Before Urban Sprawl; before the Information Super Highway (or any kind of Super Highway for that matter); before the Space Race; before the Cold War, World Wars or even the Civil War, a community of Catholic Christians... a Church... St. Augustine Church... was ministering to the people of Elkridge, Maryland, from high on a hill on the Old Washington Road, the main pike between Baltimore and our nation's Capital.

Since 1844, many saints, and not a few sinners, have worshipped Our Lord Jesus Christ in our Church. Most have toiled quietly to do His Work here on Earth, never asking anything but to make their community a little bit better for their having been a part of it. But one in particular, recognized by Holy Mother Church for canonization in 1977, was the pastor here from 1849 to 1851: Saint John Neumann.

We have set some high standards for this site. We hope we can meet them. Mostly though, we hope that you will find this site useful and informative.

PARISH NEWS

We welcome Frank Sarro who is starting his Deacon internship in both parishes. Frank will be working here at St. Augustine and Ascension until he is ordained to the permanent deaconate in May of 2013. Frank will not only be assisting at Masses, but also working with various organization and ministries over the next 16 months. Please welcome him to both our parish communities.

Christmas Flower Memorials
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St. Augustine Blood Drive
January 21, 2012
10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Located in the Parish Hall

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What Every Catholic Needs to Know...The Bible
Tuesday, January 31
7 p.m. at Ascension
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