Solemnity of All Saints is Friday, November 1, 2024 - A Holy Day of Obligation
Mass will be held at 9:00 AM, 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM. All children are invited to participate in a Saint Procession before the 5:30 PM Mass on All Saints Day! Participating children are asked to either dress up as their favorite Saint in a church appropriate costume or bring a favorite Saint icon, statue, or picture to process with. We will meet in the Narthex at 5:15 PM to prepare for the procession before Mass. Please RSVP your children with the name of their selected Saint, Click here. Contact Matt Curley, Director of Religious Education, for more information [email protected]. We celebrate those who have committed themselves to Christ and striven to be like him. We celebrate all saints and especially those who are not named or included on the calendar.

Prayer for All Saints Day
Dear God, thank you for the example of the Saints. I desire to join in their company, worshiping you forever in Heaven. Please help me follow their footsteps, and yours, Jesus Christ. Please help me to conform myself to Your image, seeking Your will in all things, as the Saints did. Please help me to devote myself, and all that I do, to Your glory, and to the service of my neighbors. Amen.
 
All Souls Day is Saturday, November 2, 2024 
This day is for Remembrance and Commemoration of all the faithful departed. There will be a Rosary at 8:30 AM and a Memorial Mass will be held at 9:00 AM. This day we remember all those who have died. We welcome anyone who would like to remember a loved one who has died in the past year; the names of your loved one(s) will be read during the Memorial Mass and a candle will be lit. Please arrive early. Also if you would like a photo placed on our Memorial photo board we will need a photo of them along with their name sent to [email protected] no later than Friday, October 18. Questions? Please contact Nancy Gorman, HOPE Ministry (Healing, Opportunities, Peace and Encouragement) at 301-253-5050.

Prayer for All Souls Day
Lord God, you are the glory of believers and the life of the just. Your son redeemed by dying  and rising to life again. Since our departed brothers and sisters believed in the mystery of our resurrection, let them share the joys and blessings of the life to come.