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ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT March 31, 2019
Saturday, March 30 8:00 a.m. + All Souls by The Pham Family 5:00 p.m. + Eileen & Charles McQuillan by The McQuillan Family Sunday, March 31 7:00 a.m. + Jay Vincent Padlan by Ruth Lowry 8:30 a.m. + Patricia O’Hara Hally by Mary & David Kirby 10:00 a.m. + Paul Judson White by The Valeski Family 11:30 a.m. - Living & Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 1:00 p.m. + Mary Shae by Joan Shaw & Marie Valeski 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Linda Crawford by Buck & Jane Dobranski Monday, April 1 6:30 a.m. + Stephen Hilton by The Sowder Family 8:00 a.m. + Theresia Wansi by Maria Morfaw Tuesday, April 2 6:30 a.m. + Kathrine Gagnon by Barbara Mehm 8:00 a.m. + Honesto Ong by Nellie Kaw Wednesday, April 3 6:30 a.m. + James R. Philbin, Sr. by Pat & Erin Philbin 8:00 a.m. + Joseph Atanga by Maria Morfaw Thursday, April 4 6:30 a.m. + Irene Hoefling by The Manetto Family 8:00 a.m. + Columbanus Morfaw by Maria Morfaw Friday, April 5 6:30 a.m. + Steve & Ligaya Valentin by The Hobbs Family 8:00 a.m. + All Souls by The Pham Family 7:30 p.m. + Tom Howard by his Family Saturday, April 6 8:00 a.m. + Virginia Villanueva by Ruth & John Lowry 5:00 p.m. + Roger Fabich by The Fabich Family Sunday, April 7 7:00 a.m. + Henry J. Clifford by The Lisk Family 8:30 a.m. + David Kelleher by Margaret Davis & Family 10:00 a.m. + Paul Judson White by Juanita White 11:30 a.m. + Admiral Jerry Tuttle by The McNulty Family 1:00 p.m. - Living & Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Edmond Cahalane by Mary Cahalane
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK 2019 BISHOP’S LENTEN APPEAL
Peace and good! As you know, the theme for the Bishop’s Len-ten Appeal (BLA) is “Together in the Light of Christ.” As you reflect upon the donation you have made/pledged or what type of donation/pledge you should make to the BLA, I invite you to reflect upon the ways in which the BLA embraces the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy which are actions we can perform that extend God’s compassion and mercy to those in need.
Gabriel Project, Project Rachel and Respect Life – Support-ed by the BLA
The Gabriel Project and Project Rachel offices work to provide pregnancy assistance, post-abortion recovery and coordinate with the Respect Life Office to restore respect for all human life.
Gabriel Project helps pregnant women with long or shor t-term needs by offering assistance at the parish level. It involves a network of churches, crisis pregnancy centers and other agen-cies working together to assist the mother with physical, materi-al, spiritual and emotional support.
Project Rachel is a post-abortive healing ministry open to mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings or anyone who seeks healing after abortion. This ministry seeks to reach out with the mercy and love of Christ to help be at peace with oneself and God.
The Respect Life Office offers resources and a collection of ways to help respect life, both in prayer and in action. This of-fice provides educational materials to keep parishioners in-formed of the current issues in regards to all human life from the moment of conception until natural death.
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • Gabriel Project provided support to 376 mothers with pre-
natal care and/or monetary and medical assistance. This is a 47% increase from last year!
• 63 babies were born to Gabriel Project Mothers. • 50 women attended the Project Rachel healing retreats and/
or a day of recollection. • Parish Respect Life leaders representing 39 parishes attend-
ed the Inaugural Diocesan Respect Life Leadership Confer-ence at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in August 2018.
