We pray you have grown spiritually on your Lenten journey in spite of many personal challenges to our daily lives at present. God bless you as we continue this path toward the Risen Christ on Easter Sunday.
Registered parishioners will be receiving Msgr. Amey's Easter letter in the mail shortly. All are now in route.
Father Fields' invitation to #ADWHolyWeek and Confession HERE.
TONIGHT!Friday, April 3, 7 pm Virtual Stations of the Cross-HERE.NEW! Enter the password 20852 when prompted.
Please see Sunday, April 5 bulletin, which includes a reflection from Deacon James Morrison. The website is attached here to gain access to the bulletin. HERE.
Regrettably, St. Mary's Church will not have blessed palms for parishioner distribution or pick up this year.
As we continue with the Maryland State of Emergency and under the direction of Archbishop Wilton Gregory, we will not have any public Masses for Holy Week. Parishioners are invited and encouraged to participate in Archbishop Gregory's celebration of the Sacred Paschal Triduum live-streamed on the Archdiocese of Washington YouTube Channel HERE. at the times noted each day.
Palm Sunday, April 5 -10:00 am
Holy Thursday, April 9- 5:30 pm
Good Friday, April 10- 1:00 pm
Easter Vigil, April 11,-8:00 pm
Easter Sunday, April 12, 10:00 am
St. Mary's Church Schedule:
Saturday, April 4
Confessions- 4:00-5:00 pm, Main Church
Monday, April 6
NEW! Join the St. Mary's Parish Community to pray the rosary everyMonday at 7 pm, HERE.
Join the St. Mary's parishioners who are using Faith Direct for automated giving. Faith Direct offers a safe, secure, and no-cost way to make your offering to the parish in this time of uncertainty. Sign up for secure giving as a one-time offering or a recurring offering through Faith Direct HERE. Use St. Mary's Parish code MD601. We thank you for your weekly support.
And as you continue to reach out and connect to your St. Mary's friends, ask them if they have been receiving the parish emails. Have them contact the rectory to be added to the list if they desire. [email protected] or 301-424-5550 during business hours M-F 9 am to 5 pm. All email communications that have been sent during this time are located HERE.
As you can imagine,
the area food pantry's shelves have been sorely depleted to assist the less fortunate among us. Catholic Charities conducts an annual Lenten Food Drive which propels their supplies for several months. With that not occurring, there is an even greater need now with the current conditions. We invite St. Mary's parishioners to donate to the Catholic Charities Holy Week Virtual Food Drive HEREor to the St. Martin of Tours Food Pantry donations. Pantry information located HERE.
God bless you and your families that you are safe and in good health.