may 17 - Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Ascension of the Lord
May 17, 2015
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
Mrs. Angela Baker, Secretary
Mr. James Blankenship, DRE
Mrs. Janice Rees, CRE, Sunday Bulletin
Mrs. Jane Treado, Director of Youth Ministry
Mr. Michael Galdo, Director of Music
Mr. William Gibson, Facilities Coordinator
Mr. Jerry Jones, Custodian
Mr. Phillip Goode, Custodian
Contact Info
Parish Office - 540-338-6381
office email - [email protected]
Religious Education Office - 540-338-4497
RE email - [email protected]
In case of an emergency - 540-338-6440
Fax - 540-338-6431
37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132
www.SaintFrancisParish.org
Welcome!
Please register and become part of our parish
community. You may fill out a registration form
in the parish office during business hours.
Office Hours - M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
(Office closed between 12noon and 1:15pm daily)
Moving? If you are leaving the parish, please let us
Let the church bell and its rising tower remind us of the
Ascension of Jesus into heaven, our final destiny.
know by calling or dropping a note.
Sunday Masses
Saturday Vigil - 5pm
Sunday - 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 6pm (Teen Mass)
Daily Masses
Sacraments
Adoration/Benediction
Matrimony: Parish couples planning to be married must make arrangements with the Office at least six months prior to the intended date of
marriage.
Monday and Wednesday - 9am;
Tuesday and Thursday - 6:30am
Friday - 6:30am and 12 noon; Saturday - 9am
Check the bulletin for Holy Days of Obligation
Every Friday - Adoration is held every Friday, following the
12 noon Mass until 5pm. The Rosary is prayed at 12:30pm and
the Divine Mercy Chaplet is at 3pm.
First Friday - Adoration continues throughout the night with
Benediction at 8:45am Saturday. 7pm is the MIddle School
Youth Group / MAC-PAC Holy Hour. A Holy Hour for Respect
Life/Pro-Life is at 7am. The Rosary is prayed at 12:30pm and
the Divine Mercy Chaplet is at 3pm.
Reconciliation: Friday 10:45-11:45am; Saturday 8 -8:30am and
3:30-4:30pm; and anytime by appointment
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
administer the Holy Anointing to the sick and homebound upon request.
Please call the office to let us know your needs.
The Ascension of the Lord
May 17, 2015
Whoever believes and is baptized
will be saved. — Mark 16:16
Is Jesus Calling You?!?
MINISTRY FAIR
TODAY AFTER
Just a reminder that Jesus may be calling
you. Whether in some small way or in a
larger way, you decide. We would love
to have you. Be a part of our Parish family. Get to know your fellow parishioners, the clergy here, and the staff. St.
Francis is an amazing parish that practices both the Spiritual and
Corporal Works of Mercy. What are you being called to help with?
Come and find out.
Remember, after all the Masses. Stop By!! Pick up a list of the
Liturgical Ministries and Organizations that make St. Francis great!
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
On May 30th, there will be a second collection for the relief efforts
Nepal, as requested by Bishop Loverde. These funds will be used to
directly respond to the immediate emergency needs for such necessities as water, food, shelter and medical care as well as the long-term
needs to rebuild the communities in the regions affected after widespread destruction. Please be generous.
Masses for the Week
+ deceased
Sat., May 16
5:00 pm
Sun., May 17
7:00 am
8:30 am
10:30 am
12:30 pm
6:00 pm
Mon., May 18
9:00 am
Tue., May 19
6:30 am
Wed., May 20
9:00 am
Thu., May 21
6:30 am
Fri., May 22
6:30 am
12:00 noon
Sat., May 23
9:00 am
Sat., May 23
5:00 pm
Sun., May 24
7:00 am
8:30 am
10:30 am
12:30 pm
6:00 pm
This Week
Sun., May 17
Tue., May 19
Wed., May 20
Thu., May 21
Adult Basketball 7:30-9:30pm
Senior Luncheon - 12noon, Parish Hall
Charismatic Prayer Group 7pm Oratory
SoulStitch - 9:30am, Parish Hall
American Heritage Girls - 6:30pm.
Education Ctr.
