Members of the Vietnamese choir at Mother Seton Parish in Germantown join the parish’s choir in singing a prelude before a Mass on June 30, 2024 celebrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory that marked the Maryland parish’s 50th anniversary. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Wilton Gregory gives his homily while celebrating a Mass on June 30, 2024 marking the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland. At right is Father Lee Fangmeyer, Mother Seton’s pastor. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory was the main celebrant of a Mass on June 30, 2024, marking the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland. From left to right are Father Antonio Koffi, a member of the Missionaries of Africa who celebrates French-language Masses there for the parish’s African community; Deacon Francis Bendel; Father Lee Fangmeyer, Mother Seton’s pastor; Father Kevin Regan, the cardinal’s priest secretary; Deacon Stephen Maselko; Cardinal Gregory; Father Raymond Fecteau, a longtime area police chaplain who celebrates Masses there; and Father Rick Gancayco, a priest in residence at Mother Seton. Not pictured is Father Louis Faust, a retired priest who has served at the parish since 2008. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Father Lee Fangmeyer, the pastor of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, gives Communion to a woman wearing traditional African dress during a June 30 Mass marking the Maryland parish’s 50th anniversary. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
After a Mass on June 30, 2024 marking the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland, Cardinal Wilton Gregory poses for a photo with women wearing traditional African dress. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Women serve traditional African food at a June 30 reception marking the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Women serve traditional Asian food at a June 30 reception marking the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Marycarmen Chavarry, a native of Peru who has attended Mother Seton Parish in Germantown for 26 years, wore a traditional Incan dress from her country’s Machu Picchu region during a June 20 reception celebrating the parish’s 50th anniversary. The retired special education teacher serves as a Eucharistic minister at Mother Seton Church. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
At a June 30 reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland, a girl performs a traditional Asian dance. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Youth at a June 30 reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland, perform a traditional Mexican dance. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
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