Mass Times for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

Masses for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God are:

Monday, Dec. 31st at 7pm

Tuesday, Jan. 1st at 7am and 9am

Christmas Masses at St. John's

Click on the photo above to view a clip from St. John's School Live Nativity with the Honors Chorus.

Christmas Mass Times are:

Monday, Dec. 24th:

5pm
7pm

Tuesday, Dec. 25th:

12 Midnight
7am
9am
11:30am

Annual Christmas Party - December 15th at 6pm

Join us to celebrate Jesus' birth at our annual Parish Christmas Party on 

Saturday, December 15th at 6pm. 

Please see the flyer below for more details. 

30th Annual Orange & Grapefruit Sale

Have you ordered your delicious oranges and grapefruit? The Annual Orange and Grapefruit Sale is back for it's 30th year! Click on the flyer below for more details. You may order online by visiting the website HERE! Please order by December 7th.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass Times

We will celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at the following Masses:


Friday, December 7th: 7pm

Saturday, December 8th: 7am & 9am

Thanksgiving Mass Time

Thanksgiving Mass will be celebrated at 9am on  Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2012.

May you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Bazaar - Nov. 17th

The St. John’s School Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 17^th from 9:00am-1:00pm. We will be featuring new and returning crafters/vendors, refreshments, homemade baked goods, and gift raffle! Come get a start on your Christmas shopping while supporting our school!

Open House - St. John's School - Nov. 6, 2012

St. John's Catholic school will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 10am - 2pm for all interested families. Come see what makes St. John's School exceptional! Meet the staff and see our students in action! Please consider joining us for a tour of our new facility which includes a full size gym, classrooms equipped with Star Boards, multiple Media Labs, and more! Learn about our new Pre-K program as well as our extracurricular activities, extended day care and international partnerships. Information packets with further details will be distributed. For more information, please contact St. John's School at (301) 373-2142 or office@sjshollywood.org or visit our website at www.sjshollywood.org/AboutSJS/CampusTour.aspx.

Ministry Fair - This Weekend

Please visit the Monsignor Harris Center after all Masses this weekend, Nov. 3rd and 4th for our Annual Ministry Fair. Come see what our 44 Ministries are all about! Get involved!! 

Bingo CANCELLED - Sunday, Oct. 28th, 2012

Our regularly scheduled bingo will be cancelled on Sunday, Oct. 28th, 2012 due to the impending storm. Please stay safe.

All Saints Day Mass Schedule

November 1st, All Saints Day, is a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses will be on Thursday, November 1st at 7am, 9am & 7pm.

Spaghetti Dinner

We will be having a Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, Oct. 5th, 2012 from 5 - 7pm in the Monsignor Harris Center. Adult dinners will cost $8 for an all you can eat meal! Kid (ages 6-12) meals will be $5. Ages 5 and under are free! 

For more information please contact Cindy Pollock at 301-373-2142.

 

Financial Peace University Information

Free First Class – September 12 – Join us in the St. Jude Room from 6:00pm to 7:30pm to attend the first class to see what Financial Peace University is about. If interested in continuing you can enroll.

Financial Peace University consists of an 8 week video curriculum taught by financial expert Dave Ramsey. This is a life-changing program teaching people to achieve their financial goals by eliminating debt and saving for the future. Financial Peace University is highly entertaining for everyone, with a combination of humor, informative financial advice, and biblical messages. People will be challenged and motivated to make a plan for their money and change their family tree forever. Financial Peace University provides biblically based commonsense education and empowerment which gives HOPE to everyone from the financially secure to the financially distressed. Class materials and lifetime membership is $95 per family (husband, wife, teens, individuals and engaged couples).

Class is every Wednesday, September 12^th thru November 7^th from 6:00-7:30 pm at St. John’s Church.

Contact Kirk and Alice Munsch at kamunsch@verizon.net or mccreighta@verizon.net , (301) 997-8271 or click here for further information.

Feast of the Assumption Mass Times

We will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on:

Tuesday, August 14th at 7pm

Wednesday, August 15th at 7am, 9am, and 7pm

St. John's Parish Picnic

Click on the images below to enlarge/view more details about our upcoming Parish Picnic!

