This domain formerly pointed to the website of St. George’s and St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Dundalk, Maryland. Distressingly, in the wake of the COVID pandemic, the church was forced to close its doors after 134 years. It was the parish’s intention to take the site down after the last service, on August 29, 2021. But when the webmaster (a parish volunteer) took a last look at the site’s analytics, he was struck by the number of people who had bookmarked some of the site’s prayer pages and who continued to refer to them regularly. Each month, thousands of people from around the world found the prayers they were looking for at stgandstm.org. Prayers offered are often prayers answered, and always sources of hope, consolation, and grace. And so the site remains live, though no longer affiliated with the former parish or the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
St. George’s and St. Matthew’s says goodbye to the community it loved
With deep regret, St. George’s & St. Matthew’s has closed its doors, ending 134 years of ministry to Sparrow’s Point and Dundalk. After a number of setbacks over the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic proved too great an obstacle to overcome.
St. George’s and St. Matthew’s was a place where a faithful congregation worshipped every Sunday and on the feast days of the Church. Over the decades, hundreds of couples were married here, countless babies and adults were baptized at our font, and generations of the faithful were mourned in our sanctuary. It was a source of powerful grace for a community of hard-working people.
It is said that everything should begin and end with a blessing. And so may Almighty God stretch out his arms to embrace all the people in our special corner of Baltimore; may he send his holy angels mightily to defend us; and may he bless and keep us and the people dear to us all our days. Amen.
The last service held at the church was on Sunday, August 29, 2021.
Whom To Pray To In A Health Crisis
Many people will pray to God himself. But you may want to follow the lead of countless other Christians over the centuries and petition St. Raphael the Archangel, St. Sebastian, St. Roch, or St. Anastasia.
Meet St. Winwaloe
Saint Winwaloe (Sant Wenole, [c. 460–March 3, 532] feast day March 3) was the founder of Landévennec Abbey, in modern-day Brittany (the large peninsula in western France). One of the patron saints of Brittany and of fishermen’s wives, he is invoked to cure sterility and to calm storms. We could certainly use intercessory help with the geopolitical storms convulsing our world right now. Just an idea…