2020: 7 Years as a priest
Father Plummer was born on May 12, 1981, and grew up in Waldorf, MD. Father Plummer, or (Father Sam, when there are no children around), grew up in Waldorf and is the youngest of four children ( he has 2 brothers and a sister).
He attended college at Belmont Abbey, which is just outside of Charlotte, NC. He majored in accounting and worked for a publishing company for 4 years. Most of his time in the seminary was spent at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, in Emmitsburg, MD. He graduated in 2010.
“I had a strong desire to help people in need.” Samuel walked across the Country with the pro-life group, Crossroads, which was founded as a response to St. John Paul II’s call to the youth of the world to take an active role in the pro-life movement in order to establish a culture of life. Father Plummer celebrated his first Mass on June 16, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Peter Catholic Church in Waldorf.
He was ordained in 2013 and has served as a parochial vicar for 3 years at Holy Redeemer in Kensington, and 2 years at Sacred Heart in La Plata. He then oversaw two parishes: Sacred Heart in Bushwood and Holy Angels in Avenue, both in "God's Country" in the real Southern Maryland. He was there for over a year and a half. His last church was St. Margaret of Scotland in Seat Pleasant.
Important Note:
Monday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
*The office may open late on Holy Days of Obligation as we will be attending Mass. Also, the office is closed on most Federal holidays.
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If your relatives agree, upon arrival you want to contact the hospital chaplain. He can provide the fastest assistance. If your relative is seriously sick, heading for surgery, or in danger of dying, with the permission of your relative, you should ask that your relative receives the Anointing of the Sick. Also, you want to contact our parish office so your relative can be added to the Prayer List, the Prayer of the Faithful, our Website and the Bulletin (please get their permission if possible) and keep us informed (with your relative's permission) of your relative's situation.
If your relative wants to see a priest, please call the parish emergency line (301) 292-0527 x 125 (used if a parishioner is being rushed to the hospital or in danger of dying) for a priest. Please only call in the case of an emergency. Other calls should be directed to the parish office during regular office hours or questions may be answered here at our website.
Have your relative contact the parish office during regular business hours. We will gladly come out and bring him/her Holy Communion.
First of all, welcome! Please introduce yourself after Mass to Father Timothy Baer so he can properly greet you. Registration forms can be found in the gathering space of either church, at the parish office, or here.
If you are registering, that information is on our registration form. If you are a current parishioner, please contact the parish office and they will assist you (301) 292-0527. Envelopes can take several weeks to arrive. In the meantime, any check printed with your name and address will be recorded for tax purposes. Cash should be placed in an envelope along with your name and address (please print).
The envelopes may have been lost in the mail or misplaced. Also, in order to use our parishioner's donations wisely, if envelopes have not been used for several months, we will discontinue their use. If you plan to make regular donations and would like your envelopes reinstated, please contact the parish office.
To be recorded for tax purposes, cash should be placed in a visitor's envelope found in the gathering space of either church. Please remember to legibly print your name and address on the envelope. This will allow us to send a tax statement to you at the end of the year.
Checks printed with your name and address from registered parishioners are recorded for tax purposes.
You may make changes to your donations by going to the electronic donations link. Click LINK.
Please contact the parish office with your new information or you may place a note in the collection basket or parish mailbox. Email addresses are important. We are more and more frequently using e-mail addresses to contact our parishioners regarding important events and information.
Please call the parish office for assistance and arrangements can be made.
Please enter at Our Lady's Chapel. Follow the drive to the left and proceed past the Main Church. Continue around the school hall, past the school front, and into the far parish parking lot. The building is marked "Parish Office." Walk around the building to the office door marked "Parish Office."
If you need to see a priest during regular office hours, please call (301) 292-0527. If you have an emergency (emergency hospital visit or the death of a parishioner), please call the emergency line at (301) 292-0527 x 125.
If it is an emergency (emergency hospital visit or the death of a parishioner) please call (301) 292-6904. Otherwise, please call the parish office during regular office hours at (301) 292-0527. You can also send an e-mail to [email protected] (Father Plummer) or [email protected] (Parish Administrative Assistant).
We no longer have a fax machine or number.
Father Plummer's day off is on Mondays. All the rest of the week he is serving the parish and its parishioners.
Yes. Please notify us so we can keep our records up to date.
St. Mary's has a food pantry available for those requiring assistance in our general geographical area. Please call the parish office at (301) 292-0527 during office hours and we will assist you. Food is distributed from our food pantry on Tuesday mornings (9:00-12:00 noon).
For further assistance, the State of Maryland has a new assistance line available by dialing "211". Please call this line for more information about the government agency that can assist you.
Please contact the parish closest to your home address. If you need a phone number, our parish office can assist you during regular office hours.
Go to Find A Grave, a website created by a very generous friend of St. Mary's! Search for St. Mary's Cemetery in Piscataway. Search for your relative.
Our records go back to the late 1800s. We can search for information if you provide us with enough information.
Mass cards are a wonderful way to remember someone's birthday, anniversary, date of death or just to show your love. Please contact the parish office with the person's name and whether the person is living or deceased to order the Mass card. The customary donation of $10 can be mailed, brought to the parish office, left in the parish mailbox, or placed in the collection basket in an envelope marked “Mass Intention.” Please make arrangements to pick up the Mass card when ordering.
The Archdiocese of Washington has a contract with Catholic Cemeteries to handle the selling of its cemetery sites. For more information, please contact (301) 932-1766 or go to their website at http://www.ccaw.org/
Our parish hall is used almost exclusively for school and parish events. Some local suggestions are:
Latin - Novus Ordo:
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Washington, DC
Laurel, MD
Latin - Tridentine Mass (according to the 1962 Roman Missal):
Our Lady Queen of Poland and St. Maximillian Kolbe
Silver Spring, MD
Benedict, MD
Washington, DC
Please contact the Office of Communications at the Archdiocese of Washington at 301-853-4516.
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