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ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THE THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME November 17, 2019
Saturday, November 16 8:00 a.m. + Clarence Dauer by Jeffrey Dauer 5:00 p.m. + Ruth Cawley by The Dobranski Family Sunday, November 17 7:00 a.m. + Eugene Lindquist by Joe & Genie Conroy 8:30 a.m. + Doris Godish by John & Mary Ann Thomas 10:00 a.m. + Maureen Theresa Smith by Patti & Andy Shipley 11:30 a.m. + Patrick McGuire by The Corsino Family 1:00 p.m. + Mary Shea by Joan Shaw & Marie Valeski 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 5:00 p.m. + Thomas McConnell by The Sowder Family Monday, November 18 6:30 a.m. + Francine Kugler Gilbert by Adams-Green Funeral Home 8:00 a.m. + Dr. Antonio Bernas by Ruth & John Lowry Tuesday, November 19 6:30 a.m. + Juan Boschetti by The Arce Family 8:00 a.m. + Enes Patagnan by The Patagnan Family Wednesday, November 20 6:30 a.m. - Magda Rodriguez by Ana McCollim 8:00 a.m. + Catherine Harrigan by The Harrigan Family Thursday, November 21 6:30 a.m. - Uche Ezenwa by The Ezenwa Family 8:00 a.m. + Elizabeth Wilson Webster by The SJS Class of 2020 Friday, November 22 6:30 a.m. + Peyton Christopherson by Sineade & Ahren Noga 8:00 a.m. + Joe Russo by The McFarlane Family Saturday, November 23 8:00 a.m. - Terry & Jack McNulty & Family 5:00 p.m. + Joan Cheatle by The Fabich Family Sunday, November 24 7:00 a.m. + Joseph Conroy, Sr. by Joe & Genie Conroy 8:30 a.m. + Brian Bailey by The McNulty Family 10:00 a.m. + Anna V. Sabol by Mary Kirby & Family 11:30 a.m. + Susan Hayes by The Eggers Family 1:00 p.m. + Frank Cirillo by The Gagnon Family 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Peace and good! As you know, the Diocese of Arlington asked us to support an increased offertory program during the fall months. The pastoral staff and the Parish Advisory Council (PAC) selected the month of November for this program. Dur-ing the month of November, you received the following infor-mation regarding this program:
• weekly bulletin reflections on the gift of stewardship – Time, Talent, Treasure;
• letter from the pastoral staff focusing on the increased of-fertory program, Faith Direct, and monthly/annual dona-tions; and
• request from the PAC and pastoral team for each of us to reflect upon the time, talent, and treasure which we share with the parish community.
As shared in the previous reflections, we often speak of stew-ardship in the context of "the three t's": time, talent, and treas-ure. Stewardship is a way of life and our relationship with Christ is at the heart of it all. I offer the following description of stewardship – sharing treasure:
A good steward of treasure purchases goods and services prudently and knows the difference between needs and wants. A good steward sets aside part of his or her income for the Church and makes a gift to the Lord that is prayer-ful, proportionate, planned, and sacrificial. The faithful steward gives in a significant way, all in gratitude for the Lord’s gift upon the Cross. (Mahan, 2008)
We invite each member of our parish community to consider making an increase in their regular support for our parish. We hope each parishioner will play a conscientious role in shaping the future of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Over the past few weeks, several parishioners asked me the following two ques-tions:
How much should I increase my offering? Only you can decide what is appropriate for you and your family. A meaningful increase by all of the faithful of our parish will make an impact on the parish and its proclaim-ing the Gospel.
What if I cannot increase my offering at this time?
While it is our hope that this increased offertory program will have a significant, positive impact on our offertory, I am particularly interested in hearing from our parishioners of how they can share the gifts of their time, talents, and treasure. Not everyone is in a position to increase their financial support. However, everyone can respond by shar-ing their time and talent.
May each of us pray how we can share our time, talent, and treasure in our response to embracing the Gospel. We invite everyone to pray for the success of this appeal. Many bless-ings!
