To form disciples who joyfully live out the Mission of Jesus Christ in Bowie

September 6, 2020

WORSHIP

Whether it's at SPX or Online, we look forward to seeing you this weekend!

Mass at SPX

We hope that you'll join us at SPX for our public Mass on Sunday at

9:30 am. There are still seats available - save yours HERE. Tickets are usually available until 9:20 am on Sunday.

If you have reserved seats and are unable to come, please let us know so that others can reserve those seats.

Please to be sure to check out our reopening procedures HERE.

Mass Online

We'll still be offering the opportunity to worship online all weekend long.

You can find us at spxbowie.online.church on

Saturday at 5 pm and

Sunday at 7:30 am / 9:30 am / 11:30 am

The worship aid for this Mass can be found HERE.

You can also find our Mass on YouTube or FaceBook starting at 5 pm on Saturday.

Communion for

Online Worship

For those who continue to worship online, we are excited to offer the opportunity for you to come to SPX and receive the Eucharist from your car. Our Parking Team will be ready to assist you when you come to SPX from 10:45 - 11:00 am on Sunday.

SLAM: Home Edition

We hope your little ones enjoy this music and a message from Miss Kelsey to help them connect what they're hearing in the Bible with their own lives this week. Check it out!

We invite you to come spend some time with Jesus at our first Friday Night Praise of the fall!

Friday Night Praise is a time of prayer, music, adoration, and praise. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed and you'll be invited to participate in sung prayer as well as hear a reflection by

Fr. Mike. The evening closes with Benediction.

We hope to see you on Friday, September 11th at 7 pm at

spxbowie.online.church.

While Governor Hogan is permitting the State of Maryland to enter Phase 3 of reopening, Prince George's County remains in Phase 2.

Even when we enter Phase 3, to maintain social distancing, our church's seating capacity will remain at approximately 125 people.

At our 9:30 am public Mass on Sundays we have not yet reached full capacity any week, and there are always seats still available on Sunday morning. We invite you to come to Mass to see for yourself how your fellow parishioners have been able to gather safely for worship.

CURRENT MESSAGE SERIES

As the pandemic has stretched out over this year, incidents and systems of racial injustice continue to draw our attention, and as we get closer to the election in November, there can be no doubt that ‘outrage’ is a word that aptly describes 2020. In this series, we’ll be diving deep into how as people of faith, we’re called to see the world differently - and act accordingly. Our faith means that we’ll never be truly at home in this world, or any political party for that matter. No, we’re called to choose unity over division, compassion over accusation, and hopefulness over hate. Because with God as our leader, united we stand.

To listen to the message & learn more, click HERE.

As Catholics, we have a long tradition of engagement in the political process as a means of putting our faith into action. Civilize It is a non-partisan call to focus on the dignity of all people, even when we disagree, and to put faith in action by bearing witness to a better way forward.

For more information or to take the pledge, click HERE.

With the far reaching implications of the pandemic, many of us are feeling more disconnected than ever before. From our friends, from our families, from our parish and perhaps even from God. And yet as we’re learning in this series, it is through our unity that we’ll be able to stand as a witness to the world. So how do you find connection in a time like this?

At SPX, we believe that small groups are the key to making our big church more personal. In a small group, we connect with others who support and care for us in difficult times, and challenge us to grow as we walk together in faith. In fact, when the shutdowns first happened in March, almost all of our groups switched to meeting online within the first two weeks, and some even continued to meet during the summer when normally groups take a break from regular weekly meetings. Why did they continue? Because our small group members have found that the support their groups provide are helping them to navigate all this uncertainty and change way better than they could going it alone.

We are excited about some changes we are making to our small groups this Fall - we'll have more info about that and how to sign up next week. So while groups may look different, we believe that now more than ever that life is better connected.

Daily Mass resumes starting September 9th on Wednesdays & Thursdays at 9 am.

No sign-up is needed, our capacity is 125 people. We look forward to worshipping with you during the week. You can read about our Daily Mass procedures HERE.

We are excited to resume offering the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Confessions will be heard, starting on September 9th, on Wednesdays from 9:30 - 10:00 am each week.

We'll also offer Reconciliation one evening a month from 7 - 7:45 pm. Our first evening opportunity will be on September 17th.

You can read about our procedures for Confession HERE.

The discussions have been great,

and we hope you can join us as we finish this Thursday!

September 10, 7 - 8:15 pm

You are invited to join us on Zoom as we explore and discuss the Bishop's letter, 'Open Wide Our Hearts.' For this week's section of the letter and discussion guide, click HERE.

While the document and discussion guides are available on the website, in order to get the Zoom link (to join any week you're available), you need to RSVP using the red button below. We will not be providing the link publicly.

RSVP for the Open Wide Our Hearts Discussion Group

GIVE

With the long-term economic and social impact of this situation, we encourage parishioners to please continue to financially give to make sure the parish can operate not just in these coming weeks, but in the months to follow. Our ability to provide ministries relies solely on the continued generosity of our parishioners. You can give in the following ways:

Businesses and churches are beginning to reopen, however St. Pius X Parish still depends on online donations to continue our ministry. We prayerfully invite you to sign up for eGiving from your computer, smartphone or tablet and set up a recurring donation or make a one-time gift.

Sign up today by visiting https://membership.faithdirect.net/enroll/MD712

Thank you for your continued support of our parish family.