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JOIN OUR PARISH FAMILY!

We are eager to walk with you on you journey of faith and community.

Forming a Family of Disciples United in Jesus Christ

WEEKEND MASS

SATURDAY
4:30 PM

SUNDAY
7:30 AM Mass
10:00 AM Mass

12:30 PM Latin Novus Ordo Mass

DAILY MASS

MONDAY - SATURDAY

8:00 AM

CONFESSION

WEDNESDAY

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Not on 3rd Wednesdays

SATURDAY
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

SUNDAY
7:00 AM - 7:20 AM

ADORATION

every WEDNESDAY following 8:00 AM Mass

Holy Hour for Life - 1st Wednesdays at 4:45 PM

Saturday Adoration with Morning Prayer is also available each week, from 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM.

Adoration Sign up for September 16th

Come and See

Sunday, September 13th, 8:45am, Activity Center Meeting Room

All who wish to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church who have been baptized Catholic, but have yet to complete your other sacraments, who have not been baptized as well as those who are baptized in a different Christian tradition are invited to join us for an Interest Meeting to learn more, as we walk alongside you on your next steps on the pathway of your journey of FAITH.

Little Disciples is Children’s Liturgy of the Word

This is a special ministry geared for our youngest disciples. On all but the 3rd Sundays, September 13th - May 23rd, during 10:00am Mass, children aged 3 - 6 are invited to the lower church to hear and respond to God's Word in an age-accessible way. If you have any questions, please email littledisciples.sa@gmail.com.

Little Disciples Registration

Registration for Sacramental Preparation & Religious Education Is OPEN!

Sacramental Preparation Sessions

1st Reconciliation/1st Holy Eucharist sessions for Grades 2-5 will take place in the Old School, on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, from 11:15am – 12:15pm, September 13th - May 2nd. This year’s new time slot allows families to attend 10:00am or 12:30pm Mass together, as part of a more comprehensive preparation process.
- This Sunday, September 13th session includes an information meeting for parents. It is important that you attend if you wish for your child to participate in preparing for 1st Reconciliation and/or 1st Holy Eucharist.
- If you are unable to attend, please reach out to Meghan (Meghan.Fleming@archbalt.org).
Confirmation Prep sessions for 9-year-olds (poss 3rd - 5th graders) will take place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, at 6:30 – 7:45pm, in the Old School, September 23rd – March 24th.
- If you missed the September 9th Parent Information Meeting, and would still like your child to participate in preparing for Confirmation, please reach out to Meghan (Meghan.Fleming@archbalt.org).

Religious Education

October 7th – May 5th, in the Old School’s Atrium Classroom, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, from 6:30 – 8:00pm, St. Agnes offers Religious Education for ages 3-6, through Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS), a Montessori-based, hands-on approach to learning.
October 21st - May 19th, on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, children ages 7-10 participate in Elementary School Faith Formation, 6:30 – 7:30pm, in the Old School. Those preparing for any Sacrament must be enrolled in our class, Catholic School, or a Home School Program, the year of preparation and the year prior.
Starting October 7th, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, at 6:30pm, in the Old School Parish Center, teens in Middle and High School will meet for Middle School Life Teen. High Schoolers will serve as peers, helping to lead our Middle Schoolers, as part of their own formation, while gaining much-needed service hours for school. Our hope is that our active Middle School Life Teen Group will develop and grow into their own High School Life Teen group in the future, while continuing to serve as peers for the Middle Schoolers. Life Teen High School Peer Ministry Leaders are asked to contact Meghan for more information on how you can serve in this ministry. Parents and teens are invited to a Middle School Life Teen Kick-Off in the Activity Center, after 10am Youth Mass, on Sunday, September 20th. Come meet the Life Teen volunteer team, register, learn about this year’s plans, and get to know each other through food & fellowship. High School Peers are encouraged to attend. There is no registration fee again this year.

Sacramental Prep Registration Form

Religious Ed Registration Form

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Every Wednesday, our St. Agnes Church Faith Community shares a mid-week full-day opportunity to relax in prayer and spiritual enrichment. Please join us for all or part of these Wednesday events. Registration for Children's Sacramental Prep and Religious Education programs, including our First Reconciliation and First Holy Eucharist Sunday Morning Preparation Sessions, can be found on our FORMATION page.

7:30am Morning Prayer
8:00am Daily Mass followed by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Prayers
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for Weekly Adoration
5:30pm Evening Prayer, 5:45pm Benediction & Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
All but 3rd Wednesdays
- 6-7:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation & Hour of Silent Private Prayer in church
1st Wednesdays
- 4:45pm Holy Hour for LIFE
- 6:30-8:00pm Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (October 7th - May 5th)
- 6:30pm Middle School Life Teen with High School Peers (beginning October 7th)
2nd Wednesdays
- 6:30-7:45pm Confirmation Prep Sessions (beginning September 23rd)
  - September 9th - 6:30pm Parent Confirmation Parent Meeting, Old School
3rd Wednesdays
- 6:00pm Hour of Glory with Fr. Hamilton, in church
- 6:30-7:30pm Elementary School Faith Formation (October 21st - May 19th)
- 6:30-8:00pm Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (October 7th - May 5th)
- 6:30pm Middle School Life Teen with High School Peers (beginning October 7th)
4th Wednesdays
- 6:30-7:45pm Confirmation Prep Sessions (beginning September 23rd)

Throughout the year, our parish will also hold special events for the parish and surrounding community on Wednesday evenings. Please mark your calendars for October 7th, as we celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary with 7:00pm Living Rosary, prayed together as a community.

