Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church The Feast of Corpus Christi June 2, 2013 Parish Staff Rev. Ronald S. Escalante, Pastor Rev. Edwin Thayer Tewes, Parochial Vicar Deacon Larry Hammel Mrs. Diane Morano, Business Manager Mrs. Cathy Mitchell, Director of Liturgy Ms. Susan Khalil, Secretary Mrs. Melissa Gobs, DRE Mrs. Janice Rees, CRE, Sunday Bulletin Mrs. Jane Treado, Director of Youth Ministry Mr. Michael Galdo, Director of Music Mrs. Sharon Liddicoatt, Sacristan Contact Info Parish Office - 540-338-6381 email - [email protected]Religious Education Office - 540-338- 4497 In case of an emergency - 540-338-6440 Fax - 540-338-6431 37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132-9600 www.SaintFrancisParish.org Welcome! Please register and become part of our parish community. You may fill out a reg- istration form in the parish office during business hours. Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil - 5pm Sunday - 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 6pm (Teen Mass) Daily Masses Monday and Wednesday - 9am Tuesday and Thursday - 6:30am Friday - 6:30am and 12 noon; Saturday - 9am Check the bulletin for Holy Days of Obliga- tion Adoration/Benediction Adoration is held every Friday, following the 12 noon Mass until 10pm. On First Friday, Adoration continues throughout the night with Benediction at 8:45am Saturday. Sacraments Reconciliation: Friday 10:45-11:45am; Saturday 8 -8:30am and 3:30-4:30pm; nd anytime by appointment Matrimony: Parish couples planning to be married must make arrangements with the Office at least six months prior to the intended date of marriage. Baptism: The Sacrament is celebrated each month, the second Saturday at 9:30am and the third Sunday at 1:30pm. Baptism class is the last Friday of the month at 7pm. Call the office for details. Anointing of the Sick: We are privileged to bring Holy Communion and admin- ister the Holy Anointing to the sick and homebound upon request. Please call the office to let us know. Where is the foolish person who would think it in his or her power to commit more than God could forgive? St. Francis de Sales 1st Holy Communion Class of 2013
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Saint Francis de Sales Catholic ChurchThe Feast of Corpus Christi
June 2, 2013
Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with perfect confidence.-St. Francis de Sales
Parish StaffRev. Ronald S. Escalante, PastorRev. Edwin Thayer Tewes, Parochial VicarDeacon Larry HammelMrs. Diane Morano, Business ManagerMrs. Cathy Mitchell, Director of LiturgyMs. Susan Khalil, SecretaryMrs. Melissa Gobs, DREMrs. Janice Rees, CRE, Sunday BulletinMrs. Jane Treado, Director of Youth MinistryMr. Michael Galdo, Director of MusicMrs. Sharon Liddicoatt, Sacristan
Contact InfoParish Office - 540-338-6381email - [email protected] Education Office - 540-338-4497In case of an emergency - 540-338-6440Fax - 540-338-643137730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132-9600www.SaintFrancisParish.org
Welcome!Please register and become part of our parish community. You may fill out a reg-istration form in the parish office during business hours.
Daily Masses Monday and Wednesday - 9amTuesday and Thursday - 6:30amFriday - 6:30am and 12 noon; Saturday - 9amCheck the bulletin for Holy Days of Obliga-tion
Adoration/BenedictionAdoration is held every Friday, following the 12 noon Mass until 10pm. On First Friday, Adoration continues throughout the night with Benediction at 8:45am Saturday.
SacramentsReconciliation: Friday 10:45-11:45am; Saturday 8 -8:30am and 3:30-4:30pm; nd anytime by appointment
Matrimony: Parish couples planning to be married must make arrangements with the Office at least six months prior to the intended date of marriage.
Baptism: The Sacrament is celebrated each month, the second Saturday at 9:30am and the third Sunday at 1:30pm. Baptism class is the last Friday of the month at 7pm. Call the office for details.
