Resources

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GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE
Read: Rejoice and Be Glad -  On the Call to Holiness in Today's World Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis

Shepherd's Voice Video Messages:
Rejoice and Be Glad (7-12-2020)

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Summer Reading, Father Tom, June 2020

• Read: ​The Day of the Lord, 1998 Apostolic Letter of St. John Paul II

Father Tom's Summer Reading (The Shepherd's Voice)

• The Day of the Lord (6-28-2020)
• A Day of Rest (6-29-2020)
• The Day of Christ (6-30-2020)
• Day of the Church (7-1-2020)
• Day of Man (7-2-2020)
• Day of Days (7-3-2020)

Read Father Tom's Summer Series (in print):

• Summer Reading: The Day of the Lord
• Summer Reading: Sunday: A Day of Rest
• Summer Reading: Sunday: The Day of Christ
• Summer Reading: Sunday: The Day of the Church
• Summer Reading: Sunday: Day of Man

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Resources & Response: Abuse Crisis in the Church

Find resources and responses from our parish, our Diocese, and the Vatican.
Learn how the Diocese of Arlington protects children and provides assistance and support to victims of sexual abuse by clergy.

Learn More

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Resources to Learn More about Mary, Mother of God

gs-cc.org/mary

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Message from Bishop Burbidge for Catechetical Sunday, September 17, 2017

• Letter from Bishop Burbidge

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Parents' Meeting: FCPS Parents - What are your rights on the transgender issue?

• Meeting: Wednesday, August 17, 7:30pm at St. Raymond of Penafort

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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation (April 2016)

• Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love)

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Blessings
(from Father Tom's bulletin cover, January 31, 2016)

• ​USCCB on Blessings

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Bishop Loverde

• Letter for World Day of Peace, January 1, 2016

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Indulgences

Father Tom's bulletin cover on December 20, 2015 references these articles:

• The Bull of Indication, Misericordiae vultus (#22)
• Letter concerning an Indulgence granted to the Faithful on the occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
• The Gift of the Indulgence

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 Laudato Si'  (Care for our Common Home)

Read Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si' (published May 24, 2015).
Read Father Tom's bulletin covers (based on Laudato Si'):

• July 5, 2015 "Care for our Common Home"
• July 12, 2015 "Stewardship of the Truth"
• July 19, 2015, "Stewardship of our Sanity?"
• July 26, 2015 "Stewardship of our Sundays"