• More than 650 people attended the Respect Life Sunday Mass to celebrate Persons with Disabilities and the gift of “Every Life: Cherished. Chosen. Sent.” (BLA Flyer, 2019)
Pope Francis shares: “All life has inestimable value even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org March 31, 2019
The Youth Ministry Corner
Attention High School Students! There is no youth minis-try tonight, but please join us next Sunday, April 7th, from
6:00pm – 7:30pm for Open Gym. Attention Middle School Students! Please join us on April 12th for Middle School Ministry. We’ll be in the gym from
7:00pm – 8:15pm. For more information, contact Jenn Chmiel at:
Collections: The weekend of March 24, 2019 Offertory - $ 20,195 plus Faith Direct $ 14,512 Thank you for your continued support, prayers and kind generosity.
The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish minis-tries: We wish to thank the parishioners who have made their pledges and donations to the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA). Your pledges and donations will assist the Bishop in his commitment to provide the means for the diocese to share the “works of mercy” to those in need. For the parishioners who are still re-flecting upon their pledge/donation to the BLA, we invite you to reflect upon the ways in which the BLA embraces the cor-poral and spiritual works of mercy. As of this date, St. Joseph Catholic Church has made 69% of its BLA assessment. We wish to thank our parishioners who minister and support the parish Respect Life Ministry. We wish to thank the catechists/trainers of the altar servers. Know that we appreciate the time you commit to their training. We look forward to the new altar servers joining this ministry in the parish. We wish to thank the youth of the parish who have ministered and served as altar servers this past year. Your ministry is ap-preciated and has assisted the Friars in the celebration of the Eucharist. We wish to thank the Saint Joseph School (SJS) students who were faithful to their commitment of serving at the 8:00 am weekday Mass and SJS School Mass throughout this school year. We thank our parishioners who shared their time, talents, and treasures in the liturgical ministries (English and Spanish) of the parish. For all those who volunteered their time to share in the following ministries: music and choir, lector, Extra Ordi-nary Minister of Holy Communion, altar server, usher, al-tar society, Church cleaners, money counters, wedding co-ordinators, parish staff, etc. Your time, talents, and treas-ures bring the message of hope, peace, joy, and love to the par-ish. Many blessings!
The Light is On For You – On Wednesdays of Lent from 6:30 – 7:30 pm for individual confession. The schedule for the evening is:
6:30 – 8:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration
6:30 – 7:30 pm Confessions 8:00 pm Night Prayer and Benediction www.TheLightIsOnForYou.org
April 27, 2019 Ordination
Our Franciscan Deacon, Brother David Dodd, TOR will be ordained to the Priesthood on Saturday, April 27, 2019 in Loretto, PA. The parish is providing a bus for parishioners who are interested in attending. A free will offering is asked to help defray the cost of the bus. The number of seats is limited. To reserve a seat send an email to [email protected] or call 703-880-4302. Include your name, phone number and the num-ber of people in your party. More information to fol-low.
You are invited to join the friars and the women of the SJC Ladies’ Society at the Lenten Fish Fry and Stations of the Cross! Prices include Fish, Fries, coleslaw, and drink. $10 for adults $5 for children, $30 for family Friday, April 12, 2019 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall (School Entrance) Stations of the Cross – The Stations of the Cross and Peace Prayer of Saint Francis led by the Franciscan Friars in Formation from Washington, DC, in the Church at 7:00 pm.
Pope Francis invites each of us to reflect upon the importance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in our lives. He shared: “Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ cru-cified and risen. Every time we go to confession, God embraces us” (2014).
Lenten Penance Services
Monday, April 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm Saint Thomas á Becket Catholic Church
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm Saint John Neumann Catholic Church and Our Lady of Good Counsel at Our Lady of Good Counsel
As you plan your spiritual journey for the Lenten Season, we invite you to attend one of the Lenten Penance Services. Visit-ing priests will be assisting at these penance services in order to provide an opportunity for individuals to celebrate the Sac-rament of Reconciliation. Our Lenten Penance Service is April 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm.
St. Joseph Ladies’ Society Gertrude Hawk High Quality Candy Fundraiser
Still time to order and have it shipped to your home!
Go to http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/fund-raising
For those of you who ordered in time to be shipped to St. Joseph, delivery will be on April 3, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. outside parish hall A.
