update - March 13, 2020

    Archbishop William E. Lori announced March 13 that he has dispensed all members of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, including those parishioners who are ill, or suspect they are ill with a contagious illness, or who are concerned they may become ill by attending Mass.

    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on March 12 announced that public gatherings would be restricted to 250. The Archbishop is limiting attendance at Masses to 250. Please know that the parishes of St. Louis in Clarksville, St. Francis in Fulton, Resurrection & St. Paul in Ellicott City, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City, and St. Alphonsus in Woodstock have cancelled all Sunday masses (including Saturday evening vigil masses) for both March 14-15 and 21-22 weekends.  

    The majority of Masses at Saint John gather more than 250.  We are seeking to meet the public-health imperative to create social distance.  Therefore, we will be live-streaming the following masses over the next two weekends:

These are not public masses, we encourage you to join with our community on-line at these times. http://sjerc.org/streaming.   These masses will be archieved and available to you on demand.  Further, the Archdiocese has a listing of on-line masses also available.

Please know that all meetings and events sponsored by St. John are cancelled over the next two weeks.  This begins with this evening's mass as well as Stations of the Cross.  If you have questions regarding these meetings, please make contact with your group leadership.

Following the example of our state and local governments, our offices will not be accepting any visitors over the next weeks.  We will be open 9 - Noon and 1pm-  5pm.  Please contact staff via e-mail or at 410-964-1425.

There will be NO casserole collection for Our Daily Bread this weekend.

Please know that as always our prayers are with you.  May we all seek to care for one another and protect one another during these challenging times.