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Reverend Alfred J. Harris St. Mary Mother of Church Pastor 727 5th Street NW -- Washington DC 20001 (202) 289-7771

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Schedule of masses : DA pacem, Domine, sustinentibus te, ut propheta tui fideles Monday invenientur exaudi servi tui et plebis tua Israel. 11:30 novena and 12:05pm 5:15pm – Mass. No evening Mass and Novena on holidays. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12:05 pm – English Mass Friday 8:00 am – 12:05 pm – English Mass Saturday First Saturdays: 9:00 am Tridentine Mass 5:00 pm – Sunday Mass Sunday 9:00 am – Tridentine Mass Second Sundays - 5:00pm- High Mass (not during the months of July and August) 10:30 am (English) 11:30 am – (Cantonese) 1:00 pm – English 7:30 pm – (English) Staff Director of Music: William Parsons Secretary: Soraya Strobach Bookkeeper: Maria Reiss Custodian: Jimmy Vines Priests in Residence: Fr Garrett O’Brien Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Time New Parishioners We welcome new members to our parish community. Please register by filling out a Census Form available at the Rectory office or at the back of the church. Or send us an email at [email protected] and we will assist you. Visitors: You are welcome here at historic Old St Mary’s!!! Please feel free to visit and stop by for some coffee and donuts in the Parish Hall, every Sunday!! After the 9:00 am Mass. Our Lady Of China Pastoral Mission: Celebrate Mass in Cantonese and Mandarin each Sunday at 11:30 am – Sacrament of Reconciliation before Mass. For more information contact Fr John Ming Ruan (301) 738-2459 or Clare Tang (301) 251- 7831 The Mission Center is at 1001 Grandin Ave. Rockville, Md 20851

Sacraments at Mary Mother of God Church Marriages: Preparations require arrangements be made at least 6 months before the date of the wedding. Please call the Rectory or send an email [email protected] to make arrangements. : Call the Rectory (202) 289-7771 or send an email to [email protected] to make arrangements. Sacraments of : Weekdays at 11:30 am before the 12:05 pm Mass. Saturdays at 4:30pm before the Sunday Vigil Mass at 5:00 pm Mass. Sundays at 8:30 am before the 9:00 am Mass and Sundays at 7:00pm before the 7:30 pm Mass. Sacrament of The Sick: Please contact the Rectory concerning parishioners who are ill.

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Mass intentions for the week. Remember to honor Sunday, October 8th your loved ones who 9:00am – Santiago Soutuyo(D) have gone to meet Our 10:30am – James Coogan (D) Lord before us. Request a 1:00pm – Mrs. Hillaria Middleton (D) Mass for the recovery of a loved one, or 5:00pm – Repose of the sould of Janet Kay (D) the repose of the soul of a departed one. 7:30pm – PRO POPULO They will be grateful for you for all Monday, October 9th eternity. A stipend of 10 dollars is normally accepted but any 12:05pm – Death anniversary of Linda S. Garcia. amount is really appreciated. You can also request a card for Tuesday, October 10th whom the Mass is offered. collection for the month of September. 12:05pm – Alexandra Crafton (L) September 3rd: $4,042.00; Wednesday, October 11th September 10th: $5,590.00 Catholic University: $1,390.00 12:05pm – Christina E.Hadford (L) September 17th: $5,016.00; September 24th: $3,547.00 Thursday, October 12th Each October, the celebration of World Mission Sunday 12:05pm- Candida Tuazon (D) expresses the heart of our Christian Faith: to go in to the Friday, October 13th world to proclaim the faith (Matthew 29:19). Remembering 8:00am – Canonization of Blessed Karl of and this from Our Lord, and in solidarity with For the intentions written in his book. the universal Church, the Archdiocese of Washington will 12:05pm – Anthony Hadford (L) take up a collection for that purpose. th th Saturday, October 14th Next Sunday, October 14 and 15 , second collection will be for The Propagation of The Faith and World Missions 5:00pm – James Costello (D) 100th Anniversary of the Solemn Pontifical Miracle of the Sun at Mass at Saint Mary’s Fatima. , A Solemn High Mass in the of Astana, Extraordinary Form of the Roman , will celebrate a Solemn Liturgy will be celebrated at Holy Pontifical Mass on the day of the feast Comforter – St Parish in Washington DC. The of Blessed Karl of Austria. st occasion is the 100th Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun Saturday October 21 at 1:00pm. during the Apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, The Mass will Music for the Mass will be provided by th take place on Friday October 13 at 7:30 PM and will Musikaten and Saint Mary’s Schola with its feature splendid music composed by Palestrina and Byrd and ladies’ counterpart, the Schola Cantricum. sung by the renowned group Chantry. The Church is located at Mass will be followed by public veneration of 1357 East Capitol Street, Washington DC 20003. (202)-546- the first class relic of Blessed Karl, with the 1885. Celebrant and Homilist: Charles . music of Saint Benet’s Schola. Let’s welcome our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land. Troughout the weekend and after all Masses, we will host the Catholics from the Holy Land who will be here to promote their religious carvings. These carvings are handmade by Catholics in Jerusalem and Bethlehem who rely on the sale of their artistic products such as crucifixes, , Nativity scenes, figures, and for daily bread. Please come and buy your Little Sisters of The Poor Fall gifts, and support your Bazaar. brothers in the Holy Land. All Saturday November 18th 10am-4:00pm proceeds go directly to support Jeanne Jugan Residentce. Catholics who suffer persecution 4200 Harewood Rd. NE while they are in their own land. It WashingtonDC 20017 is very important that they have our financial Household Décor, Linens, Jewerly, Knick Knacks, Christmas support because many Christians have left their Décor, Bake Shop Items. Refreshments available! home land, and now there is only 1% left in the Holy Land. Let’s together protect our Christian roots in the Holy Land.