St. Mary Parish is a Catholic community of believers from the Alexandria area who gather for Eucharist on Sundays to worship the Father. We believe that we gather in the name of the Son, inspired by the Spirit to give thanks and praise to God for the gift of life and all the other gifts that we have received from Him.

Because we worship as a community, we also socialize together. We minister to each other; we reach out to those in need. We maintain a rather expansive physical plant; we have a large organizational structure to help to plan and implement our many activities.

Our belief is that because God has so blessed us we are bound to share those blessings by loving one another and others. Being a part of church means more than going to church. We encourage all parishioners to be involved in parish life beyond our Sunday Eucharistic gatherings. No one can do everything, but all of us can do something to enhance our own community and to help our parish serve others. St. Mary has all the usual committees and organizations of an active Catholic parish today.