Thank you Westminster (MD) Council (KofC #1393)

Kudos to the Westminster (MD) Council for sponsoring a Food for Families weekend at St. John Catholic Church.  They collected over 1,500 lbs. of food for the local St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.

And yes, I know that they are not part of the Archdiocese of Washington, but I wanted to recognize them. 

CapsMass at St. Vincent de Paul on January 1st at 11:10am

The Washington Capitals will play the Chicago BlackHawks in the NHL Winter Classic on the holy day of obligation January 1st.  

Since the game will be held at Nationals Stadium, St. Vincent de Paul (the parish which is located one block away from the stadium at South Capitol and M Street) will host a special "CapsMass" at 11:30 am for people going to the game.  There will be hot cocoa sponsored by the Knights after the mass.

For more information, go here:   https://www.facebook.com/events/758003424274678/

Why one D.C. church started ‘Nats Mass’

Fans who stream into the Navy Yard district before Nats games are now greeted with increasingly varied entertainment choices, from Yards Park for fresh air and views of the Anacostia River to the Fairgrounds for frat-rock music and adult refreshments to a variety of neighborhood restaurants and taverns, with more to come.

On Sunday afternoons this summer, they’ve had another option: a Catholic church service. Or, as the local St. Vincent de Paul church calls it, “Nats Mass.”

“For me, it was kind of a no-brainer,” said Rev. Andrew Royals, 34, a Montgomery County native who became the pastor at the South Capitol Street church about two years ago. “On game days we had thousands of people walking right in front of our church. I was like, ‘Well, I’m sure some of these people would like to go to church.’…And we thought there’s no reason people can’t do both.”

Read the rest of the article here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/08/24/why-one-d-c-church-started-nats-mass/

Hat tip to Deacon Greg @ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/