Anointing of the Sick: We are privileged to bring Holy Communion and admin-ister the Holy Anointing to the sick and homebound upon request. Please call the office to let us know.
Where is the foolish person who would think it in his or her power to commit more than God could forgive? St. Francis de Sales
1st Holy Communion Class of 2013
Readings for the Week
Masses for the Week+ deceasedSat., June 1 Vigil: The Feast of Corpus Christi 5:00 pm Saint Francis Council 11136, it’s officers and members past, present and future, to continue to fulfill the mission started by Fr. Michael G. McGivney, founder of the Knights of ColumbusSun., June 2 The Feast of Corpus Christi 7:00 am + For the deceased members of the D’Elia and Curran families 8:30 am The Eucharistic and Sacred Heart of Jesus 10:30 am Kevin and Ann Lees 12:30 pm + Patricia Howard 6:00 pm People of the ParishMon. June 3 Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions 9:00 am Lois GallagherTue., June 4 Weekday 6:30 am Ian Khalil and Natalie KhalilWed., June 5 Saint Boniface 9:00 am + Vicki Marie Stevenson MitchellThu., June 6 Weekday 6:30 am Narcisa and Norberto Zulueta, Leo Pamicoza, Sister Filomena Zulueta, Patricia and Lou Glover, Intentions of Mary Ann and Scott GloverFri., June 7 First Friday; The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 6:30 am + Ginger Bare 12:00 noon Special IntentionSat., June 8 The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 am + Mona and + Wallace FitzgeraldSat., June 8 Vigil: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 pm Special IntentionSun., June 9 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 am Tim Beglau 8:30 am + Clinton Humphries 10:30 am + Anne Marie Hooks 12:30 pm Charles Schollenberger 6:00 pm People of the Parish
This WeekWed., June 5 SoulStitch - 9:30am, Parish Hall MINI VBS Camp Mtg. - 7pm, Conference Room Charismatic Prayer Group - 7pm, Oratory
Parish Financial StatusIn-Pew Offertory - May 26 $ 10,753YEAR TO DATE $ 663,6132nd Collection $ 1,153
Electronic Offertory totals for May are not yet available
The Baptism instruction classes for June and August will be held on Friday, June 21 and Friday, August 23. Please note the change from the usually scheduled last Friday of the month.
[A]s often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.1 Corinthians 11:26
Shepherd’s Notes Ask the Priest
Q. What was the rule with marrying people in your family back in the old days? –Carly Campbell and Olivia HallerA. God said don’t do it anymore! However, in the beginning of creation it was necessary for the people to marry their “family” because the world began with just Adam and Eve. Their children obviously ended up marrying each other. After Noah and his family of eight survived the great flood, their children’s children married each other to repopulate the world. But during the time of Moses God made it very clear that it was no longer appropri-ate for family members to marry each other. We know this from reading Leviticus chapter 18. Q. In the story of Noah’s Ark, it the ark still there on the mountain? –Mary GraceA. It is possible that it is still there but we don’t know exactly which mountain. The Bible tells us that Noah’s Ark rested on the “mountains of Ararat” (Genesis 8:4) after the flood. Ararat is a region of high mountains in modern day Turkey. It could have settled in any of the mountains in that region. The highest peak is almost 17,000 feet high. Q. Can you receive the sacrament of reconciliation if you do not speak the same language as the priest, i.e., if he could not understand what was being said? –Dana FriedlA. Yes, it is possible if the penitent requests the sacrament and there is no availability of another priest who speaks the language. The format is the same for confession everywhere in the world. The only thing that differs is the language. A creative way of doing this, if done face to face, is for the penitent to point to a number in the 10 commandments to give the priest an idea at least a general idea of the sin. This, of course, is very general. If someone points to the 5th commandment, it doesn’t mean that the person necessarily physically “killed” anyone. It could have meant he just got very angry with somebody. In this case the priest just hopes for the best scenario and that there was no impediment to giving absolution! This has happened to me on a few occasions when I was asked to hear confessions from other languages that either I knew very little or nothing about. Without realizing it at the time I can now see how Divine Providence led me to study 6 languages before I was ordained a priest (Taga-log—my native language in the Philippines, English, French, Latin, Italian and a small bit of Spanish). It helped me to hear confessions from people from other countries. [Once I remarked that I could probably now understand any language but Greek. When someone challenged if I could understand Swahili my response was, “Sorry, that’s Greek to me!”]
