Fort Slemmer, on what is now the campus of Catholic University
Mass Times
Monday–Saturday: 8am
Tuesday: 7pm
Saturday: 5pm
Sunday: 7am, 10am, noon, 2pm (Latin), 6:30pm
The Mass: When Heaven Touches Earth
We take in the living bread of Christ and become alive in a way that we were not before. This is why Jesus says that he is bread come down from heaven.
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Events this week
Confessions and Eucharistic Adoration
Adoration is the worship of the Eucharist outside of the Mass. The Eucharistic Host is displayed in a monstrance on the altar so that all can see and pray in the presence of Christ.
Novena to the Miraculous Medal
Monday, June 6, 4:30pm
Novena to Saint Anthony
6:30pm Mass, followed by Novena, then adoration until 8pm
Confession available
Tuesday, June 7
Social Concerns Committee
discuss to include the Ministries Fair, involving the whole parish in matching a $500 gift to the committee, summer needs of the food pantry and the Gabriel Network
All are welcome.
Wednesday, June 8, 6:30–7:30pm
Ministries Room, entrance by the church parking lot
pray with Legion of Mary
Thursday, June 9, 6:30–8:30pm
Church
Divine Mercy Prayer Group
adoration and worship and confessions and healing prayers and fellowship
www.facebook.com/DCDivineMercy
contact: louisbrownjr@gmail.com
Saturday, June 10, 6–9pm
Church
Great Brookland Yard Sale
a day for Brookland residents to host concurrent yard sales, a great way to sell and shop and meet your neighbors
Saturday, June 11
Saint Anthony School hosting a yard sale
St. Anthony Catholic School will participate. The fee is $20 per table. Contact the school —
(202) 526-4657 — to reserve your table today.
Come on out and join the fun!
Saturday, June 11, 10am–2pm
12th Street between Monroe and Lawrence
Legion of Mary
Saturday, June 11, 3–4:30pm
Ministries Room
Spaghetti Dinner
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children. Buy your tickets at the link:
Saturday, June 11th, 5–7pm
Margot Hall
FUN-raiser and Ministry Fair
After two beautiful Town Hall Style parish council meetings and a double dose of synodal conversations, our parish needs to be itself and celebrate our patron saint and the community formed around him. It turns out that we like each other and the opportunities here! So, you are invited to an ice-cream and cake social. Think of it as donuts and coffee plus!
Sunday, June 12, after the 10am, noon and 2 PM Masses
Every parish ministry is invited to treat this fun-raiser as a Ministry Fair event, an opportunity to provide information about the good work they do and all the fun they have in the Spirit!
Feast Day of St. Anthony
Monday, June 13
Brookland Kids’ Clothing Swap
FREE – no cost to participate
Saturday, June 18, 11am–1pm
outdoors, in front of Margot Hall
We will be collecting new and gently used clothes and shoes (no rips, stains, etc.) for infants–preteens as well as maternity/nursing clothes, June 12–17. Dropoff locations will be announced closer to the date.
2022 Teenage Enrichment for the Apostles of Mary, T.E.A.M. Retreat
sponsored by the Legion of Mary, Fairfax Comitium
for ages 12–18
$35 one person, $70 two or more
Holy Trinity Jubilee Park, 4407 Aldie Rlad, Catharpin, Virginia 20143
Saturday, June 25
Gabriel Network has been helping pregnant women and their children in Maryland and Washington, D.C. for more than 25 years. At the heart of Gabriel Network’s ministry to pregnant women is a network of church-based volunteers. With the support of the whole church community, these trained “Angel Friends” provide loving, personal, and long-term support to pregnant women in crisis situations.
contact: Anne Gribbin (wgag@verizon.net or (202) 489-8482) and www.lovegn.org – “How We Impact” and “Angel Friends”
Donate with Venmo
or, text the keyword StAnthony to (202) 858-1233
Make an Online Donation to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
Visit our Parish Facebook page
www.facebook.com/St.AnthonyofPaduaInLittleRome
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic Church? Do you know someone who is interested in becoming Catholic? If you want to learn more about Catholicism and have your questions answered, please contact St. Anthony of Padua Church (202) 526-8822 or Andrew Russell (202) 526-2487. We meet every Sunday at 9am in the Ministries Room.
Pray the Rosary
hosted by the archdiocese Council of Catholic Women
8pm, every evening
Dcall (605) 468-8016 using ID 357090#
Donations for the Emergency Food Pantry
may be brought to the church lobby
www.stanthonyofpaduadc.org
events.stanthonydc@gmail.com