From Our Pastor ~ August 13, 2107
Dear Folks,
Prayers for you from Poland! Instead of note I send you these pictures:
Pax,
Fr. Mosimann
Tuesday August 15 The Assumption of Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation
Tuesday, August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Mass schedule is as follows:
Vigil Masses Monday August 14: 6pm and 7:30pm
Tuesday August 15th: 6:30am, 9am, 12noon, 6pm, 7:30pm Bilingual
Express Announcements ~ August 6, 2017
* Second Collection next weekend, August 12 and 13 is for Parish Building Fund. Thank you for your generosity!
* The Health Ministry is offering blood pressure check-ins next week, August 13 from 8am-12noon and 2-3pm in the Parish Life Center, room 100. More information on page 8.
* September is National Hunger Awareness Month and The Manna Project Food Drive will be collecting non-perishable food and monetary donations September 9 & 10 outside of weekend Masses. More information to come.
* Complete some of your shopping by purchasing SCRIP gift cards! Set up an account today and earn rebates for HCA. Email Christi Greenwell at scripcoordinator@holycrossweb.com for the school enrollment code.
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From Our Pastor ~ August 6, 2017
Dear Folks,
This week we had the joyous arrival of Fr. Mick Kelly! And we sure are glad to have him here with us here at St. Mary’s! I know that you will welcome him with the same kindness and generosity that you have shown to me. A little bio of him and photo are on this page.
Also, as you read this, I am likely in a plane over the Atlantic or landing in Poland! We have a group of about 30 pilgrims walking in the steps of the life of Pope Saint John Paul the great! Keep us in your prayers, and I will have on the altar with me many intentions of yours that I have taken with me! Our first mass will be in the shrine of Divine Mercy, so I will be invoking the generous mercy of God on our parish family.
Pax et bonum!
Fr. Mosimann
Welcoming Fr. Mick Kelly
Father Michael J.R. Kelly, born in Berkeley, CA in 1977, Fr. Kelly grew up around Allentown, PA and attended Central Catholic High School. He enrolled at Franciscan University of Steubenville and graduated with a degree in Biology in 2000. After college, Father spent a year on the road with NET Ministries, St. Paul, MN. During that year, Father did 109 retreats over 19,000 miles for more than 6,000 high school and junior high youth. He reenrolled in Franciscan University after NET and obtained a Master of Arts in Philosophy in 2004.
Father Kelly entered seminary for the Diocese of Arlington and attended Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary. During seminary, Father was sent to the Spirituality Year at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Father graduated from Mt. St. Seminary in 2010 with a Master of Divinity. and Master of Arts in Systematic Theology. Fr. Kelly was ordained to the priesthood with Fr. Bresnahan on June 12, 2010 and was assigned as parochial vicar to St. Mary’s in Old Town Alexandria. In July, 2012, Father became the 4th diocesan chaplain to Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax. Father has traveled to many countries in Europe and has lived abroad in Mexico, England and Austria.