St. Margaret of Scotland Parish has been a cornerstone of the Catholic faith in the Shaw neighborhood of South St. Louis, Missouri for more than a century.
We hope you will join us!
Announcements
Lent 2025
We continue with our prayer, fasting, and giving for the Season of Lent. Here are the activities planned for this fifth full week.
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Lent 2025
Parish Lenten Project
This year, St. Margaret of Scotland Parish is partnering with the Assisi House for our Lenten Project.
Parish Lenten Project
2025 Highlander Gala
Tickets are on sale NOW for this year’s gala auction! The Highlander is coming back and you don’t want to miss it!
2025 Highlander Gala
125th Anniversary
This year (July 2024-June 2025), St. Margaret of Scotland celebrates it’s 125th Anniversary with a lot of revelry!
Over these next months, our SMOS community will have many opportunities to gather as a parish family to celebrate and give thanks to God for all the blessings given to this community over the past 125 years.
Click the link below for details of everything we have planned as we celebrate our Quasquicentennial.
125th Anniversary
Mass Schedule
Saturday 4:30 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM
Monday - Friday 6:30 AM
School Mass 8:15 AM Wednesday (School Year)
Holy Days and Holidays Please Refer to Bulletin
Reconciliation
Saturday 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Saturday 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
News
Lent 2025 – Week 5
We continue with our prayer, fasting, and giving for the Season of Lent. Here are the activities planned for this…
SMOS Parishioners Attend Missouri Advocacy Day 2025
A group of St. Margaret of Scotland parishioners attended the 2025 Missouri Advocacy Day for gun violence prevention on April 1, 2025, in Jefferson City. Parishioners met with both Republican and Democratic state legislators to have conversations about some of the current proposed legislation lawmakers are voting on this legislative session.
Our Mission
We are a diverse, urban, Catholic parish. Inspired by the Holy Spirit and the example of our patroness, we are called to be a vibrant voice and beacon of the Catholic faith in our neighborhoods.
We proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and action by:
- Praying and celebrating as a Eucharistic community
- Educating children and adults to live a full Christian life in today’s world
- Serving others with unconditional generosity
- Living just lives and working for a more just society
Pastor's Corner
Fr. John Rogers Vien has served as Pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland since 2021. He has been a priest in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for over 30 years.
Fr. John writes a weekly article in the Parish bulletin called “A New Week”, in which he highlights various things going on around the Parish, focuses attention on a social justice or ecumenical topic, and challenges all of us to become better disciples of Christ in our daily lives.
Besides presiding at Mass or around the Church and Rectory, you will most likely find Fr. John out walking the neighborhood with his dog, Axel.
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