St. John Roman Catholic Church - Westminster, MD

Stations of the Cross (Spanish)
2026-03-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Todos los viernes de Cuaresma
¡Todos son bienvenidos a venir a rezar el Vía Crucis con nosotros como comunidad parroquial!
Nuestras Horas Santas del primer viernes de mes quedan canceladas para marzo y abril.

Tenebrae Service
2026-03-31 19:00
A Special Holy Week Service
Join us for this moving and powerful service focused on the last words of Christ. A prayerful meditation on the psalms, the Tenebrae is a unique service that helps us prepare ourselves for Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. Featuring music from members of the Archbishop Curley Choir directed by Mr. Michael Gaffney, our Director of Music!

Divine Mercy Egg Hunts
2026-04-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Church, 43 Monroe Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Come hunt for eggs!
All children are welcome to participate in an Easter Egg Hunt this Divine Mercy Sunday! Bring your own basket or bag to collect eggs.
Two opportunities to hunt:
– after the 9am Mass
– after the 11am Mass
Each event will also have a designated hunt for very young children.
The hunts takes place on the field outside the church!

CommUNITY Bingo: Westminster City Police K-9 Division
2026-04-17 17:30 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
CommUNITY Bingo Night
Join us for bingo with the Westminster City Police K-9 Division! Enjoy the game with yummy food for purchase and you could win cash, designer bag, or Longaberger basket prizes.
K-9 DONATION DRIVE
Donate a pet item = Get $1 off your food!
Donate 2+ pet items = Get $1 off food AND enter our raffle to win a prize!
Game begins at 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm). 20 total games with special game cards for purchase at event.
Tickets: $20
If not sold out, tickets available at the door
NO REFUNDS
Supporting our community partner, St. John School, and Faith Formation

First Friday Holy Hour
2026-05-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-09-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-10-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-04 19:00 - 20:00
Eucharistic Adoration
Join us for Solemn Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration, and Benediction as we pray for a renewal of faith in the truth of Jesus’ Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament and to praise the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in the monstrance. Confession will be offered, and we will pray Vespers together. Handouts will be provided for Vespers. All are invited to join us in joyfully adoring our Eucharistic Lord!

Parish Breakfast
2026-05-03 08:00 - 11:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Parish Breakfast
Join the Knights of Columbus Council #1393 for their next parish breakfast in the Portico. Come enjoy delicious food and fellowship with friends!
All proceeds will benefit the Knights of Columbus’s charities.

May Blessed Mother Crowning
2026-05-10 09:00 | Church, 43 Monroe Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
9am Mass on Sunday, May 10, 2026 (Mothers’ Day)
Celebrate Mothers’ Day at this annual Mass that celebrates Our Blessed Mother, the Queen of Heaven! Festivities include an opening procession of children with flowers for Mary and the crowning of Our Blessed Mother statue. Please note that there will be no post-Mass rosary procession this year.
All children are invited to participate – especially kindergartners, First Communicants, the Junior Legion of Mary, and the Little Flowers Girls Club – in the procession! Parents can sign their children up to participate by clicking here. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own flower(s)! Whether picked from your garden, bought at the store, or crafted out of paper, all flowers are welcome.
Questions? Email Kathy Carter at mail.kathyc.2@gmail.com
MAY QUEEN SEARCH
All middle school girls are invited to apply to be this year’s May Queen and crown the Blessed Mother at the Mass!
To apply, write a paragraph answering: Why would it be an honor to crown our Blessed Mother?
Submit your paragraph by Friday, May 1 to mail.kathyc.2@gmail.com

CommUNITY Bingo Nights: Carroll County Food Sunday
2026-05-15 17:30 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
St. John Portico
Join us for bingo with Carroll County Food Sunday! Enjoy the game with yummy food for purchase and help support CCFS’s work to feed those in need in our community. Cash prizes and designer bag and basket packages are all up for the win!
CCFS FOOD DRIVE:
Donate a canned good or boxed item = Get $1 off your food!
Donate 2+ canned goods or boxed items = Get $1 off food AND entry into a raffle!
Game begins at 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm).
Tickets: $20
If not sold out, tickets available at the door
NO REFUNDS
Supporting our community partner, St. John School, and Faith Formation

Sock Hop (Knights of Columbus)
2026-05-16 18:00 - 22:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Council #1393
Join the Knights for their annual Sock Hop! Pizza, sodas, and dancing to DJ Steve Leon make it a party you can’t miss. BYOB!
Other snacks will be sold by LIFETEEN.
Lighting designed by John Suehle.
Tickets:
$18 Individual
$30 Couple
$50 Family
To pay online, click here.
To reserve tickets and pay at the door or by mail, click here.

