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In 2012, a small group of around 30 faithful Catholics requested the SSPX to send a priest to the DC area to care for their spiritual needs. In response to this request St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary answered by sending a priest from Winona, MN once a month. As the number of faithful and resources grew, the SSPX began sending a priest to offer Mass twice a month from Winona, MN.
In 2016, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary relocated to Buckingham, VA. This move has allowed the Seminary to send a priest every Sunday to care for the spiritual needs of those attached to the Tradition of the Church. Since then, the number has grown to 70 regular faithful with an additional 30 who attend irregularly. These past years Sunday Mass was offered in a Funeral Home in Falls Church, VA.
This month of July 2019 the St Pius X Mission of Washington DC has acquired its permanent building in Upper Marlboro, MD.
This chapel currently sits 80 faithful but can be enlarged to sit up to 150 faithful.
Besides the regular advantage of a permanent location (Masses celebrated on holy days and 1st Saturdays, the possibility of a more convenient time for Sunday Mass, living quarters for the priest) this particular building:
-is close from Washington DC and can truly be called the SSPX Chapel of Washington DC;
-is already a church and this allows us to enter it and to hold our Sunday Masses there as soon as it pleases, without the immediate need for remodeling;
-sits on a five acres property which can be developed in the future for the building of a larger Church and of a Rectory house;
-does not add any time to the trip your priests have to make from the Seminary in Central Virginia;
-is 30 minutes from Reagan Airport; 40 minutes from Baltimore International;
-is located in a beautiful area not yet too developed.
The chapel is already fitted to receive the congregation but we can foresee some work to be done in order to expand the chapel itself within the Building and the parking lot as well.
We need your help with these projects. Up until August 1st, every donation you give will be matched by a generous benefactor, each one of your dollars will have a double value! Please, consider making a gift. And share this great news with all your friends.
In 2012, a small group of around 30 faithful Catholics requested the SSPX to send a priest to the DC area to care for their spiritual needs. In response to this request St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary answered by sending a priest from Winona, MN once a month. As the number of faithful and resources grew, the SSPX began sending a priest to offer Mass twice a month from Winona, MN.
In 2016, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary relocated to Buckingham, VA. This move has allowed the Seminary to send a priest every Sunday to care for the spiritual needs of those attached to the Tradition of the Church. Since then, the number has grown to 70 regular faithful with an additional 30 who attend irregularly. These past years Sunday Mass was offered in a Funeral Home in Falls Church, VA.
This month of July 2019 the St Pius X Mission of Washington DC has acquired its permanent building in Upper Marlboro, MD.
This chapel currently sits 80 faithful but can be enlarged to sit up to 150 faithful.
Besides the regular advantage of a permanent location (Masses celebrated on holy days and 1st Saturdays, the possibility of a more convenient time for Sunday Mass, living quarters for the priest) this particular building:
-is close from Washington DC and can truly be called the SSPX Chapel of Washington DC;
-is already a church and this allows us to enter it and to hold our Sunday Masses there as soon as it pleases, without the immediate need for remodeling;
-sits on a five acres property which can be developed in the future for the building of a larger Church and of a Rectory house;
-does not add any time to the trip your priests have to make from the Seminary in Central Virginia;
-is 30 minutes from Reagan Airport; 40 minutes from Baltimore International;
-is located in a beautiful area not yet too developed.
The chapel is already fitted to receive the congregation but we can foresee some work to be done in order to expand the chapel itself within the Building and the parking lot as well.
We need your help with these projects. Up until August 1st, every donation you give will be matched by a generous benefactor, each one of your dollars will have a double value! Please, consider making a gift. And share this great news with all your friends.
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St. Pius X Mission
Organizer
Falls Church, VA