Eucharist and Mary;
• Committed to catechesis and evangelism in full Gospel Truth;
• Reverent and aware of beauty in both sacred liturgy and music;
• Striving in joyful self-donation, letting "Thy Will Be Done"

Join us in the sacred liturgy—
Join our household in Christ.

The feast that we have gathered to celebrate today, that of the Ascension of the Lord, is one that is probably very hard for most of us to understand. We probably don’t give much thought to the Ascension. If we happen to, maybe when we are reflecting upon the Second Glorious Mystery of the Rosary, we might have wild ideas about this mystical and historical event. We might even get hung up on the “how” did the Ascension happen, as opposed to probing deeper on the more important question of the “why”  – why did the Ascension happen. The Acts of the Apostles simply states that “he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight” (Acts 1: 9b). Then two mysterious men, dressed in white appear, just like at the empty tomb on Easter, and they tell the disciples not to be concerned about the mechanics of what just happened, the “how” but rather to start reflecting on the “why”…