Saint John Vianney Catholic Church Cemetery in Prince Frederick, Maryland

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Get directions 105 Vianney Ln
Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678 United States

Coordinates: 38.53905, -76.58006
www.sjvc.us/
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Until the twentieth century, Calvert County was a rural area with dusty narrow roads, acres of plantation fields, and far from everything. Although Southern Maryland was the first part of the original thirteen colonies to be settled by Roman Catholics (as early as 1634), Catholicism in Calvert County had a long and difficult path to follow. By 1706 there were 3,611 people living in our county but only 48 were Catholics. Father Maurice B. Alexander, pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Solomons, started our parish as a mission in the late 1920's. In 1937 our Church was built. Following Father Alexander's death in 1946, a succession of short term pastors served both Our Lady Star of the Sea and the Prince Frederick mission. In 1965, we became an independent parish with 100 families and Father Naughton as our first pastor.

St. John Vianney Parish has progressed from a mission church to a rapidly growing community requiring larger facilities. In 1990, we celebrated our twenty-fifth anniversary. Several years before then we became a tithing parish and through tithing we have witnessed many blessings and a strengthening of our growing faith. In 1997, a Catholic cemetery was established on the Church grounds and is beautifully maintained.