Saint Mary Catholic Church - Alexandria, Virginia

Saint Mary Catholic Church

Parish Calendar

June 28 Bulletin Today's Mass Readings

2009 St. Mary's Parish Brochure (PDF)

Vacation Bible School - July 27-31, 2009 - Register today (PDF), and view the VBS flyer (PDF) for information.

Help Babies and Their Families Throughout the month of July, St. Mary’s will be collecting unwrapped baby items to help support the efforts of the Marih Center, our local resource for needy babies and their families. Donations of new baby clothing up to age 2, disposable diapers, diaper wipes, baby toiletries, blankets, etc. may be placed in the playpen at the back of the church. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

	Feasts, Memorials, and Solemnities
	June 29 - St. Peter and St. Paul Solemnity
	June 30 - The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
	July 1 - Blessed Junípero Serra; St. Oliver Plunkett
	July 2 - St. Swithin
	July 3 - St. Thomas; First Friday
	July 4 - Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday; Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Elizabeth of Portugal; Independence Day

Traditional Latin Mass at St. Mary's (1962 Missal) Every first and third Friday of the month, at 7:30 p.m., 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.

Bishop Loverde's Letter on Vocations (PDF)

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

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

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.