Financial Peace University Classes Beginning Soon

Financial Peace University consists of an 8 week video curriculum taught by financial expert Dave Ramsey. This is a life-changing program teaching people to achieve their financial goals by eliminating debt and saving for the future. Financial Peace University is highly entertaining for everyone, with a combination of humor, informative financial advice, and biblical messages. People will be challenged and motivated to make a plan for their money and change their family tree forever. Financial Peace University provides biblically based commonsense education and empowerment which gives HOPE to everyone from the financially secure to the financially distressed. Class materials and lifetime membership is $95 per family (husband, wife, teens, individuals and engaged couples). PREVIEW and registration will be held after 9:00 and 11:30am Masses on August 12th and 26th in the St. Jude Room. Class is every Wednesday, September 12th through November 7th from 6:00-7:30 pm at St. John’s Church. Contact Kirk and Alice Munsch at kamunsch@verizon.net or mccreighta@verizon.net, (301) 997-8271 or click here for further information.

Child Protection Class

There will be a workshop at St. John’s Church on August 28, 2012 from 6-9pm in the Msgr. Harris Center. If you are planning on volunteering with the Religious Education Program or with the school you must attend a Protecting God’s Children Program if you haven’t already done so. The Archdiocese of Washington requires all volunteers that will be in the presence of children be fingerprinted and attend this workshop. Please sign up for the class at www.virtus.org If you have any questions please call the Rectory at 301-373-2281.

Information New Choir Meeting

An informational meeting will be held in the Msgr. Harris Center on Tuesday, July 31st at 6:30pm for anyone interested in joining a new choir to sing Gregorian chant and Latin polyphony. Prior singing experience and ability to read music are not required---just bring a reverent heart and a desire to glorify God by singing this beautiful traditional music of the Church. Contact Lacy Scheiber at 410-231-1754 or ljscheiber@gmail.com for more information.

Religious Education Class Registration

Registration has started for Religious Education! You can register online by clicking HERE. Please sign up now. We look forward to an exciting year. If you have any questions, please email Julie Rorke at sjcreled@verizon.net

Protecting God's Children Workshop

There will be a workshop at St. John’s Church on June 27, 2012 from 6-9pm in the Msgr. Harris Center. If you are planning on volunteering with the Religious Education Program or with the school you must attend a Protecting God’s Children Program if you haven’t already done so. The Archdiocese of Washington requires all volunteers that will be in the presence of children be fingerprinted and attend this workshop. Please sign up for the class at www.virtus.org If you have any questions please call the Rectory at 301-373-2281.

Eucharistic Adoration

Holy Hour will be held on Monday through Friday from 1:30-2:30pm until August 10, 2012.

Please come and join our Summer Camp Counselors for an hour of Adoration.

Corpus Christi Procession

Please consider joining us at the conclusion of the 9:00am Mass this Sunday, June 10th for the Corpus Christi Procession celebrating the feast day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The procession will leave the church and stop at three stations for prayerful adoration on the grounds to include the site of the future Adoration Chapel. We invite children second grade and under to participate in the procession by bringing baskets and flower petals to scatter along the procession route.

Protecting God's Children Workshop

There will be a workshop at St. John's Church on June 6, 2012 from 6-9pm in the Monsignor Harris Center. If you are planning on volunteering with the Religious Education Program or with the school you must attend a Protecting God's Children Program if you haven't already done so. The Archdiocese of Washington requires all volunteers that will be in the presence of children be fingerprinted and attend this workshop. Please sign up for the class at www.virtus.org. If you have any questions please call the Rectory at 301-373-2281.

St. John's Parish Memorial Mass

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Memorial Day Mass and Service on Monday, May 28th, starting at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to attend as we honor those who died while defending our freedom. Our guest speaker will be Brigadier General Arthur Hinaman, Commander, Land Component Command, District of Columbia National Guard, and a reception will follow the outside service in the Monsignor Harris Center.

DC HOOD BASKETBALL GAME/EVENING OF FUN

Join us for an evening of basketball and fun - Friday, June 1, 2012 from 5-9pm at the Monsignor Harris Center!

