Renovated chapel at St. Mary’s Ryken blessed by cardinal is a place of special blessings for its students and graduates
When Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory blessed the new altar at the renovated Chapel of Charity at St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, the chapel’s artwork and features highlighted the Southern Maryland Catholic school’s special identity and history. The June 5 Mass also offered a reminder of how students drawn to that place of prayer have found time for peaceful reflection during their school days and also felt called to serve God after graduating.
Assisting at the Mass were Deacon John Winslow of St. Mary’s Ryken’s class of 2015 and Deacon Christopher Feist of its class of 2016, who on June 15 will be among 16 men ordained as new priests of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Another of those men about to be ordained, Deacon Joseph Heisey, is also a graduate of the school.