St. Nicholas Catholic Church

09/17/2024

Congratulations to the parishioners of St Nicholas! We officially burned (retired) the Parish Hall mortgage. To celebrate we had a lovely picnic sponsored by our Events and Activities committee, the Knights of Columbus, Deacon John Lynn Council, and the International Catholics of St Nicholas. It was a wonderful celebration!! Thanks to all who cooked, shopped, set up, cleaned up, and made the day so much fun.

03/25/2024

On this Monday of Holy Week, we invite you to join us for the holiest liturgies of the year, the Triduum.

Wednesday, March 27, Tenebrae Prayer Service, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 28, No Morning Mass
Thursday, March 28, Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7:00 p.m. with Eucharistic Procession and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Parish Hall until Midnight
Friday, March 29, No Morning Mass
Friday, March 29, Youth Passion Play, 12 Noon
Friday, March 29, Stations of the Cross, outdoor weather permitting, 3:00 p.m.
Friday, March 29, Friday of the Passion of the Lord, and Veneration of the Cross, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 30, No Morning Mass
Saturday, March 30, Easter Vigil in the Night, 8:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday, March 31, Regular Mass Times, 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 a.m.
We hope to see you this week.

02/26/2024

Full of Grace, The Story of the Mother of Jesus.
Full of Grace in an unprecedented look at Mary of Nazareth in her last earthly days as she helps the fractious early Church regain their original encounter with her Son, Jesus Christ.
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Full of Grace in an unprecedented look at Mary of Nazareth in her last earthly days as she helps the fractious early Church regain their original encounter with her Son, Jesus Christ.

02/22/2024

**Calendar Change** We will not have Stations of the Cross this Friday, February 23.
Here are a list of neighboring parishes with Stations this Friday, Feb. 23.
St. Mary of the Mills, Laurel, 7:30 in the Church
St. Joseph's, Beltsville, 7:00
Resurrection of Our Lord, 3:00 English, 7:00 Spanish
Resurrection, Burtonsville, every Friday, with Eucharistic Presence, 6:30

02/21/2024

The Light is On for You! Confessions will be heard on Wednesday evenings during Lent beginning February 21 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

02/19/2024

https://www.crsricebowl.org/
We are called to give alms during Lent. Have you picked up your CRS Rice Bowl, yet? You can find them all made up for you in the Parish Hall. Just put it on your dining table and ask everyone in the family to drop the change in their pocket before dinner.

02/18/2024

Parish Offices are closed today and there are no religious education classes this evening.

02/18/2024

Please join us in praying for the success of our Winter Shelter this week, and of the men who are experiencing homelessness in our community and state.

Precious Holy Spirit, I come to You with a broken heart for all our brothers and sisters in Christ who are living with no security, no shelter, and no safety from the outside world. Please be with all the men, women, and children in our world who are homeless. Give them extra warmth, peace, and guidance like only heaven can send. Amen.

02/16/2024

Join us for Stations of the Cross every Friday of Lent beginning February 16, at 7 p.m.

02/13/2024

Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule
8:30 a.m., 12 Noon, 7:00 p.m.

02/12/2024

Lent will last 40 days, beginning on Ash Wednesday (February 14, 2024) and ending on Holy Thursday (March 28, 2024). We are asked to pray, fast, and give alms during these forty days. Each Monday during Lent I will post either a movie recommendation, app, or other helpful bit of information you can use during this wonderful season of Lent.
For more information, check out catholic-link.org. There is a wealth of information to help you achieve your goals for Lent 2024.
https://catholic-link.org/lent-2024-catholic-resource-guide/

02/07/2024

We are 1 week away from Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Although, not a Holy Day of Obligation, it is a day of fast and abstinence.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.

Members of the Eastern Catholic Churches are to observe the particular law of their own sui iuris Church.

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.