St. Monica & St. James Episcopal Church - Capitol Hill

05/29/2026

My checklist for heresies to avoid this Trinity Sunday

The problem with using analogies to explain the Holy Trinity is that you always end up confessing some ancient heresy.Let the patron saint of the Irish show ...

05/11/2026

Treasure hunt, anyone? 🛍️ Join us this Saturday for our rummage sale in partnership with ! Discover unique finds and amazing deals before they’re gone. Your purchases help preserve our historic building and support vulnerable members of our local community.

05/09/2026

Congratulations to Mathew Ryan, Eduardo Maia Silva, and Ethan Wotring, who are being confirmed and received this morning

05/07/2026

Join us Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 pm for a midweek Holy Eucharist with hymns to honor Frances Perkins.

The first woman in a U.S. Cabinet position and a devout Episcopalian, Perkins helped shape Social Security, the 40-hour work week, and minimum wage. Her faith was the force behind her tireless advocacy for the dignity of labor and the protection of the vulnerable. 

The service will be contemplative and joyful, with prayers for social justice. Stay after for a light dinner; it’s a wonderful opportunity to continue the conversation about how we can live out the “Beloved Community” in our own neighborhood today!

04/30/2026

Ever wondered about St. Monica, one of our patron saints? Here, Father David speaks about her importance to our parish and the wider Christian community.

Be sure to join us this Sunday to celebrate her feast day!

04/27/2026

For the Unity of the Church

Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one: Grant that your Church, being bound together in love and obedience to you, may be united in one body by the one Spirit, that the world may believe in him whom you have sent, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

04/15/2026

Still an Augustinian monk, Pope Leo XIV visited Algeria on Monday and Tuesday, venturing into the native land of his spiritual father, St. Augustine of Hippo, now known as Annaba in Algeria which, though predominantly Muslim, still claims Augustine as one of its greatest sons.

Though the AP article doesn't name Augustine's Berber mother, we know her as St. Monica, who tirelessly loved and prayed for her son's conversion to Christianity.

Pope Leo XIV has walked in the footsteps of his spiritual father St. Augustine. He is making a pilgrimage to the archaeological ruins in Algeria where the fifth-century titan of early Christianity lived, died and wrote some of the most important works in Western thought.

04/04/2026

Join us to celebrate Easter this weekend! The ancient rite of the Easter Vigil will take place Saturday at 8 PM, and a traditional Easter sung mass will take place Sunday at 11 AM. Bring the little ones along on Sunday for an Easter egg hunt!

Details: https://www.stmonica-stjames.org/

04/03/2026

12 noon: Liturgy of the Day with Veneration of the Cross and Communion from the Reserve Sacrament

6pm: Stations of the Cross with reading of Malcolm Guite’s Sonnets on the 14 stations

02/17/2026

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