What is “Corpus Christi”? Corpus Christi is about the Catholics’ most important belief that during Mass the bread & wine are miraculously transformed into the body, blood, soul & divinity of Jesus Christ. The catechism clearly defines this mystery in the following words: “In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist ‘the body & blood, together w/the soul & divinity, of Our Lord Jesus Christ &, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really & substantially contained…’ it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God & man, makes himself wholly & entirely present” (CCC 1374). While some believe that the Bible is the most important part of their salvation, the Catholic Church for its entire 2,000+-year history focuses on the real presence of God in the Holy Eucharist. In the Gospel of John (6:53-54) Jesus insists, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day”? The only place on the whole face of the earth that has consistently offered the true flesh and blood of Christ is at the celebration of the Mass. Others only offer a “symbolic” bread and wine for communion. The Catholic Church has always taught since apostolic times that what we receive at Mass is truly the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ himself.
“We have two new Catholics this weekend!” We are very blessed in the last couple of months that several of our young children and adults received their very first Holy Com-munion. On this Solemnity of Corpus Christi we are very blessed again that we have two more wonderful people who will experience receiving Jesus in the Eucharist for the very first time. Due to spe-cial circumstances, two high school students from Loudoun Valley High School have completed their 3-month after school intensive faith study with me on the Catholic faith and are now ready to be received in the Catholic Church at the 8:30am Sunday Mass this weekend. Senior Thomas Funkhauser and junior Madison Moseley are very excited to complete their spiritual journey by expressing their desire to live and embrace the Catholic faith. It has been a great joy working with these two young faith-filled students from Valley. Watching them grow in their love for Jesus and the Church from a bird’s eye view was truly a great gift from God. Please join me in prayer and encouragement for these great children of God and new members of our faith! Your shepherd in Christ,Father Escalante
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• Organizing the Arlington Diocese October 12, 2013 day-pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in DC—Every 3 years our diocese holds a diocesan pilgrimage and it’s that time of the year. I’m looking for someone (or a few people) to organize this parish event. The main duty is promoting and coordinating/sign up of the bus trip. Please contact me directly if you’re interested. This event is a Year of Faith activity.
• Recommend a name for next year’s RCIA—Our RCIA Class of 2013 just ended with 14 new converts and several others who took the class as a refresher. Do you know of anyone who might be interested in learning more about the Catholic Church and sign up for RCIA in Sep-tember? Please contact me directly or our Religious Education office. • Elijah Cup participants—In previous bulletins we launched a new vocations program called the Elijah Cup. Those participating may take the chalice/paten used for the Sunday Mass for a week and pray for vo-cations (see 3/17/2013 bulletin for details on our website if you missed it). Please contact Bob Craig directly if you wish to sign up: [email protected], 540.751.9832 (H), or 215.285.4885 (C).
You can contact me directly for your response by phone (540-338-6381 ext. 102), by email ([email protected]), by “snail mail” or in person.
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Did not get ‘em
• We didn’t get enough people to sign up to keep the regular Adoration schedule for the summer. We have no choice but to switch to a new schedule of Friday Adoration from 12:30 – 5pm starting on June 14. (The all-night First Friday Adoration is unaffected and will remain as scheduled.)
