St. Mary's donates $5,000 to Lamar church fund
In February 2009 St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lamar was destroyed by arson. Since that time the Parish family has been very active raising funds to cover the $400,000 needed to rebuild the church. The Rev. Justin Hoye and some members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nevada attended a fish fry hosted by the Lamar group during Lent. On June 6. Hoye presented Terry Riege, Lamar's Parish Council and Building Committee president with a check for $5,000 for the building fund. "This substantial gift means very much to us and we want to thank our neighboring St. Mary's for their most generous gift," parishoners said in a press release. St. Mary's-Lamar is a member of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese. St. Mary's-Nevada belongs to the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese.