Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic ChurchIglesia Catolica San Antonio De Padua

3305 Glen Carlyn Road, Falls Church, VA 22041 • www.stanthonyparish.org10 December 2017, Second Sunday of Advent

Parish ClergyRev. Matthew H. Zuberbueler, PastorRev. Jeb S. Donelan, Parochial Vicar

Rev. Alan Ventura, Parochial VicarRev. Anthony Appiah

Rev. J. Eugenio Hoyos, Spanish ApostolateDeacon Mario Mendoza

Parish OfficePhone:703-820-7111 Fax: 703-379-9195

office@stanthonyparish.orgOffice Hours: M-F 12-5pm;

Sat-Sun 9:30am-5pm

Parish StaffVirginia Mullin,

Nurse Ministry Coordinator, ext. 116Elaine Ventura,

Business Manager, ext. 123Ubaldo Cisneros,

Social Justice Ministry, ext. 137Joleen Michalowicz,

Director of Music 703-867-6304

Corpus Christi School OfficeNora Buçaj, Principal, 703-820-7450

Ann Stich, Director, Early Childhood Center

Monday -FridayThursdaySaturday

Sunday

7:00 am, 12 noon, 7:00 pm7:00 pm (Español) 8:30 am, 4:30 pm, 6:00 pm (Español) 8:30 am, 11:00 am1:00 pm (Español), 3:30 pm (Español), 5:30 pm

WednesdayFriday

Saturday

Sunday

7:30 pm to 8:00 pm7:30 pm to 8:20 pm9:00 am until the line ends3:30 pm to 4:30pm7:00 pm until the line ends2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

Confessions | Confesiones

Mass | Misa

December 10, 2017

Mass Schedule / Horario de Misas

Daily Readings / Lecturas Diarias

Monday, Dec 11 Mass Intention 7:00 am †Francisco Varona 12:00 pm †Kenneth Finch 7:00 pm †Rachel Schrote

Tuesday, Dec 12 5:00 am Our Lady of Guadalupe 7:00 am †Antoni Slowinska 12:00 pm †Diana & Terese Poon 7:00 pm †Marian DeFreese

Wednesday, Dec 13 7:00 am Ellen Flannery 12:00 pm Kimba Ulrich 7:00 pm †Fr. Robert Maguire, S.J.

Thursday, Dec 14 7:00 am †John Maguire 12:00 pm Malekai Stum 7:00 pm †Joanna Witzen Friday, Dec 15 7:00 am Pamela Sanchez 12:00 pm †Jorge Festin 7:00 pm †William DeForest

Saturday, Dec 16 8:30 am †Adelida Lopez 4:30 pm †Nguyen Thi Nhung 6:00 pm (Español) †Adela Tiamzon de Guzman

Sunday, Dec 17 8:30 am Noemi Miyagishima 11:00 am †Betty Dvorscak 1:00 pm (Español) †Betha de Abarca 3:30 pm (Español) St. Anthony’s Parishioners 5:30 pm †Rodrigo Vicente

Mon Monday of the Second Week of Advent IS 35:1-10; PS 85:9AB AND 10, 11-12, 13-14; LK 5:17-26

Tue Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ZEC 2:14-17; JUDITH 13:18BCDE, 19; LK 1:26-38

Wed Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr IS 40:25-31; PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 AND 10; MT 11:28-30

Thur Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church IS 41:13-20; PS 145:1 AND 9, 10-11, 12-13AB; MT 11:11-15

Fri IS 48:17-19; PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 AND 6; MT 11:16-19

Sat SIR 48:1-4, 9-11; PS 80:2AC AND 3B, 15-16, 18-19; MT 17:9A, 10-13

Dom Third Sunday of Advent IS 61:1-2A, 10-11; LK 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 THES 5:16-24; JN 1:6-8, 19-28

Exposition and Adoration Adoración Eucarística

Come and spend time with our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration every Friday from 7:30pm—8:30pm. Ven todos los viernes a las 7:30pm a una Adoración Eucaristica. La adoración terminará con la bendición a las 8:30pm.

