If you are in need of financial assistance during this stressful time, please visit our website at www.stvdpfredericksburg.com or call our answering machine hot line at 540-898-8065.
We will start calling for phone interviews on Thursdays starting March 26th.
During the suspension of public Masses, it is still important to pray and join yourself spiritually to the church as we celebrate the liturgy. The Diocese has compiled a list of resources to help you keep your life of prayer connected to the church at large during this troubling time, including links to the readings of the day live streams to many different Masses and other resources. Follow the link for the complete guide: https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/covid19resources/
Included below is the Act of Spiritual Communion for all of us unable to receive the Blessed Sacrament in this time:
My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
With all the new Adoration hours whole Masses are suspended (Everyday from 6:30-10pm), we need to ensure the Blessed Sacrament is adored at all hours. If you can commit to a time, please do so by using the sign up genius link here.
During this time of crisis, the church will be open every day from 6am- 10pm for and we ask any parishioners who wish to enter the church to pray to maintain social distancing (6 feet). On Wednesday and Thursday nights, Adoration will be all night as is the usual practice, with the doors locking at 10pm and only those who have signed up for a FOB ahead of time being able to enter.
St Mary’s will be live streaming Masses and other devotionals during the course of the public suspension of activity. More details on how to watch will follow. The schedule will be:
Daily Mass: Every day at 9am
Divine Mercy Chaplet: Every day at 3pm
Rosary: Every Day at 6:30pm
Stations of the Cross: Every Friday at 7pm
Via Crucis (Stations in Spanish): Every Friday at 7:30pm
Sunday Mass: 9am in English, 12pm in Spanish
In addition, Confessions will be heard at all regularly scheduled times but in the Parish Life Center. Volunteers will restrict the numbers actually in the building at any given time.
Please continue to check the bulletin every week for Mass readings and the priests homilies.