Welcome!
St. Mary Catholic Church - Lampasas, TX
& Good Shepherd Church - Lometa, TX
Meet Our New Pastor
Fr. antony akkappallil
Fr. Antony Akkappallil CMI
Installed as St. Mary's Pastor on 21 November,2025
BIRTH AND FAMILY
Date of Birth: May 24, 1973 (Born at Pullippadam in the state of Kerala, India)
Parents: Brigit and Antony; Siblings: four brothers and four sisters, and me. I am the only priest in my family.
EDUCATION- Primary and Secondary Education: Kerala- (GHS Mampad, Kerala); UG Degree in Economics, Political Science, and History; PG in Inter Religious Studies from University of Mysore, India. Philosophy: Oharmaram Pontifical Athenaeum, Bangalore, India; Theology: Dharmaram Pontifical Athenaeum, Bangalore; Bachelor of Education: Christ University, Bangalore, India
ECCLESIAL LIFE- Home Parish and Diocese: St. Thomas Church Edivanna, kerala, of the Diocese of Mananthavady (syro-Malabar Church). I joined the religious order, CARMELITES OF MARY IMMACULATE, an indigenous religious order from India, in 1996. I was ordained a priest on 2nd January 2006. I have worked in educational institutions for approximately 7 years, in both teaching and administrative roles. I had been to Argentina for three years, from 2013 to 2016, as a missionary priest. From 2020 to 2023, I worked as the pastor of three independent parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Mandya, Karnataka, India. I came to the United States in February 2024. First appointment was at St. Martin de Porres Church, Dripping Springs, as associate pastor. From 1st July 2025, I am working at Lampasas as the Administrator of St Mary and Good Shepherd Churches.
Reach me at: antocmi2005@gmail.com; 7372991808
Mass & confession Times
Whether you are a newcomer, a visitor, or a long-time parishioner, we warmly welcome you to join us for Mass. Feel free to attend any of our Masses and be sure to greet us when you do!
ST. MARY
Weekday Masses
Tuesday | 5:30pm (English)
Wednesday | 12:00pm (English)
Thursday | 5:30pm (Spanish)
Friday | 12:00pm (English)
Weekend Masses
Saturday | 5:30pm
Sunday | 10:00am & 12:15pm (Spanish)
CONFESSION Times
Saturday | 4:00pm
or by appointment
GOOD SHEPHERD
Weekday Masses
Thursday | 8:00am
Weekend Masses
Sunday | 8:00am
CONFESSION Times
Sunday | 7:30am
Events
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord - 17 May Sunday observance
Liturgical Feasts
The Ascension is a liturgical Solemnity celebrated by all the Christian Churches. It falls on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday. Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Augustine make reference to it, but it was probably Saint Gregory of Nyssa who influenced the propagation of the feast. Since it falls on Thursday, in many countries, this Solemnity is transferred to the following Sunday. With his Ascension into heaven, the presence of the “historical Christ” comes to an end, and the presence of the Body of Christ, the Church, is inaugurated.
Pentecost Sunday - 24 May
The Solemnity of Pentecost is celebrated fifty days after Easter. It is the feast on which we remember the gift of the Holy Spirit that overturns the confusion of Babel (see Gn. 11:9). In Jesus, who died, rose and ascended into Heaven, the peoples once again understand each other through one sole language, the language of love.
During the first half of the 3rd century, Tertullian and Origen were already speaking of Pentecost as a Feast that followed the Ascension. As the pilgrim Egeria attests, Pentecost was a Feast that was already celebrated in Jerusalem in the 4th century. It proposed the theme of the renewal that the coming of the Spirit works in the hearts of men and women.
Pentecost has its roots in the Feast of Weeks celebrated by the Jewish people. This was an annual agricultural festival surrounding the first fruits of the spring harvest and celebrated the year’s harvest. Later, it was connected with the revelation of God to Moses, the Ten Commandments. Then, for Christians, it would become the moment in which Christ, having returned to the glory of the Father, would make himself present in the hearts of men and women through His Spirit, the law given by God written in their hearts: “The new and definitive Covenant is no longer founded on a law that is written on two stone tablets, but on the action of the Spirit of God which makes all things new and is etched on hearts of flesh” (Pope Francis, General Audience, 19 June 2019). With Pentecost, the Church was born and her evangelizing mission began.
Knights of Columbus
OUR MISSION
Together, we’re empowering Catholic men to live their faith at home, in their parish, at work, and in their community.
Religious Education
To give students a general knowledge and appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures, through their study of the Bible
Sacraments
A sacrament is "an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit
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