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.