Saint Mary Catholic Church - Alexandria, Virginia

Saint Mary Catholic Church

May 4 Bulletin Today's Mass Readings

	Feasts, Memorials, and Solemnities
	May 11 - The Ascension of the Lord
	May 17 - Vigil of Pentecost

Sermon on the Mount returns April 15th

Support Our Work Camp Volunteers (PDF)

Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for May

General: That Christians may use literature, art and the media to greater advantage to favour a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person

Mission: That just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church, may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of Evangelization and Queen of Apostles, continue to guide missionaries throughout the world with maternal affection.

'Resurrexit,' Alleluia!

Easter Prayer

God of mercy, you wash away our sins in water, you give us a new birth in the Spirit, and redeem us in the blood of Christ. As we celebrate Christ's resurrection, increase our awareness of these blessings, and renew your gift of life within us. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The priests and staff of St. Mary's wish you a Blessed Easter.

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

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

Mary Martha Guild By devoting one hour or more per week, Guild tnd 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