154 N. MAIN STREET • HARRISONBURG, VA 22802

154 N. MAIN STREET • HARRISONBURG, VA 22802
PHONE: 540-434-4341 • WEBSITE: www.bsccva.com
EMAIL: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS: Monday–Friday 9:00 am–4:00 pm
(Office closed Monday 12:30–1:30 for lunch)
Twinning with St. Isidore on La Gonave, Haiti
December 21, 2014 • Fourth Sunday of Advent
21 de Deciembre de 2014 • Cuarto Domingo de
Adviento
STAFF
Pastor.................................................... Rev. Silvio Kaberia
Parochial Vicar ...............................Rev. Joseph Goldsmith
Deacon .............................................. Rev. Mr. Paul Kudrav
Deacon Emeritus………………….Rev. Mr. Fred La Spina
Coord. of Religious Education............ Mrs. Valerie Blanton
Interim Minister of Youth…………….Mr. Christian Wooten
Minister of Liturgy & Music ...................... Ms. Jean DePiro
Secretary ..............................................Mrs. Martha Moyers
Business Manager ..................................... Mr. Bill Brennan
Facilities Manager.................................... Mr. Ron Bodkins
COUNCILS
Parish Council Chair Dr. Vicki Fawcett-Adams, 896-3417
Parish Council Vice-Chair …Mr. Carlos Briones, 440-5061
Parish Council Secretary…. Mr. Bob Tennyson, 828-6564
Finance Council Chair ……Mrs. Bev McGowan, 433-1868
Finance Council Vice Chair ...Mrs. Carol Miller, 867-5263
Finance Council Secretary….Mrs. Marcia Pearce 234-8208
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday ................................... 12:10 pm
Wednesday .................... 6:00 pm; Holy Hour 6:30–7:30 pm
Thursday ................................................. 7:00 pm (Español)
Saturday .................................................................. 5:00 pm
Sunday ....................... 8:00 & 10:00 am; 1:00 pm (Español)
Holy Days ...................... Check the bulletin mass schedule.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 3:30–4:30 pm or by appointment.
Communal Services in Advent and Lent.
MINISTERIO HISPANO: 540-434-0849
Coord. para el Ministerio Hispano:
Sra. Graciela Pinedo
HORAS DE OFICINA
Martes a viernes 9:00 am a 4:00 pm
The staff, Parish Council and Finance Council of
Blessed Sacrament Parish wish every parishioner a
blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Monday at 10:00 am unless otherwise noted. Contents must be
emailed to be included in that week's bulletin. All submissions are
subject to the Pastor's approval and space availability and may be
edited for length.
BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH
HARRISONBURG, VA
For Family & Friends of Parishioners: Emmanuel Aguayo, Nicholas Ashby, Mark & Ginger Bagenous, Bruce Barlow, Jody Bates,
Woody Bedell, Janine Benson, Anna & Allen Black, Richard Braga, Michael Brody, Kylee Bryant, Sarah Simon Calhoun, Tucker
Carl, Donna Lee Carroll, Martha Childress, Steven Chisick, Sylvia
Ciolino, Catherine Clemmens, Jason Coffman, Elizabeth Cooke,
Johana Milena Coppiano, Sharon Clement, Sharon Curry, Maggie
DelBiondo, Gerald DeLoria, Ben Derringer, Viola Dickerson, Frederick & Joseph DiFrancesco, Dominic Dorazio, Karla Driver, Willie
Gardner, Miguel Garibay-Alvarez, Lillie Gibson, Lane Goodwin,
Maria Glabus, Ryan Greenwood, Hunter Gregory, Shirley Heatwole, Arthur Hemann, Eileen Herald, Audrey Hereford, Christopher Hernandez Medina, Lisa Hilton, David Kane, Becky Keoki,
Marge Klawitter, Mike Lam, Betty Lampeter, Linda Layman, Betty
Leake, Claire Lovejoy, Brian Markley, Maria Markley, JR Martinez, Daniel McCarty, Mary McFadden, Jim Melton, Garth Mills,
Leon Mondelli, Stacey Nadeau, Glenys Pascarelli, Mary Louise
Pickeral, Anne Pirato, Justin & Laura Ray, Emily Ray, Thomas
Reilly, Richard Rexrode, Adam Ring, Lillie Ryman, Bill Sampson,
Frieda Sbaschnik, David Schiefer, Twila Showalter, Joyce Springmier, Flora Strode, Jean Sweigart, Tommy Swenson, Shelly
Thomas, Joe Vaccaro, John Verga, Devon Waldron, Hilda Ward,
Sandra Wilson, Ashley Wood, and Judy Wray.
