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St. Michael Church
ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA 22003 Website: www.stmichaelannandale.org E-mail: [email protected]
RECTORY, 7401 St. Michaels Lane 703-256-7822
SCHOOL, 7401 St. Michaels Lane 703-256-1222
CONVENT, 7421 St. Michaels Lane
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CCD) 703-941-9403
MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. (Novus Ordo Latin) Weekday Masses: See Inside Bulletin
CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. SHARP. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. SHARP. Advent & Lent special schedule. BAPTISMS: Baptisms are celebrated on the first and third Sundays of the month, after the 12:30 p.m. Mass. All parents must attend a class prior to the baptism of their child. Please call the rectory for information and assis-tance. (Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) HOLY MATRIMONY: Please notify one of the priests at least six (6) months before the wedding. Cohabitation (living together before marriage) is not lawful; such cou-ples will be asked to separate. SICK CALLS: Please notify the Rectory for visits and/or Communion Calls to the sick, shut-ins and those in the hospital.
ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL: Pre-K3 through grade 8. For information, contact the school office at 703-256-1222. Website: stmikes22003.org. Principal: Daniel V. Cinalli, [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: For all children attending public school, Pre-School through grade 12. Director of Religious Education: A d i n a O r d o n e z , 7 0 3 - 9 4 1 - 9 4 0 3 o r [email protected]. PARISH MEMBERSHIP: Registration forms are available from the ushers af-ter Mass on Sunday or you may stop by the rectory during the week. Parish membership is required for the reception of either Baptism or Matrimony. Please notify the rectory when your telephone number changes and also when you are moving within or outside the parish. RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. WEEKLY HOLY HOUR/BENEDICTION: are held on Fridays at 7 p.m. PREGNANT AND NEED HELP? CALL 1-800-848-5683
CLERGY OF PARISH Pastor: Rev. Alexander R. Drummond
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Brian B. McAllister In Residence: Rev. Stefan P. Starzynski
Permanent Deacons: Deacon David S. McCaffrey, Deacon Roger T. Ostrom (retired)
2nd Sunday of Lent
March 17, 2019
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The Priest’s Mass Intentions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Sunday, March 17 7 a.m. Mr. E. Henry Richardson I + 8:30 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Jack Pender + 12:30 p.m. Al Urban, Findlay Urban, and Nicholas Nicaise + Monday, March 18 8:30 a.m. Paul Papiel + 12 noon Muriel & Lawrence Howe + Tuesday, March 19 8:30 a.m. Pat Weiler + 12 noon Suzanne Sichel + Wednesday, March 20 8:30 a.m. Shirley Chabolla + 12 noon Fred Nestor + Thursday, March 21 8:30 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lavin + 12 noon David Fee Friday, March 22 8:30 a.m. Mr. Rosario Garufi + 12 noon Rev. Mr. Roger T. Ostrom Saturday, March 23 8:30 a.m. Constance T. Embarrato + 5 p.m. vigil Peg Cahill + Sunday, March 24 7 a.m. Paul Arcari 8:30 a.m. People of the Parish 10:30 a.m. Andrew P. Marinak + 12:30 p.m. Ida B. Elkins +
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Fr. Drummond’s “Word” will resume again in next week’s bulletin.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Second Collection -- this weekend is for the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Sisters have been caring for the aged poor in the state of Virginia for 145 years. Their home in Henrico, Virginia provides care for the aged, regardless of race, floor, nationality, or creed. Your financial support would be gratefully appreciated. 2019 Bishop's Lenten Appeal -- is critical to our diocesan needs and we are asking every household in our parish to support this appeal to the extent that they are able. The BLA funds many programs, services and ministries that serve people in need and furthers the Gospel mission of Jesus Christ in our diocese. If you have not yet done so, please remember to turn in your BLA envelope. Thank you! NEEDED -- Our Lady’s Rosary Makers need a person to cut and prepare strings used to make rosaries that are sent to missions and distributed throughout our diocese. The task is not time consuming but is a vital part of Our Lady’s mission of world peace. Please contact Aileen Bashista for more details, 703-979-8373 or [email protected].
Perpetual Adoration -- “O Holy angels, make me see God on the altar as you see Him in heaven,” ~ Blessed Brother Andre We are currently in most need for adoration members on: Sundays 3 a.m.-4 a.m.; Thursdays 5 p.m.-6 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m.-9 a.m. and 5 p.m.-6 p.m. To sign up for an adoration hour, or for more information, contact Rosemary Duffy at 703-256-4468.
