We look forward to the celebration of Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at the hands of Bishop Francisco Gonzalez Saturday June 6 at 10am. Candidates for Confirmation in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite should contact Fr. De Rosa in preparation for the sacrament.

We are investigating starting a Knights of Columbus council at St. Mary's. If you would like to join today simply go to KofC.org/joinus and enter our Parish name for local info. More information to come about starting our council here at St. Marys. Contact Julius Jackson: jackson@dcknights.org

Annunciation March 25 EF Missa Solemnis 7:30pm to be live streamed and recorded professionally The mass will have music by Chantry as part of supporting voxcorona.com a gofundme effort by the church musicians of DC all fo whom are out of work and who’s ministry we so need in Christian ministry Mass Booklet PDF can be found here: https://ec-prod-sites.s3.amazonaws.com/17611/documents/2020/3/Annunciation%20Mass%20livestream%20Mass%20Booklet%20Annunciation%20-%20texts%20and%20translations%202.pdf

Our Feast Day happy hour will be rescheduled for a later date.

Join us for Stations of The Cross every Wednesday at 6 PM (after 5:30PM Adoration) and Friday after the 12:00PM Mass.

Join us for some coffee and donuts in the Parish Hall after the 9:00am Mass on Sundays. See you there!

Upcoming Ash Wednesday (2/26) Mass Schedule: 8:00 AM Latin, 12:05 PM English (With Confession before at 11:30 AM) , 5:30 PM English , 7:30 PM Latin

Join us in prayer and Thanksgiving on this historic day for our parish. 7:30 PM English Mass | of Installation for Fr. De Rosa as St. Mary's 17th Pastor. 9:00 AM Latin Low Mass | Our lineage of pastors, models of charity. 10:30 AM English Mass | Lenten charity drive kickoff.

On Sundays at 11:30am in the rectory dining room, we host a class to help adult Catholics update their understanding of the faith.

This Sunday, February 2nd, is Candlemas. Before the 9:00am Extraordinary Form Mass there will be a blessing of the candles and a procession. The Mass following the blessing will be a Latin High Mass with our men's schola singing Gregorian chant and a choral quartet singing sacred polyphony. People are invited to bring their candles. See you on Sunday at 8:30am

Mass Schedules for Friday January 24, 2020

Planning to attend the March for Life? Join our parish to walk, pray, and peacefully march for the defense of human life. A group will meet at the church at 12pm and walk over to join the march on Constitution Ave. Parishioners, family, friends, and visitors are more than welcome!

Our Young Adults will be studying life issues at their weekly Wednesday evening 6:30 pm meeting following the parish adoration at 5:30 pm Wed, Jan 22 - Is choice true freedom? Wed, Jan 29 - Contraception - Contramarriage Wed, Feb 5 - "The beauty of the aged is their gray hair" (Prov 20:29) Wed, Feb 12 - A false dichotomy: pro-life and social justice

For our Extraordinary Form Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord on the feast day itself, Monday, January 6, at 7:30 p.m., Chantry will sing splendid Renaissance polyphony including Byrd’s great Gradualia Propers for Epiphany and—since for the Renaissance the Star of Bethlehem was related to another star, Mary the Star of the Sea—Victoria’s beautiful Missa Ave maris stella. The music for the Mass will also include great motets inspired by the story of the Magi.

Contemplate the Christ Child Our parish Wednesday evening Young Adult group is studying Pope Benedict XVI's book on the Infancy Narratives. The group meets at 6:30 PM in the rectory following the 5:30 PM adoration in the church. Jan 8: The Wise Men and the Star Jan 15: The Presentation of Christ Coming soon... March for Life and studying the Church's teaching on life issues

Christmas at St. Mary’s Christmas Eve Tuesday 24 December: 8:15pm - Mass in Chinese; 10pm - Mass in English; Midnight - Extraordinary Form Mass (Latin) Christmas Day - Wednesday 25 December:9am - Extraordinary Form Missa Cantata; 10:30am - Mass in English; 11:30am - Mass in Chinese; Dec. 26-31 Normal Schedule New Year’s Day - Wednesday 1 January: 9am - Extraordinary Form Mass for the Octave of Christmas; 11:30; Joint English/Chinese Mass for the Mother of God Jan 2-3 No Mass Jan. 4 Regular Schedule Resumes

Wednesday December 18 - Join the early music ensemble, the Suspicious Cheese Lords, for their annual Christmas concert. It’s a musical journey through the Yuletide story, from texts associated with Advent, to the Annunciation and the Visitation, through Christmas and into Epiphany. Repertoire will include works of Renaissance composers William Byrd, Hans Leo Hassler, Christopher Erbach, and Pedro de Cristo, among others. The evening’s featured work will be a Magnificat (Secundi Toni) by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Sing-along carols round out the evening! suspiciouscheeselords.com 

Fr. De Rosa is seeking volunteers to help with sacristy work. The tasks are simple but important to the proper maintenance of our sanctuary: some ironing, vacuuming, checking up on supply stocks…perhaps a commitment of one hour per week at a time of your choosing. If you’re interested in helping out, please contact the Rectory.

Our parish Wednesday evening Young Adult group is beginning to study Pope Benedict XVI's book on the Infancy Narratives. The group meets at 6:30 PM in the rectory following the 5:30 PM adoration in the church. DEC 11 | Why the Genealogies? DEC 18 | The Birth of Christ To be continued in January 2020...

Latin Mass Attendees will mark the feast on Sunday at 9am as per the Extraordinary Form Ordo. In the English mass calendar (Ordinary Form) the observance feast is transferred to Monday Dec. 9. English masses will be celebrated Mon. Dec. 9 at midday and at 6:30pm.