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May the
Peace of the Lord
be with you.

+ This weekend, we celebrate the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
+ For your prayerful preparation, find the readings here.

+ The Second Collection this weekend will support the national collection for World Mission Sunday.
Our Social Action Pillars in October support Columbia Community Care which provides support to the marginalized of our community

+ Children’s Liturgy of the Word - our Mass program for kids in Gr. 1-5 will be held weekly throughout the school year at the 10am Mass at Wilde Lake and the 11:30am Mass at Oakland Mills. Young people will leave during the Liturgy of the Word and will return in time for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Younger children may attend with an adult. No sign up - just show up! Hope to see you there!

On Sunday, November 1, the Feast of All Saints, we will be taking a parish group photos after together after the 12:15 Masses at Wilde Lake and the Oakland Mills 11:30 masses. In the Wilde Lake photo, this will be weather permitting as we will be utilizing a drone. Please plan to stay just a few minutes longer for these masses

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Next weekend, October 24 - 25 , our Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring their Tootsie Roll Drive. The goal of this effort is to assist people with intellectual disabilities.

This weekend, our Palm Sunday attendance was:

3,203

with 125 screens streaming on-line. Just a note…yesterday’s attendance exceeded total of Christmas by 624. Amazing!

Please join us for the Triduum services this upcoming weekend

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+ The Second Collection this weekend will be directed to the good works of serving our neighbors in need by the Society of Saint Vinent dePaul. Our Social Action Pillars throughout June will support P.A.T.H. -
People Acting Together in Howard

+ This weekend, we celebrate the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

+ For your prayerful preparation, find the readings here. Attached is a video to share with your family which explains the Gospel reading.

+ The Second Collection this weekend is our monthly collection supporting the works of the Society of Saint Vincent dePaul as they address our neighbors in need. Our Social Action Pillars throughout August support Springboard Community Services which provides personalized behavioral health support.

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This weekend:

All students, teachers, school administrators and Staff are encouraged to bring their back-packs or school bags for a special blessing as we start the new school year.
It is also a Food Drive weekend. Help us re-stock the shelves at Columbia Community Care and provide for our neighbor in need.

At our nopn daily Mass on Friday,

At our noon daily Mass on Friday, you are invited to bring picturesof those we have losttwenty-fivew years ago in

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Archbishop Lori September 11 Message

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+ The Second Collection this weekend will support our parish Society of St. Vincent dePaul in their service towards assisting our neighbor in need.
Our Social Action Pillars in October help fund Columbia Community Care which provides aid to the marginalized of our community.

+ This weekend, we celebrate the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
+ For your prayerful preparation, find the readings here. Attached is a video (From Father Ryan) to share with your family which offers a Gospel message (Spanish version aqui)

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COLUMBIA COMMUNITY CARE: After Mass on the weekends or anytime outside our office doors, you can make a food donation to those in need within our home community.