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Dear Parishioners, Total cases in Maryland are down. Governor Hogan may make an announcement this week about moving into phase one of reopening. It looks as if we will still be doing outdoor Adoration this Sunday instead of Mass. We may add some type of May procession and... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The number of people hospitalized has gone down by nearly 100, while new cases were well under 1000. We can hope this leads to a lifting of the stay at home order soon. Thanks to all the people who came to Adoration yesterday. We can hope and pray that we can... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The number of cases is again up by over 1000. But, the hosptilizations are down by 25. We still wait for the opening of Churches. Perhaps, this will happen very soon. Today is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. I hope we can come to together as a parish before the end... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Wind chill in May, very strange weather. I guess its just one more strange thing to live with. The virus cases were again up over a thousand today, but, again, hospitalizations were down by 9. We are still on the countdown for lifting the stay at home order in... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The Governor opened some outdoor activities and elective surgeries. There are increasing signs of hope. The number of new cases is up over 1,000 today. But, the hospitalizations has actually gone down. As I said yesterday there is hope that Churches be allowed... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We have some good news at last. We applied for and received a PPP loan to cover our payroll. This is a big help to our budget. We had a Priest’s Council Meeting via telephone today. We have indications that Governor Hogan may open up places of worship as... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Cases up by over 1000 today; hospitalizations up very slightly with only 14 new hospitalizations. That is the good news. We will have outdoor Adoration again. Sunday looks like the better weather day. We are not really getting the numbers that justify two... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The coronavirus report for Maryland today looks like a repeat of yesterdays. Keep praying. There is task force that is working with the Governor on re-opening Churches. Here is a report from the Archdiocese on the task force that I can share with you (the... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We are still waiting for phase one. The hospitalization numbers are up slightly today. I heard on the radio this morning that we are down for three days in a row. Presumably, this means we need 11 more days of down numbers to enter phase one. I can’t find... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Happy fourth Sunday of Easter. Today is also good shepherd Sunday. In John chapter 10 Jesus speaks of himself as the shepherd and as the gate through which the sheep pass. After his resurrection, he leads us back to the Father. That is what he is doing... Read More →