Office Phone: 301-424-5550 | Fax: 301-424-5579
Parish email: stmaryrockville@yahoo.com
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Father Fields' Invitation to #ADWHolyWeek and Confession
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Welcome to St. Mary's!
St. Mary's is a diverse and vibrant faith community that believes and professes the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the living tradition of the Catholic Church. Our mission is to form loving disciples who will transform the world. All are welcome!
Whether you are new to our parish or have been a long-time member, you are welcome. In 2017, we celebrated our 200th Anniversary of Our Lady's Chapel. St. Mary's has strong roots in the Rockville area and serves as a spiritual oasis for the more than 5,000 parishioners.
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Giving Up and Letting In: How to Finish Lent Strong
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Electronic Offering through Faith Direct
Use Faith Direct to make your regular weekly offering or to make a one-time offering online to our parish and special offertories.
“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return to measured out to you.” - Luke 6:38 -
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How to Make an Act of Spiritual Communion?
Below are recommendations for how to make a ‘spiritual communion’ when unable to participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The recommendations can be adapted based upon personal and family needs.
- Gather with others in your household and begin a time of prayer with the sign of the cross.
- Take time to read and reflect upon the readings from Sunday or the Daily Mass.
- You can find the readings at usccb.org.
- Also, The MAGNIFICAT, usually a subscribed monthly edition of the daily and Sunday readings with meditations, is free during this time. It can be found here, https://us.magnificat.net/free.
- A Sunday Gospel reflection is available on the Archdiocese of Washington YouTube channel.
- Additionally, a weekly televised Sunday Mass is available to watch at adw.org/tvmass.
- Share prayer intentions quietly or aloud.
- Pray the Lord’s Prayer.
- Say a Prayer of Spiritual Communion(such as the one below) at the same time the priest is receiving Holy Communion if you are making this act when viewing or listening to a Mass.
A Spiritual Communion Prayer by St. Alphonsus Liguori
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
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Formed.org - Learn your faith at home or on the go
If you are interested in learning more about your faith but don't have the time to attend a class or a Bible study, we invite you to check out a great new resource: FORMED.ORG
St. Mary's has purchased a subscription to this amazing resource. Enter the parish access code (ed01c4) to create an account. With your account you can access Bible and faith study programs, full-length movies, audio talks, and ebooks.
How to use the resources on formed.org:
Go to the website and choose the login option
Enter the parish access code (ed01c4)
Create an account with a username and password
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Is 42:1-7Responsorial Psalm 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14Gospel Jn 12:1-11
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Word on Fire
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St. Mary's Holy Week Schedule
St. Mary's will offer confessions at these times during Holy Week:
Wednesday, April 8 - 6:30- 8pm
Holy Thursday, April 9 - 4-5 pm
Good Friday, April 10- 4-5 pm
Holy Saturday, April 11- 3:30-5 pm
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We regret St. Mary's will NOT have blessed palms for parishioner distribution or pick-up this year.
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Msgr. Amey invites St. Mary's parishioners to participate in the celebration of of the Sacred Paschal Triduum with Archbishop Wilton Gregory. Live-streamed liturgies will be available on the ADW YouTube website at the times noted. https://www.youtube.com/washarchdiocese.
Palm Sunday, April 5- 10 am
Holy Thursday, April 9- 5:30 pm
Good Friday, April 10-1:00 pm
Easter Vigil, April 11- 8 pm
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St. Mary's Response to COVID-19 State of Emergency:
UPDATED MARCH 23, 2020The Archdiocese of Washington has cancelled all public Masses until further notice.
There will be no public Masses [Daily or Sunday] at St. Mary's until further notice.
Archbishop Gregory has dispensed all Catholics in the Archdiocese of Washington from the obligation to attend Mass during this period.
The Parish Staff is available to assist you by telephone and e-mail: Monday through Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM. The Parish Office is closed to visitors until further notice.
Baptisms and funerals may proceed during this time, but attendance should be limited to the immediate family.
Lenten Confessions: The Light Is STILL ON for You!
Wednesdays 6:30-8 pm and Saturdays 4-5 pm in the Main Church; or call the Parish Office to make an appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration and Stations of the Cross are SUSPENDED until further notice.
St. Mary's will be hosting an Online Stations of the Cross by video on Friday, April 3rd at 7 pm, and Friday, April 10th at 12 pm through Zoom. The link will be securely shared through our weekly parish e-mail. Please e-mail smrockville@gmail.com to request the link to join us.
Our Lady's Chapel is closed to the public until further notice. Please make your private devotions at home.
From the USCCB, Here's a link to online resources for the Stations of the Cross, including an audio version.
www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/stations-of-the-cross/index.cfm
May the Lord, who is good, grant pardon to every one of us who has resolved to seek God, the Lord, the God of our fathers, though we be not clean as holiness requires! Amen. (cf. 2 Chr 30:18 -19)
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Click the Photo Below to Pray with the Sunday TV Mass, produced by the Archdiocese of Washington
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Liturgical Schedule
*CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO STATE OF EMERGENCYRegular Daily Mass Schedule:
Monday - Friday 7:00 am, 9:00 am and
12:10 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am only
Saturday Vigil:
5:00 pm
Sunday Masses:
7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm,
5:00 pm
American Sign Language Mass, Sunday's 12:30 pm
Every Fourth Sunday of the month
Filipino (Tagalog) Mass:
6:00 pm
Holy Days of Obligation:
7:00 am, 9:00 am, 12:10 pm, 7:00 pm
Click HERE for a list of Holy Days.
Eucharistic Adoration: SIGN UP NOW!
Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
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Calling all alumni of St. Mary's School . . .
Help us keep in touch with you!
Clicking on the picture below will take you to the alumni page of St. Mary's School's website. Please input your contact info so
we can keep in touch.
We'd love to share with you the great things that are happening at St. Mary's, and we hope to continue to be a part of your life too.
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Photo Albums
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Tilma Visit , May 2018
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Lou Brune is instituted as an acolyte
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Wine Wednesdays - Summer 2015
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Employees with 20 years or more of service
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St. Mary's Young Adult Ministry
Young Adult Small Group-
Are you a young adult (20s-30s) who is interested in building friendships, studying Scripture, and living out your faith? Come check out our young adult small group here at St. Mary's. A Co-Ed small group meets weekly in the St. Mary's Parish Hall after the 12:30pm mass (at 1:45pm) and is currently participating in its Lenten series, "No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion", with weekly videos and discussion questions. For more information, please contact our young adult leadership team at stmarysyagroup@gmail.com or 301-762-8750, and see https://stmarysrockville.org/young-adults.