Dear Parishioners, 

                                                I write to wish you and your families a prayerful Happy Easter. While we have had an eventful Lenten season, we have been able to continue our personal and familial relationship with the good Lord. The parish continues through the bulletin, flock notes, our website to primarily support the spiritual under-pinning of our daily lives. There are and continue to be a number of challenges in this new reality. Many have been affected directly in their work, schooling and family lives by this Virus. Some of our parishioners have even lost a member of their family to this Virus. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

                                                Our parish along with the rest of the Archdiocese have had to place some of our employees on furlough and reduce the hours of our staffs. The chief reason was the mandate from the Governor of our State and the Mayor of the District requiring non- essential personnel to follow the STAY AT HOME order. Also, the reduced income of our parish and the desire on our part to make certain that the benefit package of our employees remains intact. The old adage is as true today as it was first enunciated – “you cannot give what you do not have”. The Archdiocese has initiated this process and is doing all it can to enable us to receive benefit from the Small Business Loans recently enacted by Congress. We have applied and are awaiting a response. Our outreach to the Poor continues, thus your support of the Community Fund sustains this dimension of our parish identity in the community at large. Thank you for you devotion to the least among us.

                                                Day to day, Father Cezary and I pray our daily Mass for the intentions requested and Sunday Mass is prayed for the Parishioners. Confessions continue to be available to all who ring the door bell at the rectory or call on the emergency line. The sacrament is celebrated at the statue of the Blessed Mother between the church and the rectory. All are welcomed. During this Easter season, I would invite you to read the Acts of the Apostles and reflect, discuss and prayer on the journey of the early followers of Jesus. It was their response, to the Lord’s Love lived and handed on to us, that sustained them in the midst of many trials in their day and that will enable us to persevere in the trials of our time. May the good Lord who has risen continue to pour out His Grace and Mercy on us. Amen. Keep safe for yourself and your neighbor.

Father David.