The DC Hood, a team of seminarians and young priests, will be playing a team of St. John’s and Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioners at 7:15pm. Preceding that game will be a youth vs. adult game at 6pm and a SJS 7th & 8th grade game at 5pm. It’ll be an evening of basketball and fun.

Face painting and tattoos • contests w/prizes • photos taken as a priest or sister • giveaways • concessions • music and more • plus free pizza and soda following the last game – spend some time hanging out with the priests and seminarians, and cheer on our parish teams

Blue Crabs Spirit Night - this Friday!

Join us for fellowship and fun at our St. John's Blue Crabs Spirit Night on Friday, May 18. The game is at 7:05pm, followed by fireworks. Tickets are $13 each. Please see the flyer on our website for details and go to “Fundraising login” for information on purchasing tickets. You must log on through this process with our sjs code for our school to get credit. We currently have seats in Section 7, but will get additional seats as we sell out. If we sell enough tickets, we will get Video Board recognition, a Marketing table on the concourse, and a Ceremonial First Pitch. We get to walk down on the field before the game for our school to be recognized. Our Chorus will also be singing at this event (more info to follow). Please wear your Spirit Wear, T-shirts, or our school colors, and come join the fun! Please contact Tracy Vandergriff at kvanderg@prodigy.net or 301-373-2199 or click HERE to view more information on our website.

Congratulations First Holy Communicants!

Congratulations to all of our First Holy Communicants! Click on the album below to view pictures of our second graders who received their First Holy Communion. Please note: If you have any pictures you'd like to add to this album, you may send them to news@sjshollywood.org.

First Holy Communion Photos

May Events at St. John’s!

Let’s pray for and celebrate our young communicants as they prepare for their First Holy Communion this Saturday, May 5th. May they feel the Lord’s presence within.

The Knights of Columbus will be having another delicious breakfast Sunday, May 6th. Breakfast is served from 7-11am in the Msgr. Harris Center (MHC). Come and have breakfast with your fellow parishioners. All are invited. Cost is a donation.

The Catholic Church in Maryland is working with the Maryland Marriage Alliance to repeal legislation passed by the General Assembly to drastically redefine marriage in Maryland. Petition drives will be held the weekend on May 5th-6th. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ORDER TO SIGN THE PETITION. You also must print your name as it appears on your voter registration. Plan to bring your voter registration card with you to the petition drive, or visit HERE to see how you registered.

May 5th and 6th, the Youth Group will be selling hanging flower baskets as a fundraiser for an upcoming trip to DC to visit the Basilica, Franciscan Monastery and the Convent. Flower sales will be on Saturday from 11am-3pm and after the 5pm Mass and Sunday after all of the Masses. The baskets will be selling for $15 each and will be sold outside of the Church (in the MHC foyer if it’s raining). Your support for our parish Youth Group is greatly appreciated. Great gift for Mom!

Join St. John’s for a night of faith and fun at a live CAT CHAT concert. Cat.Chat concerts are specifically geared for young families with kids (preK- grade 6). The songs are dynamic and packed with God’s Word and Catholic teachings that bring children into a refreshing experience of Catholicism. The concert is filled with powerful music, crowd participation, unicycling, juggling, yo-yos, prizes, good humor, prayer times and family fun. After the concert, the Cat.Chat family and Moses the Cat stick around to take photos, sign autographs and “chat” with the families. Doors open at 6pm (food is available for purchase) and the concert starts at 6:30pm on May 12th at St. John’s Church, Monsignor Harris Center. The concert is free to attend. A good-will offering will be taken to help pay for the concert. For more information on Cat.Chat please visit their web site at www.catchat.ca. To view the flyer or to see a video clip on our website, click HERE.

Sunday May 13th - Annual May Procession and Crowning of the Statue of our Lady will take place directly at the conclusion of the 9am Mass on Mother's Day. Please join us for this moving tribute of fealty to our Lady as the second graders dress again in their First Communion Day finest to escort the May Queen and her court.