+ Albina Bikowski
Ascension of the Lord
Theresa Cherry and family
Bob Eastman and family
Dorothy Widzinski
People of the Parish
+ Julia MacKrancy
Easter Weekday
Fr. Tewes
Easter Weekday
+ Charles Krebs
Easter Weekday
Fr. Escalante
Easter Weekday
Bill Parshall and family
Easter Weekday
Holy Souls in Purgatory
+ Ernest B. Hall
Easter Weekday
+ Rosemary McCormick
Vigil: Pentecost Sunday
+ Dave Miles
Pentecost Sunday
Diane Taylor and family
+ George and Corrie Welti
+ Anne Marie Hooks
People of the Parish
+ Donald Utz
Parish Financial Status
In-pew Offertory - May 10
$ 12,976
2nd Collection - Special Parish Needs $ 2,071
YEAR TO DATE $ 797,085
Electronic figures for April:
Offertory
Building our Faith
Faith in Action
$
$
$
Please Note: Change From Usual Schedule
Join us for lunch and conversation at noon on Tuesday, May 19
at 12 noon in the Parish Hall. Who is a senior? Whoever wants to
be - no age minimum!
Vigil: Ascension of the Lord
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Readings for the Week
Mon:
Tue:
Wed.:
Thu:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33
Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a
Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26
Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25
Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or
Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35,
27-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39
Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34;
1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25;
Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15
Shepherd’s
Notes
Got change for a twenty? Not in my lifetime!
A few days ago Bishop Loverde sent to the priests the official
invitation for those who will be receiving the sacrament of Holy
Orders at the cathedral on Saturday, June 6. While our nation will be
celebrating the 71st anniversary of D-Day, 7 of our Arlington diocese
seminarians will be contemplating on “THE DAY” of their lives. On
that day they will hit a major milestone that will impact their eternal
life. Holy Orders joins Baptism and Confirmation as the only sacraments that remain with the person forever.
As with the other sacraments there’s a lot of excitement that
comes with its reception--very similar to getting married. However,
we’re well aware of what great and sometimes difficult responsibilities that accompany marriage and family. It is no different in the
priesthood. A true priest will experience both the thorns and the roses
along the paths of his journey. They are both very good for the soul.
Please keep in your prayers the seminarians especially those who are
preparing for their ordination.
The Dominican priest, Father Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
describes it best that the life of a priest is one of contradiction in these
sublime words: “To live in the midst of the world without wishing its
pleasures; to be a member of each family, yet belonging to none, to
share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets; to heal all wounds; to go
from men to God and offer Him their prayers; to return from God to
men to bring pardon and hope; to have a heart of fire for charity and
a heart of bronze for chastity; to teach and to pardon, console and
bless always, My God, what a life! And it is yours, O Priest of Jesus
Christ!”
Father Lacordaire’s words of wisdom were inscribed on the
back of my St. Agnes ordination holy card that I handed out to my
family and friends on the day I became a Catholic priest 20 years ago
(1995) this coming Wednesday, May 20th. The brief but poetically
true reflection of Lacordaire on the life of a priest still continues to
send reverberating chills on my spine 20 years later after I stumbled
upon a few remnant copies of these cards. Each year of the 20 has a
unique blend of joy and sorrow reaching their respective summit. Not
a single year excluded the challenge of a heavy cross; but not a single
year did it fail to yield a remarkably satisfying achievement that leveled things out. I would never exchange the past 20 adventurous years
of my life as a priest for any other kind of life. Perhaps my image of
life as a traveling seesaw is not all that absurd. As long as Our Lord
Jesus is on the other side riding up and down with me (sometimes
violently), my priestly journey will be just fine no matter where the
road leads me. So please continue to pray for me as I reach for my 20year milestone this coming Wednesday. Be assured that you are in my
prayers every single day even when I am away from the parish. And
being here with you at Saint Francis de Sales parish is one great gift
from God that I will always treasure!
Your shepherd in Christ,
Father Escalante
Ask the Priest
Q. Why do we call the tabernacle in the church a “tabernacle”?
–Anonymous
A. The word tabernacle comes from the Latin word, tabernaculum,
which means a tent or a dwelling place. Before the Temple was built
for the Ark of the Covenant, the Jews kept it in a tent for a temporary
sacred place to honor God. A few years later Solomon built a large
temple to house the Ark of the Covenant for its permanent dwelling
place. Our Catholic faith teaches that Jesus is spiritually and physically present in the Holy Eucharist. In every Catholic Church we
keep the Eucharist in a solid and secure sacred place that we call a
tabernacle because Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, really dwells
there. This is what makes the Catholic Church different from other
churches. We have the real presence of Jesus in our tabernacles. We
receive many blessings just by visiting and praying to Jesus while he
dwells in the tabernacle. This devotion is often referred to as visiting
the Blessed Sacrament. It is unfortunate that not many Catholics realize this incredible gift from God. If people flock to see their favorite
celebrities when they are around, Catholics should crowd even more
around the tabernacle to be closer to God!
