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Every year the Apostleship of the Sea collects shoe boxes with items seafarers need. St. V parishioners have participated by donating wrapped shoe boxes full of things like toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, combs, nail clippers, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, shaving  more…

The Archdiocese has released its pastoral plan in which parishes are grouped together into a new structure called a “pastorate.” Here you will find the compete Be Missionary Disciples Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan. The Archdiocese asked all parishes to produce a  more…

As we mark our 175th anniversary this fall, we chose “Find Your Inner St. Vincent” as the theme of our feast day celebration. Inspired by the life of St. Vincent, we strive to find ways to step outside our comfort  more…

Dear St. V Community, Here you will find a new letter from Archbishop Lori about the parish planning process. Please read it carefully, and begin to think about it and pray over it. Archbishop Lori wants all planning to reflect  more…

  The teachers at our school Sts. James and John need school supplies for the kids.  They especially need 2-pocket folders, composition books, pencils, glue sticks, liquid glue, and spiral notebooks. Other things like children’s scissors, rulers, crayons, etc. will also  more…

Now is the time to sign up for FFF, St. V’s formation classes for pre-K to 12th grade. Classes meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays (with a few exceptions) after 9:30 Mass from September until May. This program is  more…

Say goodbye to this old, worn look. Starting Monday (June 20)  our exterior restoration continues. We have been so pleased with the renewal of the west and south sides of the church, and now work will begin on the front  more…

In his pastoral letter, A Light Brightly Visible, Archbishop Lori invites us to “be missionary disciples” and to consider what being a “missionary disciple” calls you to do personally and what it calls our parish to do. Last fall each  more…

Workshop – April 30 –  Parishioner Sylvia Eastman will conduct a workshop designed to empower us around the issues raised by Pope Francis in Laudato Si. We will explore our emotional and intellectual reactions to the encyclical and consider ways  more…

Lecture – May 9 Parishioner and Loyola faculty member Dan Castillo presents The Gardener and the City-Builder: Exploring Pope Francis’ Vision of the Human Person. Dr. Castillo teaches courses in liberation theology and environmental ethics at Loyola University Maryland, where  more…

Why is it so hard to forgive and show mercy (even though we want both for ourselves)? Date: Friday May 20, 8 PM-Sunday, May 22, 1 PM Retreat Director: Pat Fosarelli M.D., D.Min. Cost: Suggested donation is $100 per adult  more…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…