{"id":8380,"date":"2026-07-18T21:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:55:31","slug":"saint-matthew-feast-day-celebrations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/2026\/07\/18\/saint-matthew-feast-day-celebrations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Matthew Feast Day Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 52; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"52\" data-lineheight=\"62.4px\">Saint Matthew Feast Day Celebrations<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 36; line-height: 1.17;\" data-fontsize=\"36\" data-lineheight=\"42.12px\">Saturday, September 19, Day of Service<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">This year, Saint Matthew is joining forces with Graceworks for a Day of Service in honor of the Feast of Saint Matthew. On Saturday, September 19, we&#8217;ll partner with GraceWorks to operate their Mobile Food Pantry at Fairview Middle School from 7\u201311 a.m. We need 50 volunteers of all ages to help serve our neighbors and operate the pantry. Volunteers are asked to serve for the entire shift from 7\u201311 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Children are welcome to volunteer. If they will need to remain with you throughout the morning, please do not include them in your registration. If they are able to volunteer independently, they may be registered as one of the 50 volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1974\" data-end=\"1987\">Location:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1987\" data-end=\"1990\" \/>Fairview Middle School<br data-start=\"2014\" data-end=\"2017\" \/>7200 Cumberland Drive<br data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2043\" \/>Fairview, TN 37062<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wgqVYLjWB_w?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#cbb778;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#cbb778;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/signup.com\/client\/invitation2\/secure\/331404640065\/false#\/invitation\"><i class=\"fa-hands-helping fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Day of Service Sign Up<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 36; line-height: 1.17;\" data-fontsize=\"36\" data-lineheight=\"42.12px\">Sunday, September 20, New Parishioner Reception<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">New to Saint Matthew or looking to get more involved in the parish? We would love to get to know you better and help you feel more connected to our parish family! Join us on Sunday, September 20, from 9:30-10:45 a.m. in the Parish Conference Center for a New Parishioner Reception. Meet our priests, connect with other new parishioners and ministry leaders, and discover ways to get involved in parish life. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone new to Saint Matthew, considering joining the parish, or looking to become more involved is invited to attend. RSVP information will be available soon. We can\u2019t wait to see you there!<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#cbb778;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#cbb778;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa-door-open fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">RSVP Coming Soon<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 36; line-height: 1.17;\" data-fontsize=\"36\" data-lineheight=\"42.12px\">Monday, September 21, Feast of Saint Matthew<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Our parish feast day is a special time for us to come together as a community, honor our patron, and grow in faith and fellowship. At Saint Matthew, our patronal feast is celebrated as a solemnity\u2014the highest-ranking feast in the Church&#8217;s liturgical calendar. We will celebrate with two Masses on his feast day. We will have our normally scheduled 8 a.m. Mass, which the school will attend. We will also offer a second Mass at 6 p.m. As is tradition, we will celebrate with a community dinner following the evening Mass. An RSVP for the dinner will open soon.<\/p>\n<p>Come celebrate our patronal feast day with service, prayer, fellowship, and a shared meal as one parish family!<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-3 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#b6a369;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#cbb778;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#cbb778;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa-utensils fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">RSVP Coming Soon<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[71,635,336,212,63,338,231,339,479,85,211,215,210,213,335,337,214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8380"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8390,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8380\/revisions\/8390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}