Q. Why is there glass on the candles that are near the tabernacle?
–Anonymous
A. The glass helps to keep the flame burning evenly and prevents the
wax from flowing to the side of the candle creating a big mess.
Q. Could a couple raised in the Catholic Church and are cohabitating receive the sacrament of reconciliation and then get married in
church? –SBC
A. If the couple were actively living immorally (intimately active),
they would first need to live separately or at least live chastely before
they can receive a valid absolution in confession prior to marriage. A
valid confession requires a firm purpose of amendment in life which
means that a cohabitating couple must first arrange not to live together
in order to be validly forgiven. If living separately is just not possible,
they would at least need to sleep in separate rooms and live a chaste
life prior to marriage.
Q. How does one pick the name for the Catholic Church/parish?
–A.W.
A. Canon Law 1218 mandates, “Each church is to have its own title.
Once the church has been dedicated this title cannot be changed.”
The local bishop has the final say to officially naming a new church.
Oftentimes he discusses the name with the founding pastor. There
are times when the name is determined by the saint who lived in that
neighborhood as with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Basilica in Emmitsburg, MD (just a few miles from where we are). The canonization of
new saints also inspires the dedication of new churches. Saint Gianna
Beretta Molla was canonized in 2004 and a new parish bearing her
name in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada was built in 2005. An official
pronouncement of a dogma can also lead to a church name as in
the case of the Immaculate Conception (1854) and the Assumption
(1950). Our parish was once only a parish mission on Main Street in
Purcellville and was dedicated under the patronage of Saint Francis
de Sales in 1921. The mission priest at that time was Father A. J.
Ingelgem. He was likely responsible for choosing the name of the
mission church. One of the few Catholic families in the Purcellville/
Round Hill area, Mr. and Mrs. Notley Ball, donated the funds and the
property for the new church.
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PASTOR’S WISH LIST
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• Compassionate Heart of Mary— Our newly formed Catholic bereavement
group led by Beverly Elero & Laura Burgess will hold its inaugural meeting
on June 13 @1:30 PM in the old Parish Hall. See this weekend’s Shepherd’s
Notes for more details. Come and invite your friends as well.
We are excited to announce that Walking with Purpose (WWP) is
coming to St. Francis de Sales! A 6-week course entitled “Living in
the Father’s Love” will be starting in the Parish Center on Tuesdays
at 7:30pm beginning on June 23rd.
• Sponsor & dedicate a new classroom for $10k— We are still looking to add
more donors to sponsor and dedicate a classroom in the Catholic Education
Center. We are hoping to get the plaques ready for next month for those who
have already donated to dedicate the classroom of their choice. Six classrooms
are still available for sponsorship.
In this brief but powerful study, we learn how the Gospels are deeply
relevant to our relationships, both with God and with those we love.
“Living in the Father’s Love” consists of at home study and meeting
once a week as a small group to discuss the weekly lessons. The cost
is $30. To register for this class or for more information please email
Jen House and/or Katie Magin at [email protected]. To learn
more about WWP go to www.walkingwithpurpose.com and stay
tuned for our announcement of fall offerings.
• New Eucharistic Ministers needed—We need help with new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. This ministry is for those who have
devotion to the Eucharist and willing to serve at Mass to help distribute Holy
Communion. We also need help in bringing communion to the homebound
on Sundays and Holy Days. If you are a Catholic in good standing with the
Church, 21 years & older, fully-initiated sacramentally (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist), and willing to sign the Oath of Fidelity to the Catholic
Church, please contact me directly. The diocesan training session is set for
Saturday, May 23 (10am—Noon) at Our Lady of Hope in Potomac Falls.
CINCO DE MAYO DINNER
The parish would also like to thank Ida Santillan and Connie Talamantes for preparing the food and Norma Matheson for providing
the decorations for our recent Cinco de Mayo dinner in the new
Parish Center. Many other family members also chipped in to
help make it a successful event, which we hope to hold annually.
See you next year!
Baptismal Preparation Class for May
Class will be held Thursday, May 28 at 7pm, rather than Friday,
May 29. Please call the parish office to sign up.
Our thoughts and
prayers are with ...
