Meeting
12:00 noon on the Third Sunday of the month

We the parish family of St. Margaret Catholic Church in Monticello,
Florida,  responding to the challenge of Christ’s command to “love one another as I have  loved you,” desire to spread the love of Christ through a dedication to the  celebration of the Eucharist and other sacraments and a commitment to develop a  servant’s heart through prayer and action to meet the needs and concerns of the  Church as well as the communities in which we live and work.

A GRAND-NIECE of Edward the Confessor, St. Margaret was born in 1045 in Hungary, the daughter of an exiled Scottish nobleman (King Edward the Exile) and a Hungarian prin­cess. Brought by her father to Scotland, she be­came the Queen of Malcolm III, about 1070. She was  devoted to the spiritual perfection of her eight children, practiced austere  self-denial, and possessed unflagging love for the poor. As Queen, Margaret  used her influence in the interests of the Faith; she convoked a synod which  drew up regulations for the Lenten fast, Easter communion, and marriage laws.  She founded several churches, and was constantly engaged in prayer and devout  practices. After her death in 1093 she was continually venerated by the Scottish  people and in 1673 Pope Clement X proclaimed her
Patroness of Scotland.
  
PRAYER God, You endowed St. Margaret
with a  wonderful love for the poor.
Through  her intercession and example, make us so generous
that all people may see in us the
image of Your
goodness. Amen.