Holy Family Catholic Church

Palm Sunday is this Sunday, April 5th.  Look for the Mass to be posted by Saturday evening, April 4th.    - We still are sending our prayers that you are all well and finding ways to stay strong in your faith as we all adjust to the circumstances

Flock Note is still the preferred way to deliver any parish news.  Please sign up using the link on this page.

Online Mass & Daily Reflections - Fr. Joe has been recording in an effort to provide daily Mass or at least a daily reflection.  His  Wordpress site, and our  web page provide links for you to view them. You can also search on  Youtube for Holy Family Mitchellville.  We have also been posting to our FaceBook page  @HFWoodmore    Holy Week and Easter will be a challenge for us all.  We are awaiting more guidelines from the Archdiocese as to how best to celebrate these liturgies.  

• 'What Should I Do If I Can’t Go To Mass?' are linked here in English and Spanish.

Link to Archdiocese of Washington's information page regarding the  Coronovirus.  

Online giving  - This will be a permanent feature.  You can make a one-time donation or make it recurring.  You may also use electronic check or credit/debit cards.  You may still use personal checks sent via mail or if you come to the church on Saturdays or Sundays you may use the brass box to your left as you enter from the ramp door.  Thank you in advance for  any donation especially in light of these challenging times.

Online Faith Formation  - for the entire parish.  We have teamed up with Augustine Institute to provide online faith education and enrichment.  This program is called FORMED. To sign up visit  Formed.org click Sign Up.  Select "I Belong to a Parish or Organization".  Find us by name or zip (20721) and your email address and you are in!.   All of the content is available for you to explore.   

PREP (Religious Education) online work.  T  You can find these lessons on the  Religious Education Page of our website.  All online assignments will be accepted through May 5th without penalty of lateness.  

Lenten Food Collection  - this will resume once the restrictions are lifted and we can come to public Masses.  

The parish church building is open on  Saturdays and Sundays - please see our  webpage  calendar for times.  Be mindful of the numbers in attendance but otherwise, please come and pray. All are asked to clean the places touched with cleaning materials brought from home.

Reconciliation is available on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 PM  (during Lent) and on Saturdays at 4:00 - 5:00 PM.  The location to receive the sacrament has moved to the parish meeting room (located to the right and behind the church)  A very large standing screen will still be used which provides both privacy and social distancing.  

Stations of the Cross -  We have two versions of this devotional linked to our web page.  One is silent and the other has embedded audio files.  See below.  

Daily Lenten Reflections from Bishop Barron  - are also linked below.

 

The following liturgies, events and activities are canceled until further notice:

• Parish Offices are closed. 
• All Public Masses and Communion Services (both weekday and Sunday).  The exceptions are funerals and weddings but attendance is limited to the immediate family members. A televised mass can be found online at 
• All parish group meetings and Religious Education Classes are cancelled.

Pastor: Rev. Joseph Jenkins

New Parishioners

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the new members of our congregation. Please pick up a registration form in the back of the Church, call the rectory, or  click here to get a copy of the form.