Advent Evenings at Historic Saint Mary's Church

Beautiful and historic Saint Mary's Church, home to Rhode Island's oldest Catholic parish, invites you to drop by this Advent Season. The church will be open between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm on these three Wednesday evenings, during which meditative music will be played:

December 3rd, 10th, 17th

On Wednesday evening, the 17th, St. Mary's Director of Music, Kyle Medeiros, will play the church's magnificent pipe organ*. 

Visitors are invited to enjoy the sacred space decorated for the Advent Season, light a candle, and admire the Gothic Revival architecture and beautiful stained glass windows. Freewill offering envelopes will be available should visitors wish to make a gift to benefit the St. Mary's Hot Lunch Program, serving our neighbors in need, on the second, third, and fourth Wednesday of the month.

Please use the William Street side entrance, which is accessed from Spring Street. If wheelchair access is required, please use the ramp located at the breezeway entrance on William Street, situated between the red brick rectory and its garage. There is a parking lot adjacent with several handicapped spots. The restroom, accessed from the breezeway, if fully accessible. Plenty of free parking in the church’s parking lots on William Street.

* St. Mary's organ was installed in 1958 by its builder, Casavant Frères Ltée. of Quebec. In 2016, the pipe organ was disassembled and shipped to the Casavant Company in Canada, where it underwent meticulous restoration. The organ was returned to St. Mary’s in spring 2017 and reinstalled in the completely renovated choir loft