Welcome to St. Mary Catholic Church 

Monday           8:00 AM

​Wednesday     6:00 PM

Friday              8:00 AM

St. Mary Catholic Church 

 Physical Address: 300 N. 2nd Street

Mailing Address: 401 N. 3rd Street 

Paragould, AR 72450

Phone 870-236-2568

Email: secretary@stmaryparagould.org


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ST. MARY

Catholic  Church and School 



To become a member of St. Mary Catholic Church we can send a registration form in the mail, by email, stop by the Church Office, or pick one up in the Church. You can also click the form below and return it to the Church office. 

Saturday          6:00 PM

​Sunday             9:30 AM


Wednesday 5:00 PM 

Sunday 8:30 AM

By Appointment Please Contact the Office


St. Mary's Congregation, Paragould, was organized by Monsignor John Eugene Weibel, in December, 1883. Since there was no church building in Paragould at the time, the first Mass was celebrated in the Commercial Hotel, which was owned by John Staudt. Soon after its foundation, the small parish began to grow. The Kasper, Springle, and Meistrel families moved to Paragould, and were added to the parish.

Reverend George Gleisner came to Northeast Arkansas and conducted services in Jonesboro, Pocahontas, and Paragould from 1887 to 1889. Father Weibel resumed the pastorate of St. Mary's Church in 1889, bought the location on Second and Highland streets for $300, and erected a frame church for $680.

One year later, 1890, the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters came to Paragould, bought a lot close to the Church, and built a small school and convent. At the time, only seventy-three Catholics lived in Paragould, including the Brinkman, Wrape, English, Staudt, Meistrel, Bleier, Weber, Isler, and Kirchoff families.

The Small school served the parish until 1906, when the present school was built in 1956 at a cost of $10,000. The frame church served until December 13, 1936, when the present $50,000 church building was dedicated.