Schedule Notes for November 2019
Solemnity of All Saints - Friday, November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints, a Holy Day of Obligation. Holy Day Masses will be celebrated on October 31 at 5:30pm (Vigil), and on November 1 at 7, 8, and 11am, 12:10pm (Archbishop Gregory), 5:30pm, and 7pm (Spanish). No confessions and no First Friday Devotions are scheduled on November 1.
7am Mass Cancellation - The 7am Mass is cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday, November 6 and 7 while our rectory priests attend the Archdiocesan priest convocation.
Veterans' Day - On Monday, November 11, in observance of Veterans’ Day, we will follow the Federal holiday schedule. Masses will be celebrated at 8am and 12:10pm with no confessions, and the rectory office will be closed.
The second collection on the weekend of November 2 and 3 is for the Retired Priests of the Archdiocese of Washington. . Let’s join together to help to provide care and housing for our retired priests so they can live in dignity.
Parishioners throughout the Archdiocese of Washington are invited to take part in the international 40 Days for Lifeeffort (September 25 - November 3). In addition to participating in peaceful prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, volunteers may sign up to pray at the DC location for 40 Days for Life.Contact Michael New at 205-657-6943.
Led by St. Matthew's Coordinator for Social Justice, Norma Canedo, volunteers in our Adopt-a-Family Back-to-School Drive supplied backpacks and supplies for 124 children this year! The Catholic Standard talked with them about their ministry - 
