St. John Vianney Catholic Church

St. John Vianney Catholic Church Welcome to our parish page!

Join us for Mass, Confessions, Adoration, other sacraments; faith sharing and fellowship; Pre-School, Religious Ed, Youth Ministry; serve the community through the Food Pantry; check out the Family Life Center activities; etc. Our Mass Schedule

SATURDAY:
5:00 PM Vigil with Rosary at 4:30 PM

SUNDAY:
8:00 AM
10:45 AM Contemporary, Life Teen
1:00 PM Spanish

Daily Mass Schedule
MONDAY - SATURDAY
8:00 AM

Celebrated 30 years and was recognized at mass on Monday.🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
08/27/2026

Celebrated 30 years and was recognized at mass on Monday.🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Let's rally together to make a difference for Birthright of Prince Frederick - every ticket and donation helps in creati...
08/25/2026

Let's rally together to make a difference for Birthright of Prince Frederick - every ticket and donation helps in creating a brighter future! 🍼🚼🤰

TODAY ~ JOIN US
08/23/2026

TODAY ~ JOIN US

This Sunday we celebrate our annual Parish Picnic. As I am writing this, the weather forecast is still dicey. That’s the...
08/22/2026

This Sunday we celebrate our annual Parish Picnic. As I am writing this, the weather forecast is still dicey. That’s the nature of picnics, though, and I love it. Celebrating Mass in a tent is at best an ungainly venture. I sweat under layers of vestments, the wind blows out the candles, and we do our best to keep the ants off the credence table. It’s the glorious messiness of community, removed from our pristine facilities and convenient amenities. It makes me feel closer to Jesus and the apostles. They didn’t have some air conditioned church building. Did the sermon on the mount almost get rained out? When Jesus preached to the crowds on the shore of the Lake of Galilee, were the kids splashing in the water? We know they didn’t always plan enough food for everyone, but Jesus took care of that.

In our Gospel this week, Jesus gives to Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and promises that the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against his Church. For all its messiness, it is in the community of the Church that we experience the joy of the kingdom, gathered with our brothers and sisters around the altar, singing the praise of the Lamb.

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Este domingo celebramos nuestro picnic parroquial anual. Mientras estoy escribiendo esto, el pronóstico del tiempo es todavía incierto. Así son los picnics, y a mí me encanta la aventura. Celebrar la Misa bajo una carpa es, en el mejor de los casos, una tarea algo incómoda. Sudamos bajo las vestiduras litúrgicas, el viento apaga las velas y hacemos todo lo posible por mantener a las hormigas alejadas de la mesa credencial. Es el glorioso caos de la comunidad, lejos de nuestros templos impecables y comodidades prácticas. Me hace sentir más cerca de Jesús y de los apóstoles. Ellos no tenían un edificio con aire acondicionado. ¿Estuvo a punto de arruinarse el Sermón de la Montaña por la lluvia? Cuando Jesús predicaba a las multitudes a orillas del lago de Galilea, ¿había niños chapoteando en el agua? Sabemos que no siempre calculaban suficiente comida para todos, pero Jesús se arregló eso.

En el Evangelio de esta semana, Jesús entrega a Pedro las llaves del Reino de los Cielos y promete que las puertas del in****no no prevalecerán contra su Iglesia. A pesar del caos, es en la comunidad de la Iglesia donde experimentamos la alegría del Reino, reunidos con nuestros hermanos y hermanas alrededor del altar, cantando las alabanzas del Cordero.

08/21/2026
August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. She was taken up into heaven body a...
08/16/2026

August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. She was taken up into heaven body and soul.

There are two sets of readings, one for a vigil Mass and the other for Mass on the day. The first reading for the vigil is the story of King David bringing the Ark of the Covenant up into the city of Jerusalem. The Ark was built while the people were camped at Mount Sinai, and it contained the two tablets of the Torah, the staff of Aaron, and a jar of manna. It was kept in the Tent of Meeting throughout the journey in the desert, God dwelling in the midst of his people. When they arrived to the promised land, it resided mostly at the sanctuary in Shiloh for a few centuries. It was lost in battle to the Philistines, but miraculously recovered. For a long time David was afraid to bring the Ark to Jerusalem, saying, “How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?” (2 Sam 6:9).

In the Gospel of the day, we hear Elizabeth greeting Mary with almost the same words: “How is it that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Lk 1:43). Mary is the Ark of the Covenant. She is the tabernacle which carries the presence of the Lord, dwelling in the midst of his people. Hers is the womb that bears Emmanuel, God-with-us.

And in the first reading of the day, “God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple” (Rev 11:19). This is what we celebrate on the great feast of the Assumption. Mary, the Ark of the Covenant, has finally been taken up, body and soul, into the heavenly Jerusalem.

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El 15 de agosto se celebra la solemnidad de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María al cielo. Ella fue elevada al cielo en cuerpo y alma.

Hay lecturas para la Misa de vigilia, y otras para la Misa del día. La primera lectura de la vigilia narra cómo el rey David llevó el Arca de la Alianza a la ciudad de Jerusalén. El Arca fue construida mientras el pueblo acampaba en el monte Sinaí y contenía las dos tablas de la Torá, el bastón de Aarón, y una vasija con maná. Residía en la Tienda de Reunión durante la travesía por el desierto, la presencia de Dios en medio de su pueblo. Al llegar a la Tierra Prometida, permaneció durante varios siglos principalmente en el santuario en Siló. Fue capturada por los filisteos en batalla, pero recuperada milagrosamente. Durante mucho tiempo, David temió llevar el Arca a Jerusalén, preguntándose: «¿Cómo va a venir a mí el arca del Señor?» (2 Sam 6, 9).

En el Evangelio del día, escuchamos a Isabel saludar a María con casi las mismas palabras: «¿Cómo es que la madre del Señor viene a mí?» (Lc 1, 43). María es el Arca de la Alianza. Ella es el tabernáculo que contiene la presencia del Señor, quien habita en medio de su pueblo. Su seno es el que lleva a Emmanuel, Dios-con-nosotros.

Y en la primera lectura del día se dice: «Se abrió el templo de Dios en el cielo y dentro de él se vio el arca de la alianza» (Ap 11, 19). Esto es lo que celebramos en la gran fiesta de la Asunción. María, el Arca de la Alianza, finalmente ha sido elevada, en cuerpo y alma, a la Jerusalén celestial.

08/12/2026

Counselors in three large inflatable dinosaur costumes paraded across the stage at St. John’s School in Hollywood, Maryland. A counselor in an enormous white chicken costume joined them beneath a banner that read, “Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church.”

08/11/2026

Registration for religious education is open‼

Address

105 Vianney Lane
Prince Frederick, MD
20678

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

+14105350223

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