We’ve made it a priority
to provide childcare on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings and we will soon have free, safe childcare. However, we encourage you to bring your children back in for communion. Don’t worry about any noise they make—our clergy are genuinely delighted to hear the sounds of children in our parish! Another option is to keep them with you until after the first hymn, helping them see it as an exciting moment to make a joyful noise.
These are suggestions to help your children transition to full participation in the Mass, highlighting key moments they can look forward to. Even if they’re not yet baptized or receiving communion, we encourage you to bring them forward for a blessing from the priest.
“If you want to raise your family in a traditional, orthodox community, look no further than St Mary’s. Bringing our family into mass at St Mary’s has provided a great opportunity for our toddlers to practice discipline, patience, and stillness, while witnessing their community participate in ancient tradition.”
- Lydia
“As a new mother, St. Mary’s has been a place of refreshment and grace for me. This parish welcomed my son, Hosea, with warmth and excitement when he first attended mass as a newborn, and their love for him has only grown! St. Mary’s received him into the family of God with care, respect, intentionality, and so many mid-mass smiles and waves. Even when he is extra excited during mass or crawling around on the floor mid-Bible study, St. Mary’s has given us nothing but helpful hands and wholehearted care.”
- Ana
“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Mt 19:14
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