Adults can keep active with fellow parishioners with pickup basketball or summer softball league.

Visit Adult Athletics webpage for info.

OLGC Youth participate in the Northern Virginia Junior Catholic Youth Organization (NVJCYO) for Basketball, Tennis, Track and Volleyball, as well as a Basketball House League.

Visit Athletics webpages for info.

Fil/Am Community Ministry is based at OLGC, and we work hand in hand with the Filipino Catholic Community Council in the Arlington Diocese and the Diocesan Offices of Multicultural Ministries. As a ministry established almost 15 years ago, we continue to be humbled by the support of our Pastor and the OLGC Parish Staff. The Fil/Am Community Ministry is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Virginia. OrgChart

Sponsored Events:

• Memorial Mass in honor of San Pedro Calungsod in April. 
• The Serenata - Fil/Am Community Music Ministry participates in multi-cultural concerts, collaborates with parish choirs during Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and vigil masses. The choir sings at the monthly Filipino Mass at St. Bernadette’s Parish in Springfield, VA, Our Lady of Victory in Washington DC, and provides liturgical music for mass in honor of the Birhen
  Ng Antipolo (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage) at the Crypt Church of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
• Simbang Gabi (traditional Filipino Advent Mass) culminates our annual celebrations, which is celebrated for nine days before Christmas in different parishes in the Diocese of Arlington. Our celebration at OLGC starts with Mass and is always followed by a reception in the parish hall.

Outreach programs:

• Collaborate with St. Vincent de Paul Society in our outreach efforts. The Ministry has extended aid to see a student through his last couple of years at George Mason University.
• Support the annual memorial celebration in honor of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino Saint and share the endeavors of Feed the Hungry, Inc., to aid calamity survivors in the
  Philippines.
• Give donations and assistance to OLGC for the annual fundraising auction, the Lenten Fish Fry, the Parish Christmas Giving Tree, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Parish Fall Fest, and other events. The Ministry also supported the Cornerstone Project at OLGC.
• Regularly maintain full-term scholarships for four college students in the Philippines through Caritas Manila under its Youth Servant Leadership Education Program (YSLEP). His Eminence Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle, D.D., founded Caritas Manila.
• Members of the Ministry are actively involved in the parish as Lectors, Sacristans, Ushers, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and serve on the Pastoral Council, while others are involved with various outreach programs in neighboring parishes and small communities.
• Sponsor a couple of fundraising events annually to support the above-mentioned events at OLGC.

Contact: Chiqui Pacis-Sanchez 571.499.8277

The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization dedicated to providing charitable services, promoting Catholic education and Catholic public policy positions, and actively defending Catholicism in various nations. Members from OLGC and St. Mark parishes are part of the Santa Maria Council #4654 located in the heart of Vienna, Va.

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month at 8:30 pm.

Contact: Grand Knight or visit Santa Maria Council website for info.

Our Lady’s Quilters meets every Monday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Their main project for the year is a beautiful quilt which is raffled off. New hands are always welcome.

Contact: Elvira Jakub

OLGC Church is proud to sponsor Girl Scout Troops, a Cub Scout Pack, and a Boy Scout Troop.

Girl Scouts - All girls of the parish and school are invited to join one of the many Girl Scout troops at OLGC. There are troops for grades K through 8, as well as a high school troop. Girls can make lasting friendships and enjoy a variety of service, outdoor, adventure, and educational activities. OLGC troops are formed under the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. Contact: Lisa Assaly

Cub Scout Pack 976 - Dens are open to all boys and girls in the parish and school from grades K-5. They meet once a month by grade ("den"), and once a month with the entire Pack on a Friday evening or weekend activity with their families. Visit Pack 976 website for info. Contact: Cubmaster 

Boy Scout Troop 976 - Troop is open to all young men from grade 5 or when they complete Webelos II to age 18. The troop is formed under The National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is committed to the mission of the Boy Scouts, community service, with many exciting camp trips, field trips, and high adventure programs. Troop 976 meets every Wednesday night from 7:30-9pm in the Counsel Room, sponsors one outing per month, and sends scout crews to at least one or more week-long adventure camps per year. Visit Troop 976 website for info. Contact: Scoutmaster, Chairman or Admin

This group provides an opportunity for new and long-term single senior parishioners to meet and form friendships with fellow Catholics who share similar values, interests, and concerns. Monthly social activities are planned locally and within members’ homes.

Contact: Margaret Murphy

A ministry to support Catholics in their 20s and 30s through fellowship and formation in the Catholic faith.

Activities are scheduled seasonally. 

Always looking for new ideas and new members!

Events: Visit OLGC Young Professionals Facebook page

Resources:
Diocesan Young Adult Ministry

Catholic Sports

Contact: Derek Rogers