TMIY EXPANSION! TMIY has a Tuesday evening option!
TMIY is an interactive, multi-media men’s program focused on the development of authentic male leadership. Come join the Men of our parish in enriching relationships with both Christ and family.
The theme for this coming week is “The practice of the Presence of God” and will cover the following topics: The Desire of the “Heart” of God, The Thirst of Jesus Christ, and The Mystery of the Eucharist.
All men are invited to attend TMIY on Friday Mornings at 6:30 a.m. and
NOW on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m.
TMIY will give you the opportunity to go deeper in your faith.
For more information contact Jack ([email protected]) or Steve ([email protected]).
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org March 31, 2019
For several years, our parish has partnered with NPH to pro-vide food, clothing, education, and healthcare to children in Latin American countries. Interested in traveling to the NPH Guatemala home this summer? There's still time to register for our trip this summer, June 16-21. Contact Jenn ([email protected]) for more information.
Eucharistic Ministers Needed - If you are interested in be-coming involved in this sacred ministry, please contact Mary Kirby at [email protected] or phone 703-880-4302. Next workshop for Eucharistic Ministers is April 6th, 10 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. at St. Theresa for our Deanery.
Banns of Marriage II Sudy Gervais & Erica Debrecht Jack Meyer & Clare Quinn Amanda Egan & Austin Harper John Luke Pagsibigoja & Denise Portea Kevin Reyes Otero & Jackeline Julissa Berrios Ayala
THEOLOGY ON TAP Tuesday, April 9, 2019 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
O’Faolain’s Irish Restaurant and Pub (Sterling, VA) Lewis Dowle
Lewis will be speaking on the importance on remember-ing the good things God has done. He will draw on Joshua 3 and 4 and the deliverance of God’s people to the Prom-ised Land, and discuss how that story can relate to us per-sonally. 2019 Scholarship for Graduating High School Seniors The Knights of Columbus, St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton Assem-bly #1781, has established a Scholarship Grant program to provide a onetime grant of financial assistance to qualified graduating seniors from our parishes who have demonstrated service to his/her community, academic achievement, and plans to pursue higher education. The 2019 Scholarship Grant is $1000. Visit https://tinyurl.com/seton1781 for details and applica-tion. Applications due 18 May 2019.
We wish to thank all who contributed food and monetary offerings for our Lenten St. Lucy Collection. Food collections totaled 13,252 pounds and monetary offerings were $6147. At a time when the need to feed the poor in our diocese is great, your generosity
during the season of Lent demonstrates your dedication to almsgiving to the poor. These amounts are the most ever given during one collection in our parish. THANK YOU! We also wish to thank the men of the St Joseph’s Men’s Society and the Knights of Columbus who distributed the bags, collected the food, and loaded and drove the trucks over the past two week-ends.
Virginia March for Life
Mass in Arlington and Rally in Rich-mond. Join the fight for life in Virginia on Wednesday, April 3rd!
Bishop Burbidge will start the day with 7 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington with coffee and light Lenten refreshments to follow in Burke Hall following Mass. The rally starts at 11 a.m. at the State Capitol in Rich-mond, followed by the March for Life at 12 p.m. Please bring your family and friends! For more information, please visit www.vacatholic.org. For carpooling options, email [email protected].
ARE YOU AN ADULT CATHOLIC WHO NEEDS TO BE CONFIRMED?
St. Joseph’s Parish is offering a (7) seven-week class for those baptized Catholic adults who al-ready have received their First Holy Communion but still have not received Confirmation. Classes will be held every Wednesday from 7:00 p.m.-
9:00 p.m. beginning on April 24th in Room 210. Bishop Michael Burbidge will be administering the Sacrament of Con-firmation on Pentecost Sunday, June 9th at 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. To register, con-tact Mr. Reyes Ruiz call 703-880-4332 or email at [email protected]. Online registration is also available at www.sjcherndon.org/confirmation.