Our Military Members: Capt. Chuck Marshall; PFC Brandon Badura; Gunnery Sgt. Robert Warner III; PFC Sean Milam; Lcpl John Owen Patterson; Airman 1st Class Pete Buxton; PFC Tim Marshall; Specialist Sean Zurschmeide; PV2 Ryan Badura; 2nd Lt. Patrick Gutierrez, Capt. Andrew Cahan; LCpl Gary Martz, LTC Jay Hallam; 1st Lt Matthew RyanThe Sick: Sofia Macaraeg, Dominic CorcoranThe Deceased: Marilyn Moffett, Mary Sierzega, Catherine Lovell, Barbara Curtis, Mildred Gilmore, Michael Lasher, Elizabeth Biddle, Rosemary Schreck, John Hohenstein, Mary Mulvihill, Mary Hall, Willliam Grady, Lidia Kelley, Barbara Ely
Our thoughts and prayers are with ...
Retreat for WomenTreat yourself to a weekend at Dominican Retreat in Mclean, VA, June 7-9, to experience God's peace and presence. Our Theme this year is "Peace is my gift to you" (John 14:27). Retreat director Fr. Sam Vaccarella, a Fran-ciscan Friar of the Third Order Regular, has been serving in retreat ministry and leading parish missions for more than twenty-five years and is currently director of San Damiano Spiritual Life Center in White Post, VA. Father Sam, a loving and holy man, is an outstanding homilist. For reservations or information contact Jean Fenwick at 540-338-2884 or [email protected] or see www.dominicanretreat.org.
James Gutierrez - June 7, 2012Marie Urda - June 23, 2010
Mary Agatha Spates - June 8, 2010Patricia Howard - June 18, 2010
Anthony Guggenheimer – June 25, 2009Violet D. Brown – June 26, 2007
Nicholas Bamburak – June 22, 2007Mary A. Prior – June 17, 2007
Peter N. Gabby – June 10, 2007Geraldine O. Clark – June 26, 2004
George Laudenback, Sr. – June 3, 2002Ernest J. Kulik – June 22, 2000
Beverly P. Schwable – June 7, 2000Frieda Ehmann – June 25, 1999Edwin H. Ford – June 4, 1998Penny E. Hill – June 8, 1998
Ruth E. McGinley – June 19, 1997Joseph N. Stoutenburgh – June 1, 1996
Kathryn S. Luhrs – June 16, 1995Ellen T. Bragg – June 3, 1994Helen E. Muir – June 3, 1989
Carolyn W. Danek – June 26, 1985Dorothy C. Payette – June 23, 1983
Caroline M. Jackson - June 20, 1981Amy L. Sloyon – June 2, 1978
Below are the names of people along with the date of death from our parish since the time St.
Francis de Sales became a parish in 1967. Scrip-ture tells us to pray for the living and the dead.
Let us commend to the Lord’s mercy the following:
SOULSTITCH meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 9:30-11:30am in the Parish Hall. Join us this Wednesday, June 5. We are cur-rently making prayer shawls/lap blankets for Work Camp. You do not have to attend the meetings to participate; you can contact me to make arrange-ments for pick up. We are also making hats for the Loudoun Mobile bus and Baptismal Bibs. Please contact Sheila at 703.431.7360 or [email protected] for more information.
CHECK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE!The Parish Nurses do Blood Pressure Checks on the 2nd Saturday and Sunday of the month, in the Oratory Room after every Mass. No sign up is necessary. Next blood pressure check will be June 8 and 9.
1st COMMUNION PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON-LINEBob Merhaut, our photographer for 1st Communion has now posted the portraits on-line for your review and purchase. Please call or email the RE office if you did not get an email directly from Bob with the email address and password.
CONFIRMATION PHOTOS are still in production. Watch this space and your email for notification when these photos are available for preview and purchase.
A Belated Thank You to the members of the Knights of Columbus for helping with the parking situation at the two 1st Holy Communion Masses. They were a huge help and it would have been difficult to fit all the cars in the parking lot without their help. Thank you Wayne Hanley for coordinating this.