EnCourage -- is a support group for faithful Catholics with same-sex attracted loved ones. What distinguishes the work of EnCourage is its commitment to offer faithful witness to Catholic teachings on sexual morality while addressing the needs of its members with charity and compassion. To this end, the group both professes an orthodox position on the immorality of homosexual acts and respects the human dignity of persons who have homosexual feelings. For more information about Courage International and other resources, visit http://couragerc.org. K o f C F r e e T h r o w C o n t e s t – T h e St. Michaels KofC congratulates - Jade-Michelle Perkins and Katherine Vargas who were District 16 Free Throw Champions. Both young ladies went on to represent the St Michaels KofC in Richmond at State Championships on March 9. Both Jade-Michelle and Katherine placed 2nd in this competition. We are very proud of them. Be sure to congratulate them!!!!
SCOUTING CORNER Recycling Dates – AHG Troop VA0894's recycle program collection dates for March 3/16 - 3/17 Collection of aluminum cans, recyclable metal, and food cans will take place AFTER the following Masses: Saturday, 5 PM Vigil and Sunday’s 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Masses. To request a list of recyclable items please email Jermaine Perkins at [email protected]. Come to a meeting! – If you have a son or daughter inter-ested in either the Trail Life or American Heritage Girls Troop, please contact either Jim Perkins 703-615-2607 (TL) or Jermaine Perkins 703-658-4876 (AHG). Our St. Michael American Heritage Girls Troop VA0894 -- Popcorn orders will be ready for pick up the weekend of 4/06 - 4/07 after all of our Masses. Thank you in advance for your support of our girl members and AHG pro-gram. Please contact Roxanne with any questions at 703-303-8169 or Jermaine at 703-658-4876. The Light Is On For You -- During Lent the Diocese of Arlington is happy announce the continuation of our partner-ship with the Archdiocese of Washington in The Light Is On For You campaign. St. Michael’s will have confessions available on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m. on March 20, 27, April 3, and 10. The Christian Mothers -- will meet on Thursday, March 21st at 7:30 pm for Mass in the Convent Chapel. Please be on time for Mass. A meeting will follow in the All Purpose Room. This prayerful group is open to Mothers of all ages and please bring a friend. If you have any questions, please call Patrice Connolly on 703-941-0017.
Abstinence -- Abstinence means eating no meat, and no soup or gravy made from meat. Abstinence obliges all Catholic over the age of 14. Sickness, hard manual labor, pregnancy, etc. automatically excuse a person from these obligations. Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that these are serious obligations. In cases of doubt or question, the priest who hears a person’s confession should be consulted.
St. Michael Parish Lenten Suppers -- have begun! Join us every Friday during Lent from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the All Purpose Room for our Friday Lenten Suppers. Meatless soups, bread, salad greens, fish sticks with fries will be served (until supplies last). As in the past, donations re-ceived will benefit a Catholic cause. Stations of the Cross begin at 7 p.m. in the Church. Dates of the Suppers: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, and 4/12. If you would like to volunteer to help with preparations or earn student service hours please con-tact: Jermaine Perkins at 703-658-4876 or via e-mail, [email protected]. Stations of the Cross -- Fridays in Lent at 7 p.m. in the Church. During this season of Lent, Stations will take the place of the Family Night Holy Hour/Benediction.
HAIL MARY – This Spring, the Sunday Scripture Study Group will be offering an 8-session course on "Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother" produced by Ascension Press and fea-turing author Dr. Edward Sri on DVD. Classes commence on 31 March. As indicated, we meet on Sundays from 10:00 to 11:45 AM in room 4 on the lower level of the Junior School. Classes are facilitated by fellow parishioners. Cost of materials is $25.00. As always, come early and enjoy tasty refreshments and good fellowship. For more information and to pre-register, please contact Bill Deshler at 703-321-9730 or Pavo James at 703-642-8378. PRIEST, PROPHET, KING – This Spring, the Thursday Bible Study Group will be offering a 7-session course on "Jesus: Priest, Prophet, King" produced by Word on Fire and featuring Bishop Robert Barron on DVD. Classes commence on 11 April. As indicated, we meet on Thursdays from 9:45 to 11:30 AM in room 4 on the lower level of the Junior School. Classes are facilitated by fellow parishioners. Cost of materials is $25. As always, come early and enjoy tasty refreshments and good fellowship. For more information and to pre-register, please con-tact Bill Deshler at 703-321-9730 or Carol McCaffrey at 703-941-4573.