Remember in our prayers those who have died, their family members and friends. For those in harm’s way, their family and friends. For the parishioners who are sick.

Por los familiares y amigos que han fallecido. Por los familiares y amigos que están en peligro. Por los feligreses que estan enfermos.

Prayers / Peticiones Altar Flowers The Altar Flowers for this weekend are in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. by Clelia Alvarado.

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Dear Friends, In these days of Advent we find the maternal presence of our Mother, Mary, to be a great help. I encourage you to walk with Her and let Her lead you to Jesus. These words She spoke during these same days in 1531 to St. Juan Diego are always very consoling and helpful to me. I think you will find them so as well: “Hear and let it penetrate into your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you. Let nothing alter your heart or your countenance. Also do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here who am your mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else that you need?” With Her we find Him and then we learn that we really have no further needs, but if we do, we should bring them to Her right away. She invites us to do so. I invite each of you to participate this, beginning Thursday evening, in our Advent Retreat. You will find the details within this bulletin. With my prayers, Fr. Matthew Zuberbueler Pastor P.S. Please be generous this Sunday with the Diocesan Catholic Charities Collection.

Estimados Amigos: En esta época de Adviento, podemos ver que la presencia maternal de nuestra Madre, Maria, nos es una gran ayuda. Les quiero animar a que caminen con ella, y que dejen que ella les guie hacia Jesus. Estas palabras que ella dirigió a San Juan Diego, durante esta misma

época en 1531, me dan mucho consuelo y ayuda. Creo que ustedes encontraran lo mismo: “Oye y pon bien en tu corazón, hijo mío el más pequeño: nada te asuste, nada te aflija, tampoco se altere tu corazón, tu rostro; no temas esta enfermedad ni ninguna otra enfermedad o algo molesto, angustioso o doliente. ¿No estoy aquí yo, que soy tu Madre? ¿No estás bajo mi sombra y resguardo? ¿No soy yo la fuente de tu alegría? ¿No estás en el hueco de mi manto, en donde se cruzan mis brazos? ¿Tienes necesidad de

alguna otra cosa?” Con ella lo encontramos a El, y entonces aprendemos que realmente no tenemos ninguna otra necesidad; y si tenemos alguna necesidad, debemos presentársela a Ella inmediatamente. Ella nos invita a hacerlo. Con mis oraciones, Padre Mateo Zuberbueler Párroco p.s. Por favor sean generosos este domingo en la colecta para lCaridades Católicas de la Diócesis.

From our Pastor, Fr. Matthew Zuberbueler

De Nuestro Párroco, Padre Mateo Zuberbueler

December 10, 2017

Stewardship of Time and Talent / Corresponsabilidad de Tiempo y Talento Prepare the way of the Lord… - MARK 1:3 We are all called to live a holy life. We are all called to invite others to live holy lives. Living a stew-ardship lifestyle, being grateful and generous with our gifts, does just that – it puts us on the path to holiness and it invites others to be holy, too.

Stewardship / Corresponsabilidad

Stewardship of Treasure / Corresponsabilidad del Tesoro

Offertory Collection

Week of Dec 3

Fiscal Yr to Date FY Jul 17– Jun 18

In pew & via mail $26,407 $585,418

Budget / Presupuesto $20,027 $577,116

Surplus (Deficit) $6,380 $8,302

November Electronic Giving $17,821

Second Collections 12/10 Catholic Charities Christmas Collection Thank you for your generous support!

Year-End Giving As the year-end approaches, many of our parishioners like to make donations in time to benefit their 2017 tax return. Thank you for remembering St. Anthony of Padua Parish as part of your year-end giving. If you are planning to make a donation your contributions for 2017 must be in the parish office by December 31, 2017.

Thank you for beginning or continuing to embrace stewardship in your life and for sharing your talents and treasures with your parish family. It is through your financial generosity and stewardship that we are able to provide for the temporal needs of the property and our program to all our parishioners.

Special Thanks

Special thanks from the whole parish to: The numerous volunteers who helped clean the church during November. The volunteers who helped decorate the church for Advent. The generous donor who helped us purchase the new hymnal covers. All of you for helping to keep the hymnals and book racks in good order. The volunteers who helped reopen the gift store. Everyone who planned, served, and attended the December Seniors luncheon.