We would like to recognize Jennifer Cifuentes as a graduating senior who was a part of our RE program as a Catechist Aide. Her name was mistakenly left out of last weeks bulletin. Best of luck at UVA Jennifer! We will miss you and all of our graduat-ing seniors who have been a big part of the program here at St. Francis de Sales
FUN ‘Mini VBS Camps” Coming this Summer!!!We are in the process of planning our upcoming ‘MIni Camps”. The first event will be an Ice Cream Social and Movie Night on Friday, June 21 for families with children up through 10 years old or rising 5th graders. We have a lot of fun ideas and can’t wait to share them with everyone. If you are an adult or teen and would like to be a part of planning these day camps, please come to a planning meeting on Wednesday, June 5 at 7pm.
CALLING ALL CHILDREN! We will have a float in the Purcell-ville 4th of July Parade, which is of course, held on Thursday, July 4. We are going to have a lot of new red, white and blue decorations to dress up the float. To truly identify ourselves as Catholics, we will have a statue of Mary, because Our Lady of the Immaculate Con-ception is the patron saint of the United States!
TEEN FAITH NEWS
Religious Education Registration for 2013-2014 will be emailed home in late June to all families currently enrolled in the Religious Education program. If you are new to the RE program, registration packets will be available in the Narthex at that time. Registration will be July 1 thru August 31.We do our very best to ensure delivery of emails regarding regis-tration, upcoming meetings, important Sacrament info, etc.However, email filters will often block these messages due to the large volume of emails we send out. Or you may not get emails from us because we don’t have your current email address. If you are not receiving these our emails please contact the RE office.
TEEN MASS - at 6pm every Sunday. All Teens are welcome. Join us in the front left 3 rows of church as we cel-ebrate the Teen Mass together. Youth Group - June 9th, 7-9pm. All rising freshman in-vited to join us as we kick-off the summer. Friends always invited!!!
Mandatory Workcamp Meetings - We have 2 mandatory meetings coming up! Sunday, June 2nd, 7-9pm. Please make every effort to be at this meeting and please bring in any money you have collected. We will be giving out the list of things to bring and going over safety. We will also have the sign up for tools. We also will have a short 15 minute meeting on June 16th 7:05-7:15pm. This is a logis-tics meeting and we need everyone to be in attendance to go over all the details.
Parents of Workcampers - We have an exceedingly impor-tant parent meeting this Sunday, June 2nd, 4-5:45. We have important infromation to get to you. We also need your help. This will be the only parents meeting before we leave for Workcamp. Please please be there! Vans and Suv's needed!!! - We need 6 passenger vans and suv's for Workcamp. Please contact me if you are able to lend us your car. We can give you a tax receipt for $500 for the donation of your van for the week of June 23-29. That is the price we would have to pay to rent vehicles. If needed, we can trade you a car. ADULT Workcamp Meeting for adults going to Work-camp - This will be the last time we meet before we go to workcamp so please be at this meeting Tuesday, June 11th, 7:30-9pm.
Graduating SENIORS!!! - Coming soon - Dinner at the Treado's. Look for the date to be announced soon. Teen Lectors Needed - Please contact Cathy Mitchell at [email protected] if interested in being a Teen Lector at the Teen Mass.
Charity Golf Tournament - A big thanks goes out to all those who helped sponsor the golf tournament. Thanks to N~ask, ZETA Associates, Don & Kathy Vore, Paul Pur-due, TJT Corporation, Prospect Waterproofing Company, Ancient Order of Hibernian's, Denis & Priscilla Godfrey, Green Acres Lawncare, Mark & Mary Darnell, Brian Ma-honey, MRSL, Steve Sprague, Tony Papas, Valley Energy, Sean Callahan, Andy Doran, Jerry Fowler, David Lubbers, Karl Phillip, The Tire Shop Inc, Dan Coombs, Walker's Grille, Blue Ridge Grill, Loudoun Golf and Country Club,The Knights of Columbus, River Creek Golf Club, Stoneleigh Country Club, Wegmans, and The Wine Kitchen.Thanks also to all those who help on the day of the golf tournament and to all those who golfed in the tournament. It was a lot of fun and a great success.
