Monthly Archives: September 2016
Sep 26, 2016
The all day celebration in Stevensville, celebrating 175 years of the founding of St. Mary’s Mission, was a joyous occasion. The anniversary ended with a special Mass celebrated by Bishop George Leo Thomas; Fr. John Robertson, Chancellor of the Diocese of...
Sep 21, 2016
On Tuesday, Fr. Joseph Carver, S.J. and Fr. Matthew Holland, S.J. took the short walk from the SFX parish office to the Loyola Building and the newest home of the SJS Early Education Program. Before Missoula Catholic School administrators, teachers, parents, and...
Sep 15, 2016
The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL), a nine month retreat that has been offered at St. Francis Xavier Church for many years now, began last night with the first group meeting. Mr. Paul Dietrich, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Montana...
Sep 12, 2016
What does it feel like to be part of a big, loving community? You would know if you were lucky enough to attend the annual St. Francis Xavier Parish Picnic that took place yesterday. Our celebration began with Mass where our new priest, Fr. Matthew Holland, S.J. was...
Sep 3, 2016
We celebrate the canonizaton of Mother Teresa by sharing with our St. Franics Xavier family a version of the following prayer that was hanging on the wall within her home in Calcutta. “People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them...