Are you looking for a way to grow in your faith? Consider being an RCIA sponsor, and share your faith with someone who is discerning full initiation in the Catholic Church. Fifteen to twenty women and men have begun the RCIA process this summer. Each of them needs a sponsor. To learn more, please contact Theresa Prymuszewski at 202-587-5139 or tprymuszewski@stmatthewscathedral.org..
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) sessions are held on Wednesdays from 7 to 9pm in the North Conference Room. To inquire about the RCIA process, please contact Theresa Prymuszewski at 202-587-5139 or tprymuszewski@stmatthewscathedral.org..
Each spring during the Easter season, St. Matthew’s offers adult Confirmation preparation for active, baptized Catholics who already have received their First Eucharist. Preparation includes four Thursday evenings (April 23, 30, May 7 and 14) and one Saturday Retreat (May 16).
During Advent, we reflect upon the many blessings of the Lord, including those graces experienced at St. Matthew’s. It is your generous response that enables the building up the Kingdom of God in our parish and our community.
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Don’t sit alone at Mass! Instead, celebrate with other young adult parishioners. Meet on the front steps of the Cathedral between 5:15 and 5:25pm. If you’re coming late, look for our reserved seats in front of the choir.
Msgr. Jameson in his 2013 Lenten letter to parishioners writes, "As you make your own Lenten preparations, I ask you to take advantage of the opportunity the season gives us to reach out to people who you know have drifted from their faith. Please, take a few minutes to think about people in your life who might appreciate a special invitation to come back to Church, for prayer, Mass or the Sacrament of Reconciliation."
"Live and let live" tops Pope Francis's list of secrets to bringing great joy to one's life, as reported by Catholic News Service. The Holy Father was interviewed by the Argentine weekly, "Viva" July 27. Read more at http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1403144.htm .
Thank you to all who gavegifts, made monetary donations andvolunteered their time as we provided Christmas gifts to 52 families and individuals in need, 80 guests of our weekly Homeless Ministry program, four homes of the L’Arche Community of Greater Washington, and 30 children from the DC General Shelter.
We bid a fond farewell to our two regular 10am Latin Mass celebrants, Msgr. Thomas P. Olszyk, who retired last month, and Fr. Shane Kirby, who will leave us at the end of July. Beginning in August, we will welcome four new celebrants of our 10am Sunday Latin Mass: Dominican Fathers Leo Checkai (St. Dominic’s) and Albert Trudel (Dominican House of Studies), and Benedictine Fathers Gabriel Myers and Christopher Wyvil (both at St. Anselm’s Abbey).
The Archdiocese of Washington issued a statement on the June 30, 2014 ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case (Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. et al. v. Burwell.). Read the ADW statement.
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