![]() However, you can choose to live outside of town in the country or even in a city should you not mind about a half hour drive either east of St Marys to Topeka, or west of St Marys to Manhattan. Then you have a little bit better feeling about raising a family there because you will be around like minded Trads and St Marys is a small town and quite a large number of the inhabitants go to our chapel. Some of the reasons being, 3 daily Masses, 2 Masses on Saturday, 5 Masses and Vespers on Sunday, 2 hours of Confessions scheduled 3 times per week and then those that are heard on Sundays before Masses, Catholic Doctrine class for parishioners on Tuesdays, just to name a few things. Such as, are you from the city or a more rural area? Will you both be leaving tight knit families behind? What kind of work do you do and would you be willing to travel 30 miles one way to get to a job?Īs just a general opinion (and please realize that these are just my opinions, nothing more) I would say that it is a good place to raise a large family. The things I would have to say about whether or not it's a good place to raise a large family would depend upon knowing a few things about you. You can also look at either of the calendars and get information that way. The final page of the parish bulletin, on the top right side, will give you a condensed version of the things that go on a regular basis. ![]() If you go to this website, then click on the date of the parish bulletin (for some reason I can only bring up the November 29th one), and you will be able to see a little better what we have going on here, as far as the chapel, Academy, and College go. Hi Jman123! I've got off and on 36 years dealing with St Marys and my Hubby was born and raised there. Confessions three days a week with three priests hearing Confession plus Confessions during the Sunday Masses (except for the 6:00 A.M). If you are seriously considering moving here, I would strongly advise you to make a visit and talk to some families, the pastor at the Church some of the teachers of the school etc. But this isn't the "Garden of Eden" there are very good people here and there are some that are not so great you will encounter the same problems here as in any other place in the U.S. There are businesses that are hiring and the employment situation is very good. There are many young families that live here and are doing well. Getting a job before moving here is very important also checking out the real estate, and what housing will cost. ![]() The SSPX has a large school here, but it is not free and if you have several children of school age, it can get expensive. She home schools her children but I understand that not all mothers are able to do this. Marys, and while I don't have a wife or children, I have a niece that is married, has seven children (the oldest is 14) and loves living here and raising her family here.
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