Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 19, 2025
9:30 am
School application season is fast approaching, and Holy Redeemer School
(PreK3 - 8th grade) will host its Fall Open House on Thursday, October 23 from 9:00 - 11:00 am. No registration is necessary. Come see what a Catholic education has to offer!
Today is World Mission Sunday! Today, every parish across the globe joins together for the only worldwide collection mandated by Canon Law—World Mission Sunday. Your generosity today supports the Pope’s missions in more than 1,124 territories where the Church is young or struggling. This year’s theme—“Missionaries of Hope Among the Peoples”—is a call to embody the love of God, poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (cf. Rom 5:5). Your offering today provides hope where despair too often dominates—through the building of churches, formation of seminarians and religious sisters, healthcare clinics, and Catholic schools. Thank you for responding with faith, love, and generosity. As Pope Francis told us, “Each of us is a mission on this earth” (Evangelii Gaudium, 273). Together, we share in that mission by ensuring that no one is excluded from the invitation to encounter Christ.
40 Days for Life Fall Campaign
The campaign runs until Sunday, November 2. Some good news - the Abortion Clinic at 10401 Old Georgetown Road has closed. The bad news is that it moved to 5454 Wisconsin Avenue, 13th Floor, Chevy Chase, Md. They are still performing late term abortions. A group is meeting on Saturdays at 10 am to pray the rosary outside of the building. All are invited to attend. You may also pray at the Potomac Family Planning Clinic at 966 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Angel Friend Volunteers Needed for the
Gabriel Project Cluster of Montgomery County
Want to put your pro-life beliefs into action? You could support the Gabriel Project Cluster, Montgomery County, MD. We need women to be Angel Friends to pregnant moms and men to deliver and assemble cribs. We want our little ones to have a safe place to sleep. Some recent volunteers are husband-and-wife teams. In 2024, over 400 moms requested our help, and through the generosity of many people, we provided 248 new cribs and many other baby and children’s items. To learn more about how you can help, please visit our website - gpmoco.orgor contact Deirdre Whitty, whitty7@comcast.net or Sandy Buffalano, sbuffalano@aol.com.
The 33rd International Week of Prayer and Fasting coalition, in collaboration with the Legion of Mary, Marian Fathers, Defend Life, and others are asking members of parishes to unite for nine days of prayer and fasting from November 15 – 23, 2025.
The Opening Day of Prayer for the 33rd International Week of Prayer and Fasting will be held on Saturday, November 15th, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC, with Mass at noon, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, Confessions, and speakers. Please register at www.iwopf.org or
call 703-707-0799. This is a FREE event; however, online donations are welcomed to help support our ministry.
Confirmed speakers on the 15th include: Cardinal Ernest Simoni, Fr. Dan Reehil, Patricia Sandoval, and Andrew Niewald.
This Year’s theme is MERCY & HEALING: For the Jubilee Year of Hope
The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is designated as a “Special Place of Pilgrimage” for the 2025 Jubilee Year, extending the indulgence under the normal terms.
The Virtual Conference on Nov. 17, 18, & 19 will feature additional speakers. Talks are free during the actual day of the presentation, or are available for purchase online for future viewing. For more information and to register, please go to www.iwopf.org or call 888-478-PRAY,
or call 703-707-0799. Flyer below
The Class of 1965 from Holy Redeemer School, Kensington, MD is holding a 60th year reunion on October 25, 2025. Any member of the class of 1965 can contact Mike English at mfe0825@yahoo.com, Lois Veith-Boylan at boylan2@msn.com, Mary Dee Rosenberg-Prunchak at mprunchak@aol.com, and Tony Chite at tonycdeb@verizon.com for additional information.
October 26, Natural Family Planning Class for Engaged or Married Couples
Are you married or engaged and interested in learning about Natural Family Planning? Join us for an overview of the science and spirituality of Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABM) to help you choose one that will work for you. We invite you to register for an upcoming virtual Introduction to NFP class on either Saturday, October 25 or Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom. Click here to view our schedule and to register for a class. Following this introductory class, couples choose an FABM and learn a specific method offered by: Couple to Couple League , BOMA USA, Creighton Method, or the Marquette Method. For more information, contact the Office for Family Life at 301-853-4499 or flm@adw.org.
