Sodality Union Archdiocese of Washington

M                                  Mary, our Mother, intercede with Jesus to help us do whatever He tells us.

"Mary, Mother of Mercy, lead us with grateful hearts to serve your Son, Jesus."

WHO WE ARE — “COME AND SEE”

The Archdiocese of Washington Sodality Union, organized in 1918, consists of approximately 67 affiliate parish Sodalities.     

Our Lord Jesus asked the first apostles, and continues to ask His present day disciples, “What do you seek?”  (John 1:38).  In response to His invitation to “come and see” (John 1:39), each first Saturday of the month from September through December and February through June, Sodality Union journeys on a spiritual pilgrimage to a different parish in the Archdiocese.  (JOIN US on our monthly pilgrimages!)  We gather in prayer and fellowship, and assemble to conduct the organization’s order of business at a host parish. 

With the Holy Eucharist as the summit, and through devotion to and in imitation of the Blessed Mother, Sodalists embrace healthy habits of mind and heart, as well as Christian virtues to be good and faithful citizens, and courageous and understanding leaders for our families, our parish communities and the greater society.   

The aim of each Sodalist is to love and serve Jesus through Mary—our holy and humble model—and to achieve Spiritual growth and depth, using the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius that invite us to encounter God in our daily lives.   

Sodality Union is led by the Executive Council, whose members are elected officers, appointed Committee Chairs, the Advisory Committee comprising of Sodality Union’s past Presidents, and the Spiritual Moderator appointed by the Archbishop.  The Executive Council is entrusted to lead the group in a harmonious spirit of cooperation, generosity and respect; to enhance Sodalists’ spiritual life; and to engage each Sodalist in service for the common good of God’s people.   

Sodality Union unites the voice of parish Sodalities and encourages participation in the many spiritual and apostolic events sponsored and celebrated throughout the year by the group and by the individual parish Sodalities.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Archdiocese of Washington Sodality Union, a Marian organization, fosters spiritual and apostolic unity among the Church of the Archdiocese; and promotes a Sodality Way of Life, a pathway to Jesus through Mary—built on Faith, Hope and Charity—“for the Greater Glory of God.”

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2018-2020

    Moderator:  Rev. Fr. Pawel Sass (Our Lady Queen of Peace, Washington, DC)

    President:  Margaret C. Johnson (Holy Family Church, Mitchellville, MD)

    Recording Secretary:  Martha (Marti) Galvin (St. Hugh of Grenoble, MD)

    Treasurer:  Edna Jacobs (St. Margaret of Scotland, Silver Spring, MD)

    Recording Secretary:  Carol Floyd (Assumption Church, Washington, DC)

    Parliamentarian:  Colene Nelson-Harrison (Teresa of Avila, Washington, DC)

    Historian:  Cindy Perry (St. Hugh of Grenoble, Greenbelt, MD)

    Program Coordinator:  Mildred Steptoe (Teresa of Avila, Washington, DC)

    Spiritual Life Committee Chair:  Helen Awatefe (St. Mary's Church, Landover Hills, MD)

    Apostolic Life Committee Chair:  Janet Johnson (St. Augustine, Washington, DC)

    Membership Committee Chair:  Barbara Curtis (Our Lady Queen of Peace, Washington, DC)
 

    Junior Sodality Committee Interim Chair:  Marie Brown (St. Francis Xavier, Washington, DC)
 

   Ways & Means Committee Co-Chairs:  Bernadette White (St. Gabriel, Washington, DC)

   Hospitality Chair:  Joyce Thomas (St. Luke, Washington, DC)

   Website:  Kathy Perry (Incarnation Catholic Church, Washington, DC)
    Special Services Chair:  TBA
    Public Relations Chair:  TBA 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    Past President’s Term and Name

 
                                                     1990-1991               Doris Edelin
                                                     1992-1994               Phyllis Toliver
                                                     1994-1996                Joan Butler
                                                     1996-1998               Graciela Stevens
                                                     1999-2001               Barbara Bechet
                                                     2002-2004               Alice D. Wilson
                                                     2004-2006               Katie Jackson
                                                     2006-2008               Marie Brown
                                                     2008-2010               Elizabeth Coefield
                                                     2010-2012               Cindy Perry
                                                     2012-2014               Mildred Steptoe

                                                     2014-2016               Olga Baeza     

                                                     2016-2018               Shelia Parker

Our prayers for the late Audrey Sommerville (1986-1988) called to her eternal home June 2016.  We also pray for the repose of the holy soul of Elsie Thomas (2016 Ways & Means Co-chair), who was called home this year of our Lord.

THANK YOU TO OUR VERY ACTIVE 2014-2018 Executive Councils.  

See link below for the 2014-2016 Biennial Report containing the EC's reports.

 
CONTACT US at ExecCouncil@SodalityUnionADW.org

PRAY THE ROSARY!