Saint Mary Catholic Church - Alexandria, Virginia

Saint Mary Catholic Church

December 28 Bulletin Today's Mass Readings

The Priests and Staff of St. Mary's wish all a Blessed Christmas

Bishop Loverde's Christmas Letter (PDF)

Mass Schedule for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Wednesday, December 31, Holy Hour at 11:00 p.m. precedes midnight Mass (for Solemnity on 1/1)

Thursday, January 1, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

	Feasts, Memorials, and Solemnities
	January 1 - The Octave Day of Christmas; The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God; World Day of Prayer for Peace
	January 2 - St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen, First Friday
	January 3 - The Most Holy Name of Jesus, First Saturday
	December 25 - The Nativity of the Lord
	December 26 - St. Stephen
	December 27 - St. John

Give the Gift of Life this Christmas (PDF)

Parish-Wide Bible Study begins January 17 (PDF)

Urge Congress to oppose the Freedom of Choice Act (PDF)

Interested in Joining the Catholic Church? Enroll in St. Mary's RCIA Program.

Traditional Latin Mass at St. Mary's (1962 Missal)

Every first and third Friday of the month, at 7:30 pm, St. Mary’s offers the Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962. This form of Mass is also known as the “Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite,” the “Mass of Blessed John XXIII,” the “Tridentine Mass” or the “Traditional Latin Mass.” This celebration will normally be a “Low Mass” with a schola or cantor. All are invited to participate in this Mass. For more information on this form of Mass, visit www.sanctamissa.org.

Serve the Poor (PDF) - Volunteer with the St. Vincent de Paul Society

Mary Martha Guild By devoting one hour or more per week, Guild members maintain our church in harmony with the liturgical calendar. All parishioners are welcome to become members.

The Mass in Latin (1970 Missal) The regular 10:00 a.m. Mass on the first Sunday of the month is celebrated in Latin. This form of Mass is the regular Mass most Catholics are used to (“Novus Ordo,” or “Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite”), only celebrated in Latin. Click here for the Ordo Missæ cum populo in Latin and English. Audio files of the Latin Mass are now available.

Learn to Pray in Latin "...steps should be taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them." (II Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Article 54) Click here for a guide to pronouncing Ecclesiastical Latin, from the Thesaurus Precum Latinarum.

Pater Noster (Our Father) Pater noster, qui es in cælis: sanctificétur nomen tuum; advéniat regnum tuum; fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo, et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie; et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris; et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem; sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

Photos of St. Paul Parish in Pass Christian, Mississippi - Saint Mary's Adopted Parish

Deus Caritas Est The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI

Father Kleinmann's Letter on Altar Servers at Saint Mary's - March 26, 2006