We invite you to join the St. Elizabeth Sodality and share with the women of our Parish our faith, prayers, and collective acts of love and charity

Every year, we organize 8 monthly meetings from October to May.  We promote faith formation, social outreach, and social interaction. To honor our Marian devotion, all our meetings begin with the recitation of the rosary. In addition to our monthly meetings, our Sodality also sponsors a monthly Holy Hour, an annual brunch or Day of Reflection for all the women of the parish, and a weekly prayer group that prays for the intentions of our parish family. Our Mary’s Helpers group provides spiritual, emotional and logistical support to families of our sister Sodalists who have experienced a death or serious illness of a family member. We also assist the Shady Grove Pregnancy Center with mailing and other administrative needs.

We provide Apostolic Outreach to local community organizations such as St Joseph House (fundraisers, Christmas Giving Tree); Rainbow Place (an emergency shelter that serves homeless women seeking to transition to a new life), St Gabriel’s Project and NIH Children’s Center.

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Any woman who is a member or associated with St Elizabeth Parish who is interested in expanding your faith and growing closer to Jesus through Mary, serving our community and developing lasting bonds with sister Sodalists is invited to join Sodality.
The flexible membership structure of our Sodality is designed to support participation at different levels. 

• Guest: If your current schedule does not allow for full participation, please come to any of our meetings, events or pray with us as our Guest.
• Active Member:  As you feel drawn to expand your participation and development, join our Sodality and become an active member (dues $25). 
• Commitment:  After participating in some faith formation with our Prefect and Spiritual Director you may choose to make “An Act of Commitment” to a Sodalist way of life asking our Blessed Mother to teach us to be servants of the Lord, to guide us to her Son through our prayers and good works.
• Consecration:  Finally, if you feel after further formation and discernment a calling to further commit to a life following the Blessed Mother as a model, our Prefect, and Spiritual Director can help you take the next step of a Marian Consecration.  

To learn more about sharing in the grace and blessings of Sodality please contact Sodality Co-Chairs:  
       Deb Anderson at rdfineran@verizon.net or  Alane Musselman at AlaneandBob@gmail.com

St Elizabeth Sodality 2019-2020 Schedule

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Our monthly meetings will begin with either a Mass or the Rosary and end with food, drink and fellowship.  We invite all women of the Parish to join us.
 
November 13, 7:00 pm:  Recitation of the Rosary in the Church. 7:30 pm:  Jennifer Ristine, Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, will provide a talk on the Spirituality of Mary Magdalene.  The Apostolic Committee will coordinate signup for name selection for purchasing Christmas gifts for our friends at the St. Joseph’s House. Contacts:  Alex Waclawiw or Ronda Earenfight
 
December 11, 7:00 pm: Recitation of the Rosary in the Church followed by a service outreach project for the Rainbow House, collection of the gifts purchased for the St. Joseph’s House, a cookie exchange, and finally, a party to celebrate the season. Contacts: Valerie Veise or Alex Waclawiw
 
January 8, 7:00 pm:  Recitation of the Rosary in the Church. This month we will have a book discussion “Letters to a Young Catholic” by George Weigel. Contacts:  Becky Hutton or Linda Kriz
 
February 12, 7:00 pm:  Recitation of the Rosary.  After the Rosary, we welcome retired Deacon Kevin Byrne to our meeting to speak on the Homebound Ministry. Deacon Byrne supported this ministry at St Elizabeth Parish for many years. Contacts: Roberta Mancini or Donna Vaccarezza
 
March 11, 7:00 pm: Recitation of the Rosary followed by a service project building on the February presentation on Homebound by retired Deacon Byrne. Contacts: Becky Hutton or Lynn Hill
  
April 18 (Saturday):  The regular monthly meeting will be moved to Saturday and will be a field trip.  We are currently evaluating a visit to the St John Paul II Shrine. Details are forthcoming. 
 
May 8, 6:30 pm: Closing Mass to celebrate this year’s Consecration and re-Consecrations to Jesus through Mary. We close the year with a Volunteer Recognition and Potluck dinner. Contacts: Deb Anderson or Alane Musselman
 
Other Sodality Activities:

• Weekly Prayer Group Meetings: Tuesday at 10:45 AM; Prayers offered for Intentions posted in Sodality Book 
• Holy Hour: First Wednesday of each month 7:00 – 8:00 PM