In the peace of Francis of Assisi,
Father Tom, TOR
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org November 17 2019
The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish ministries: As we celebrate the World Day for the Poor, we thank the parishioners participating in the “works of mercy.” We thank our parishioners for their generous support of the St. Lucy Project and LINK throughout this past year . A spe-cial thanks to the parishioners who plan and oversee the food drives. The staff of the St. Lucy Project and LINK offer their sincere thanks to the SJC parishioners for our generosity to feeding our sisters and brothers in need throughout the 2019 year. Blessings! We thank our parishioners for their generosity and support of NPH USA which suppor ts Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters"). Your support of this organization assists the youth of Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hondu-ras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. Know that they are grateful for your prayers and generosity. We thank our parishioners who supported the LINK and St. Lucy Food Drives, the Giving Tree, the Christians in Bethle-hem, HOPE bottle drive, the Father Beiting Appalachian Mis-sion, Catholic Charities, The Closet, Rucker Center – Corner-stones, and other projects throughout 2019. Your support is one way we as a parish live out the “works of mercy.” A spe-cial thanks to the parishioners who oversaw the planning and ministry involved with these “works of mercy.” Many bless-ings! May we each continue to respond to Pope Francis’ challenge on this World Day of the Poor: “The hope of the poor will not perish forever” (Ps 9:19). We thank our parishioners for their support of the parish in-creased offertory program during the month of November. We express our appreciation for your generosity in support of the parish to embrace the spirituality of stewardship in terms of time, talent, and treasure. Your response in shar ing your gifts of time, talent, and treasure assists us in living out the Gospel in our faith community. A special thank you to the members of PAC and the Parish staff for their work and com-mitment to the parish increased offertory program. We thank our parishioners who participated in the Mass of Remembrance for All Souls. The Mass was celebrated for our parishioners, priests, family, relatives, friends and the poor souls. A special thanks to the members of our music ministry for enhancing the liturgy with song and praise. Also, we thank the lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Saints of God, come to their aid! Come to meet them, Angels of the Lord!
Being part of this process is simple. Visit https://www.faithdirect.net/ and faith.direct/VA101.
During the entire month of November, the names of our beloved dead will be in the church and will be remem-bered at every Mass. There is an envelope in your enve-lope packet for our beloved dead and there will be extra envelopes in the pews. Kindly put the envelopes with the names of those who have died in the collection basket. “May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”
Scam Alert!! Please be aware that there are several emails being forwarded to individuals from the SJC priests. Our priests will never ask parishioners for personal financial help, especially requesting you to pur-chase them gift cards or for you to text them. Pro-tect yourself and never provide personal infor-mation or money to an unverified individual/organization.
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org November 17, 2019
The Youth Ministry Corner
Attention High School Students! Join us this Sunday, November 17th from 5:00pm-8:30pm. We will be helping to unload and sort the donated food at the St. Lucy Food Pantry in Manassas. We will leave the SJC parking lot on
Sunday at 5:10pm. For more information, contact Jenn Chmiel at:
THANKSGIVING BREAK There will be no catechism classes held on Thanksgiving Day Weekend, November (Sat.) 30th and December (Sun.) 1st. There will be classes held the Monday and Tuesday after Thanksgiving (December 2nd and 3rd).
TUESDAY NIGHTS & FRIDAY MORNINGS
Are you looking to deepen your relationship with God? Be a better husband? Become a more loving father? Build friendships with other like-minded men? And seek to be the best man you can be? That Man is You! provides the opportunity to go deeper in your faith. All men are invited to attend, watch the video and engage in discussion. Join us in room 209 on either Tuesday evenings at 7pm or Friday morn-ings at 6:30am.
The theme for this week is “Love is Unconditional” and will cover the following topics: The Freedom to Love, Money, Health and Interpersonal Issues as Sources of Stress, and Overcoming the Stress of the World. Feel free to show up on either Tuesday or Friday; no fees or prior registration required. For more information contact Jack Matney (202-352-4881; [email protected]) and/or check out: www.paradisusdei.org/that-man-is-you/.
Religious Christmas cards, seals, ornaments, and mag-nets will be available for pur-chase after all Nov. 16-17 by the Knights of Columbus to raise money for scholarships
and local charities. Help "Keep Christ in Christmas" by send-ing religious cards - an evangelization message from you! Cards will be available for immediate pickup and orders deliv-ered at subsequent weekend masses. If you have any questions, contact Lou Mosurak at [email protected].
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
Do you have a call to do something greater? The Knights of Columbus help men to answer that call to do
more, and to be more through community service, chari-table donations, and prayerful support. Learn more at www.kofc.org/joinus or contact Jerry Frissora at [email protected] or Tom Matula at [email protected].
Upcoming events: December 5 - Knights of Columbus Council Meeting December 7 - Women’s Choice Baby Crib Delivery December 8 - Doughnut Sunday December 14-15 - LINK food collection
December 28 - Sweats for Vets
