Special Announcements

Fr. Casimir will be on a Mass circuit in Idaho, Utah and Colorado this week, and then go to Omaha for the July 19-23 priests’ meeting. He will be back on July 25. If you need to contact him, call his cell phone.

There will be a BIG work party on restoring the Mount windows on Saturday, July 17 at 7:30 a.m. PLEASE, we are asking that as many people as possible come to work on the window preparations. We will be assisted by 25 to 30 volunteers from the Spokane Preservation Advocates. They are giving their time to come help Mount St. Michael. Let’s show our appreciation and support by coming to the work party. Please call John Netzel at 953-0816 or email him at jamnetzel @ q.com if you have questions or would like to help. The work party will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 1:00 with lunch provided.

Restore and Preserve Our Historic Landmark: Efforts to restore our beautiful building in preparation for Mount St. Michael’s 100th anniversary are beginning now, as the aging church and academy facility is badly in need of repair.

Upcoming Events

July 13	Downtown Rosary march at 6:30 p.m. (no confessions or Holy Hour this evening)
July 17	Windows Work Party with the Spokane Preservation Advocates 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
July 19-23	CMRI Priests Meeting in Omaha (no Masses at the Mount)
July 25	Feast of St. James the Greater and of St. Christopher, patron of travelers - Blessing of Vehicles (taken from the Roman Ritual) after Sunday Masses
July 25-31	Boys’ Camp at St. Joseph Minor Seminary in Rathdrum, Idaho (see flyer in vestibule, or contact Fr. Gabriel Lavery at 868-5893 for more information)
July 27-Aug. 3	Girls’ Summer Camp at Mount St. Michael
Aug. 3-4	Vocations Days at St. Michael’s Convent

Welcome to the Mount

St. Michael’s Parish is located at Mount St. Michael, a beautiful Tudor-Gothic structure high on a bluff overlooking northern Spokane. The building, which was constructed in 1916, served as a Jesuit scholasticate until 1968. Today Mount St. Michael continues to fulfill its mission as an educational and religious center. Maintained by the priests, Brothers and Sisters of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (see CMRI’s web site), it serves a variety of needs for Spokane area Catholics who value the traditional teachings and liturgy of their Faith. The east wing serves as a cloistered residence for the religious Sisters. The west wing houses church offices, a religious gift shop with hundreds of traditional Catholic books and religious goods, and a private academy for students from kindergarten through high school. A beautifully-adorned chapel located on the second floor serves as the parish church.

At St. Michael’s Parish, the liturgy is celebrated according to the traditional Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. We have remained faithful to the traditional Mass not out of nostalgia, stubbornness or “disobedience,” but out of heartfelt love for the Catholic Faith.

The traditional Latin Mass is a perfect expression of the unchanging and unchangeable Catholic teaching on the nature of the Mass and the Holy Eucharist. In Catholic theology, the Mass is the renewal and application to our daily lives of the greatest act of worship, the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. Holy Mass reminds us of our duty to our Creator. In the Mass we join with the perfect Sacrifice Jesus offered to His Eternal Father on Calvary. The Mount’s lovely chapel provides a marvelous setting for the celebration of the sacred liturgy. (Newcomers, please read more...)