Mission Trips & Service

ADVENT GIVING TREE 

St. Mary's needs your help in providing a total of 750 gifts to provide for low income families in our community.  Gift tags will be available in the Church starting Nov. 30 and need to be returned by Dec. 9th!  Please consider helping!

SERVE THE COMMUNITY

Interested in serving in our local community, encountering those who live in Bryan/College Station, and sharing the love of Jesus with them?  Many people in our community are thirsting for love and to be seen.

MISSION TRIPS

Want to serve our world in a more global way? Then consider applying to join St. Mary's on one of its domestic or abroad mission trips! St. Mary's sends groups to Honduras, Costa Rica, South Texas, & Denver.

PRAYER BENCH

Prayer Bench Exists to evangelize the campus of Texas A&M. We are a group of friends who are learning how to encounter people in prayer. We are driven by the desire for others to know the Love that we have found in Jesus and His Church.

SMYRT

St. Mary's Youth Retreat Team, better know as SMYRT, is a group of college students so on fire with the love of Jesus Christ, that we can't help but share it with younger generations. During each semester, our team prepares 4-6 retreats for surrounding parishes, catering to both high school and junior high retreaters.

CLASS AGENTS

The Class Agents are leaders who are passionate about helping St. Mary's grow. This group of seniors has been created to assist in outreach and to leave a legacy for future Aggie Catholics! Class Agents help St. Mary’s Development Office reach out to students in the Class of 2019 Gift Program. 

ACT (Advocates for Christ Today)

The Mission of ACT is to encourage Catholics at St. Mary’s to live out their baptismal call to discipleship through getting a better understanding of our call to discipleship and offering opportunities to put our faith in action through services and other activities.

PRO-LIFE ACTIVITIES

Become a voice for the voiceless. Learn how to advocate for all our brothers and sisters, who are created in the image and likeness of God.

LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER & SERVICE

Since love of God is so closely connected to love of neighbor, we “are called to reach out to the hurting, the poor, and the vulnerable in our midst in concrete acts of charity.” ( Community of Salt and Light, USCCB, 1991)

ETHICAL TRADE

Ethical Trade is when a product company is dedicated to paying our artisans fair wages and ensuring safe working conditions, while also creating opportunity for individuals, communities, and environments to thrive and grow.