I have just finished reading Cardinal Sarah' s recent book: "THE POWER OF SILENCE: Against the Dictatorship of Noise.” If you want to improve your prayer life and be able to hear God speak to you personally, I invite you to read this book and I can assure you that you will find at least "one gem" that can help your unique relationship with God. It is a free gift that you cannot refuse: since our parish has access to FORMED (click here to access "The Power Of Silence:Against the Dictatorship of Noise"). This book is so rich with so many insights that I will not attempt to summarize it. I will simply give you an example on how it has helped one of our parishioners who for the last few months has been very sick and is bed-ridden. To maintain confidentiality, I will call this parishioner John. Throughout his life,..

"Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were BAPTIZED into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life." What an amazing statement by St Paul in this weekend’s second reading (Romans: 6:3-4)! Do you believe that by dying with Christ in baptism, you are also raised with Him and can have eternal life with Him? Through his own death and his resurrection, Jesus Christ conquers death once and for all. This is the Good News of the Gospel. This is our FAITH. Through baptism we are giving access to a new life, a new spiritual life: eternal life with Jesus Christ. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1277) affirms: "BAPTISM IS BIRTH INTO THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. In accordance with the Lord's will, it is necessary for salvation, as is the Church herself, which we enter by Baptism." Our parishioners are ...

June is the traditional month of ordination of priests, transitional deacons (to become priests one year later) and permanent deacons (traditionally married men who will serve the church for many years). Most of the attention is normally given to the ordination of priests. On the first Saturday of this month, June 20th, at OLHOC, we had a Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood and special prayers for the 8 young transitional deacons to be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Washington. Today, we want to give thanks to God for the Gift of Permanent Deacons. In the last 10 years,

THE GREATEST GIFT FROM JESUS: THE EUCHARIST! Earlier this year during Lent, many of us attended the five-week series on the "GIFT OF THE EUCHARIST", based on talks by Dr. Brant Pitre. It was a most inspiring presentation followed by discussions in small groups. Due to the closure of churches in mid-March, we held the last two sessions as virtual meetings via Zoom. As our church is gradually re-opening and as many parishioners have been hungry to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, it would be worthwhile to offer the series the “GIFT OF THE EUCHARIST” one more time. Stay tuned for more details!

"The GRACE of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the LOVE of God, and the COMMUNION of the Holy Spirit be with you all!”Do these words sound familiar? We hear them at the beginning of every Mass. This is the way the celebrant greets the congregation, they come from the ending of St Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians (13:13). They are one of the clearest Trinitarian prayers in the New Testament. Not surprisingly, we hear them in this weekend’s Second Reading as we celebrate the SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.

As our community recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be opening the church building for Mass in phases. The Mass Schedule starting June 1st - Daily Mass (Mon.-Sat.) 9 am (Live-streamed on the OLHOC YouTube Channel) Saturday - 5 pm, Sunday - 8 am, 10 am (Live-streamed on YouTube), 12 pm and 7 pm (Spanish). To support social-distancing, attendance will be limited. For more information, to sign-up, or volunteer for Mass, go to our Reopening Page.

We need help from the Holy Spirit more than ever. As we celebrate PENTECOST this Sunday, let us all pray together the first verse of the Holy Spirit Sequence,“COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME!” Yes, the Holy Spirit is able to transform each of us. We just have to surrender to Him and let Him guide us!

As our community recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be opening the church building for Mass in phases beginning with Pentecost (May 31). Attendance will be limited to support social-distancing.  For more information go to our Reopening Page. Masses will continue to be live-streamed on YouTube: Sunday Mass: 10 am (English) & 7 pm (Spanish). Daily through May 30th: 12 pm (Spanish with Angelus) & 3 pm (English with Divine Mercy Chaplet). Daily from June 1st on: 9 am (English) & 12 pm (Spanish)

Dear parishioners,As announced in my May 19th message on Flocknote to all of you,please find below, just completed by our Task Force, the detailed comprehensive note to ensure a smooth re-opening of our church.

Our information line is open with updated Parish news associated with coronavirus. Call (240) 270-0047 for an audio recording in English and Spanish. Nuestra nueva línea de información está abierta con noticias actualizadas de la Parroquia relacionadas con el coronavirus.

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On Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019, two of our regularly scheduled Masses begin 10 minutes early: Sunday - 8:30 am begins at 8:20 am Sunday - 10:00 am begins at 9:50 am All other Mass times remain the same!

On March 2, 2019, OLHOC Confirmands and Life Teen participated in the Archdiocesan Youth Rally at Catholic University. The Catholic Standard's reporter, Amanda Hamilton, and photographer, Jaclyn Lippelmann, were there and wrote an article with photos, which you can access here.

On Friday, March 8th, The Maryland Independent ran an article on the renaming of the newly-renovated OLHOC Social Hall to the "Father Narcisse Martin Hall" as part of an effort to keep the legacy of Father Martin alive.  Click the title of this NEWS item to access the article.

This Lent, choose to make a sacrifice of time so you can focus on your spiritual life: Join us for a 6-week study on THE HOLY MASS to be offered on Thursday nights or Saturday mornings in English, and Sunday nights after 7pm Mass in Spanish. It all begins on Thursday, March 7th. Childcare provided. Sign up to attend!

The program is a 2-year program. Year 1 is composed mostly of 7th graders, and Year 2 is composed mostly of 8th graders.