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Annual Car Raffle

by Chanel Marquis | Mar 5, 2026

...You know, you have to buy a ticket to win...just saying... Take a chance! For $5 a ticket you can have the possibility of winning one of 4 new 2026 vehicles similar to the ones shown. And that's not all! There are also 21 cash prizes available - totaling $42,000. All unsold and ticket stubs with payment are due no later than April 21st. The drawing will be held on April 25th at All Saints Catholic Church, our raffle partner. Car raffle entrants do not need to be present to win. We...

Examination of Conscience in Light of Catholic Social Teaching

by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 11, 2022

Life and Dignity of the Human Person Do I respect the life and dignity of every human person from conception through natural death? Do I recognize the face of Christ in all others around me whatever their race, class, age, or abilities? Do I work to protect the dignity of others when it is being threatened? Call to Family, Community, and Participation Do I try to make positive contributions in my family and in my community? Do my beliefs, attitudes, and choices strengthen or undermine the...

40 Hour Devotion Spiritual Goals

by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022

St. Francis of Assisi parish will hold a 40 Hour Eucharistic Devotion beginning with morning Mass on March 14th and closing with a solemn Benediction on Thursday early evening, March 17th. The daily schedule will be: Morning Mass (8:45 am) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (from after morning Mass until 7:30 pm each day). Hour long segments with a small prayer service and extended periods of silence. Materials in support of prayer will be available. Each day will close with the Repose of...

History of the 40 Hours Devotion

by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022

St. Francis of Assisi parish will hold a 40 Hour Eucharistic Devotion beginning with morning Mass on March 14th and closing with a solemn Benediction on Thursday early evening, March 17th. The daily schedule will be: Morning Mass (8:45 am) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (from after morning Mass until 7:30 pm each day). Hour long segments with a small prayer service and extended periods of silence. Materials in support of prayer will be available. Each day will close with the Repose of...

Parish 40 Hours Devotion

by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022

St. Francis of Assisi parish will hold a 40 Hour Eucharistic Devotion beginning with morning Mass on March 14th and closing with a solemn Benediction on Thursday early evening, March 17th. The Forty Hours Devotion can be celebrated either in 40 continuous hours, or based on the needs of the local parish, can be broken into daily celebrations. Here at St. Francis, we have elected to do the latter. The daily schedule will be: Morning Mass (8:45 am) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (from after...

Human Trafficking: modern slavery

by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 6, 2022

The Parish Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) Committee is a dedicated group of parishioners who actively support and participate in the awareness campaigns of several Prince William and Stafford County (and national) AHT initiatives. Does that surprise you human trafficking is a problem so close to home? Too often we think of human trafficking as a problem overseas - and it is. Or a problem of major metropolitan areas - and it is. Or a problem associated with the sex trade and it is. It is all...

The Immaculate Conception

by Transfer Agent | Dec 3, 2021

It’s important to understand what the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is and what it is not. Some people think the term refers to Christ’s conception in Mary’s womb without the intervention of a human father; but that is the Virgin Birth. Others think the Immaculate Conception means Mary was conceived “by the power of the Holy Spirit,” in the way Jesus was, but that, too, is incorrect. The Immaculate Conception means that Mary, whose conception was brought about the normal way, was...