Your prayers are requested for the Sick of the Parish: Susan Berry, Elena Cantor, Vivian Cervantes, Heather Crabill, Beth Dalton,
Cristobal Duque, David Durham, Thomas Downing, Madge
Eckenrode, Annie Farwell, Ginny Fox, Juan Gutierrez, Kamilia
Hanna, Betty Hilson, Julie Iaconcig, Tony Jenkins, Jae Kim, Terry
Le Pera, Raymond Lewis, Laura McLaughlin, Jo Miller, Armand &
Jane Musto, Mildred Norkus, Wanda & Gene Olimski, Lynn Picht,
Francis Reilly, Regina Reilly, Nicolas Reyes, Kay Ring, Roger
Roberge, Pat Saltzer, the Schwartz Family, Hank Schiefer, JoAnn
Vaccaro, Lori Wack, William Wright, all our homebound parishioners and all who care for them.
Remember those in our parish family in the military, especially
Jeremy Adams, Brian Davis, John Ferguson, Dane Geise, Joe
Gibson, Scott Hankes, Donovan O’Donnell, Scott O’Donnell,
Derek Stroop, Jesse Thomas, and Ryan Wilkes, especially those
serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other assignments overseas or in
harm’s way.
Please pray for peace throughout the world, and for those suffering from natural disasters, terrorism, war and civil unrest, especially in Lebanon, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Israel, Gaza, and
South Sudan. Also for our cities, especially Ferguson, Missouri
and New York City. Please pray for those persecuted for their
faith, especially in Iraq, and for victims of the Ebola epidemic.
Pray for our twin parish of St. Isidore, La Gonave, Haiti, that they
be sustained in the many challenges they face.
Please pray for the December intentions of Pope Francis, that the
Please pray for those who have died, that they may rest in the
peace of Christ.
birth of the Redeemer may bring peace and hope to all people of good will; and for parents, that parents may be true
evangelizers, passing on to their children the precious gift
of faith.
Please call or email ([email protected]) the office if there has
been a change in the status of someone you placed on the prayer
list. Thank you!
Sat. Dec. 20, 5 pm, +Margaret Koehler (requested by John &
Madeline Koehler)
Sun. Dec. 21, Fourth Sunday in Advent; 8 am, +Carroll Sinclair
(requested by Regina Sinclair); 10 am, People of Blessed Sacrament; 1 pm, +Claudia Hernandez (requested by her mother)
Mon. Dec. 22, NO MASS
Tues. Dec. 23, 12:10 pm, +George Sullivan (requested by Paul &
Leah Sullivan)
Wed. Dec. 24, Christmas Eve; 4 pm, +Ellen Catherine Sullivan; 7
pm, Misa pro Populo; 9 pm, +Joseph & +Mary Linka (requested
by Phyllis Linka); 11:50 pm, +Frances & Elwood Butler (requested
by Betty Lou Turner)
Thurs. Dec. 25, Christmas Day; 10 am, World Peace; 12 noon,
For the sick and shut in of the parish
Fri., Dec. 26, (St. Stephen); NO MASS
Sat. Dec. 27 (St. John the Evangelist); 5 pm, Misa pro populo
Sun. Dec. 28, Feast of the Holy Family; 8 am, +Robert J. Sullivan;
10 am, +Mary Califiore (requested by the Jenkins Family); 1 pm,
Dar Gracias a Dios (requested by Guadalupe Huerta)
Christmas Mass Schedule:
Dec. 24; 4 pm, English; 7 pm, Spanish; 9 pm, English;
11:00 pm, Christmas Cantata, 11:50 pm, Midnight Mass
(English)
Dec. 25, 10 am, English; 12 noon, Spanish
Mass schedule for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God:
Wed. Dec. 31, 6 pm, Vigil Mass (English)
Thursday, January 1, 12 noon, English; 6 pm, Spanish
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DECEMBER 21, 2014
DECORATING THE CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS:
How does the church go from the simplicity of Advent to
the lights, decorations, and flowers of Christmas? Do
elves come out and do all this when we’re not around?