Blood Drive Sunday June.16 Our 2013 Blood Donor Program continues with the 16 June drive at the Purcellville Fire and Rescue Station. Would you be willing to provide a simple, straight-forward gift to assure the health and welfare of your fam-ily and, your parish faith community? Join
us with another Awesome Act of Kindness. The primary cost is the commitment of roughly an hour of your time. The Gift of Life is important to ensure a safe and adequate supply of blood products is available for family, friends, and neighbors in need. The Sign-up Sheet is posted in the narthex. Call Rachel Brill at 540 338-6313 or register at the Inova eDonor website, www.inovabloodsaves.org, for appointments or scheduling information.
National Homeschool Conference ~ June 21-22The Twelfth Annual Immaculate Heart of Mary National Homeschool and Parent Conference will be held at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center, 2371 Carl. D. Silver Parkway, in Fredericksburg, VA on Friday, June 21st (9am-9pm) and on Saturday, June 22 (9am-4:30pm).Speakers include Fr. Andrew Apostoli, Fr. Joseph Mary Brown, Fr. Shannon Collins, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Prof. Joseph Pearce, Mrs. Colleen Hammond, and Vir-ginia Seuffert. See www.ihmconference.org for full list of speakers and vendors! This year’s conference will also feature a Teen Program and a Catholic College Fair! ADMISSION is FREE and NO PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED!Convenient, free parking! For more information, please call 540-636-1946.
Summer Theology Courses at Christendom Graduate SchoolEnrich your life and learn more about the Faith by taking a summer course at the Christendom Graduate School! The six-week session runs from June 24 - August 3. At our convenient Alexandria campus (on Queen of Apostles Parish grounds) we are offering Christology (Tuesday & Thursday evenings), and a special team-taught Apologetics course on selected Monday and Wednesday evenings and some Saturday morning. At the Front Royal residential program we are offering Patristics, Sexual and Biomedical Ethics, Catechetical Norms &* Methods, Old Testament, Holy spirit and Ecclesiology, and Theological Research Seminar. We welcome both degree-seeking and casual students, on either a part-time or full-time bases. We have low tuition rates and discounts for seniors, catechists, and Catholic school teachers. WE ALSO HAVE ONLINE COURSES. For more information, please visit www.christendom.edu/grad, call 703-658-4304, or email us at [email protected].
St. John the Apostle Preschool Fall 2013 Additional 3 Year-Old ClassSt. John’s Preschool has added another 3 year-old morning class for the fall. If you are/were interested in the Preschool when our classes were full, please call Preschool Director Jane Taylor at (703) 777-7873 if you have any additional questions. Preschool applications and information for the fall of 2013 is available on the St. John the Apostle website, saintjohnleesburg.org. Registration information and appli-cations can also be found on the wall next to the Preschool Director’s Office in the Parish Center. St. John’s Preschool is the only Catholic Preschool in Loudoun County and enrolls students from every parish in the county.
Fiat Days Camp – June 30 to July 4 Fiat Days is a camp for Catholic women in high school (rising freshmen – rising seniors) to deepen their faith, learn more about vocations, and to better discern God’s call in their lives. The cost is only $125 and spots are filling quickly. Regis-ter online at www.arlingtonvocations.org.
RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: A walk through the RCIA ProcessHow does our parish attract inquirers who consider becoming Catholic?The short answer is you! When any parish has many inquirers year after year, it is the fruit of the Holy Spirit as parish members open their hearts to welcome others. Members of a welcoming and evangelizing community take seriously their call to share the Di-vine message of salvation. It happens in parish fami-lies, in the workplace, in gatherings with friends and neighbors, and in daily contacts. Give thanks to God as he continuously strengthens each of us who seek to do his will in offering a gentle, humble, and clear welcome to the Catholic faith. “Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15). If you would like to learn more about the Catholic faith, contact Melissa Gobs at 540-338-4497 or [email protected].