Kermes 2024
2026-05-24 11:00 - 15:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Hosted by our Hispanic Ministry
This annual festival in the Portico features delicious homemade food from our Hispanic Ministry members, music, games, and face painting. The menu includes tacos, pupusas, tamales, pozole, tostadas, and MORE!
Carry out available

Pentecost Fireworks Celebration
2026-05-30 17:30 - 21:30
🎆 Food, music, and FIREWORKS!
Join us for our 6th Annual Pentecost Celebration! Starting after the 4:30pm mass, our parking lot will be full of food trucks, lawn games, and music. The festivities end with a firework finale! There’s no better way to celebrate this feast of the Holy Spirit marking the birth of the church.
FOOD TRUCKS
The Ice Bowl
The Crabby Pretzel
The Paella & Tapas Place
Toogi’s Smash Burgers
Fireworks start at 9pm (weather permitting)
Please bring your own blankets and chairs

Priest on the Roof: Livin' on a Prayer
2026-05-31 07:30 - 18:00
Priest on the Roof: Livin’ on a Prayer
🎶 We’ll make it (to our goal), I swear! 🎶
It’ll be a blast from the past at this year’s 80s-tastic Priest on the Roof fundraiser to benefit our school, parish, and Faith Formation programs!
Fr. Mark (and other special guests) will be “stuck” on the roof of the Portico until we reach our $40,000 fundraising goal. Stop by throughout the day for food trucks, local nonprofit tables, a Kids Zone with a Moon Bounce, Touch a Truck, and yes, water balloons will be BACK to launch at Father! For the first time, there will also be a beer garden for attendees age 21 and up. We’ll celebrate reaching our goal at the end of the day with Fr. Mark celebrating the 6pm Mass outdoors.
🥞 8am – 11am: Knights of Columbus Parish Breakfast
Enjoy food and fellowship in the Portico. Benefitting Priest on the Roof.
🌭 12pm – 5pm: Food Trucks and Nonprofit Fair
💦 12pm – 5pm: Splash Chair and Water Balloons (see target schedule below)
🍺 12pm – 4pm: Beer Garden (ages 21+ only)
🚒 1:30pm – 3:30pm: Touch a TruckKids can get up close and personal with police cars, fire engines, tractors, and more in the parking lot. Sirens set off at 2:30pm.
✝️ 6pm: Outdoor Mass

🎯 SPLASH TARGET SCHEDULE
Step right up and try to get our special guests drenched! All targets will take a seat in our Splash Chair except Fr. Mark. His time slots will be for water balloon launching!
12pm – 12:30pm: Fr. Mark
12:30pm – 12:45pm: Fr. Shiadrik
12:45pm – 1pm: Stephanie Rattell (School Principal)
1pm – 1:45pm: Fr. Mark
1:45pm – 2pm: Kellyann Palm (Head of School Development)
2pm – 2:30pm: Fr. Mark
2:30pm – 2:45pm: Fr. Jose
2:45pm – 3:30pm: Fr. Mark
3:30pm – 4pm: Kenn deMoll (Director of Faith Formation)
4pm – 4:30pm: Sarah Burger (Youth Ministry Coordinator)
4:45pm – 5pm: Fr. Mark
To make your gift before he gets on the roof, click here to give!

Corpus Christi Procession and Holy Hour
2026-06-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Dutterer Park, 39.583415, -76.996980, Westminster, MD, 21157
Eucharistic Procession to Dutterer Park
Join us at the start of Corpus Christi weekend for a special procession and holy hour! We’ll be leading a Eucharistic Procession from the church to Dutterer Park in Westminster where we’ll have a holy hour of adoration and confession under the park pavilion. It’s an opportunity to not only spend time with the Lord, but to give witness to the Real Eucharistic Presence in our community!
5:30pm Procession departs from St. John
6pm – 7pm Holy Hour in Dutterer Park
This holy hour will REPLACE our usually scheduled First Friday Holy Hour in the church.

Blood Drive
2026-06-08 12:00 - 18:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Give blood, save lives!
Give the gift of life for the holidays! Our next blood drive with the American Red Cross in the Portico on Monday, June 8 from 12pm – 6pm.
To make an appointment, click here, search for zip code 21157, and scroll down to the St. John drive on June 8! Or call Jim Torretti at 410-848-1487 and leave a message.