Our Military Members:
Capt. Chuck Marshall; Sgt. Sean Milam; Lcpl John Owen
Patterson; SPC Tim Marshall; 2nd Lt. Patrick Gutierrez, Capt.
Andrew Cahan; LCpl Gary Martz, LTC Jay Hallam; 1st Lt Matthew Ryan, Capt. Patrick Godfrey, Col. Patrick Grady, LanceCpl Zachary Gingras, 1stLT Kristin Dembia, ENS Scott Cypher
The Sick:
Sofia Macaraeg, Dominic Corcoran, Jan Furlow, Brian DuPlessis, Jack Lehtonen, Mary von Bergen, Mary Jane Arens, Zach
Miller
The Deceased:
Maureen Colville, Shani Sands, Megan Gruneisen, Patty Stickman,
Marion Schonder, Carolyn Watson, John Lovasz, Eileen Pomanski,
Richard Nachajski, Otto Spokas, Grace Baran, David Miles, Ed
Bighouse, David May, Pilar Vayas Galvan, Nedgelka Fourney,
Alice Poel, Neal Brown, Don Mowe, Lloyd Tracey, Sand Dinh
Nguyen
• Fundraising Committee—Paul Kerstanski graciously offered to lead the
committee and we are off to a great start! We now have 18 enthusiastic members and our first major event is already set for Saturday evening, October
24. Save that date for our fun evening of gala & fundraising! We can still
use a few more helping hands. Contact Paul for more details: pkerstanski@
hotmail.com.
• Adult ushers needed at Masses—We also need several adult ushers to assist
the teen ushers at the Teen Mass and 10:30am Mass. For more details please
contact our coordinator, Victor Blake at [email protected]
• Big fundraising ideas?—We need you so that we will be able to pay off our
debt for our new parish educational center. Please contact me directly if you
can help.
• Marriage convalidations—If you need to have your marriage “blessed”
(convalidated) in the Catholic Church, please contact me. Help is available!
Read my Shepherd’s Notes column (February 2, 9 & 16) for details & they
are available online: www.saintfrancisparish.org/is-your-marriage-valid/
• We need more Elijah Cup family participants—Take my word for it, you
won’t regret hosting our own “Holy Grail.” We launched our new vocations
program called the Elijah Cup on Sunday, October 27, 2013. Those participating may take the chalice/paten used for the Sunday Mass for a week and
pray for vocations (see 3/17/2013 bulletin for details on our website if you
missed it). Please contact Bob Craig directly to sign up: bcraig32@comcast.
net, 540.751.9832 (H), or 215.285.4885 (C).
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You may contact me directly for your response at (540-338-6381 ext. 102), by
email ([email protected]), by “snail mail” or in person.
Got ‘em
• A big thank you to Beverly Elero and Laura Burgess for founding
& organizing our new Catholic Bereavement group, Compassionate
Heart of Mary.
• Thank you for the 18 crew members of our fundraising committee!
TEEN FAITH NEWS
TEEN MASS - at 6pm every Sunday. All Teens are welcome. Join us
in the front left 4 rows of church
as we celebrate the Teen Mass
together.
No Youth Group - Sunday, May 17th. But if you
Instructions for Married People continued
When children grow up and begin to have the use of reason, both their
fathers and their mothers must most carefully impress the fear of God
on their hearts. The devout Queen Blanche performed this duty most
fervently in the case of her son, St. Louis the king and often said to him:
“My dear child, I would much rather see you die before my eyes than
see you commit a single mortal sin.” This caution remained so deeply
stamped on his soul that not a day of his life passed without his remembering it and taking all possible care to keep faithfully this divine teaching. In our language, families and generations are called houses; the
Hebrews themselves call the birth of children “building up a house”. In
this sense it is said that God built up houses for the Egyptian midwives
to show that raising a house, that is, a family does not consist in building a splendid residence and storing up vast worldly possessions but in
training children well in the fear of God and in virtue. No trouble or labor
should be spare to do this, for children are their father’s and mother’s
crown.
St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
Sacrament Photos
1st Communion photos will be available for purchase on-line in the next
couple of weeks. Watch your emails for the link when they become
available.
Confirmation photos are available for viewing and purchasing on-line.
An email has been sent with the photographer’s link. Please call the RE
office if you need the link.
want, you can join us for the Workcamp meeting
in the church basement. 7-9pm.
