Starting August 15, 2022, the Parish office hours will change to 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

Wed., August 17th at 7:00 pm   Msgr. Parent

Sat., August 20th @4:00 pm Fr. Fields

Wed., August 24th @7:00 p.m. Fr. Fields

Sat., August 27th @4:00 p.m. Fr. Fields

Wed. August 31st @7:00pm Msgr. Parent

Children's Liturgy of the Word

"Jesus said, 'Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these,'" - Matthew 19:14.

After over 2.5 years of not having Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW), we are preparing to once again offer this ministry to our St. E's family, at the 9am Sunday Masses, starting this fall! But, in order for this to happen, we need Virtus-trained young adults and adults to volunteer to serve as CLOW ministers. If you might be interested in serving as a CLOW minister to share the love of Jesus and scripture with our young ones, one Sunday a month, please contact Stephanie Moss (smoss@stelizabethchurchmd.org) to learn more!

Confirmation

For any students entering 8th grade or currently in high school, if you are interesting in finding out more about celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation, please contact Stephanie Moss or Mary Theresa Heneghan in the parish office (301-881-1380).

"Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. …the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. For 'by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.'" -CC1285.

Christian Formation Registration is OPEN!

It's that time of year... We are registering students for Christian Formation now - so contact Stephanie Moss (smoss@stelizabethchurchmd.org) to learn more about the program and how you can register you child(ren), entering Pre-K through 8th grace, today! Registration closes on Monday, September 5th.

Parish Pastoral Council Addresses the Future Use of Commons

At its May 23rd meeting, our Parish Pastoral Council discussed the future use of our Commons gathering space on Sundays. For the past two years, it has served primarily as extra seating to enhance social distancing at our Sunday Masses.

The consensus of the Council was that we should move towards resuming our Sunday socials and children’s liturgy of the word this fall… To this end, the Council recommended slowly removing Mass seating from our Commons over the course of the summer to allow people time to transition back to sitting in our main church during Mass. We will monitor the response to this transition and continue to evaluate our options.

Please pray for patience and understanding as we try to resume our pre-pandemic social life.

We would like to welcome women of the parish to join us this Fall for our next Walking with Purpose Bible Study, Touching the Divine. This study focuses on the many qualities of Jesus revealed through the Gospel of John, and draws us into a deeper, loving relationship with Jesus as we reflect on His life and personality. Learn from John’s experience in Touching the Divine, a 22-lesson Bible study. St. John referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” and as we study, John will teach us how much Jesus loves us, and how His love is the true satisfaction of our souls. Knowing Christ more intimately, as John did, will touch your heart and fill you with hope!

 Learn about Christ’s divine qualities:

      • Our source of fulfillment for all that we need 

      • The ultimate gift giver

      • Our model of fidelity 

      •Our redeemer and restorer

When/How will we be studying? We will have two options available this year. You are welcome to change among them at any time based on your comfort level. We will have classes on Tuesdays, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., which will be in person. The evening class will be on Monday evenings from 7:00-8:18 p.m. in person. You can switch between afternoon and evening based on your schedule. For more information or to signup check out the details located at stelizabethchurchmd.org/biblestudy.

Seven Sisters Prayer for St. E’s Priests for August 

O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
 for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
 for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
 for your tempted priests;
 for your lonely and desolate priests;
 for your young priests;
 for your dying priests;
 for the souls of your priests in purgatory.

But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:
 the priest who baptized me;
 the priests who absolved me from my sins;
 the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
 the priests who taught and instructed me;
 all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, especially our St. E’s priests).

O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,
 and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.