The Commemoration of All The Faithfully Departed
(All Soul's Day)
November 2, 2025
9:30 am
Day Light Saving Time is this Sunday, with clocks rolling back one hour at 2 a.m. clocks "fall back" one hour to 1:00 AM. This gives you an extra hour of sleep and means that evenings will be darker.
November 1st, 2025 Solemnity of All Saints It is a Holy day in the Catholic Church, but because it falls on a Saturday, the obligation to attend Mass is suspended in the U.S. Our Regular Saturday Mass Times are 8:30 am and then 5:30 pm for the Vigil Mass.
Honor a Lifetime of Service of Our Retired Priests
Our priests enrich our lives in many ways: they baptize our children, comfort us in the confessional, witness our marriage vows and hold our loved ones hands as the Lord calls them home. Let’s join together to help provide care and housing for our retired priests so they can live their retirement in dignity.
Archdiocese of Washington priests have selflessly served the faithful and the community to continue Christ’s mission for decades, and in some cases, more than a half century.
Our priests have been there for each of us and our families in providing spiritual support – year in and year out – for our entire lives. Please join the tens of thousands of the faithful in being there for them to assist in the dignity of their retirement and to honor their lives of service through support of the annual Retired Priests Collection. This year’s retired priest collection takes place during the weekend of November 8th and 9th, 2025. Look whose the new face for the collection. Our very own Fr. Hughes!
Holy Redeemer will have a Eucharistic Ministry & Homebound Communion Training (EMHC) on November 8th and 15th at 9:30 am in the main church. We welcome all members interested in serving the parish through this ministry to attend. Only one date is needed to become a Eucharistic Minister. Please contact the rectory if you plan to attend. 301-942-2333
National Vocation Awareness Week will be celebrated in our country November 2-8, 2025. We will recite the prayer inserted in the back cover of the hymnal at every Mass, on Sunday and at daily Masses this week. And, we invite all to say this prayer privately throughout the year.
Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons, and consecrated men and women from Holy Redeemer Parish. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and respond generously to God's gift of vocation.
Holy Redeemer Parish delivers food to S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat), a D.C. organization that fights hunger, poverty and homelessness, on the second Thursday of each month. Donations of fruit and casseroles are needed, as well as a driver to take the food to S.O.M.E. in D.C. To donate casseroles or drive the food, please contact Kathleen Neary (kathleenseiler@hotmail.com or text/call 703-981-7326) for the Sign-Up Genius link with details.
Fruit doesn’t require sign up. Please drop fruit in the church foyer by 9am on the second Thursday of each month.
Nov. 13, 2025 - apples
Dec. 11, 2025 – apples
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.
Youth Chess Tournament
The Rock Creek Council of the Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a youth chess tournament on Sunday afternoon, 16 November, for players in grades K through 8. Registration is from 11:30 am to 12 pm, games are played from 12:15 to 2:45 followed by an awards ceremony. The event will be held at 5417 West Cedar Lane in Bethesda. The cost is $15 which will be donated to a local charity. Players must register in advance. Food and refreshments will be available. Please sign up by emailing your information (name, grade, and school name) to the tournament coordinator at mhoulihan.kofcrockcreekchess@gmail.com.
All players at any skill level are welcome.
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
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
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:
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.
