CLUSTER ASH WEDNESDAY MASS/DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES
St. Mary – Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 5 pm
St. Therese – Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 8:30 am
Good Shepherd – Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 6 pm
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
St. Mary – 4 PM – Each Friday during Lent beginning March 7, 2025, Stations of the Cross will be recited followed by Mass.
Good Shepherd — 6:00 PM – Each Friday during Lent beginning March 7, 2025, Stations of the Cross will be recited followed by Mass.

 

Welcome to the Spirit of the Mountain Cluster!

Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.
Nahum 1:15

We, members of the Spirit of the Mountains Cluster Parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, are committed to shaping our lives in the image of Christ through active evangelization.

 

Spirit of the Mountain cluster is composed of three Catholic Churches; Good Shepherd Catholic Church located in Lebanon, Virginia, St. Mary’s Catholic Church located in Coeburn, Virginia and St. Therese’s Catholic Church located in St. Paul, Virginia.

 

It is Father Emmanuel Darfour Appah’s pleasure to welcome you to our three parishes. Each one of our parishes offers you and your family a peaceful place for worship. Our community would be honored to have you as a part of our family!

 

Good Shepherd Mass Times


Sunday Mass: 11:00 AM
Wednesday Mass: 6:00 PM

St. Mary Mass Times


Tuesday Mass: 5:00 PM
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM
Last Tuesday of Month: Adoration following Mass

St. Therese Mass Times


Sunday Mass: 8:30 AM

Daily Readings

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Reading 1 Isaiah 49:8-15 Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their pastures be. They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them…

Lecturas Diarias

Miércoles de la IV semana de Cuaresma
Primera lectura Isaίas 49, 8-15 Esto dice el Señor: "En el tiempo de la misericordia te escuché, en el día de la salvación te auxilié. Yo te formé y te he destinado para que seas alianza del pueblo: para restaurar la tierra, para volver a ocupar los hogares destruidos, para decir a los prisioneros: 'Salgan', y a los que están en tinieblas: 'Vengan a la luz'. Pastarán de regreso a lo largo de todos los caminos, hallarán pasto hasta en las dunas del desierto. No sufrirán hambre ni sed, no los afligirá el sol ni el calor, porque el que…