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Interested in a Pilgrimage to Italy? Join us this fall for a Spiritual Journey including 4 days in Rome, 4 days in Assisi and one day in Florence from November 13-23, 2013. The trip will be hosted by San Damiano Spiritual Life Center with Fr. Sam Vaccarella, T.O.R. For more information please contact us at (540) 868-9220 or at [email protected]
Tepeyac Family Center is accepting new OB/GYN Patients Tepeyac Family Center is accepting new OB/GYN patients! Tepeyac Family Center, LLC, located on Lee Highway in Fairfax, is a pro-life, integrated healthcare practice with board certified doctors, registered nurses, other credentialed staff and medical assistants. Tepeyac's mission is to convey the healing presence of Christ through excellent medical care that respects the consciences of patients and providers. Tepeyac offers a full range of obstetrical and gynecological services (including well-woman care, natural fertility, surgery, and ultrasounds) while upholding the dignity and the intrinsic worth of each person. Make your appointment today by calling 703-273-9440. Visit our website, www.tepeyacfamilycenter.com. Tepeyac accepts most insur-ance plans.
Pregnancy Assistance Volunteer Training A free training session for volunteers who want to help expectant moth-ers will be offered by Sarah LaPierre, Program Director for Gabriel Project, on Saturday, June 15, from 10 am to 12:30pm (after the 9am Mass) at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More Catholic Church (Arling-ton) in the Parish Hall. Register online before June 14 at www.arlingtondiocese.org/gpavolunteer. For more info, please contact Gabriel Project at (703) 841-2755.
MARRIAGE HELP Retrouvaille has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you too. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning the weekend of July 19-21, call: 703 351 7211 or www.HelpOurMarriage.com
Catechesis of the Good ShepherdThe Joyful Child Atrium The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a religious formation program using the Montessori approach. Children aged 3 to 12 attend class once a week for 2 hours. Classes are filling quickly, but we do have openings for the next school year for children aged 3 to 6 and 6 to10 on Thursdays from 9 to 11am, and Saturdays from 8 to 10am. We are located in Purcellville. For more information, please visit our website at www.thejoyfulchildatrium.com or call Theresa Bruton at 540-882-3047
Allder Montessori SchoolA Catholic Montessori school located in Purcellville is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year. After a successful first year, we are accepting new students for the Primary program (ages 3-6,) and the Elementary program (ages 6-9). Each program incorpo-rates an atrium, as well as regular academic presentations in math, lan-guage, sensorial skills, and practical life. Additionally, the Elementary program is based on the “Great Lessons” to inspire the child’s wonder and awe in the Universe and the Earth, Life, Humans, Language, and Numbers. The school is located on 25 beautiful rural acres with ac-cess to fields, woods, and a creek. Previous Montessori experience is strongly recommended (but not required)for those students applying to the Elementary program. Tours are available by appointment. For more information, contact Heather West at [email protected],
Birthright of Loudoun County is in need of Spring/Summer Maternity Clothing for our expectant mothers. Many of our mothers are not able to buy clothing that prop-erly fits them as they move through their pregnancy. Any used mater-nity clothing would be greatly appreciated! Contact Dawn Dumas at [email protected]
This devotion, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is a time of silence spent before Jesus physically present before us in the Eucharist, placed in the monstrance and exposed upon the altar for all of us to visit and adore - a time to develop that deeper, more personal relationship with Jesus. It is the very core of our Faith and a true gift for our soul and spiritual well-being.
All parishioners are invited and encouraged to spend a Holy Hour in Adoration before
the Blessed Sacrament every Friday. Join us this First Friday
Please contact Mark Donofrio at (540) 338-8133 or [email protected] if you would like to become a regular adorer, substitute or have any questions. For regular adorers who cannot make their sched-uled time this month, please let Mark know so we can ensure adequate coverage.
