Vacation Bible School!!

Mark your calendar!!! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will be held August 9-13 from 9am to noon each day. It is open to children ages 3 to 10. Volunteers: adults and high school age students are needed. Our theme this year is Son Quest Rain Forest. Please call Stacey at 301-373-2281 or sjcreled@verizon.net if you are interested in sharing your time and talents or for more information.

Considering a Catholic Education for your Child?

Our parish school - St. John's School is now having registration for the 2010-2011 school year. For more information, please call the school office at (301) 373-2142. Financial aid is available.

Come Support Deacon-elect Ammon Ripple!

Deacon-elect Ammon Ripple would be honored to have the parish family of St. John's parish present at his ordination to the permanent Diaconate. Archbishop Wuerl will preside at the ordination at the Shrine/Basilica on Saturday, June 26th at 9:30am.

The next day, Deacon Ammon Ripple will assist at his first parish Mass at 9am. The Knights of Columbus will host a special breakfast at 10am as a parish-wide reception to congratulate our second parish Permanent Deacon.

The Footers Have Been Poured!!!

Construction has begun on the new school! Please visit the main Rebuild and Renovate page for up-to-date news, announcements, and other information regarding the rebuild.

Breakfast/SJS Rebuilding/Renovate Info. & Corpus Christi

Join fellow Parishioners for a breakfast in the Monsignor Harris Center made by our very own Knights of Columbus. 7:30 - 10:30am. Cost is a donation.

At the breakfast, there will be an Information Hour from 10 - 11am to answer any questions you have about the renovating/rebuilding of St. John's School. We will have the architectural drawings for your perusal at the meeting. In addition, we will be playing a DVD that has pictures of the school collapse as well as plans for the new school.

A Corpus Christi Procession will take place outdoors after the 11:30am mass. Parishioners will process to three different shrines on the parish property.

Memorial Day Activities

Mon, May 31, 6pm – 10pm

A Memorial Day Service will be conducted on Monday, May 31st by the St. John Francis Regis Knights of Columbus Council #7914 at St. John's. The service consists of a Living Rosary at 6pm, Memorial Mass at 7pm, and an outside program at 8pm, followed by a reception in the hall. The guest speaker will be Rear Admiral Gaddis, Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River.

In case of inclement weather, the program and Living Rosary will be held in the Monsignor Harris Center. All are welcome to attend to remember and honor our deceased veterans. Desserts welcome for reception.

Raffle!

$500 Gift Card to Great Wolf Lodge!

Tickets are $5 each and the drawing will be held at the Yard Sale/Craft Fair Saturday, May 22nd!