ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL
9701 OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD, BETHESDA,
MD 20814-1795
PASTOR: REV. MSGR. DONALD S.
ESSEX
PARISH OFFICE: 301-530-1550,
FAX: 301-493-8953, E-MAIL: parish.office@stjanedechantal.org
- Founded in 1950,
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish is a community of 1,850 families
from many ethnic backgrounds and of varied professional lives
and interests. Its primary purpose is to enable its members to
live the life of Jesus Christ, to share their God-given talents
for the benefit of each other and of society and to pass on to
their children the rich gift of their Catholic Faith. The patroness
of the parish, St Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641) was a French
woman who worked with St. Francis de Sales. She founded the Visitation
Order of nuns dedicated to the virtues of Mary and works of charity
toward the sick and the poor. The Visitation Convent on Old Georgetown
Road (now part of NIH) was the first home of the parish.
- Saturday: 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (French)
- Children's Liturgy of the Word
every Saturday 5 p.m. Mass (September - May), every third Saturday
(June-August)
- Sunday:
8 a.m., 10 a.m., Noon and 5 p.m.
- Weekdays: Monday through Friday 8 a.m., 11 a.m. Saturday,
federal holidays 8 a.m.
- Holy Days: As announced
- Special Devotions
- Rosary: After 8 a.m. and before 11 a.m. weekday Masses
- Morning Prayer: Monday - Saturday 7:45 a.m.
- Evening Prayer: Monday - Thursday 4:30 p.m.
- First Friday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after 8
a.m. Mass; Benediction at 10:45 a.m.
- Fatima Devotion: After 8 a.m. Mass on the first Saturday of
each month
- Saturday: 3:45-4:45 pm and by appointment
- Parochial Vicars: Rev. Alan R. Helwig, Rev. Klaus J. Sirianni
- Deacons: Deacon A. David Allen, Deacon Kenneth Angell
- Parish Secretary: Molly L. Hess
- Director of Liturgy &
Music/Organist: Henry Bauer
- Director of Faith Formation: Sr. Sally Daniel, S.P.C.
- Pastoral Council Chair:
Kenneth B. Clansky
- Finance Council Chair: M. Anne Strand
- Development Council Chair:
Mary A. Mills
- School Board Chair: Lois J. Boylan
- Evangelization Outreach
Coordinator: Br. Edward Adams,
F.S.C.
- Pastoral Care of the Sick
Coordinator: Floranne Sirilla
- St. Jane Frances de Chantal
School
- 9525 Old Georgetown Road
- Bethesda, MD 20814-1723
- 301-530-1221
- Principal: Elizabeth Hamilton
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