Mandatory Workcamp Meeting - Next Workcamp
meeting May 17th, 7-9pm. Please make every effort to make this meeting. Bring in ALL your paperwork. You should have paid your $150 deposit,
signed up online, and written your appeal letters
by now. Look forward to seeing you Sunday.
ADULTS NEEDED FOR WORKCAMP - If you are
over 21 and interested in join us for a life changing
week, please contact me ASAP. We leave St. Francis on Sunday, June 28th and return on Saturday,
July 4th. We are going to Keansburg, NJ to help
rebuild the houses of those in need.
Adults Workcamp Meeting - For all adults going to
Workcamp. Tuesday, May 19, 7:30-9pm. All your
paperwork is due. If you have not done a background
paperwork you need to contact me ASAP!
Golf Tournament - Benefiting Workcamp will be
Thursday, June 4, 9 am. Looking for Players and
Hole Sponsors.
JaneTreado Youth Director
540-338-6381 or [email protected]
Registration has begun for 2015-2016
www.saintfrancisparish.org/religious-education/ has
everything you need to register. Please look at the
options carefully. As always class assignments are on
a first come, first served basis. Please do not wait to
register. There is a financial benefit to signing up early.
Call the RE office if you have any questions.
Happy 6th graders with Catechist Mrs. Louise Kinzer & class aide
Camille Cifuentes on their last day of class!
How many of us stopped our religious education at 8th
grade, or perhaps in high school? How do we expect
to engage a world that is hostel to Christianity with
simply an 8th grade education? The major addition to
the Religious Education program is the formation of
a formalized adult Religious Education class for adult
Confirmed Catholics. The class is for Catholics who
want a refresher in their faith, graduates of RCIA and
recent converts who want to deepen their faith, and
devout Catholics who want to know how to defend their
faith. Attendance at this class is by registration only
and the class size is limited to 20. Sign up today and
reserve your spot!
THE MINISTRY OF PRAISE IS IN NEED
OF PRAY-ERS
St. Francis de Sales' group of dedicated people of prayer, is going on its
third decade of service. The faithful team of seniors and the homebound
pray fervently for the needs of our parish with amazing results. We are
currently inviting anyone interested in joining our team to contact Angela
at the St. Francis de Sales office (please designate Ministry of Praise on
e-mail). Those who wish to have concerns prayed for may write their
prayers and slip them into the Ministry of Praise box attached to the wall
in the Narthax.
RETREAT FOR WOMEN
Treat yourself to a weekend at Dominican Retreat in McLean, VA,
June 5-7, to experience God's peace and presence. Our theme this year
is "For all that has been--Thanks! For all that will be--Yes!". Retreat
director Fr. R. Scott Hurd, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington,
began his ministry as an Episcopal priest, entered the Catholic Church
in 1996, and was ordained a Catholic Priest four years later. For reservations or information call Jean Fenwick at 540-338-2884 or Dominican Retreat at 703-356-4243, or see www.dominicanretreat.org.
The Year Round Giving Tree New tags have been placed
on the Giving Tree and donations will be given to Birthright, Catholic
Charities, the Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter, the Leesburg Homeless
Shelter, local nursing homes and needy families within our parish and
community. Items can be left in the Narthex. Gift cards can be put in the
Poor Box. There will no longer be a can in the Narthex. “The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the
poor.” Luke 4:18 The Giving Tree Committee. For more information,
please contact Erin Bucci ([email protected]) or Marilyn Gugliotta
([email protected]).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Vacation Bible School
July 13-17 ~ 9am-12noon
Registration begins May 16/17
NEXT MEETING - WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
Youth Volunteers are Invited to Attend
ENDOW (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women)
is coming to Leesburg! Open to all women. Endow is a Catholic educational program that brings women together to discover their God-given
dignity and to understand their role in humanizing and transforming society. Endow helps women from all walks of life discover their God-given
dignity and femininity through the richness and authenticity of Catholic
teaching. When we as women grow in understanding the teaching of the
Church and in the truth of Jesus Christ, our faith becomes more fully defined, and so does our transforming influence in the family, the community,
and society as a whole. Endow utilizes small study groups, conferences,
and retreats to cultivate faith, fellowship, and formation. A new study
group on Pope John Paul II's Letter to Women will begin to meet bimonthly over an eight-to-ten week period starting Thursday May 28th @7
pm at the Trinity House Cafe. No homework is required for this study.
