Click here to read Archbishop Carlson's Final Column in the St. Louis Review, as he reflects on his 11 years as the archbishop of St. Louis!

Archbishop Carlson has addressed racism, and the pursuit of justice and peace, in our greater St. Louis region in this 6/3/2020 letter to the faithful. The letter is available here.

This past school year, our school teamed up with 3 other South County Archdiocesan grade schools to help out kids in Lemay's Hancock Place School District! Many Hancock students do not have access to laundry-cleaning appliances at their homes. In order to meet this need for clean clothes, $5,246.16 was raised this Lent by Assumption, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and St. Simon schools, which was enough to buy a stacked washer-dryer unit for Hancock's Elementary and for Hancock Place Middle School. Click to read more!

Click here to go to archstl.org/coronavirus and see up-to-date announcements, as well as additional information and resources during this difficult time.

The Vatican announced in a decree, “the gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 disease, commonly known as Coronavirus, as well as to health care workers, family members, and all those who in any capacity, including through prayer, care for them.”

During the March 5, 2020 blood drive at Assumption, we were able to collect 35 units of blood, which surpassed our goal! Thank you to all who gave!

What a joy if was to have Adolfo Affatato speak here at Assumption-Mattese about his friend, St. Padre Pio! Click on the title to read more about this awesome presentation.

Check it out -- Assumption parishioner Gabe Jones, who co-founded this epic "St. Joseph Challenge Pilgrimage" for men in St. Louis, is featured in this article about it from the nationally-recognized "Catholic News Agency"! Simply amazing -- way to go, Gabe! Click on the article (on the title heading) to learn more about the 24 mile pilgrimage these men undertook from 'St. Joe' Manchester to the Shrine of St. Joseph, downtown.