May 13, 2024 Lector Training in June Would you like to serve the Cathedral parish as a lector? Come to a special orientation and training session for prospective lectors at the Cathedral on Saturday, June 8. You are most welcome! Sign up to attend. ➔
May 13, 2024 Pentecost and the Pilgrim People of God "The gift of the Spirit enables us to take up the greatest adventure in all the universe: the spiritual journey, which is about seeking the Absolute. To be in the church, to be a follower of Jesus, is to be seeking the Absolute." Read more of L.J. Milone's Pentecost reflection. ➔
May 10, 2024 Pentecost and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit Need a refresher on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit as we anticipate Pentecost? Pope Francis' 2014 series of catecheses on these seven amazing gifts make wonderful reading! ➔
April 26, 2024 Register for Weekend Retreat at Loyola St. Matthew's Faith Formation Office invites you to a weekend retreat at Loyola Retreat House on the weekend of July 26 - 28. Register to attend this spiritual and social experience in a beautiful setting along the Potomac River. ➔
April 23, 2024 Celebrating Earth Day and Care for all Creation If you missed this year's Earth Day Lessons and Carols, check out the video on the Cathedral YouTube account, plus a photo gallery and interview with Tom Stehle from Catholic Standard. ➔
April 23, 2024 Green Team Cleans up Kingman Island (again!) Once again, a hearty crew from St. Matthew's celebrated Earth Day weekend by joining in the Anacostia Watershed Society Earth Day cleanup of Kingman Island. Saturday's work marked the 5th year of participation by the Green Team in this event. ➔
March 27, 2024 Resurrection Reveals our Radical Unity with God With the help of Christian mystic and medieval German Dominican preacher Meister Eckhart, L.J. Milone in his Mystical Word reflection on John's Gospel reading for Easter Sunday probes the mystery of Resurrection as transformation. ➔
March 7, 2024 Rest in Peace, Jean / Descansa en paz, Jean The life of Jean Fuller was celebrated at a bilingual Funeral Mass in the Cathedral on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. / La vida de Jean Fuller se celebró en una Misa de Funeral bilingüe en la Catedral el martes 5 de marzo de 2024. ➔
March 5, 2024 Register for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Mass & Procession You are invited to register online by June 1 to participate in the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which will travel through the Archdiocese of Washington during the period June 7 – 9, with a public Mass and Procession in DC on Saturday, June 8. ➔
November 17, 2023 Meditation Groups Come, learn a way of meditation that is rooted in Jesus. Meetings are held: via Zoom on Sundays at 1:30pm, and on Wednesdays at 8pm; and in-person at 12:45pm on Mondays beginning September 12 and Wednesdays, beginning September 14, in the St. Francis Chapel. ➔