St. Mary’s will be hosting a talk on the Brown Scapular on Saturday, July 20 at 9AM. This is the first in a 5-part series of talks on Marian devotions that will take place over the coming year. Speaking on the Brown Scapular will be Br. Pier Giorgio Pacelli of the Discalced Carmelite Friars in Washington, DC. Br. Pier Giorgio will discuss the history of the Scapular from St. Simon Stock through the French Revolution and into the present, as well as the importance of the Scapular as a Marian devotion. The morning’s events will begin with a holy hour at 9AM featuring Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, there will also be an opportunity to venerate a relic of St. Simon. Coffee and refreshments will accompany the talk in the school hall following Benediction. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact the rectory.

Be part of our apartment building coordinators' team! For more information, contact Asher Allman at allman.asher@gmail.com

Saint Mary's is conducting a parish-wide survey to find out what service projects parishioners would like to get involved in.

A traditional Latin High Mass will be offered on Thursday, June 20th at 7:30 p.m. for the feast of Corpus Christi. The High Mass at Saint Mary's will be followed by a brief Eucharistic procession. Our men's schola will sing Gregorian chant for the Mass and procession. This is a terrific opportunity to bring a friend to experience what will be a beautiful liturgy!

Starting on June 1st 2019, the Sunday 1pm Mass will be suspended for the summer with further consideration in the Fall. The Monday 5:15 pm novena mass will be removed from the calendar altogether.

Saint Mary's is pleased to announce we will offer the traditional observance of Holy Week inclusive of the sacred Triduum according to 1962 Missal. Mark your calendars and tell your friends! See the full schedule by clicking the above link.

Monday, March 25, 2019 is the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (with a Commemoration of the Monday of the Third Week in Lent). We will have a traditional Latin sung Mass here at Saint Mary's at 7:30 p.m., with Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony sung by our men's schola and quartet. The image of the Annunciation (the first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary) is the first of our paintings in the sanctuary. Please invite your friends and family to Mass on this important day at Saint Mary Mother of God parish.

Please help us collect food for our brothers and sisters in Southeast DC! As part of our Lenten alms-giving, St. Mary's is having a food drive for the entire season of Lent.

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On March 23, DC-based early music ensemble Chanrty will perform Motets from Handl's great Opus Musicum at Saint Mary's. The concert begins at 8:00 pm and ends at 9:30 pm. The 374 motets in Handl's great Opus Musicum provide music for the entire liturgical year.

On Saturday, February 2nd, a traditional Latin Solemn High Mass will be offered at 9 a.m. here at Saint Mary's for the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The local men's choir "The Suspicious Cheese Lords" will sing the music, including sacred polyphony, for the feast also known as Candlemas. Our fourth painting in the apse will be installed in time for the Mass. Please come -- and invite family and friends to attend with you for what will be a beautiful morning.

On January 27, our parish community will receive one of the auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington, Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville. His Excellency will lead us in a Holy Hour and Benediction at 10:00 am. Note: The 10:30 am English Mass is canceled that day, but those who frequent that Mass can still satisfy their Sunday obligation at the 1:00 pm or 7:30 pm Mass. See you!

Join us on Friday, January 18th 2019!! Our annual Nellie Gray Mass, honoring our late parishioner who founded the March for Life,will be at 4:30pm. It will be a solemn high traditional Latin Mass commemorating Saint Prisca. Saint Mary will be having Masses as early as 8:00am at every hour that day. Groups from the East Coast will be celebrating Mass before attending the March for Life! Thousands upon thousands of American travel to the Nation's Capital every year around the tragic anniversary of Roe v. Wade to remember the more than 60 million Americans who have died because of abortion.

A Low Mass (Extraordinary Form) will be offered in honor of Our Lady's First Saturday on January 5 at 9:00 am. The Mass will be followed by a Rosary and a Holy Hour (1 full hour) sponsored by the Downtown DC Serra Club to pray for an increase in priestly and religious vocations.

A Lecture on Church Architecture, Scripture and Tradition December 20, 2018 7:30 PM Saint Mary's Parish

The Catholic Beer Club at St. Mary's is hosting a fellowship on December 7, the Vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be said in the church at 5:30 pm, followed by the gathering at Capitol City Brewing Co. in downtown Washington, DC.

Missed the lecture by parishioner Phillip Henderson? Listen to it here.

St. Mary Mother of God is partnering with Patricia Handy Place, an emergency housing facility in the neighborhood, to give warm blankets to women living in the shelter, as well as winter clothing and needed toiletries. Please click on the link above for details on how to donate.

Baby Timmy has high-risk neuroblastoma and needs both financial and spiritual support. His mom, Mary Anne, is a former parishioner at St. Mary’s. Please consider donating to his GoFundMe page (click the link above), spread the word and offer prayers for his speedy healing.