As a part of our observance of Veterans Day, Mrs. Nugent’s seventh-grade students led the school community in a prayer service to honor our veterans and families who have selflessly served our nation.

We were honored to have Father Bill Keown, our Associate Pastor join us.  Fr. Keown served in the United States Navy for twenty years as a translator of Russian and Arabic languages. His assignments included duty aboard surface ships, submarines, and aircraft with tours in Japan, Bahrain, California, Georgia, Maryland, and Tennessee. His military career brought him to Maryland in 2007, and it was here that he began discerning the call to the priesthood after his retirement from the Navy in 2009.

Lord, we ask that you please watch over our military veterans and their families. Bless these men and women of courage and valor, heal their wounds, comfort their hearts, and grant them lives of joy. May their dedication and honor be remembered as a blessing for generations to come.