Sunday, October 26 16th Annual White Mass
All are welcome to the 16th White Mass celebrating the gifts people living with disabilities, persons who are Deaf, and persons living with mental health challenges bring to our Church, schools, workplaces, and communities. We wear white to symbolize our unity in Baptism as one holy Catholic family. This year’s White Mass will be celebrated on October 26th, 11 am, at Our Lady of Mercy, 9200 Kentsdale Drive, Potomac MD 20854. Cardinal McElroy will be the principal celebrant. We are looking forward to being together for this celebration!
College Park Holy Redeemer Harvest Bazaar - November 7 & 8, 2025
Holy Redeemer Harvest Bazaar Yard & Hall Sale – November 8 & 9, 2025
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church & School in College Park, Maryland will hold its 53rd Annual Harvest Bazaar, and we would love for you to join us! Please come out on Friday, November 7th from 12:30-3p.m. for our Children’s Bazaar and then again in the evening, starting at 5p.m. for a Surf & Turf dinner, kids’ games, crafts, raffles, & shopping. Bright and early on Saturday, November 8th, we open our enormous 2-day Yard & Hall Sale at 8a.m. The rest of the Harvest Bazaar reopens on that day at 12noon with more kids’ games, crafts, raffles, shopping, an Italian dinner, and raffle drawings at 8 p.m. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church & School – 4902 Berwyn Road – College Park, MD, 20740 – parish.holy-redeemer.org – 301-474-3920 FLYER BELOW.
October 18, Mothers and Daughters: Becoming… Who God Created You to Be
A morning devoted to empowering the mother-daughter relationship for the journey through adolescence and beyond. Mothers and their daughters, grades 4 through 7, explore together how God created women in his image and likeness, full of strength and grace, to share God’s life-giving nature. Saturday, October 18, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm at St. Bernadette Catholic School, Silver Spring, MD. $40.00 per each mother & daughter pair ($10.00 per additional daughter—please email flm@adw.org to register an additional daughter). See this link to register. For more information, please see the flier or contact the Office of Family Life at 301-853-4546 or flm@adw.org.
RESPECT LIFE NEWS
October is Respect Life Month! During this season, we celebrate the dignity of the human person through education, outreach, and advocacy efforts. This month, we encourage all to celebrate the dignity of life by promoting care for all of God’s creation from conception to natural death. During October at the Saturday evening & Sunday Masses, everyone is invited to join in reciting the Respect Life Prayer on page 380 in the Missalette.
Additionally, on Saturday October 18, we invite you to join us in praying the rosary after the 5:30 pm Mass – outside the church by the crucifix and Monument to the Unborn. Please come and bring family and friends.
We also have a Respect Life poster contest open to HR & CCD students in 5th through 8th grade. Details are below.
Post Cana is an organization for the mutual support of widows and widowers of all ages and faiths sponsored by the Office of Family Life of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC. Lives change dramatically after the death of a spouse. Post Cana members engage in spiritual, social, intellectual, and other positive programs that promote and enrich their lives through fellowship. They have a common thread of grief and healing and learn from each other through organized get-togethers.
Are you thinking of joining us? Mary Dugan, President of Post Cana, welcomes you! Call or email: 301 8733902; marydugan12@yahoo.com
FUTURE EVENTS:
Friday, October 3rd: Lunch on the Lanai at Clubhouse I, in Leisure World. (weather permitting, at noon)
Monday, November 3rd: Coffee fellowship at Our Lady of Grace at 9.45. We will have a computer analyst advisor; Azad Ali from Micro Geeks help us identify strategies for protection against identify theft.
Thursday, November 6th: FUNERAL PLANNING WORKSHOP: Session #1: Introduction…. How do we prepare? Why do we prepare? Who does it help? How does it help our family? Father Jim Bocabella from Our Lady of Grace and Sally Daniel, Director of Family Life, from the Washington Archdiocese Pastoral Center will be there to encourage us!
Thursday, December 4th: Post Cana Christmas Party. This is an annual tradition. There will be a Holy Mass at 11.00, with an Advent Reflection, followed by a catered lunch in the Parish Center.