No, we have a dedicated team of volunteers, and they
would like to invite you to help them decorate the church
for Christmas, Tuesday, December 23rd after the 12:10
pm Mass (the last Mass of Advent). This would be around
1:00 pm. If you want to help, please call Judy Lavigne at
540-476-1446. Please leave your name and phone number. Thanks!
RE Calendar
12/21—NO RE
12/25—Christmas Day!
12/28—NO RE, NO 10 am Nursery
1/4—RE classes resume (Epiphany celebration)
1/11—RE classes
1/18—RE classes
1/25—RE classes
EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE: Due to office closures both here
and at our printer, we have early bulletin deadlines for the December 28 and January 4 bulletins. Deadline for the Dec. 28 bulletin is past; items for the January 4 bulletin should be in by 10
am on Monday, December 22.
NO 10 am Nursery on December 28.
Parents of First Reconciliation kids***Please make sure to turn in completed books (Chapters
1-7), if your child’s book has not been checked yet. Books
need to be checked before we begin First Communion
preparation.
***The First Reconciliation service date will be on Saturday,
Jan. 10th at 10:00 am in the church. Please mark your calendars accordingly. QuestionsDplease call Valerie at the
office.
HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS: The Church office will be
closed December 24, 25 and 26 (no daily mass on the
26th). Closed January 1 for New Years holiday.
We have 2 newly scheduled VIRTUS trainings scheduled
for 2015! If you have not completed VIRTUS and are interested in volunteering in any of our children or youth ministries, this is a training you need to complete! The dates
scheduled are Sat. Jan. 10th at 9 am and Sunday, Feb. 22nd
at 2:30 pm. The training takes about 2 ½ hours to complete, but only has to be completed one time. Free childcare is also provided for anyone attending these trainings. Please contact Valerie at the office if you will need
childcare. To preregister go to www.virtusonline.org and
follow the prompts for registration.
During this Christmas season, the Volunteers of the Blessed
Sacrament Food Pantry wish to extend their sincere thanks
to all those that have assisted us in helping feed many in
need. It is only through the support of our Pastor, all of the
staff, the many committees that guide and advise and especially our generous parishioners, that we are able to fulfill our
mission which is guided by the words of Jesus in the book of
Matthew 25:40; Whatsoever you do to the least of my
brethren that you do unto me.
PARISH LIFE
Very, very special thanks to all of the food pantry volunteers
who give their time and support in so many different ways to
make the Food Pantry the success it is. It is because of the
caring commitment of our volunteers that we are able to
serve so many. Our volunteers are truly a blessing to this
ministry. Merry Christmas!!
Holiday Food Pantry Hours: Open Monday and Tuesday, December 22 and 23. Closed Dec. 24-26.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT BLESSED SACRAMENT: The
Christmas Cantata will be performed at 3:00 pm TODAY
as well as at 11:00 pm on Christmas Eve, right before the
midnight mass.
Open Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 29 and 30. Closed December
31-January 2. Resume normal Tuesday-Friday hours Tuesday,
January 6.
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BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH
HARRISONBURG, VA
THIS WEEK AT BLESSED SACRAMENT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20
10:00 am, Dupuy Baptism
3:30-4:30 pm, Confessions
4:30 pm, Rosary
5:00 pm, Vigil Mass for Sunday
NO High School RE, Christmas Break
SECOND COLLECTIONS:
Dec. 24 & 25, Catholic Charities
Jan. 4, Twin Parish in Haiti
Jan. 11, CCM Appeal
Jan. 18, Contingency
Jan. 25, Respect Life Collection
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
NO Children’s Church or Rel Ed this Sunday, Christmas break
9:00 am-12:30 pm, K of C Blood Drive, Bloodmobile
8:00 & 10:00 am, English Masses
10:00 am, Nursery
12:30 pm, Rosario
1:00 pm, Spanish Mass
3:00 pm, Christmas Cantata, Sanctuary
4:30-6:00 pm, Legion de Maria, Rm 4/5, J. Hall
6:00 pm, Grupo Kerygma
Last night for Open Doors Shelter here
FINANCIAL BOX SCORE
FY 2014-15
YTD 2014 totals
December 7, 2014
December 14, 2014
YTD
Needed
$330,242
$15,011
$15,011
$360,264
OFFERTORY
Actual
Difference
$319,828
($10,414)
$14,934
($77)
$20,812
$5,801
$355,573
($4,691)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22
9:00 am-2:30 pm, Food Pantry Open
5:30-9:30, Choir Practices
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23
9:30 am-2:30 pm, Food Pantry Open
11:30 am, Rosary
12:10 pm, Daily Mass (last mass of Advent!)