Un Agradecimiento Especial

Un agradecimiento especial de toda la parroquia a: Los numerosos voluntarios que ayudaron a limpiar la iglesia durante noviembre. Los voluntarios que ayudaron a decorar la iglesia para Adviento. La donante generosa que nos ayudó a comprar los nuevos forros de los himnarios. Todos ustedes por ayudar a mantener los himnarios y los es-tantes de libros en buen orden. Los voluntarios que ayudaron a reabrir la librería. Todos los que planearon, atendieron y asistieron al almuerzo de las personas de la tercera edad de diciembre.

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Parish and Community News

Saint Anthony of Padua Weekly Bulletin For bulletin submissions, please email bulletin@stanthonyparish.org 10 working days before publications. To advertise call JS Paluch at (800) 621-5197.

Dear Fellow St. Anthony Parishioners, I am so grateful to be part of this parish family. Your generosity is overwhelming. Last weekend, we had school families and facilities staff members come to-gether to help clean up the Glen Carlyn Road side of the school. Have you noticed it? We were clearing the

way to welcome baby Jesus! In addition, I was warmly welcomed by the seniors at their luncheon after the noon Mass on, last Saturday, and en-joyed a lovely Christmas themed meal. What a wonderful ministry! Amidst this very busy season, when it’s easy to fall into the temptation of being “too busy” to pray, we were so blessed to participate in this month’s day of adoration and spend some time with our Eucharistic Lord who chooses to come to us in the humblest of ways. We took to prayer, all the events we’re learning about this advent, through the Jesse Tree, leading up to Our Savior’s birth. Please pray we continue to prune and pull out the weeds, especially during this season, making straight His path! Yours in Christ, Ms. Buçaj, Principal

Corpus Christi School

Well done, good and faithful ser-vant.… How are you called to use your talents? If Christ may be in-viting you to faithful service as a priest or consecrated religious, call Father J.D. Jaffe at (703) 841-2514 or write: j.jaffe@arlingtondiocese.org.

Donate Altar Flowers The Altar Flowers, week by week, are a welcome offering to our worship. Flow-ers are alive. They are of God’s crea-tion. They are a fra-grant offering to the

God who created them. They are a symbol of new life in Christ. For all of these reasons, we give thanks to everyone who is moved to give flowers on a particular Sunday. Peo-ple have given flowers in thanksgiv-ing to God for a family member’s birthday, wedding anniversary, or other blessing. They are also given in memory of a departed loved one or friend.

Please consider a donation to the flower fund today. Please stop by Parish Office to pick up a form, check the Church back shelf or visit our website.

Save the Date! El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI Virginia Chapter invites you to the Simbang Gabi Mass, a Filipino devotional 9 series of Masses in anticipation of Christmas and to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 19 at 7 pm at St. Anthony of Padua. Reception follows in the school Cafeteria.

December 10, 2017

Parish and Community News / Noticias Parroquiales y de la Comunidad

Giving Tree Last year about 500 children received a present at Christ-mas from your generosity. We intend to do the same this year. The labels in the Christmas

Tree indicate the age/gender of the recipient. We suggest warm clothes specially jackets for presents but you can give whatever you decide. Bring your unwrapped presents on the weekends and leave them under the Christmas Tree or at the Parish Office by December 21st the latest. Thank you for your gen-erosity.

Keep Christ in Christmas KCIC – evangelize simply and deliver a message of Christ this Christmas. Visit the Knights table after all

Speaker: Fr. James Dodson

Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish,

Northfield, VT Diocese of Burlington

Thursday, Dec 14: 7:45pm (Talk)

Friday, Dec 15: 10:00 am (Talk) 7:45 pm (Talk)

Saturday, Dec 16 10:00 am (Talk)

“In Search for the Light of the World”

Location: Church St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

Árbol de Regalos

Ayuda a los niños ne-cesitados de nuestra Parroquia. Toma un pedido de regalo del árbol. Favor de traer tu regalo antes del 21 de Diciembre.

