Recently, the Archbishop asked the priests of the Archdiocese, “What liturgical changes would need to be made within your respective parish family, should your family have one less priest?”

Based upon that question, our moderator Fr. Scott Thibodeau met with the priests of our family. It was decided that beginning Monday, September 4, 2023, St. Daniel will offer Mass every day except Wednesday at 9:00 am, and we will no longer have a Wednesday Mass beginning Wednesday, September 6. Should you desire to attend Mass on Wednesdays, St. Anne’s in Ortonville offers Mass at 9:00 am and Our Lady of the Lakes offers Mass at 8:30 am.

St. Daniel will continue to be the only parish in our family to offer a daily Mass on Saturday mornings at 9:00 am.

St. Daniel will always have daily Mass, with the exception of Wednesdays, even if a funeral is scheduled.

St. Anne’s has already consolidated their daily schedule, and now only offers daily Mass on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

The easiest way to remember this change in our liturgical schedule is this: St. Daniel offers daily Mass every day at 9:00 am, with the exception of Wednesdays.

Please pray for an increase of priestly vocations; I promise you, decisions in our liturgical schedules are not taken lightly.

In Christ’s Peace,
Fr. Craig