1:00 pm, Decorate Church for Christmas
6:30 pm, Legion de Maria, Rm 4/5, J. Hall
*Total Offertory Budget of $750,550 is based
on 50 weeks (due to possible snow weekends).
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, CHRISTMAS EVE
Office & Food Pantry Closed
Vigil Mass of Christmas at 4 pm (English); 7 pm (Spanish); 9
pm; Christmas Cantata at 11:00 pm, Midnight Mass at 11:50
pm
NEW RECTORY
Many of us who have been in this parish for a long time
know that our current offices were used as a rectory or
living space for the priests who served this parish for
many years. The reception area was the garage for the
priests before the new church was built.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, CHRISTMAS DAY
Office & Food Pantry Closed
10:00 am, English Mass of Christmas Day
12:00 pm, Spanish Mass of Christmas Day
The Lord continued to bless this parish and the number
of parishioners continued to grow. In order to serve the
parishioners adequately, more infrastructures were needed with space for the offices. The rectory was then converted to offices and the parish bought a townhouse to
be a rectory. Probably at that time there was no idea that
this parish would be served by two priests. The current
rectory is not an adequate accommodation for two
priests.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26
Office & Food Pantry Closed; No Daily Mass
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
3:30-4:30 pm, Confessions
4:30 pm, Rosary
5:00 pm, Vigil Mass for Sunday
NO High School Rel. Ed, Christmas Break
SUNDAY, DECMEBER 28, FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
NO Children’s Church or Elementary/Middle School Rel Ed; Christmas Break
8:00 & 10:00 am, English Masses
12:30 pm, Rosario
1:00 pm, Spanish Mass
4:30-6:00 pm, Legion de Maria, Rm 4/5, Johnston Hall
6:00 pm, Grupo Kerygma
The parish through the Parish Council and the Finance
Council has seen the need to sell the present rectory and
buy a new rectory which can serve with enough room for
a minimum of two priests.
The purchase of the rectory will not use any parish money except as budgeted in the previous and current budgets. After the sale of the current rectory the mortgage will
be paid without touching other funds except through the
budget as it stands currently.
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DECEMBER 21, 2014
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
From
Adornato Family & Carter Family
Heather Bassett
Jack & Virginia Berkley
Carl & Marie Bishop
Carlos & Jin-Oh Briones
Wanda Buckles
Roger & Carole Burke
Cobb, Thomas & Holloway Families
Bob & Vicki Cook
Brooks & Pat Corley
Bill & Ann Crabill
Geraldine DeLazzari
Lloyd & Laura Delvaux
Stephen & Crisanta Drown
Lennis Echterling & Mary Lou Wylie
Bryan & Theresa Eckstein
Ernest & Maureen Fishback
Jim & Mae Fukumoto
James & Addie Gerstenmaier
Mary Ann Glova
Rita Gray
Michael R. Guszak
Bob & Diane Guzzi
Ruby Guzzi
Alma Hale-Cooper
Edgar & Eileen Hamlin
James & Jean Hammond
Paula Hearne
John & Katrina Herron
Viola C. Hoffman
Dave & Tricia Hunter
Bobby & Carol Kagey
Stephen & Mary King
Jim & Peggy Laver
Charles & Mary Lingg
Diane Markiewicz
Eleanor McCoy
Liz McDavid
Danny & Gail O’Donnell
Mary Claire Pedagno
John & Virginia Phalen
Anthony & Eloise Pinneri
Eric & Kim Pisk
Polglase Family
Charles & Anne Marie Pringle
Chris & Marisela Rhodes
Randy & Karen Ryman
Bud & Carol Schultz
Laura Shockey
Regina, Brett, Brian, Michelle & James Sinclair
Robert & Cindy Snipes, Dorothy Koontz
Apeesith Souryvong & Saysamone Xayapheth
Kathleen Stanley
Kathy Sullivan
Paul & Leah Sullivan
Fidel G. Taparra, Jr.
