Announcements

Find the Zoom link and access information for the Thomas Merton Zoom meeting series by clicking here.

View our Holy Week & Easter Schedule for 2026

Masses for the federal holiday observed for President's Day, February 16, 2026 | 7:30am & 12:10pm (no Confessions or Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament) Cathedral Hours | 7am – end of 12:10pm Mass The rectory office is closed.

All are welcome to join us in the Cathedral to celebrate Lent. Please follow the link to our Lenten Brochure for the full list of liturgies and events! Fr. Joe is also publishing his Sunday homilies for Lent! Read them here.

Thus weekend parishioners will be asked prayerfully to make their commitment to the 2026 Annual Catholic Services Appeal.

Join us on February 18 for Ash Wednesday Mass (7:30 & 11am, and 12:10, 1:30, 5:30 & 7pm (Spanish)) with distribution of ashes, and Stations of the Cross (3pm & 8pm in Spanish).

Couples must register with the parish office by Friday, February 6, 2026 to attend the Mass and/or receive a certificate from Cardinal Robert McElroy in honor of their anniversary year. Click this announcement to learn more about registration.

Monday, February 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: bring candles to be blessed at all Masses. Tuesday, February 3, is the Memorial of St. Blaise: a blessing of throats will be conferred at all Masses.

Cardinal McElroy has announced a dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Sunday Mass - January 23, 2026. St. Matthew's will still have all regularly scheduled Masses. Stay safe!

Friday, January 23, 2026, at the Cathedral, youth from The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington are invited to participate in a Youth Mass for Life. There will be no 7:30am Mass this morning, nor Confessions and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 11am to Noon.