Every generation of St. Agnes parishioners has strengthened this sacred place through faith and generosity. Now it is our turn. Your support ensures that future generations will encounter Christ here, share in the sacraments here, and one day say with gratitude and faith.

It Is Good That We Are Here!

Visit Our New Capital Campaign Webpage for More Information

Heavenly Father,

We thank You for the gift of St. Agnes Parish

and for many years of faith, community and discipleship.

As we prepare to celebrate our 175 anniversary

and look to the future,

fill our hearts with wisdom,

gratitude & a spirit of generosity.

Bless our efforts to create welcoming,

accessible spaces that support worship, service and faith.

Renew in us a spirit of stewardship and mission,

that we may build faithfully

upon the foundation laid by those before us

and provide for the future of our parish community.

May all we do give glory to You.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen

Living Rosary - October 7th

On the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary*, Wednesday, October 7th, after our weekly Adoration and 6:00pm Confessions, our parish family will gather at 7:00pm to pray the Living Rosary. In a Living Rosary, each person stands in the place of a bead of the rosary and leads their bead's prayer, then the group completes each prayer - together. The Rosary is not prayers said in repetition for the sake of saying prayers. It is a profound meditation on the life of Christ through His life with His mother. Every weekday, after 8:00am Mass, a group of parishioners stays to pray the Rosary together. The Rosary, when prayed together as believers, improves the life of the Church.

The practice of a Living Rosary brings this beautiful prayer to life by involving everyone, physically and spiritually. Please join us in this profound prayer, on Wednesday, October 7th, as we close out our weekly Day of Encounter & Glory in the Lord, in a special way. If you would like to help, please email Meghan at: Meghan.Fleming@archbalt.org.

*Originally instituted by Pope Saint Pius V, as “Our Lady of Victory," commemorating the October 7, 1571, Battle of Lepanto, traditionally attributing the victory of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire to the protection of Mary, through the recitation of the Rosary before the battle, the official name changed to "Our Lady of the Rosary" by his successor, Pope Gregory XIII, in 1573. The celebration was extended to the Universal Church in 1716, and in 1913, Saint Pius X set October 7th, as the official date for the Feast. (READ MORE)

Fall Parish Clean Up Day

Our next Parish Clean Up Day will focus on mulching, planting perennials and trimming shrubs & bushes. Join us after 8:30am Mass on Saturday, October 10th. We will close the Clean-Up Day by sharing some treats from the grill, around 1:00pm. Please bring tools for mulching, planting, and trimming. This is also a great way for teens to earn service hours for school. Be sure to bring your school's official forms with you and have Father or Owen sign them.

CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU?

Know that we are here for you! If you or a family member is sick and in need of prayers, please call the parish office. Let us know if we can also add their name to the bulletin prayer list so your whole parish family can hold them in prayer.

Prayer for Pope Leo XIV

V. Let us pray for Leo XIV, our Pope.

R. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the
earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

Our Father. Hail Mary.

O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, look favorably on Your servant Leo XIV, whom You have set at the head of Your Church as her shepherd; grant, we pray, that by word and example he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to everlasting life.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Pope Leo XIV's Monthly Intention
September 2026 - For the care of water: Let us pray for a just and sustainable management of water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have equal access to it.

The Pope Video - Monthly Intentions

Jubilee Year of St. Francis, January 10, 2026 through January 10, 2027

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed a special Jubilee Year commemorating the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. Rediscover St. Francis' way of life: simple and essential, open to peace, fraternity, and respect for creation.

The conditions required for a plenary indulgence during this Year of St. Francis include going to confession, receiving the Eucharistic, praying for the intentions of the Pope, interior detachment from sin, pilgrimage to a Franciscan church to participate in celebrations, prayer and meditation in the Franciscan spirit, as well as daily acts of charity and humility that express the spirituality of St. Francis.

Letter from the Holy Father to the Franciscan Ministers' General

Pope Leo's Jubilee Prayer

Saint Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years ago
went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,
intercede for us before the Lord.
You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,
teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation
that breaks down every wall.
You who, unarmed, crossed the lines of war
and misunderstanding,
give us the courage to build bridges
where the world raises up boundaries.
In this time afflicted by conflict and division,
intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers:
unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Christ. Amen

2026 Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries

“Lift up your Hearts, United in Hope and Service”

This appeal reminds us that every act of generosity is an act of faith; a response to God’s invitation to love and serve others. Gifts to the Annual Appeal may be made online at: www.archbalt.org/give.

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Fraudulent Emails

There have been fraudulent emails circulating, claiming to be sent by Fr. Hamilton. Please know they were not sent by him. Unfortunately, the parish can't report the items on behalf of another. We ask that you please report the email directly. Visit ReportFraud.ftc.gov for instructions.