Happy Feast of the Annunciation & Maryland Day!

Today is the feast of the Annunciation, which celebrates God becoming man within the womb of the Virgin Mary (Notice that Christmas is exactly nine months away??) Today, we recall that our Lord loved us enough to become one of us, and Mary was faithful enough to say "yes" to God's plan.

Today is also the 375th anniversary of the first recorded Catholic Mass in the English-speaking colonies. On March 25, 1634, Fr. Andrew White and the settlers of Maryland celebrated the feast of the Annunciation at St. Clement's Island, after a long and dangerous journey from England. Today we recall when the Catholic faith first reached the shores of St. Mary's County, MD. The video below, which was created last year for Pope Benedict's Birthday, chronicles the Seeds of Catholicism in Colonial Maryland.

Pope asks young Catholics to use technology to share their faith

Each year, the Pope offers reflections on the media on World Communications Day. This year, his message was aimed at teens and young adults. He encouraged teens to use blogs, facebook accounts, to spread the Gospel. Here's the story:

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900327.htm

As Southern Maryland Youth Day approaches, you will be able to use stmaryscatholicyouth.com to invite others to Youth Day - more information will be coming soon!

SOMD Youth Day - Rock the Faith!

The title and logo for Southern Maryland Youth Day have been chosen - Rock the Faith! Psalm 62:3 says, "God alone is my rock and salvation, my secure height; I shall never fall." We can focus our lives on popularity, on school, on our friends, on our possessions, and on so many other things, but only faith in God gives our lives real meaning. Things in our life may come and go, but our Catholic faith is always the same.

The deadline for registration has been set to February 20th. You can register online at http://www.stmaryscatholicyouth.com/ or by snail mail.