To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
Around the Archdiocese—News/Events shared by our Sodalities and More
Richness of Parish Communities
For a Synodal Church
Leading up to the Assembly of Bishops in Synod in October 2023, the Holy Father invites Catholic communities to join in this journey in Communion, Participation, and Mission.
"The entire People of God shares a common dignity and vocation through Baptism. All of us are called in virtue of our Baptism to be active participants in the life of the Church. In parishes, small Christian communities, lay movements, religious communities, and other forms of communion, women and men, young people and the elderly, we are all invited to listen to one another in order to hear the promptings of the Holy Spirit, who comes to guide our human efforts, breathing life and vitality into the Church and leading us into deeper communion for our mission in the world. As the Church embarks on this synodal journey, we must strive to ground ourselves in experiences of authentic listening and discernment on the path of becoming the Church that God calls us to be."
May we all continue to respond as our parish communities invitation to participate in this journey.
YEAR OF PARISH REVIVAL TIMELINE
June 11, 2023 – July 17, 2024 and beyond
The Revival is now reaching the pews! This year, after the Eucharistic Conference, is about fostering Eucharistic devotion at the parish level, strengthening our liturgical life through the faithful celebration of the Mass, Eucharistic adoration, missions, resources, preaching, and organic movements of the Holy Spirit. Find out about how parishes are answering the call.
Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage
January 27 - September 28, 2024
The Pilgrimage--an all-day, national event celebrating the Rosary at the Basilica of the National Shrine--is hosted by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and promotes the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary. Visit rosarypilgrimage.org for information and the 9-month novena prayed the last Saturday of each month through September..
YEAR OF GOING OUT ON MISSION
July 21, 2024 – Pentecost 2025
Having enkindled a missionary fire in the hearts of the American faithful, the Holy Spirit will send us out on mission to share the gift of our Eucharistic Lord as we enter the universal Church’s jubilee year in 2025.
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After the blessing, the deacon dismisses the people. The dismissal gives the liturgy its name. The word "Mass" comes from the Latin word, " Missa." At one time, the people were dismissed with the words " Ite, missa est," meaning "Go, you are sent. The word " Missa" comes from the word " missio," the root of the English word "mission." The liturgy does not simply come to an end.
Those assembled are sent forth to bring the fruits of the Eucharist to the world. (USCCB)
Year of the Lord 2024
November 10 at 1 pm: Singer and composer ValLimar Jansen will tell the stories of the six Black Catholics from the United States on the path to sainthood at Our Lady of Perpetual Help's Panorama Room, 1600 Morris Rd, SE in Washington, DC.
November 17 at 2 pm: A farewell celebrating with prayers the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement's at The Washington Retreat House for their service to the community for close to 100 years, 4000 Harewood, NE, Washington DC 20017.
December 31, 2024-January 1, 2025: New Year's Eve Retreat at The Washington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood, NE, Washington DC 20017.
JOIN the Council of Catholic Women of the Archdiocese of Washington
- lookout for information on our visit on Sunday, September 29, 2024, to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, to enjoy a live onstage play, The Pilgrim's Progress.
2024 Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee. May all Sodalists respond to the Holy Father's call for the faithful “to intensify prayer to prepare us to live well this event of grace and to experience the power of God’s hope.”
The Holy Father explained that the Year of Prayer is dedicated “to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer, prayer in personal life, in the life of the Church, prayer in the world.”
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May the same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever.
Events around the Archdiocese
- Daily Our Lady Queen of Peace invites all to join in the recitation of the rosary every evening at 8 PM on teleconference 712-832-8330, with access code 5245910#
- Evenings You are invited to pray the Rosary with the Council of Catholic Women Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (CCW-RCADW) every evening at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern). Please join this community in prayer.
Ongoing Parishes encouraged to plan prayer: 33 Days to Morning Glory. (Join St. Michael the Archangel Sodality which started the 33-day journey on February 20th, celebrating The Total Consecration on the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 at Mass to make the prayer of Total Consecration.)
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Words shared by Lynn Hill, St. Raphael's Prefect: [As we into delve into 33 Days of Morning Glory] I’m sure that you too are inspired by St. Louis de Montfort’s life His countless parish missions and the vicious persecution he underwent, as well as his “True Devotion to Mary” show his love for the Blessed Mother. I hope that we can go to Jesus through Mary, as have so many others who know St. Louis’ teaching.
Also inspiring is the passionate life of St. Maximillan Kolbe. This 20th Century saint was for years a successful missionary in Poland and Japan. Then shortly before his arrest by the Gestapo and his subsequent martyrdom, he wrote an enlightening paper about the Immaculate Conception.
Perhaps tales of the Militia Immaculata, which he started with fellow seminarians, will encourage us to follow the Immaculate Conception to her Son.
Let’s pray for each other as we continue on our journey.
- Ongoing Taping of TV Masses at National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. Sodality Union parish Sodalities to share with us your plans to attend tapings of the TV Masses.
Sunday TV Mass airs every Sunday at 10:30 AM on WDCW-50
Blessings & Prayers
(All Sodalities are invited to share your news)
Autumnal Season of Thanksgiving
Holy Father's Message
As the Church prepares to gather in Rome on 22-26 June for the 10th World Meeting of Families, remember the Holy Father's prayer intention for June: "for families."
“Let us pray for Christian families around the world. May each and every family embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holiness in their daily lives.”
Pray the Rosary, which is "meant in a particular way to draw us into God's Mercy: at the Annunciation, at the Last Supper, at the Crucifixion, at Pentecost. Each mystery of the rosary is a particular gift of God's Mercy."
Fr. James M. Sullivan, O.P.
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