Kathleen Taylor
Marilyn Turner
Jo Ann Vaccaro
Andrew & Martha Waligora
Dorothy Wehman
Andrew & Trina Wiley
William F. Wright
Bill & Peggy Zeh
In Memory/Honor of
Sam Adornato
John Rust
Evan, Leander & Ernestine Martin; Edward, Frances & James C. Berkley
Mary & Laurence Doyle; Joanna, Thomas & Roscoe Bishop; Fred & Sandra Carey;
Linwood Liskey
Pablo, Grace & Oralia Briones; parents and grandparents of Jin-Oh Briones
In memory of her parents
Loved Ones
Justin Thomas, Daniel Cobb & Theresa Holloway
Anthony Guzzi, Donna Guzzi
loved ones
Ann & John Haddican; William & Edith Crabill
Victor DeLazzari, Gloria & Frank Julian, Joann & Tom DeLazarri
loved ones
loved ones
loved ones
Joseph & Helen Kovach
Arlyn & Irene Fishback; Joseph & Nadina Duffy
Donna Fukumoto
Laverne & Edward Stokes, Sr.; James W. & Helen R. Gerstenmaier
John & Millie Stanell; John Glova & Janet Walters
Walter Gray, Shawn Gray; Mettimana Family
loved ones
in honor of Ruby Guzzi
loved ones
Robert Hale-Cooper; Christensen Family; Farrell Family
loved ones
Kathleen & Jerry Hammond; Ann & Clarence Henige
Linda & David Brumbaugh
family members
Herbert Allen Hoffman, Sr., Herbert Allen Hoffman, Jr.; Frances Kondrat,
Helen & Pete Wilson, Mary Stanley
Mary & Richard Rice
loved ones
Dorothea King
loved ones
in honor of Charles Lingg
Deceased family members
Thomas, John & Rick Rafter; Ruth Rafter Moser
Fred R. McDavid
Hugh & Hazel O’Donnell; Bob & Suzy Matthews
Monica & Thomas Pedagno
Deceased members of the Phalen, Lough, & Yancey Families
loved ones
loved ones
Ann Zuanic
loved ones
loved ones
Oscar & Marie Steinhauser
Josephine Elberts
John Shockey
Carroll Sinclair
Shirley B. Koontz
Thammady Souryvong, Sombath Xayapheth, Thong Kham Phoubandith
deceased family members
Robert Sullivan & deceased members of the Donovan and Sullivan Families
Deceased members of the Haldeman & Sullivan Families
Fidel G. Tappara, Sr., Ramona S, Michael S., Gabriel S. Tappara; Irene T. LaPierre
Phyllis Taylor
Betsy Murphy; Alice, Alvin & Alice Turner
Ed Van Pelt, Frances Warren, Claude Warren
loved ones
George Wehman, Dorothy Grant
Walter & Rosalie Balcerak; Mary & John Ziegler
Ernest S. Wright, Irene D.W. Wright, Eleanor E. Wright
Bill Zeh, Jr., Agnes & Ernest Zeh; Margaret & Leo Falconieri
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BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH
HARRISONBURG, VA
COMUNIDAD HISPANA
La oficina estará cerrado por los festivos de Navidad:
Miércoles 24, 25 y 26, Jueves 01 de Enero.
Horas de Banco de Comida en los festivos Navideños:
Lunes y Martes dic. 22 y 23 estará abierto
Dic. 23 al 26 estará cerrado
Lunes y Martes Dic. 29 y 30 está abierto
Dic. 31 hasta el 2, estará cerrado
MISA DE NOCHEBUENA 24 de Diciembre,
La celebraciones serán igual que el año pasado a las
4:00 de la tarde, 9:00 de la Noche y 12:00 de la medianoche serán en Ingles y en Español a las 7:00 de la
tarde.
Misa por la Solemnidad de Maria, Madre de Dios
Día Santo de obligación:
Misa Vigilia 31 de Dic. 6:00pm
Misa 01 de Enero 12:00 pm. En Ingles
Y 6:00 pm. De la tarde
MISA DE NAVIDAD 25 DE Diciembre
Misa a las 10:00 am en Ingles
Misa a las 12:00 pm en Español
LOS TRABAJADORES DE LA OFICINA, EL CONSEJO
PASTORAL Y EL CONSEJO FINANCIERO DE BLESSED
SACRAMENT, LES DESEAMOS UNA FELIZ NAVIDAD Y
UN PROSPERO ANO NUEVO!!
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DECEMBER 21, 2014
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