Dear St. Augustine Family,
Today we celebrate the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the readings, we are challenged to let go of the things that hold us back from devoting our lives to Christ and the mission he has given us to carry out. Many of our daily life tasks are important and have their place; but too often we find ourselves so buried in them that we lose sight of the greater mission and purpose that our lives were meant to serve: Being disciples of Jesus Christ and missionaries to a world that so desperately needs to know the Truth of the Gospel and the enduring Love of God. Let us take an honest inventory of our lives and our calendars and adjust our priorities where necessary. Let us commit to walk the path that God has laid before us and let go of those things that distract us from what matters the most!
Mass is celebrated on Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. The 12:30 p.m. Mass will be live- streamed via our YouTube Channel.
Click here or download the attachment below to read the bulletin which includes Father Pat's Sermon Notes. This week he tells us to shift our focus to the Lord of the mission!
As we reflect on our anniversary, we encourage you to support our parish school, which serves PK3 through 8th grade students. Last Sunday, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, our eighth grade students celebrated their graduation at the 10 a.m. Mass. They have compiled an impressive list of high school acceptance letters including Academy of Holy Cross, Georgetown Preparatory School, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Gonzaga College, St. Anselm's College, and St. John's College.
We are looking for three parishioners and friends of our school to commit to pledging $25,000 over five years, to help continue making our parish school affordable for working families ($6,500 a year for one student).
Please contact Fr. Pat ( fatherpat@saintaugustine-dc.org), Bill Murray, the school's development director ( bmurray@saintaugustine-dc.org) or the parish office at (202) 265-1470 to discuss further.
Thank you for all you do to support our parish.
On May 14, 2022, St. Augustine’s Synod Delegates—Cynthia Morris and Faustina Wabwire—attended the closing regional Synod Listening Session, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Washington, DC. His Eminence Cardinal Wilton Gregory attended the session and participated in roundtable discussions. Cardinal Gregory was also the Celebrant for the Archdiocesan Closing Synod Mass later that day. The session was attended by about seventy people from various parishes across the Archdiocese of Washington.
Small roundtable discussions were guided by a set of questions from the regional synod questionnaire. Please find the summary of the regional gathering in this article.
This summer, the Archdiocese of Washington will consolidate the results of 106 parish reports, all four archdiocesan listening sessions, and 1000 online comments into a single 10-page report. The full report will be published in both English and Spanish on the archdiocese’s website. Similarly, at the national level, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will condense 196 diocesan reports into a single, 10-page consensus document. A subsequent continental process will consolidate the USCCB’s report with input from other North American and Caribbean Conferences in a report that informs the synod in Rome. Pope Francis has committed that women and men religious and laypersons will participate at every level, including the planned October 21-23, 2023 meeting, at the Vatican.
Our June-July parish update on the synod will cover the Parish Pastoral Council and Heads of Ministry meeting that took place this weekend.
Thank you.
School Registration is Open
Our elementary school is registering children for the next academic year for grades Pre-K 3 to Grade 8. Be sure to stop by the table near the entrance of the church for more information and literature about our parish school. You can also visit the school online at https://staug-dc.org/.
We encourage you to continue checking our website at https://saintaugustine-dc.org and our social media pages listed below for upcoming events and resources.
Blessings,
St. Augustine Parish
Blessings,
St. Augustine Parish
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