Please pray for our children who will be receiving their First Communion on Saturday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 10th. Mother Seton Parish Sodality welcomes all parishioners to the annual May Crowning, Sunday morning, May 4th, before the 9:00 AM Mass. Please join us for recitation of the Rosary at 8:30 AM in the Courtyard. Please bring cut flowers to lay at the feet of the Blessed Mother.

Catholic News - World, National and Local Vatican L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO [Español] Vatican Information Service News Releases [Castellano] Zenit News Service [Español] EWTN [Español] Weekly Headlines What's New / Wings CNS Home Page / CNS Story of the Day / CNS News Briefs Catholic News Agency / ACI Prensa Servicios de Noticias Catholic Telecommunications from Australia Catholic World News: Visitor's Home USCCB / News Releases / What's New / New Publications Archdiocese of Washington / News Releases / Events Catholic Standard / El Pregonero Maryland Catholic Conference Current Action Alerts / ADW Legislation Actions Center Seton Shrine Seton Way Newsletter The National Shrine [Español] Events / Shrine News JP II Center / Featured Events Catholic Information Center (DC) Mass Times.org Downtown DC Confession Schedules .... Some Upcoming Parish News and Events Our Mother’s Day Novena, for mothers living or deceased, will begin May 3rd. Mother's Day is May 11. Don’t Miss the Fun!!! when the "DC Hood" priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington take on the combined forces of parishioners from Mother Seton and St. John Neumann in a basketball game on Fri., May 9, at 7:00 p.m., at Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Md. Free admission, games, prizes, free refreshments, and halftime entertainment will be offered for an evening of family fun. Please Note: the open casting call for the production of "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" on, Tues., May 13 has been canceled. The parish lawn-cutting crew is seeking volunteers to help with parish grounds maintenance. If interested in helping out, please see this week's Bulletin for contact information. The Seton Sluggers adult co-ed slow pitch softball team is looking for players for the upcoming season. See the March 23 Bulletin for more. Our Adoration Ministry is in great need of additional adorers to fill many vacancies, especially on Thursday mornings. Please consider pledging to spend one hour a week in prayer with the Blessed Sacrament. Please see the Bulletin for more. MSP has a permanent box to receive your donations of clean, usable clothing and household goods. The box is located at the top of our parking lost near the rectory and is accessible at any time. Your donations are distributed to local charities and given to families in our community at no charge. For more on some of these and other items, see the May 4, 2008 Parish Bulletin. Going on vacation? For the nearest church to your destination (and its Mass Times), all over the U.S., Visit www.masstimes.org. Parishioner's Picks Every few weeks, a new link to a favorite Catholic website (or more), submitted by a parishioner, will be featured here. If none are submitted, one will be chosen from the "Links" page. If you have a favorite Catholic website, send it to JimCook310@aol.com.All links should be Catholic in nature and otherwise not be in conflict with Church teachings. Names of submitting parishioners will be omitted, unless requested. [Click here for past picks]   OUR CURRENT PICK(s) Pope Benedict's Visit to the US If you missed any of the televised events during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S., you can still view or listen to them online through EWTN's web site: Pope Benedict visit to the US 2008. If you'd like the text of any of his speeches or homilies, EWTN has them all at: Apostolic Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. Visit EWTN's main Papal Visit page for additional news and blog articles about Pope Benedict's historic visit. Of Special Note, this video report from WRC, Channel 4 News: Nephew Of Slain Priest Assists Pope At Mass. (If you have difficulty displaying the video, WRC has a text version of their report as well). Previous Pick: Pope Benedict XVI Visits Washington, DC. [From the Archdiocese January 8, 2008 Press Release.] The Archdiocese of Washington has launched a new website, www.adw.org/papalvisit, to provide information about Pope Benedict XVI’s April 2008 visit to the archdiocese.

Finishing the Dream ... Together, an online version of the brochure originally sent to parishioners' homes. Downloads: The Church -- Living Stones (Part 1) The Church -- Living Stones (Part 2) The Church -- Living Stones (Part 3) The Church -- Living Stones (Part 4)

Finishing the Dream ...Together PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEDICATION MASS (now including the Rite of Dedication for the new Altar) for our new church are now online and may be viewed at: MSP Dedication, photos taken by Lewis Bean. [Unfortunately, the Catholic Standard's dotPhoto collection is apparently no longer available.] The final new church construction panoramas have been added to the Construction Photo Gallery as well (see below), which include a few taken the day of the dedication Mass, before and after the Mass itself. Finishing the Dream, Week by Week -- Construction Photos: A (roughly) weekly collection of photos and digital images of the construction of our new church: Page 1 May, 2002-June, 2004 Page 2 July - September, 2004 Page 3 October - December 18, 2004

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Schedule of Sacraments, Services and Devotions. Times and Places Our Clergy. Our Spiritual Leadership Administration. Our Staff. School of Religion (SOR Blog) & Religious Education. What We Offer For All Age Groups. Liturgical Ministries. Some of the Ways You Can Assist in Our Liturgies. Sports Program. Volunteer Ministries/Activity Scheds. Parish Activities. Some of the Fun Things We Do Social Concerns. (Also: Social Concerns Blog) We Reach Out To Others Parish Ministries. More Ways to Help Others Community Services. We Reach Out into Our Community Comunidad Hispana. For Our Hispanic Community Our Parish History. Where we've been. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Meet our Patron Directory and Directions How to Reach Us. [Includes Directions to St. Mary's Pavilion in Barnesville.] Some Links of Interest: The Holy See Archdiocese of Washington Fr. McKenna Council Links to Resources and Other Sites of Interest

Mother Seton Bulletin Special Pages Growing in Faith Newsletter for May, 2008 Growing in Faith Newsletter for April, 2008 Growing in Faith Newsletter for April, 2008 (Spanish) Stewardship Enrollment Form [From the April 6 2008 Bullein] Sharing the Light, the Archbishop's 2008 Appeal, Tabloid and Brochure. Eucharistic Healing Service NOTE: A free PDF reader can be downloaded at: Adobe Acrobat Free Reader