A summary of the recent meeting between MPD, DC Human Services and members of the Chinatown/MVT community.

A good concise guide on how to pray

St. Mary's is joining neighbors in petitioning the city to pay more attention to public safety and quality of life in Chinatown and Mt Vernon Triangle

Mass in honor of the Archangels

Our Lenten food drive has been extended to meet the needs of our neighbors in these trying times.

We've launched an email newsletter to reach our parishioners with the latest parish update! Submit your email through this form to be added.

This afternoon we received word from Archbishop Gregory that public worship may resume in our parish under the city’s current 10-person limit. More information to come!

Thursday June 11 Feast of Corpus Christi - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6-8pm. Hand sanitizing, Face coverings and social distancing will he observed.

This Sunday’s English ordinary form mass will be live-streamed on Facebook at 7:30pm with polyphonic musical accompaniment from members of Chantry. Join us online to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit this Pentecost!

This Thursday live streamed at 7:30pm on Facebook- sung mass in the extraordinary form for the Ascension. Join us on our Facebook page!

The St. Mary Young Adults continue to meet Wednesday's at 7PM virtually. This week's topic: the Ascension & the Church Fathers. Please email us for the Zoom link & if you have any questions.

Tune in on Facebook Live for Sung Evening Prayer for the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Wednesday May 13, at 7 PM. Have a candle lit for your intentions. Donations being accepted on FaithDirect.

St. Mary Young Adults continue to meet virtually, despite the social distancing. All are welcome, even if you have never been able to come in person, and feel free to join late.

Dear Friends, Thank you! There’s no other way to say it, thank you! You’re receiving this message because over the course of the last two months you’ve contributed to the mission of St. Mary Mother of God Parish by your prayers and by your kind donation. This giving is what’s keeping us going on several fronts.

We are exciting to announce Facebook livestreaming of English Sunday masses starting this Sunday May 3rd 10:30am! Join us in prayer on our parish FB page.

This Friday May 1st at 7pm tune in on our Facebook page for a livestream of Sung Evening Prayer for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. Prelude and postlude music with quartet and organ. Have a candle lit for your prayer intentions by making a donation on FaithDirect.

During these Coronavirus precautions, we are recording our church's celebrations in the Latin Extraordinary Form because we’re the only parish in DC who do this as a matter of Archdiocesan ministry. Our Ordinary Form English & Chinese parishioners can view the Triduum celebrations from the Archdiocese & Ascension in Houston, TX. They will be shared on our FB page & website. Extraordinary Form parishioners are encouraged to review the archbishop’s homily after tuning in with us for the rites themselves.

Good Friday we will open the church from 5pm-6pm for silent prayer so that the faithful can come and venerate the Cross from a distance. We require those present maintain 6’ distance apart. To prevent clusters of people forming at the main doors, entrance will be through the side doors at the front of the church (entrance through the south door, exit through the north). There is plenty of street parking so the lot will NOT be open, again to prevent the possibility of clusters of people forming on church grounds.

Join us 6pm Wednesday on our Facebook page for a livestream with Fr. De Rosa & Fr. Bradley. They'll share our parish plans for celebrating the Triduum this Holy Week under the current circumstances due to the Coronavirus with a chance for Q&A.

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.