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Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love
This week Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation, which draws on the Synod of the Family in 2015. The document is intended as “an aid to reflection, dialogue and pastoral practice, and as a help and encouragement to families in more…
Easter and Holy Week at St. V
Is Easter Over? No! Easter is a season just like Lent. Lent is a season of preparation in which we make sacrifices to and do things to draw closer to God and be in right relationship with God in anticipation more…
Awaiting the Resurrection: St. V’s All Night Easter Vigil
What time are the Easter Masses at St. Vincent? The simple answer is 8:30 AM and 11:45 AM. However, as is often the case, the simple answer isn’t exactly right. At 8:30 AM, we gather to celebrate the Resurrection and more…
Reflecting God’s Mercy
This year at St. V in keeping with our Lenten theme is Reflecting God’s Mercy, we will be contemplating quotes from Pope Francis’s declaration on this Year of Mercy. If God limited himself to only justice, he would cease to more…
St. V’s Lenten Retreat: Caring for Creation and Seeking God’s Mercy
Date: Feb. 27, 9 AM – 1 PM Location: Shrine of St. Anthony, Ellicott City Cost: Free Registration: Space is limited, and registration is required. Forms can be returned to the parish office or to Jack Schmidt. Registration forms are more…
Welcome to St. V’s New Pastoral Associate!
Fr. Lawrence and the Pastoral Associate Search Committee are pleased to announce that they have selected Colleen McCahill as St. V’s new Pastoral Associate. As a parishioner for more than a decade, Colleen has already brought so much to our more…
Screening: Journey of the Universe
Wednesday, December 16 at 7 PM As a follow up to our Fall Speaker Series on Laudato Si, St. Vincent is hosting a screening of the hour-long PBS documentary Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and more…
Christmas Mass in Downtown Baltimore
This year St. V will celebrate four Masses for Christmas including a new Christmas Eve service and Christmas midnight Mass! Come join us! At 5:15 (carols at 5 PM) the kids of St. Vincent put on a show with our more…
Lessons & Carols Plus Holiday Concert
First the Baltimore Men’s Chorus will perform, starting at 6 PM, then we will have light refreshments followed by St. V’s choir’s Lessons & Carols. Free event. Free parking.
Laudato Si’ Speaker Series
In June Pope Francis issued his encyclical Laudato Si’, a stirring call to action for all of us to save “our common home”. The encyclical covers much more than simply climate change, exploring subjects such as biodiversity, clean water and the more…
Pax Christi “Day of Reflection“
St. Vincent will host this Pax Christi event on Saturday Oct. 17, 9:30 AM -1 PM. The speaker is Sr. Patricia Chappell, Executive Director of Pax Christi USA. Sr. Patricia is a dynamic, and inspiring speaker. Her theme will be more…
“The Greatest City in America”
Written by St. V’s former Jesuit Volunteer, this areticle was originally published in St. Vincent’s quarterly publication, Together Sharing Christ along with a letters from Fr. Dick and Chris McCullough as well as articles by Anne Maura English. To see more…
A Letter from the Pastor
This letter was originally published in St. Vincent’s quarterly publication, Together Sharing Christ, along with a letter from Chris McCullough and articles by Anne Maura English and Kieran Ruppert. To see the full issue, click here. Shalom! By now, as more…
Hear the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor
In this a brief quote from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment Laudato Si’, Francis starts with an old psalm verse, “The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” Then he turns it around. He drops the reference to the more…
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
Have you been thinking about RCIA? Don’t have the faintest idea what that is? Know someone who may be interested? The RCIA program for folks who think they might, maybe, perhaps want to become Catholic . . . or be more…
“The Dung of the Devil”
Does that sound like something you once got punished for calling your little brother? Properly raised grown-ups refrain from even thinking language like that, much less using it. Unless you happen to be Pope. In the most important speech (the more…
Pope Francis Takes On Climate Change (and a Lot More) In Latest Encyclical
Laudato Si is mediaeval Italian for “Praised be You.” It is also the title of the Hymn of Creation of St. Francis of Assisi. And it is now also the title of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment. The Pope more…
Photos from St. V’s 2015 Parish Retreat
To see photos of this year’s parish retreat, click here. To see pictures of beautiful Camp Nawaka, click here. Pictures are courtesy of Howdy Burns.
Restored Model of St. V
As part of St. V’s celebration of the 175th anniversary of the laying of its cornerstone, we put on display this now-restored model of the church, dating from the 1930s, at all Masses this weekend (May 23-24). The work was more…