WELCOME !!
Welcome to the Capital Area Tamil Catholic Association (CATCA), a non-profit cultural and religious organization founded in 2010 with a mission to foster the Catholic faith, the richness of Tamil culture and create a Eucharistic community for Tamil speaking catholic members who live around the capital area (DC, MD and VA). Click here for the CATCA Annual Mass Plan
FLASH NEWS
CATCA EASTER CELEBRATION!
Save the date for Easter Celebration & Order your food token ahead of time.
CATCA CHRISTMAS EVENT CELEBRATION!
CATCA OCTOBER MONTH CELEBRATIONS
Please save the date for celebration. More information coming soon!
CATCA AUGUST MONTH CELEBRATIONS
*** SAVE THE DATE *** FATHER'S DAY PICNIC COMING SOON…
Kudos to the outgoing CATCA Board 2021 - 2022 and Congratulations to the incoming CATCA Board 2023 - 2025 !!
Our 2023 Events
CATCA 2023 May Month Tamil Mass and Mother's Day Celebration
Lenten Events
Prior events
CATCA 2022 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS - SATURDAY DECEMBER 17, 2022
CATCA 2022 Christmas Carols Anbium Visit - more photos here
Monthly Tamil Mass and Blessings on Nov 13th @ 3:30 pm hosted by Baltimore St Jude Anbium families and friends, in remembrance of All Saints, All Souls and Children's day.
St. Catherine Labouré Catholic Church
11801 Claridge Rd, Wheaton, MD 20902
Monthly Tamil Mass and Blessings on Oct 16th @ 3:30 pm hosted by Virgin Mary Anbium families and friends, celebrating Our Lady of the Rosary month.
Holy Redeemers Catholic Church
4902 Berwyn Road, College Park, MD 20740
Velankanni Madha Devotional Month - Aug 21st to Sept 25th
The CATCA community celebrated a month long devotion to Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, starting on Aug 21st and concluding on Sep 25th, with Our Lady visiting our 9 Anbium homes during the 5 weeks of devotion. For details, please visit https://www.catca.org/catca-2022-velankanni-madha-devotion/
On August 21st, there was a grand mass concelebrated by Fr. Christy and Fr. Mathias Kumar, during which Velankanni madha statues were blessed and given to two Anbiums - Herndon and Baltimore anbium. Following the mass, a Graduation ceremony was held for our 2022 VBS Program which ran from July 7 through Aug 5th and over 50 children from the DMV actively participated.
During the 5 weeks between August 21st and September 25th, Our Lady visited numerous homes in each of our 9 Anbiums. Families and neighbors gathered together to pray and show their devotion to our beloved mother.
On September 10th, the CATCA community joined several Indian Catholic communities to celebrate the 25th Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC.
On September 25th, a special mass to conclude the devotion to Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, India was held at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Chantilly, VA, hosted by our Ashburn Anbium families.