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Dear Sisters and Brothers,  It was announced on Wednesday that houses of worship in Anne Arundel County may hold indoor services starting today at 5pm. Seton Parish will not be ready to open for public Mass this weekend. However...it is my hope that we will be open for public Mass on the weekend of July 4/5, with a modified Mass schedule:  Saturday, 4:30pm  Sunday, 9:30am (a...

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Dear Sisters and Brothers,  This Sunday marks the end of the Easter Season with the Solemnity of Pentecost. 50 days ago, we ushered in the Resurrection of the Lord with a very small group of liturgical ministers in a dark empty church. Pentecost is considered to be the “birthday of the Church”, however the mood is not joyful as it was in past years. We sing in today’s ...

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Dear Seton Family, This weekend the Church (in many places, anyway) celebrates the Solemnity of the Ascension, that moment when the Lord was taken up to heaven in the sight of his disciples. There is a spot atop the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem that has been honored as the site of the Ascension. I was there last March! Look for posts on the parish FaceBook page this weekend! It is marked by foo...

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Dear Seton Family, You may recall that Archbishop Lori emailed Catholics throughout the Archdiocese this week to share a set of guidelines for Phase I regarding three areas: Wedding and Funeral Masses and the Sacraments; Resumption of Parish Ministries; and Resumption of Parish Operations. A video was also created to help you understand “What to Expect When You Return to Mass.”...

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Dear Seton Parishioners, First and foremost, all of us on the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Finance Council hope all of you are doing well, staying healthy and adapting to our new realities for school and work. In so many ways we are living in unprecedented times.   The Finance Council would also like to take a moment and thank each parishioner for your continued support of the parish....

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Dear Seton Family, We seek Jesus, who is the "way, and the truth, and the life," so that we may come to follow his way, to know his truth, and to experience the fullness of life. That fullness is not just some incrementally better version of our day-to-day lives in this world, but something altogether different, something which we cannot fully comprehend or articulate. HOPE is our ope...

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Dear Seton Family, This week I’m giving up my keyboard by posting two messages from Msgr. Jeff Burrill and Fr. Vince Cushing (our weekend Presiders) who write to inform you how they are doing during this pandemic: Hello Parishioners of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton!  Last Sunday I briefly panicked when a notice popped up on my cell phone reminding me that I had the 8:00 am Mass in 15 ...

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Dear Seton Family, “I wonder and I wander out under the sky....”  I think we’re all familiar with that Christmas carol that has its origins in the hills of Appalachia. During these days of the lockdown, I found myself doing a lot of wandering in my daily walks around the neighborhood. And as I wandered, I wondered, mostly about you! Earlier this week, I created a short...

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