Please join us for a Mother’s Day Brunch in the Monsignor Harris Center, on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13th from 10:30am – 1pm. Please contact Patrick Dugan at patrick4homes@gmail.com. To view the flyer or make reservations on our website, click HERE. The menu includes: roast beef, Rosemary potatoes, French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, chocolate fountain, fruit, cheese, muffins, croissants, coffee, milk, orange juice, cranberry juice and Mimosas! Up to 5 years old no charge, 6 to 12 years old $10.00, 13 and older $15.00

Join us for fellowship and fun at our St. John's Blue Crabs Spirit Night on Friday, May 18th. The game is at 7:05pm, followed by fireworks. Tickets are $13 each. Please see flyer on our website HERE for details and log-on information for purchasing tickets. You must log on through this process with our sjs code for our school to get credit. We currently have seats in Section 7, but will get additional seats as we sell out. If we sell enough tickets, we will get Video Board recognition, a Marketing table on the concourse, and a Ceremonial First Pitch. We also get to walk down on the field before the game for our school to be recognized. Please wear your Spirit Wear, T-shirts, or our school colors, and come join the fun! Please contact Tracy Vandergriff at kvanderg@prodigy.net or 301-373-2199.

Hurry! It’s time to get your tickets for the St. John's School Tuition (or Cash Option) Raffle! There is less than a month before the drawing (June 1st)! This raffle is open to the general public. The Grand Prize is a choice between 2012-2013 tuition for one student to attend St. John's School or $3,000 in cash! Please see disclaimers, rules and regulations HERE for complete details. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Charity Higgs at (301) 751-4130 or email at charityhiggs@gmail.com.

Mother-Son Event: Minute To Win It, Friday, April 27th

Calling all Moms with sons.... Join us for a Mother-Son event called Minute To Win It on Friday, April 27, 2012. Enjoy an evening of fun and fast paced mini games for each mother and son to participate. Come out and have fun quality time with your son! There will be prizes for each game and a bigger prize for best overall time. Mothers and sons of all ages are welcome! Cost is $15 per mother/son team and $5 for each additional son. Dinner (for purchase) begins at 5pm and Games begin at 6pm in the Monsignor Harris Center. To register online, click HERE or for more information contact Emily Dobson at mombeep@gmail.com or visit the page on our website, HERE.

DC Padres vs. SMR Varsity Baseball Game!

What better way to show your support for vocations than by enjoying a great baseball game on a Sunday afternoon. We have a number of tickets available at $5 each for the DC Padres vs. St. Mary’s Ryken varsity game on Sunday, April 29th. The tickets get you into both the DC Padres game and the Blue Crabs game that precedes it. You must arrive prior to the 7th inning of the Blue Crabs game (that will be about 3:30pm) to attend the Padres game. This will be fun-filled family afternoon. Please help us support a number of our local priests and seminarians as the play ball for vocations.

Please email Rich Olon (sjyg@verizon.net) if you would like tickets and let him know how many to reserve for you.

More info:

The DC Padres (A baseball team consisting entirely of Catholic Priests and Seminarians)

will be playing the

St. Mary’s Ryken Varsity

On Sunday April 29th, @ Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf MD, the home of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.

The Blue Crabs play at 2pm and the Padres VS Ryken game will begin afterwards between approximately 4:30 and 5:00pm. Bishop Martin Holley will open with a prayer and throw out the first pitch.

The purpose of the game is to raise awareness and interest in the vocation to the priesthood in the context of a fun and enjoyable event.

Holy Week and Easter Schedule

Click on the image above to view the Holy Week Schedule.

Congratulations Catholic Bee Winners!

Congratulations to all of our school and parish 4th and 5th graders who participated in the Knights of Columbus first annual Catholic Religion Bee here at St. John’s on Wednesday, March 28th. Placing third was Ryan C., a 5th grader at Leonardtown Elementary. Placing 2nd was Sam M., a 5th grader at FAW. And winning first place was Augustine O., a 5th grade home-schooled student. All three students will move on to the District Competition. The top six finishers at Districts will then move on to the State Competition on April 21st. Good luck guys! A special thanks goes out to KOC, Chris Woehrer for hosting the Bee and for all of his work making it happen.