Upcoming Parish Activities for Lent: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
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Stations of the Cross Fridays at 11:30 AM and 7 PM
St. Mary's will pray the Stations of the Cross in the Main Church every Friday of Lent at 11:30 am before the 12:10 pm Mass and again at 7 PM. Booklets with the prayers will be available.
Stations will start on the first Friday of Lent, February 24th. -
Simple Lenten Suppers and Talks, Fridays after Stations of the Cross
On three Fridays: March 3rd, 10th, and 24th, the 7 pm Stations of the Cross will be followed by a simple (and meatless) meal with parishioners and friends in the parish hall, followed by a talk by Fr. James Glasgow.
Can you help clean up or bring food to share on Friday, March 24th? Sign up HERE.
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Confession Times
St. Mary's offers confessions in the Main Church on Saturdays from 1 to 2 pm and Wednesdays from 5 to 6 pm and by appointment. To make an appointment, please call the rectory (office hours from 9 to 4).
A parish penance service with 4 to 5 priests present to hear confessions will be held on Tuesday, April 4th, at 7 pm in the main church.
How to Go to Confession (Resources from the Archdiocese of Washington)
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What is Lent?
Learn more about the season of Lent and find resources on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving--the pillars of Lent--at the USCCB website HERE.
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Past events
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Perishable Food Drive March 11th and 12th
Lenten Inner City Parish Food Drive: results: A resounding Thank you! For our Parish’s response to the vital needs of four Inner City Catholic Parish food pantries this past weekend. Thanks also who served in distributing grocery bags and loading hundreds of bags into the van. The effort produced an estimated 4100 cans and boxes as well as $1,127.00 from the poor box donations which will supplement purchase of additional fresh groceries.
St. Mary's celebrated St. Patrick with fellow parishioners at our St. Patrick's day party in the school gym at 6 pm Saturday, March 18th. -
St. Mary's Ladies Sodality invited all parishioners and friends to attend a Lenten talk in the parish hall on Saturday, February 25th, following the 9:00 am Mass. Fr. Thomas Morrow, of St. Raphael's Church in Rockville, MD, spoke on Growing in Holiness.
St. Mary’s Lenten Retreat was Saturday, March 4th.
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