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Dear Parishioners, We are planning to re-open the Church on Monday, June 1st, assuming the county allows this. The county commissioners is planning on a modified phase 1. What the modifications are we will have to wait to find out. I already marked the Church for social... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We will have outdoor Adoration tomorrow from Noon to 1:00. At 1:00 we will have a crowning of the Blessed Mother and Rosary. I will hear confessions this afternoon from 4-5 pm on the patio of the new rectory. Despite the President’s announcement the... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We will again have outdoor Adoration on Sunday from Noon to 1:00. At 1:00 we will also have a crowning of our Blessed Mother with a rosary. This is the month of Our Lady and we certainly do not want to let the present troubles keep us from remembering her. I... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We had a zoom meeting of the Dean’s yesterday. We discussed the process for opening up churches once the civil authorities allow that. There’s a lot to think about. A couple of thoughts are to have outdoor Mass or to have Mass in the gymnasium. There’s a lot to... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, I hope to have some more details on the resumption of Masses for you tomorrow. We will have a Dean’s Council meeting on zoom today on that topic. At this point, though, we are waiting for the civil authorities to decide when and how we can open. Today is... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Again, cases are up but hospitalizations are down. We can hope to reopen on June 1st. Thursday begins the nine days leading up to Pentecost. This is the nine days between our Lord’s Ascension into Heaven and the sending of the Holy Spirit. As the Acts of... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We can hope that we will reopen two weeks from today. That is when the stay at home order for Prince George’s County expires. Hospitalizations are continuing to decrease. Reported cases are still rising because of increased testing. But, I believe, that... Read More →

We are starting to plan to reopen for Masses. Even though we are still two weeks away in Prince George’s County (assuming that the stay at home order is not extended again) there is much planning that is needed since we want to reopen safely. Archbishop Gregory has made a... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We are all disappointed with the decision to keep the lock down in effect in Prince George’s until June 1st. This means that the entire Easter Season will pass without us worshiping together. Our candidates and Elect are still waiting to be initiated into... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The number of new cases is in the 700s and the hospitalizations have gone down. Governor Hogan will be making an announcement at 5:00 pm this evening on the nex step in reopening. We can hope he will allow Churches to reopen soon. Today is the Feast of Our Lady... Read More →