St. Paul Catholic Church, Ellicott City, Maryland

06/14/2026

Join us on our Sunday Mass livestream on our YouTube page at 11AM, and please visit stpaulec.org/giving to support our parish and its ministries. https://youtube.com/live/EAtYWo4Dceg?feature=share

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06/13/2026

Photos and video from St. Paul Church at the close of our June 12 Novena on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

06/12/2026

YOUNG ADULTS CAN STILL JOIN DEACON KHOA FOR A HIKE IN PATAPSCO STATE PARK after the 8am Mass at St. Paul Church on Sat Jun 13. 18 years - 30-ish. See you at the 8am Mass!

06/12/2026

Dear Friends -- Deacon Khoa taught me how to say "Sacred Heart of Jesus" and "Immaculate Heart of Mary" in Vietnamese here. We will have the close our Novena to the Sacred Heart at 630pm on Fri June 12 at St. Paul Church in Ellicott City. Peace and you are invited to come and join us to pray tonite! // Mến chào các bạn -- Thầy Phó Tế Khoa đã dạy tôi cách nói "Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu" và "Khiết Tâm Đức Mẹ" bằng tiếng Việt ở đây. Chúng ta sẽ làm buổi chầu và cầu nguyện bế mạc Tuần Cửu Nhật kính Thánh Tâm vào lúc 6 giờ 30 tối Thứ Sáu, ngày 12 tháng 6 tại Nhà thờ Thánh Phaolô ở Ellicott City. Chúc bình an và xin mời các bạn đến hiệp dâng lời cầu nguyện cùng chúng tôi vào tối nay!

06/11/2026

Father's Day Mass intention cards are available on the Narthex table. Please complete the outter envelope and reurn it to the parish office. We will place the Mass Intentions on the altar for the month of June.

06/10/2026

Pray for the love and courage of Jesus to be: In your heart, in your relationships, in our parishes, in our world. Please pray for the love of Jesus to touch all things this Feast of the Sacred Heart on Friday June 12 and consider coming to St. Paul for our pastorate prayers to close our Sacred Heart Novena at 630pm on that day. Church will be open by 6pm for prayer.

06/10/2026

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06/09/2026

ADORATION COMMITTEE AT ST. PAUL MEETING after the 8am Mass on Saturday June 13 in the nursery below the church.

There will be a meeting with Fr. Andy on promoting Adoration in the Parish of St. Paul after the 8am Mass on Saturday June 13th. We’ll meet downstairs from the church in the nursery area.
At this meeting we will discuss what we have right now in terms of Adoration at the parish:

1. First Wednesdays of the month all year long we have Adoration 7-830pm.
2. Wednesday nites during Advent and Lent we have 7-830pm access to the church because of confessions offered at those times (started Fall of ’24)
3. We built a small adoration chapel in the rectory (spring of ’26). This is accessible when the offices at the parish are open.
4. Erika had a children’s Adoration holy hour in Lent of 2026 which was successful.

Also, right now Fr. Paul does occasional Adoration ad hoc when he does daily Mass.

And at this meeting we will also discuss possibilities:

1. To start having occasional children’s Adoration hours. ? Quarterly?
2. To set times when we try to build up having adoration in the main church (? Before or after 8am morning Masses on Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs and Saturday? Could be something where we start after building up a cadre of people who have signed up for an hour/half hour at those times? Frankly we could train lay people to help put the monstrance away since this is completely “legal” and acceptable in the Catholic Church but we could work that out.
3. And possibly, and this would be something I have not run by anyone, put a KEYPAD on the parish offices so that people could go into the Adoration chapel in the parish office building OFF HOURS and target, initially, some times when we would try to fill that chapel – maybe two days a week 8am until 10pm or something like that….WE WOULDN’T PUT THE KEY PAD UP UNTIL WE HAD GOTTEN ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE TIMES AND TO MAKE ALL OF THIS FEASIBLE. I think this would fly better than keeping the main church heated and cooled all winter and summer w a/c and heating costs as they are. AGAIN, we might start the day with an hour or two after the daily Mass and people ARE in the church, and then the hours switch to the parish office Adoration chapel.
If you can make it, we have a few people already committed to attending, but we want as many people as possible who are able to give a little time and effort in order to help our parishioners have the gift of the Presence of the Lord in their lives through Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Is this a project that seems worthwhile to you? If so, please let Fr. Andy know that you are coming at [email protected].

Peace!!

Fr. Andy

06/09/2026

Reception after the 6/7 Eucharistic Procession. Judging by the cookies offered, not sure if anyone lost any weight that afternoon despite the walk!

06/09/2026

Article worth reading. Amen.