To learn more about the study group on JPII's Letter to Women, please
contact Wendy Wagner 703-509-1009 or [email protected]. To join the
study group, register on-line at
https://store.endowonline.org/wendy-wagner-p2345.aspx or visit
www.EndowGroups.org and click on the "Join a Group" tab.
HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER
INTENTIONS - MAY 2015
• Universal: That, rejecting the culture of indifference, we may care
for our neighbours who suffer, especially the sick and the poor.
• Evangelization: That Mary's intercession may help Christians in
secularized cultures be ready to proclaim Jesus.
Sign up to Volunteer!
Adult Tribe Leaders
(K, 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th grades)
Drama Station Assistant
Scenery Helpers and more!
We need youth helpers for Drama, Craft, Snack and
assistant tribe leaders,
sign up now, these spots fill up quickly,
email [email protected] for more
info or to sign up to volunteer
Support Group Evening for Victims/Survivors
of Sexual Abuse Bishop Loverde cordially invites victims and
survivors of sexual abuse and their spouse or support person to a support
group meeting on May 18 at the Dominican Retreat House in McLean.
The evening is from 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. It will consist of a light meal,
group discussion, followed by a prayer service. Due to the nature and
sensitivity of the subject, this event is for victims and survivors and a
spouse/support person only. Please RSVP by May 14 to the Office of
Victim Assistance at (703) 841-2530.
2015 WORKCAMP FUNDRAISER
12th Annual Charity
Golf Outing
Thursday, June 4 @ 9am
at Stoneleigh Golf Course
To sponsor a hole or to play
in the tournament, please
contact Jane Treado at
[email protected]
Bestball - great prizes
St. Francis Council
11136 News
Upcoming events:
• Sunday May 31st - Our Council’s Corporate Communion Mass, we invite all our
Brother’s and families to attend the 8:30am Mass
We Thank our Parishioners for their food donations on
Share Sunday last week.1,600 lbs was collected.
1st Degree Knights Here’s your chance to receive your 2nd
Degree, May 19th at Our Lady of Hope Potomac Falls
(close by) 7:30pm check in, Ceremony starts at 8pm contact our Membership Chairmen Dave Matheson...
[email protected]
Becoming a Knight of Columbus can transform your life.A
man does not only strengthen his faith in the here and now.
Through his support of community and church,he will form
friendships with his fellow Knights that last a lifetime.And,
he can do his part to make a difference in his family, our
parish,our community and our world for generations to
come. If you have been thinking about becoming a Knight
or saying to yourself “I’m busy” now is the time to give
back what God has Blessed you with.
Men of the Parish 18 or older, Men of the Parish 18 or
older, we are waiting to welcome you to the Knights of
Columbus, we are a unique “band of brothers” if you have
considered becoming a Knight, consider no more. Please
contact Dave Matheson our membership chairman at
[email protected]
Spring Schedule 2015
Loudoun County
www.kofc11136.org
Grand Knight Bill Talamantes
[email protected] or 310-717-9503
The Meaning of Marriage: Understanding the Mystery of Faithful Love
Prof. Alice von Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Sunday, May 17 @ 7pm
Our Lady of Hope Church Hall, 46639 Algonkian Parkway, Potomac Falls
Flesh of My Flesh: The Marriage Covenant in Sacred Scripture
Rev. Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo
Tuesdays, May 26 and June 2 @ 7:30pm
St. John the Apostle Church Hall, 101 Oakcrest Manor Drive, N.E., Leesburg
Pange Lingua: Celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi
Rev. Paul Scalia
Sunday, June 7 @ 6pm
Dinner included; lecture to begin @ 7pm No RSVP required.
Our Lady of Hope Church Hall, 46639 Algonkian Parkway, Potomac Falls
Saving Civilization: The Story of St. Benedict of Nursia
Rev. Andrew Fisher
Sunday, June 14 @ 7pm
St. Francis de Sales Church Hall, 37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville
Walking with Faith: A Study of the Rule of St. Benedict
Prof. John Cuddeback, Ph.D.
Thursday, June 25 @ 7:30pm
St. John the Apostle Church Hall, 101 Oakcrest Manor Drive, N.E., Leesburg
Saturday,
May 30
Our Lady of Victory Hall
*the gym*
Doors open at 6pm
Games begin at 6:45pm
Cards for all games $15
Bake Sale
No Entry Fee
Food available for sale
Gift Baskets and Gift Cards
Families welcome,
Plenty of room for everyone!
Benefits Workcamp 2015!!