Mass and Confession Schedule
Sunday
7:30 a.m. ⎪ 9 a.m. ⎪ 10:30 a.m. Gym Mass ⎪10:30 a.m. Church ⎪ 12:30 p.m.⎪ 5:30 p.m. Filipino Mass every 4th Sunday at 4 p.m.
Weekdays
6:30 a.m. (Except Federal Holidays)
8 a.m. ⎪ 11 a.m. ⎪ 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
8 a.m.⎪ 11 a.m.⎪5:30 p.m.
(Fullfills Sunday Obligation; Sign Interpreted)
Holy Days of Obligation
Eve Before the Feast - 5:30 p.m.
Feast Day - 6:30 a.m.⎪ 8 a.m.⎪ 9 a.m. ⎪11 a.m.⎪ 5:30 p.m.
Sacrament Of Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and after the 5:30 p.m. Mass
Daily: After 11 a.m. Mass (when this Mass is celebrated)
Letter from the Pastor
February 7, 2010
Dear Friends,
Next Saturday, February 13, we will host a conference entitled “Faith, Deafness & Disabilities.” We are blessed that Archbishop Wuerl will be here to celebrate the 5:30 Mass, and he will commission those involved in the special needs ministries of the archdiocese. Some of those to be commissioned have been involved for decades, and others more recently have taken an interest and are leading the way.
This day will be sponsored by Catholic Charities and the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, Potomac Community Resources, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind and coordinated by the Archdiocese of Washington. It will help to enliven and encourage an even greater commitment to people with special needs in the parishes of the Archdiocese of Washington.
As many of you know, I have a particular interest in this ministry. Ever since college I have been blessed with an opportunity to work with those who seem to have disabilities, but from my perspective have “different abilities.” For years I have been very involved in Potomac Community Resources, a faith-based group that serves the people of Middle Montgomery County.
The Ruppert family members have been leaders in the parish in the establishment of special ministries for people with disabilities. Annette and Carl have been the spirit behind this effort for the last four decades. Their daughter, Colleen, who has different abilities, is now an active board member of Potomac Community Resources.
In our parish we are also blessed with many who are recognized leaders for people with disabilities: Francesca Pellegrino, the founder of Catholic Coalition for Special Education; Tim Shriver, the President of Special Olympics; Peg Kolm, who works for the archdiocese overseeing the ministries for the people with special needs, and Doreen Engel, former Principal at Blessed Sacrament School and now the Director of Special Education for the Archdiocese. There are many others, too many to count.
If you are interested in coming to the conference next Saturday, please register at www.adw.org (click on the conference banner on the left). Hope to see you there.
Father John
