Are you a volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s? Would you be willing to become Virtus certified? We need VIRTUS-trained volunteers. And now is the best time to become one, because the ADW training sessions are totally online and St. Elizabeth’s will pay for it! If you are interested and willing to serve, please call the parish office and speak with Colleen or email her at csteele@stelizabethchurchmd.org.

St. Elizabeth is now in its 43rd year of providing meals to So Other Might Eat in Washington, D.C. on the second Saturday of every month.  We need new donors -- this can be done on an occasional or regular basis -- to support this parish service.  Our next outreach to "SOME" will be on Saturday, October 9. --St. Elizabeth will only drop off its food donations at SOME, i.e., we will not remain at SOME (as we did prior to COVID) to help prepare and serve the clients.-- The oranges and bananas we regularly provided are still needed. Food donations for SOME will be collected in St. Elizabeth's parking lot in front of the school between 8:30 and 9:30 AM on Saturday, morning, October 9. SOME management and staff continue to remind us of how much they appreciate St. Elizabeth's very reliable monthly support. Please contact Brian Crowe (brian.crowe1@verizon.net) if you have any questions on this important parish activity.

If you'd like to include a loved one who has passed away within the past year (after November 2, 2020), please submit their name by going to this link  https://stelizabethchurchmd.org/allsoulsday or by emailing Colleen at csteele@stelizabethchurchmd.org All of those who had their funerals celebrated at St. Elizabeth or who were listed in the bulletin over the year are included in the worship aid, these people will be prayed for especially during the month of November when we dedicate one Mass per day for Departed Loved Ones. If you cannot attend Mass but would like to pray for All Souls, here is a novena that can be said in preparation for All Souls Day.  https://www.praymorenovenas.com/souls-day-novena

It’s been said, if we don’t learn from the past, we’ll repeat it. With that in mind, Walking with Purpose is excited to invite all women to the new Bible study: Discovering Our Dignity. Join us as we view the first video in a six-part series, titled Dignity through Purpose. Grab a friend, and enjoy community and coffee as we discover important truths from the women who have gone before us. No previous experience is necessary. Come and explore what God has to say about our dignity! No registration is necessary to attend this Connect Coffee event!
Monday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 12 at 12:15 p.m.
For more information about this WWP Bible Study, contact: Colleen Steele csteele@stelizabethchurchmd.org or 301-881-1380 or visit stelizabethchurchmd.org/biblestudy to sign up

As we prepare to enter the month of November, we begin the annual tradition throughout the Catholic Church of praying during the entire month for our beloved dead. You will find on the table in the Commons, the envelopes for the daily novena mass – please complete one so your deceased loved one will be honored. Every day in the month of November, a novena of masses is said for our beloved dead, those enrolled in the Novena. You can enter your loved one's name and make a donation in their honor by going to this link https://stelizabethchurchmd.org/allsoulsnovena

O Jesus, eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart, where none may touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Your Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion. Bless their labors with abundant fruit and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown. 

Amen.