Eucharistic Adoration
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"I hope that the fruit of this Congress results in the establishment of perpetual Eucharistic adoration in all parishes and Christian communities throughout the world."
 Pope John Paul II - 45th International Eucharist Congress

Someone is with the Blessed Sacrament 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the Adoration Chapel except during the Easter Triduum and on First Fridays when adoration is in the main church.

Parishioners are invited to become regular adorers by making an ongoing weekly commitment to spend a specified hour. They can also be substitutes for regular adorers. Or just come, you are welcome to visit Him any time.

For more information, contact Al Koch at 301-916- 7018.

Saint John Neumann has been blessed with having Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration since September 2002 and currently is the only parish in Montgomery County to offer it. Since its inception, parishioners have commented this parish has grown in its particular vitality, character, and holiness and they realize these are the fruits of Perpetual Adoration. It is a blessing not only for those who come adore, but for the whole parish and community as well.

The singularly Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament is the guiding principle that makes Eucharistic Adoration a devotion of exceptional spirituality. Many of the saints have extolled the blessings and importance of time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament:

  • St. Padre Pio--a thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas said he learned more in one hour of Adoration than all the books and professors of his whole life.
  • St. Faustina--when one comes before Him in the Blessed Sacrament, all in the world are blessed.