All Saints Choirs are now actively recruiting for the fall. Lift up your voice in song and join us. See the flyer below for an overview of the many opportunities available through our Music Ministry in both English and Spanish.
Canten al Señor un cántico nuevo! Sing to the Lord a new song!
To signup for a choir, please click the link above or call Tim Lewicki, Director of Music & Liturgical Ministries Coordinator, for more information at 571-516-3141.
On August 12, 2025, Most Reverend Michael Burbidge, Bishop, Diocese of Arlington, announced that Papal Honors were granted to 50 members of our Diocese. 40 of those received the Benemerenti Medal (“To one who is well-deserving” in Latin). It is a medal awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity for service to the Catholic Church.
Those honored who are from All Saints Parish and St. Gabriel Mission are:
Anne Carroll
David Conroy, Jr.
Morena Guzman Rodriguez
Rolando Rodriguez
Robert Tessier
Anne Carroll is the founder of Seton School, Manassas.
Dave Conroy is the Principal of All Saints Catholic School.
Morena Guzman Rodriguez and Rolando Rodriguez are from St. Gabriel Mission, Manassas Park and were founding members of the mission.
Robert Tessier is the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry at All Saints Parish, along with being 7th & 8th Grade Religion Teacher at All Saints Catholic School, and Director of Upper Room Theatre Ministry at All Saints.
To all of them we offer our heartfelt congratulations and prayers in recognizing the service they have done to the Catholic Church. Please join me in congratulating them.
Hoy, 12 de agosto de 2025, el reverendísimo Michael Burbidge, obispo de la diócesis de Arlington, ha anunciado que se han concedido honores papales a 50 miembros de nuestra diócesis. Cuarenta de ellos han recibido la medalla Benemerenti (“A quien es merecedor” en latín). Se trata de una medalla que el Papa concede a miembros del clero y laicos por sus servicios a la Iglesia católica.
Los homenajeados que pertenecen a la parroquia All Saints y a la misión St. Gabriel son:
Anne Carroll
David Conroy, Jr.
Morena Guzman Rodriguez
Rolando Rodriguez
Robert Tessier
Anne Carroll fue la fundadora de la Seton School, en Manassas.
Dave Conroy es el director de la Escuela Católica Todos los Santos.
Morena Guzman Rodriguez y Rolando Rodriguez son de la Misión San Gabriel, Manassas Park, y fueron miembros fundadores de la misión.
Robert Tessier es el director del Ministerio de Jóvenes y Adultos Jóvenes de la parroquia Todos los Santos, además de ser profesor de religión de 7.º y 8.º grado en la Escuela Católica Todo los Santos y director del Ministerio de Teatro Upper Room de Todos los Santos.
A todos ellos les ofrecemos nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones y oraciones en reconocimiento al servicio que han prestado a la Iglesia Católica. Por favor, únanse a mí para felicitarlos.
The Hearts Afire Special Needs Social Group meets monthly in the non-summer months at All Saints from 7:00–8:30 PM and is open to our friends with special needs, ages 18-35. If you would like to attend a fun-filled evening and meet some new friends, RSVP to heartsafiresocialgroup@gmail.com.
Hearts Afire needs volunteers!
We are looking for assistant leaders to help run the meetings and Buddies to partner with our special needs friends. If you are interested in helping out, or know someone would be, please email heartsafiresocialgroup@gmail.com.
Congratulations! As I announced at Masses, I have great news. The parish has paid off our combined loan of approximately $7,100,000. This loan was taken out for the building of this church building and for the renovation of the old church into the Parish Activities Center (PAC). The approximate costs were (rounded to thousands).
This marks a significant moment for our parish. I am grateful to all who have sacrificed so generously so that we could have these facilities in which to worship God, learn our faith, and work together in charity.
Thanks to Fr. Bob Cilinski, former pastor, who undertook both the building of the church and the renovation of the PAC, to our parish Finance Council, to those who managed and participated in our Capital Campaigns, to all who redeemed their pledges, to the Car Raffle team and all who support the Car Raffle, to those who have supported our monthly Building Fund offertory collections, to our collection count teams, and most of all, to our parishioners, both living and deceased, who through many years, supported these efforts with prayer, time, talent, and treasure.
This week we again hear of the parables of Jesus: weeds among the wheat, a mustard seed, and yeast that makes the dough rise. Parables are a special type of story that are meant to make one point. Parables teach by way of paradox and give us a new insight into life. A parable is a story that draws images and metaphors (using one point of comparison) from the common life of the people.
There is usually an unexpected turn of events in a parable. At the moment of surprise, we are invited to enter into the insight of the parable. Many of the parables of Jesus are drawn from an agrarian society. Modern parables might draw on themes of transportation (e.g., The kingdom of God is like driving on I-66 when another driver lets you merge into the lane …) or commerce (The kingdom of God is like a person who cuts in line in front of everyone else waiting in line to enter Costco or Walmart ….). Think of the parable of the workers paid the same amount at the end of the day, even though they worked various hours. This wisdom teaching of a parable often has a message that we do not want to hear at first and may surprise or even shock us.
Parables allow us to pass through the gate of our own little world into solidarity with the whole human family. The shift is from “the community for me” to “me for the community.”
The parable of the weeds among the wheat is one that may not come to mind at first when we think about parables. However, it leads us to consider our own ways of thinking. For example, the common approach is to pull up all the weeds at once. When we find people doing things wrong, we may want to have them punished severely and immediately. God’s approach is to allow for repentance and conversion. By a patient approach, one is illustrating that we place trust in God, who will ultimately triumph.
The parable recognizes that in taking the freedom away from the person sinning (signified by the weeds) we may also be taking away the freedom for the person who responds justly (signified by the wheat.). Then there would be no response at all to God’s word sown among us! The mystery of God’s kingdom is offered to us. Ponder an aspect of that mystery that you find puzzling or difficult to accept.
Did you know that All Saints has a subscription to a wonderful resource for adult faith formation called Formed.org. New programs, movies, audio talks, and e-books are available to stream at your convenience through All Saints’ subscription to Formed.org.
Our parish access code is 16e125. Use this to set up your login credentials and check out everything available in this resource.
