Sacraments & Services

Baptisms are held on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 p.m. Parents are required to obtain pre-baptismal instruction, preferably before the birth of the child. At least one Godparent must be a practicing Catholic, the other Godparent must be a baptized Christian.
 
Please contact our parish office (301)530-1550 to register your child for Baptism.
 If you are an adult who needs Baptism 

please click here for our OCIA Program 

If the child is over the age of 6, parents must also contact the Seton Center for Religious Education for our Order of Christian Initiation for Children program
(301) 530-9100 [email protected].

All 1st and 2nd grade Catholic School and Faith Formation students are prepared for their first Holy Communion. The Archdiocese of Washington and our parish require that a child attend religious education classes for two years prior (1st and 2nd grade curriculum) to receiving 1st Holy Communion. If your child attends a public school or a private non-Catholic school, please register your child for Faith Formation in the 1st grade to begin their Sacramental preparation.

Any child enrolled in a private Catholic school other than St. Jane DeChantal who wishes to receive 1st Holy Communion at St. Jane de Chantal Parish should register here or contact the Seton Center in the Summer prior to entering the 2nd grade.
Click to Register for 1st Communion
Questions? Contact the Seton Center for Religious Education (301)530-9100 [email protected]

When a parishioner is in the hospital, a nursing home, or confined to home and wishes to receive a visit or any of the sacraments. Please contact the parish office (301)530-1550.
 
The sacrament of the anointing of the sick is administered to:

• Those whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or old age (PCS, 8)

• Those about to undergo surgery when a serious illness is the reason for the surgery (PCS, 10).

• To the elderly if they become notably weakened even though no serious illness is present (PCS, 11). 

• Those who once had the use of reason, but have subsequently lost their mental faculties due to senility, unconsciousness, mental illness, or another reason should be anointed (C. 1006). 

The sacrament of anointing may be repeated when the sick person recovers after being anointed and, at a later time, becomes sick again; or when during the same illness the condition of the sick person becomes more serious (PCS, 9).
 
The rite of viaticum is used by the Church to comfort and strengthen a dying Catholic in the passage from this life (PCS, 161).
 
The ministry to the dying includes the sacrament of penance, the renewal of baptismal promises, and Communion as viaticum (food for the journey).

All 7th and 8th grade Catholic School and Faith Formation students are prepared for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Archdiocese of Washington and our parish require that a child attend religious education classes for two years prior (7th and 8th grade curriculum) to receiving the sacrament. If your child attends a public school or a private non-Catholic school, please register your child for Faith Formation in the 7th grade to begin their Sacramental preparation.

 Any child enrolled in a private Catholic school other than St. Jane DeChantal who wishes to receive Confirmation at St. Jane de Chantal Parish should register here or contact the Seton Center in the Summer prior to entering the 8th grade.

Click to Register for Confirmation
 Questions? Contact the Seton Center for Religious Education (301)530-9100 [email protected]

Couples should contact one of the parish priests at least six months prior to the intended date of the wedding. One of the parties must be a member of our parish or have immediate family in the parish.
 

Please do not set a date until you have met with a priest.
 For more information, please
 contact our pastor, Fr. Giese at (301)530-1550.

Programs that minister to
 engaged and married couples

For Your Marriage is an initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that provides resources for engaged and married couples.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter sponsors weekends locally for couples who want to turn their good marriage into a great marriage.

Retrouvaille sponsors weekends locally that provides the tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship.

Funeral Liturgy Preparation Book
Liturgy Planning Form (please return to Office of Liturgy)

To set up a Funeral Mass Following a Death, please contact a funeral home of your choice. The funeral home will then contact the parish to schedule a funeral date coordinated with your family. Once the funeral is scheduled, please contact Giuliano Grisi, our Director of Liturgy and Music, to plan the details of the funeral Mass
 (301)530-1550