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Dear Parishioners, The growth in the number of cases and in hospitalizations continues to decrease. This adds hope for an opening up of Churches in Prince George’s County soon. Today’s Office of Readings offers us an excerpt from the letter to the Romans by St.... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The report today shows a decrease in the number of hospitalizations and new cases. We can hope that the trend is positive enough to allow Churches to reopen soon. We still have openings for Adoration today. No one is signed up for 11:00-Noon. We have five... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Someone sent me a link to a petition to open churches in Prince George’s county. Here is the link:... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, We are going to have Adoration on Sunday. But, we will move it from the parking lot into the Church. We will have it from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. If you are able to cover any of those hours let me know by e-mail: tlahood@stmaryum.org. Remember, we can only have a... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, The report today shows that the number of positive tests has dropped below 10 percent of those tested. The number of hospitalizations is also down. We will have Adoration again on Sunday. But, I think we will try to do it in the Church over several hours.... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, I missed posting yesterday because I was welcoming our summer seminarian Kyle Vance. Kyle is from St. John’s in Hollywood. I hope you have a chance to meet him this summer as we approach getting back to normal. We are still anxiously waiting for the... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Today we have outdoor Adoration from Noon to 1:00pm. This will be our last outdoor Adoration. Next Sunday we will have Adoration in the Church with a limit of ten people at a time. There are still over 40 slots open to attend Mass this week. Here are some... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, Since we can, beginning Monday, have services with up to ten people, I have sent a mass e-mail inviting people to attend one of the Masses scheduled for next week. If you recieved this e-mail please sign up for one of the Masses this coming week. We will have... Read More →

Dear Parishioners, First, I need to make a correction. I have been referring to Angela Alsobrooks as our County Commissioner. She is, in fact, the County Executive. I’m sorry for the mistake. With the lifting of the stay at home order, we can reopen the office. The Parish... Read More →