Tomorrow, Saturday, August 15, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-This year, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a holy day but NOT a holy day of obligation in the U.S. We will celebrate the Assumption with one Mass on Saturday, August 15, at 9AM in the Main Church. The 5 PM Mass on Saturday, August 15, will be the Vigil Mass for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In anticipation of our Parish Feast next weekend, Fr. Fields is leading the parish in a
virtual Novena to the Queenship of Mary. The novena begins(today!), Friday, August 14, and will conclude on Saturday, August 22. Fr. Fields’ Novena videos may be found on our Parish’s Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
HERE. Please join in asking our Queen to intercede for our parish family.
The Bulletin,
continues to be online, can be found HERE.
Confessionswill be offered Saturday, August 15, 1 pm (2 priests) and Wednesday, August 19, 5 pm (1 priest).
Family Movie Night in Tribute to Mary, Our Patron Saint --In honor of our parish feast day on Saturday, August 22, gather the family together for a movie night.
Mary of Nazareth is the story of our Blessed Mother from her childhood to Jesus’ crucifixion. It is available for your viewing free of charge. Go to Formed.org. Search for St. Mary’s Rockville, MD and click Register Now; enter your name, email address and desired password. After registering, you will use the Login button with your email address and password to access this great resource. St. Mary’s code is ed01c4 if needed. After logging in use the search field and enter
Mary of Nazareth to find the movie.
Tell your teens!- Online St. Mary's Youth Group to Begin! Sunday, August 30th, 7 pm: All rising high school students are invited to join us as our new small group begins to meet by Zoom video call! We hope your teen can join us for games, a new Bible study, and community with other Catholic teens at St. Mary's. For the meeting link, please e-mail [email protected].
CCD Volunteers Needed: St. Mary's Religious Education Program needs a few new CCD teachers and volunteers for the 2020-21 school year, especially for a Kindergarten teacher! Adult and teen volunteers are needed for both classroom and non-classroom roles to assist with social distancing procedures. Training will be provided and all that is necessary to volunteer is a strong Catholic faith, and a desire to share it with the children of our parish! Please contact Thomas Patchan to volunteer or ask any questions about this exciting opportunity at [email protected] or 301-762-8750.
"Evangelization is the mission of the Church, not just of a few, but my, your, our mission." - Pope Francis
CCD Registration for 2020-2021 Now Open: Registration for classes for St. Mary's religious education program for children from Kindergarten - High School is now open for the 2020-2021 school year! We will have social distancing procedures in place and need your input whether you would enroll your kids for their learning from home or in the school building, so please register no later than August 21st. Registration forms have been mailed to last year's CCD families, and are also available HERE. You may also register by email at[email protected].