Knights of Columbus Annual Golf Tournament
2026-06-12 08:00 | Quail Valley Golf Course, 900 Teeter Road, Littlestown, PA, 17340, United States
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Westminster #1393
Assemble a team and support St. John School, Carroll County Special Olympics Maryland, and Carroll County Food Sunday at this annual golf tournament at Quail Valley Golf Course!
Tournament Agenda:
7am – Registration Begins
8am – Shotgun Start
Awards will be given for:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and last place teams
Closest to the Pins
Most Accurate Drive (Men’s and Women’s)
Player registration: $140 per player
Includes green fees, cart, range balls, coffee, donuts, and lunch
Register up to four players per team
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 5, 2026

Sponsorship Opportunities:
Logo Balls ($1250) Includes registration for four golfers, each player will receive three golf balls with your company logo on them, and your logo will be on the Welcome Banner.
Gold Sponsor ($700) Includes registration for four golfers and your company name/logo on both a sign displayed on the course and the Welcome Banner.
Beverage Cart Sponsor ($500) – Includes two of your company signs displayed on the traveling Beverage Cart.
Silver Sponsorships ($300) – See the three options below!

Coffee and Donuts Sponsor – Includes two of your company signs displayed at the Coffee and Donuts Station.
Par 3 Prize Hole Sponsor – Includes two of your company signs: one at the tee box and one at the green.
Most Accurate Drive Sponsor -Includes two of your company signs: one at the tee box and one along the fairway.

Hole Sponsor ($170) – Includes your company sign displayed on the course.
All sponsors are eligible to put promotional materials in the golfer goodie bags!
Click here to be a sponsor
Contact Lou Harding (louharding@aol.com) or Dean Ditman (deanditman70@gmail.com) with any questions.

CommUNITY Bingo Nights: The Shepherd's Staff
2026-06-12 17:30 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
St. John Portico
Join us for bingo with the Shepherd’s Staff! Cash prizes and designer bag and basket packages are all up for the win. Enjoy the game with yummy food for purchase and help support Shepherd’s Staff mission to provide assistance to those in need in our community. Bingo attendees can help contribute donations to their annual Back to School drive to get families in need ready for the school year.
SHEPHERD’S STAFF SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE:
Donate one school supply item = Get $1 off your food!
Donate 2+ school supplies = Get $1 off food AND entry into a special raffle!
Game begins at 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm).
Tickets: $20
If not sold out, tickets available at the door
NO REFUNDS
Supporting our community partner, St. John School, and Faith Formation

RAINFOREST FALLS: Vacation Bible School
2026-06-29 08:30 - 2026-07-02 12:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
We’re Going to The Rainforest!
This summer, send your kids on a lush rainforest adventure, where children discover the beauty and wonder of God’s creation while growing in their Catholic faith. Throughout this exciting week, participants will explore the nature of God — learning that He is powerful, faithful, loving, creative, and our safe refuge in every storm.

VBS is open to rising kindergartners through 5th graders.
Teen volunteers can register for $15.
Adult volunteers receive free registration for their children AND we provide childcare for littles.

Get more info and register here!
Registration DEADLINE: June 3, 2026

Cor Mens Group
2026-08-16 19:00 - 21:00
Formation, Fraternity, and Prayer
Taking its name from the Latin word for heart, Cor is a men’s group sponsored by the Knights of Columbus that provides an opportunity for the men of our pastorate to foster friendships while deepening their relationships with God. All men are welcome to join and do not need to be a Knight!
Meetings are typically on the third Sunday of the month from 7pm – 9pm. For more information, email Marty Salter at salterwm@msn.com. RSVP to the next meeting here.
Get more info about Cor and check out past meeting highlights here.

Knights Crab Feast
2026-08-29 18:00 - 22:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #1393
It’s the annual Crab Feast hosted by the Knights in the Portico! Enjoy a delicious meal plus music and dancing. This year’s feast is once again catered by Salerno’s and includes a menu of steamed crabs, pit beef, fried chicken, Maryland crab soup, sides, and desserts. Drinks include beer, wine, soda, and more.
$65 per person
For tickets, contact either:
Dan Lech at 410-598-5663 OR dclech76@gmail.com
Lou Harding at 410-218-1400 OR louharding@aol.com

Father-Son Games
2026-09-20 13:00 - 16:00
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus’s COR Men’s Group
All grandfathers, fathers, and sons alike are invited to this night of fellowship, food, and fun! Join in some friendly competition with a variety of games including trivia, basketball free throws, golf putt, corn hole, ladder golf, Kan Jam, and more. Plus, enjoy hamburgers, hotdogs, and more picnic fixings! Other snacks will be available for a free will donation.
The games will be held on the field outside St. John and inside the Portico.
Click here to RSVP!
