View the Mini Mill Creek Exhibit after Mass on June 21–22 and June 28–29 and learn about the history of the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood through a special display presented by the St. Margaret of Scotland Racial Equity Team.
As I prepare for this next chapter, please know that Saint Margaret of Scotland will always hold a special place in my heart.
The Racial Equity Team would like to highlight Josephine Bradshaw’s history project on Mill Creek. The above is an excerpt from her award-winning project.
The SMOS Living Justice Ministries – Immigration team has lots of volunteer opportunities for June, including support for a local family, IRM Accompaniment Training, Flocknote messaging, and an Afghan dinner!
Help keep our 2026–2027 Parish Guide Book accurate by submitting updated family, ministry, or organization information – and learn how your business can advertise before the July 1 deadline.
As he prepares to lead both St. Margaret of Scotland and St. Pius V beginning July 1, Fr. John shares updates on parish collaboration plans and invites parishioners to help discern the future through a new Parish Synodal Council.
Drawing on firsthand experiences with refugees and migrants, parishioner Bob Pashos reflects on the Gospel call to welcome the stranger and highlights ways St. Margaret’s parishioners can get involved.
Parish ministry leaders and event organizers are asked to submit their meeting and event requests by July 1 to reserve space and help shape the parish calendar for 2026-2027.
There is still much more work to do. On the weekend of June 6-7th, the SMOS community will come together to honor survivors and build community with those working to end gun violence during Wear Orange Weekend.
For the month of June 2026, the SMOS Care For Creation team has some simple action items you can take for advocacy, support, and to give thanks.
The Immigrant & Refugee Ministry will be training new accompaniment volunteers on two dates in June – sign up now!
If you would like your special someone to be remembered in the Masses for Father’s Day, envelopes are in the Church to record their names and make an offering.
The SMOS Living Justice Ministries is continuing in it’s mission to provide meals for the tornado recovery zone around Centennial Church in Fountain Park, which was devastated by a tornado on May 16, 2025.
From the St. Louis Archdiocesan Task Force On Gun Violence Prevention:
JUNE IS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. Every day, more than 300 people are directly impacted by gun violence in the United States. Gun Violence Awareness Month was created to draw attention to this tragic reality and demand life-saving change. The St. Louis Archdiocese honors this month with a weekly series of bulletin articles.
In addition to remaining the pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, the Archbishop has asked me to also be the pastor of St. Pius V Parish. One of the things this means for St. Margaret of Scotland is that I intend to reconstitute a Parish Pastoral Council.
I don’t know about you but I love a good mystery. So it is no wonder that the mystery of the Holy Trinity has been grappled with from the Council of Nicea to theologians from Augustine and Aquinas, to LaCugna and Downey.
The School Board is holding their annual elections, in which the St. Margaret’s community will choose three people that will serve a 3-year term on the School Board. Election is now open and voting will close on Friday, June 5, 2026, at 10:00 PM.
Mass on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, will be at 8:00am. Please join us that morning as we pray for all the faithful departed, especially those who gave their lives in service to our nation.
We are officially entering our last week of the school year. We have so much to be thankful for as we finish up the 2025/2026 school year.
On M*A*S*H, Charles Emerson Winchester once famously said, “I do one thing at a time, I do it very well, and then I move on.” May I suggest that we all make sure that, at every liturgy, the fraction rite doesn’t become a side note to a lingering sign of peace?