Coronavirus update 4-2-20

Dear Parishioners, Hard to believe that we are just at the beginning of the lock-in. We need to be in one-day-at-a-time mode. Here is an article with some at home retreats available for Holy Week: https://aleteia.org/2020/04/02/4-online-retreats-offered-during-holy-week/ Here is...
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Coronavirus Update 4-1-20

Dear Parishioners, We turn the calendar today to the month of April. We can hope that this will be the last month of social distancing. The Coronavirus Task Force update last night we very sobering. Without social distancing the death toll this month could be in the millions,...
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Coronavirus Update 3-31-20

Dear Parishioners, As you know the Governor issued a stay at home order for the entire State. Because of this the Archdiocese has issued the following guidelines: 1.      Parishioners should be advised to abide by the Governor’s directive to stay at home unless they are engaged...
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Coronavirus Update 3-30-20

Dear Parishioners, The Coronavirus update for Maryland comes out at 10:00 am every morning. Here is the site: https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/ The number of new cases is up to 1413, an increase of 174 cases over yesterday. WBAL has a website with many usefu...
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Coronavirus Update 3-29-20

Dear Parishioners, Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent. It used to be called Passion Sunday, the beginning of Passiontide. All the statues and pictures in the Church would be covered in purple. We would be preparing to enter into into the most Solemn time in the Liturgical Year....
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Outdoor Adoration

We will have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the parking lot of the Church tomorrow, Sunday the 29th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You must remain in your cars. Please park, not in the marked spaces, but facing the back of the Church. I will try to set the Blessed Sacrament as...
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Coronavirus Update 3-28-20

I hope you were able to watch Pope Francis blessing yesterday. It was very solemn and very moving. We are all in the same boat. How often do all the people of the world have that realization? Here is a link to the text of h...
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Coronavirus Update 3-27-20

The Pope will give a special Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at 1:00 pm Eastern Time. You can watch it on EWTN. There is also a link on this webite where you can connect t...
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Coronavirus Update 3-26-20

Dear Parishioners, I hope everyone is doing well. We received the difficult news yesterday that the school campuses with remain closed until Friday, April 24th. School is still going on at a distance, but the school buildings will remain closed. Let us pray for all those families...
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Coronavirus update 3-25-20

Dear Parishioners, Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. We celebrate the day on which the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would be the Mother of God. Her “yes” allowed the Son of God to become an infant in her womb. The promise of God to give us Immanuel,...
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