Fiesta de la Virgen de

Guadalupe

Te invitamos a que nos acompañes a celebrar las Primeras Vísperas en honor a la Virgen de Guada-lupe el Sábado, 9 de diciembre después de la Misa de 6 pm en el Gimnasio de nuestra parroquia.

Además el Martes, 12 de diciembre tendremos la Santa Misa a las 5:00 am. La Iglesia estará abierta desde las 4:30 am.

Las Mañanitas to Our Lady of Guadalupe

Join us on Tuesday, December 12th for our Parish Celebration as we honor Our Lady of Guadalupe with Las Mañanitas. We will celebrate a Spanish Mass at 5:00 am. The Church will open its door at 4:30 am. Also, on Saturday, December 9th we will have a Serenata to our Lady after the 6 pm Spanish Mass at the Margaret A. Hofbauer Hall.

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Annual Christmas Collection DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 2017

Catholic Charities: Helping Us Encounter

Altar Server Training We would like to invite you to be-come an Altar Server at St. An-thony of Padua. You have seen others serve in this way and now you can join the long history of young people who have honored God and serve the Church through altar serving. To serve at the altar is a great privilege and an important ministry to our parish. We invite you to attend the Altar Server Train-ing for new and current Altar Serves on December 6th and December 11th at 5:30 pm on the Church. In order to be a new Altar Server you need to have received your First Communion and be at least 10 years old, but we will consider younger based on maturity. For additional information, please talk to Fr. Jeb or Scott Engdahl.

Entrenamiento para Monaguillos Cordialmente te invitamos a ser Monaguillo en nuestra Parroquia San Antonio de Padua. Has visto a otros servir de esta manera y ahora puedes unirte a la larga historia de jóvenes que han honrado a Dios y sirven a la Iglesia sirviendo al altar. Servir en el altar es un gran privilegio y un ministerio importante para nuestra parroquia. Te invitamos a asis-

tir al Entrenamiento de Monaguillos para nuevos y actuales Monaguillos el 6 de diciembre y el 11 de di-ciembre a las 5:30 pm en la Iglesia. Para ser un nuevo Monaguillo necesitas haber recibido tu Primera Comu-nión y tener por lo menos 10 años de edad, pero con-sideraremos a los más jóvenes según su madurez. Para más información por favor hable con el Padre Jeb o Scott Engdahl.

Each Other in Christ

December 10, 2017

Dios puede invitarte a considerar el sacerdocio o la vida consagrada, llama al Padre J.D. Jaffe al (703) 841-2514 o escriba al: j.jaffe@arlingtondiocese.org.

Please join us at St. Anthony of Pa-dua during the season of awaiting our Savior’s birth English Mass Schedule

Sunday Mass Sunday, December 24 8:30 am, 11:00 am Christmas Eve Mass Sunday, December 24 Christmas Carols: 4:30 pm English Mass: 5:00 pm, 11:00 pm Christmas Mass Monday, December 25 Mass: 10:00 am Holy Family Mass Sunday, December 31 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 5:30 pm Holy Hour of Adoration: 11:00 pm Feast of Mary, Mother of God Monday, January 1 (not a Holy Day of Obligation) Mass: 10:00 am

Por favor acompañanos durante el tiempo de la espera del nacimiento de nuestro Salvador Horario de Misas en Español Misa Dominical Domingo, 24 de Diciembre Misa: 1:00 pm

Noche Buena Domingo, 24 de Diciembre Villancicos Navideños: 6:30 pm Misa: 7:00 pm

Navidad Lunes, 25 de Diciembre Misa: 1:00 pm Día de la Sagrada Familia Domingo, 31 de Diciembre Misa: 1:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 11:00 pm Hora Santa Fiesta de Santa Maria, Madre de Dios Lunes, 1ro de Enero, 2018 (No es día de Precepto)

Our Parish Offices will be closed on December 24th through December 29th; December 31st and January 1st.

La Oficina Parroquial estará cerrada el 24 de diciembre hasta el 29 de diciembre; 31 de diciembre y el 1ro de Enero, 2018.