Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Saint Michael the Archangel Church, Silver Spring, Maryland

On a recent trip to Silver Spring, we visited our old parish of Saint Michael the Archangel. We were married there and our first two children were baptized there. We have many happy memories, including being part of the Neocatechumenal Way. We happened to visit on a Saturday morning inbetween activities and had the place to ourselves.

The front of St. Michaels

The church is fairly simple inside, without ostentation or distraction. It's home to a large variety of communities.

Nave

Sanctuary

From our wedding album

The baptismal font is also simple and straightforward. It seems like ages ago that we had our son and daughter baptized.

Baptismal font

Our son's baptism during Christmas

Our daughter's baptism a year and a half later

The church has a few statues. The one of Jesus (that looks new to me, but we haven't been there in over seven years) looks quite glorious and was the favorite of our kids.

Jesus

The sanctuary is flanked by the typical statues--Our Lady and Saint Joseph.

The Madonna looking tenderly on her child

Saint Joseph

They also have a nice painting of Saint Michael in action.

Saint Michael the Archangel

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