Episode 685: Father James Searby's Homily for the First Sunday in Advent
Father James Searby, a parochial vicar, shares a homily during the First Sunday in Advent. It was given in the Basilica on November 30, 2025.
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Episode 684: What Are the Sisters Reading for the Month of December?
In December's episode of "What Are the Sisters Reading?", Sister Orianne Dyck, FSP, reflects upon Kelly Luong's book called "There Is No Saint Named Kelly," a children's book about a child named Kelly, who wants to have a saint's name. But there is no saint named Kelly…or is there? Join Kelly as she discovers that all people, whether they have saints' names or not, are called to become saints. To check out more books on the Catholic faith and religious items of interest at the Pauline Books and Media Center at 1025 King Street in Alexandria, please click here.
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Episode 683: Father Hathaway Wishes Basilica Parishioners a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving
Father Hathaway shares a Thanksgiving message with Basilica parishioners. In other important news: the Parish Offices will close today, November 26th, at 1 p.m. and will remain closed on November 27th and 28th for the holiday. There will be one Mass on Thanksgiving Day – at 9 a.m. There will be no 6:30 a.m. Mass on Friday, November 28th, but the 8 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Masses on that day will occur. For those who attend the Thanksgiving Day Mass: please bring grocery bags of non-perishable food items that will be donated to help feed the needy. They will be brought up during the offertory. Please also consider signing up to adore the Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament next week during our 40 Hours Devotion from Dec. 4-6, 2025. Click here to sign up and to find out more: https://bit.ly/4iaD2D4
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Faith Matters for the Basilica School of Saint Mary's November 20th Messenger Newsletter
Faith Matters is a weekly podcast for the Messenger newsletter of the Basilica School of Saint Mary, which gets distributed to Basilica School families. It features Father Edward Hathaway, the rector of the Basilica. In this week's episode, Fr. Hathaway shares about issues two upcoming feast days: the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary tomorrow and Christ the King on Sunday. He also reflects about his recent pilgrimage to Italy with a group of Basilica parishioners. To learn more about Father's pilgrimage to Italy, click here for Facebook or click here for Instagram. Reminder: The Parish Offices will close Wednesday, November 26th, at 1 p.m. and will remain closed on November 27th and 28th for the holiday. There will be one Mass on Thanksgiving Day – at 9 a.m. There will be no 6:30 a.m. Mass on Friday, November 28th, but the 8 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Masses on that day will occur. For those who attend the Thanksgiving Day Mass: please bring grocery bags of non-perishable food items that will be donated to help feed the needy. They will be brought up during the offertory. The Basilica will be adopting new Sunday Mass times starting next Sunday, November 30th. The 11:30 a.m. Mass will begin at 12 (noon), and the 1 p.m. Mass will start at 1:30 p.m. All other Mass times on Sunday will remain the same. The Sunday Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. will also remain the same. The two shifts in time will allow more time for worship and fellowship and to help ease the parking transitions between two of our Masses, including our standing-room only High Mass at 10 a.m.
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Episode 681: Father Royston Price's Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Father Royston Price, a Redemptorist priest who will be preaching the Basilica's Parish Mission later this week, shares a homily during the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. It was given in the Basilica on November 9, 2025. Click here to learn more about the Nov. 12-14 Parish Mission, which all are invited to attend: https://stmaryoldtown.org/parishmission2025/
Founded in 1795, the Basilica of Saint Mary in Old Town Alexandria is the first Catholic Church established in Virginia. Pope Francis named the church a minor basilica on December 6, 2017 due to its important role in the growth of the Catholic Church in North America.
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