Welcome to the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes. If you have visited us in the past, we hope you will come again. If you have never visited us, we hope you will visit soon.

We extend a special invitation to newcomers in the Washington metropolitan area, to new residents of our rapidly revitalizing neighborhood, and to students from area universities and from the nearby Virginia Theological Seminary.

Our location as a downtown Washington parish serving the entire metropolitan area, with parishioners drawn from as far away as Baltimore, Maryland, and Richmond, Virginia, sets much of the rhythm of parish life. During the week daily Masses and Evening Prayer attract longtime parishioners and others who work in downtown Washington and Capitol Hill.

Concerts that take advantage of the church's exemplary pipe organ and extraordinary acoustics are offered on selected Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

Parish social events—Sunday coffee hour after High Mass, Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers, receptions following concerts and holy day Masses throughout the year—are valued opportunities to make new friends and to nurture old friendships among geographically dispersed parishioners and visitors.