St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church

Denzer is CCW scholarship recipient

Jun 9, 2016

Megan Denzer (center) accepts a scholarship from Ann Nibbe and Julie McDevitt acting on behalf of the Council of Catholic Women (CCW) at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. CCW’s mission is to support, empower, and educate all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service. The local...

Global Catholic 'Mercy' effort has local impact

Mar 24, 2016

A statue of St. Joseph looks down upon a table full of food donations from members of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. The statue is the top level of a three-tiered display meant to represent the Holy Trinity. At the end of the month the donated food and money will go to the Lake City Food...

Sand painting to be dismantled Jan. 1

Dec 24, 2015

The public is invited to participate as the sand painting of the blessed Virgin Mary created by Michael Augustin is dismantled at a closing ceremony at 11 a.m. on Jan. 1 at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. Michael Augustin will explain that despite the effort it takes to collect his materials...

Thanksgiving dinner raises $2,682 for food shelf

Dec 24, 2015

Food shelf donations collected at the annual Thanksgiving dinner at Bethany Lutheran Church in Lake City and a grant from the Wabasha County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans totalled $2,682. A community outreach project of Lake City area churches, the Lake City Rotary Club and the...

St. Mary’s shreds parish hall mortgage

Dec 17, 2015

Members of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church celebrated the repayment of the loans used to build the church parish hall with a shredding ceremony following masses on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22. “God has truly blessed this parish and community of Lake City,” the church said in a news release. “Many,...

Meticulous artist creates scene for Christmas

Dec 3, 2015

At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a barefoot Michael Augustin, dressed in black from head to ankle, was on his knees sprinkling sand on a blanket in the parish hall of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. He estimates he’ll spend between 40 and 60 hours creating a six-by-eight-foot sand painting of the...

Debt paid on St. Mary's gathering space

Nov 19, 2015

Parishioners at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church will celebrate a big accomplishment this weekend. They will shred the mortgage on The Gathering Place, the huge addition built onto the church six years ago replacing the old McCahill school building. Modest remodeling plans turned to disaster,...

Priest leads pilgrimmage to Italy, Portugal