Please join us for the 11th Annual Ride for Vocations! Each year, a group of priests, seminarians, and laypeople from across The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington participate in a distance ride as a way to promote vocations through prayer, sacrifice, and raising financial support. The Ride for Vocations Team invites cyclists of all experience levels to join us for our Southern Maryland Catholic Churches Century. On Saturday, September 26, 2026, leaving from Sacred Heart, LaPlata, you can ride the 100, 70, or 50-mile, 21-miles distance.

To guarantee that you will receive a Ride t-shirt, please register by September 4, 2026.

Donate to Ride for Vocations

In the past, the donations raised during the Ride for Vocations have enabled us to fund many vocations events that have been incredibly fruitful. All funds are restricted for the use of supporting our current seminarians and vocations promotion. Our goal has always been $250 per participant. While the donations are helpful, your prayers and sacrifice are most beneficial for our seminarians.
For more information on donating to the Office of Priest Vocations, please click here or contact the Vocations Director, Fr. Mark Ivany.

Are you a young man in high school interested in learning more about the priesthood? Join us at the 2026 Quo Vadis Camp, July 26 to July 29, at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md.

Run by priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington, Quo Vadis Camp includes Mass, great talks, sports, Eucharistic Adoration, games, food, and time to relax with other high-school guys discerning God’s will in their life.

Register now at https://forms.dcpriest.org/2026-quo-vadis-camp.

Optional bus transportation is available at https://forms.dcpriest.org/2026-bus-transportation-for-quo-vadis-camp.

Details

• Start: July 26 @ 1:00 pm
• End: July 29 @ 1:00 pm
• Cost: $140
• Venue
  Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary
  16300 Old Emmitsburg Road
  Emmitsburg, 21727

In 2004 a young priest, Fr. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, began his priestly ministry at the Germantown parish of Mother Seton.  His warm spirit and gentle nature made him a beloved member of the parish community.  Today after many journeys he has been appointed the tenth bishop of Wheeling-Charleston.

Mother Seton Parish is grateful for Bishop Evelio’s service to us and would like to present him with a Spiritual Bouquet of prayers and devotions offered for him by the parishioners.

The Button below provides the link for you to indicate how many of the following you will offer for Bishop Evelio and his intentions. 

-Masses attended

-Holy Communions offered

-Rosaries / Divine Mercy Chaplets said

-Visits to the Blessed Sacrament

 Archbishop Valerian Okeke of Onitsha, Nigeria, will be in the area in June for a special gala. See flyer for details of his pastoral visit to support education in his archdiocese.

Congratulations to the dozens of young people who have come close to Jesus and his Church through the Sacrament of Confirmation. Come Holy Spirit Come!

We are excited to have Sam Guevara, with us as our summer seminarian. Be sure to introduce yourself after Sunday Mass.

A little bit about Sam:

Seminary: St. John Paul II

Home Parish: St. Jerome, Hyattsville

I’m a huge baseball fan; I’ve been to nearly 200 games at 18 parks in my lifetime!

What a beautiful Mother’s Day to Crown our Heavenly Mother. Thank you to all the children who honored our Lady in such a reverent way. A special thank you to the parent volunteers and members of the Sodality of Our Lady for organizing the morning.

Congratulatutions to all of our students who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 9th!

Join the Seton Shrine on Saturday, June 27th from 10am – 3pm for a dynamic day with renowned Catholic missionary and storyteller Meg Hunter-Kilmer as we explore how Scripture and the lives of the saints illuminate our own path to holiness today. Through powerful stories, deep theological insight, and Meg’s signature humor and authenticity, you’ll discover that sanctity isn’t distant or outdated — it’s fiercely relevant. 

Congratulations to Our Newly Baptized and Confirmed Catholics!

We rejoice to see the fruit of our lives of faith lived in their lives.