Sponsors
Premier Sponsors Anonymous Friend of Mattie The Brogan Family Alan & Joan Holmer Father Rosensteel Council #2169 Knights of Columbus Tom & Lynn Welch Potomac Community Resources Media Sponsors Our Parish Times Guadalupe Radio Network – WMET 1160 AM or 103. 1 FM (Falls Church, VA)
Sit and pray
Sit and Pray with Resolution Blessing Composer Joseph Martin set Mattie’s prayer Resolution Blessing to music in 2016. Here it is beautifully performed by the Hal Leonard and Shawnee Press Church Choral. Mr. Martin, whose music has been performed at the Vatican, wrote, “From the inspired words of young poet and peacemaker Mattie J.T. Stepanek comes this benediction for […]
Who is Mattie Conversations
Who Is Mattie: Come to our Virtual Conversations Stay tuned for the August 20th online session to be posted soon Watch the earlier sessions and share them with others. Who was Mattie? Who is Mattie? Watch the recordings! Please contact Kathy Dempsey, President of the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Guild, with any questions or if you […]
20th Anniversary Mass
20th Anniversary Memorial Mass: A Time for Hope Mattie modeled all of the Christian virtues throughout his short life. As Fr. Chris Seith said in his post-communion reflection, Mattie “exuded the light of Christ.” Thank you, St. Rose of Lima parish, for welcoming the Guild and those who loved Mattie as we remembered and celebrated Mattie […]
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Mattie J.T. Stepanek July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004 Message from Mattie: “One day, for all to know, our legacy will simply be the shape of the life we leave behind, for eternity… We are created by God – with purpose – in God’s image. God is all-goodness. God is great. God is love. […]
Our Parish Times – A Time for Hope
Pg 2 & 46 — Mattie’s yes to God could be seen in the way that he lived his suffering as well as the way that he received and used God’s gifts.
Our Parish Times – Messengers of Life
His faith evolved into a loving friendship with God leading to a clear understanding of his earthly purpose. Mattie realized
his purpose through writing inspiring poetry about peace and love for which he became internationally recognized.
Faithful Servant / Hope & Gratitude
In this second conversation, we heard about Mattie’s life of hope as a faithful servant, his love of the Eucharist and how he embraced the Cross through his own suffering, finding the joy in life and God’s love. Featured panelists – those who knew Mattie and those who did not know Mattie yet believe Mattie […]
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Heartsongs Fundraiser: Celebrating the Spiritual Legacy of Mattie
Heartsongs Fundraiser Friday, June 21, 2024 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm Please join the Guild and Premier Sponsor Father Rosensteel Council Knights of Columbus for a friendraiser/fundraiser for the Guild. Thank you to our Premier Sponsor Father Rosensteel Council Knights of Columbus. Help us continue spreading the Catholic faith through Mattie’s life and virtues. Support the […]
Peace / Purpose / Play
Mattie Matters Virtual Conversations – Who is Mattie
Our Parish Times – The Mattie J.T. Stepanek Guild Prepares for Upcoming 20th Anniversary Celebrations
Mattie remains a tremendous
witness to the hope that he experienced and proclaimed in his short life. … His relationship with God
and his mystical experience of the
Sacraments helped to make Mattie
a prophet for peace and joy during
his short life.
Mattie Matters Virtual Conversations – Who is Mattie
Register for our free online series on Who is Mattie. | 7:00-8:30 pm ET | March 5, April 9, May 7 and August 20.
Upcoming 20th Anniversary Events
Visit our 20th Anniversary Remembrance webpage where we will keep you updated on activities and events, including the Memorial Mass
Archdiocese of Washington Collaboration Days
The Guild offers a huge thank you to the Archdiocese of Washington’s Catholic Schools Office for inviting the Guild and organizing insightful professional development while also offering time together to grow and share. Educators know how to inspire and are themselves inspirational. We thank them for their ministry and sharing their gifts with our children.
Catholic Standard – White Mass celebrates the faith and gifts of people with disabilities
Celebrating the giftedness of every person living with disabilities, participants at this year’s archdiocesan White Mass proclaimed – in word and deed – that all people regardless of their differences are valued in the life of the Church and beloved children of God.
America Magazine – The Path to Holiness
Robert Ellsberg cover story on saints and saintly lives includes Mattie.
This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media.
Msgr. John J. Enzler Celebrated Mattie’s 2023 Memorial Mass
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kensington Maryland welcomed the Guild on June 22, 2023 for our Memorial Mass of the 19th anniversary of Mattie’s death, and the Guild was honored to have Msgr. John J. Enzler back to celebrate the Mass and offer his homily.
2023 Lenten Talk “Knowing Jesus Better in 2023”
Guild Director Cheryl Kerwin delivered a powerful talk at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Derwood Maryland this spring noting that “Christ goes to His cross and He offers his very life up for our sins; the expiation of our sins.”
Catholic Standard – White Mass celebrates gifts of Deaf community and people living with disabilities, and how all people need Christ’s healing
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus Christ heals and cures people with various disabilities, illnesses and diseases, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory noted during his homily at the 13th annual White Mass on Oct. 30.
2022 Memorial Mass for 18th Anniversary of Mattie’s Death at St. Rose of Lima Parish, Gaithersburg Maryland
Fr. Mateo offered a deeply felt homily sharing how he ‘met’ Mattie through Mattie’s writings. “His message sounds in my heart – his Heartsong – is just that: we have direction, we have purpose, we know – we are here – what for, why were we created … Mattie, as young as he was, he accepted his call for holiness.”
2021 Memorial Mass Marking the 17th Anniversary of Mattie’s Death
Mattie talked with God about his purpose. And Mattie shared God’s messages to the world. But Jesus was his role model. Through the Eucharist we see the gift of Jesus – we see the thank you to our Father. We also see the Amen – the YES – that Jesus gave our Father.
Catholic Standard – Sacred Heart School’s Elise Heil named Principal of the Year for Archdiocese of Washington
Maybe Elise Heil, the principal of Sacred Heart School in Washington, D.C., always was destined to be an educator.
Her mom, Donna Heil, noted, “As a child, she’d line up her stuffed animals in the hallway and teach them. She was always going to be a teacher.”
Catholic Standard – Mass at Shrine of the Sacred Heart remembers Mattie Stepanek on International Day of Peace
The Mass – celebrated on the Feast of St. Matthew which is also the International Day of Peace as proclaimed by the United Nations – was not only offered to remember Stepanek, but also to inaugurate the new school year at Sacred Heart School. St. Matthew was Stepanek’s patron saint.