Come Walk With Me You are invited to an evening of spiritual reflection
with Irish tenor, Mark Forrest, Wednesday, April 17th, at St. Michael Church, starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Come Walk With Me evening is a time for us to reflect on our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
During the evening, the blessed sacrament will be exposed and Irish tenor Mark Forrest will take you through an evening
of music, reflection, and healing. Consider taking an hour with the Lord as he invites you to a closer walk with him.
The 40 days of Lent have begun! The themes of Lent are Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.
To help each of us grow in our prayer life we invite you to enroll in a parish wide, in-home study entitled “Into the Desert”. It involves a weekly lesson to watch us-ing FORMED.ORG with discussion questions to reflect on and share insights.
To register for this study, log onto FORMED and click the Community Tab in the tool bar, then select ‘Our Commu-nity”, and click on the button in the middle of the Into the Desert banner. When the banner is enlarged, click on “Join” on the left above the banner. You will be advised that you will get an email when your enrollment is ap-proved. That email will have a link directly to the study. Enjoy and be blessed in your study.
If you are not registered with FORMED.ORG, go to the parish website “stmichaelannandale.org” and there you will find a banner with a link to get you registered (your email address and a password you create). Once registered, fol-low the instructions above. If you have difficulties contact D c n . D a v e M c C a f f r e y ( 5 7 1 - 6 4 3 - 6 8 9 5 or [email protected]).
Sign-up for Flocknote and Word on Fire Engage – We encourage all who did not enroll in Flocknote yet to do it as soon as possi-ble. There are three ways to do this:
1. Fill out a sign-up form and put it in the basket marked Flocknote registration at the exits to the Church. There are blank forms next to the baskets.
2. Text “STMICHAEL1” to 84-576 and receive a reply text seek-ing the required information.
3. Go to www.flocknote.com/stmichaelchurch1 and this will get you to a link where you can provide the needed information.
Flocknote will provide a great vehicle for communication within the family and also provide very sound and beautiful formation in our Faith. Here are the names of family members -- of parishioners who are serving our country overseas: PFC Mark Haugh, USMC; Cdr. David Stabish, USNavy; Alex Puentes USNavy; Sgt. Ramsey Hamilton; LtJG Grace Dalton, USNavy; LTJG Andre Acevedo, USNavy; Maj. John D. Barringer, III, USAF; John P. Hoang USMC; Brian Blincoe USNavy; ENS Stephan Acevedo USNavy; David Hayes, Jr. US-Navy; Sgt. Edward Imperati, Jr. USMC; LCpl Ethan Anderson; and…. [call Mary at the parish office, 703-256-7822, and we’ll keep our prayers going for our military in harms way.]
Please Pray for: Joe Meister; William Jeoff Robbins; Mary Roche*; Marco Tulio Gamba; Sean Campbell; Terry Spragens; Patricia Ty-nan*; Madelyn Respicio Cabatic; Rose Bledsoe; Bob Cafarella; Elsa Noriega*; Paul McEnrue*; Julia Garcia; John and Marie Sibenik*; Theresa Corcoran*; Mike Dante*; Priscilla Chaney*; Irma Barrera; Jean Kratochvil*; John Carlson; Charles Salvo*; Elizabeth Med-ved*; Robert and Courtney Villareal*; Tracy Wilson; Michael Malovic*; Rosemary Dooley*; Ariadne Pasa; Maria Kerrinckx*; Richard Owen*; Marissa Ann Wuerthele*; Diana Pascoe; Jean O. Cole; Cecile McNeill*; Tuy Nguyen*; Ellen Louise Daily; Steve Maitland*; Rosemary Furcher*; Dan Keller; Lili Lang; Myrtis Davidson*; Cathy Moore; Patrick Fox*; Eileen Carroll-Doshier; June & Norman Grimm*; Julia & Sophia Lattanzio; Mauricio Posada; Robert Peternell*; Carlton Hanson; Sr. Paul Marie; Yoshimi Kadota; Stephan Nguyen*; Delia Sinn; Julie Molony Lee; Andrew F. Zaccardi*; with apologies to anyone we dropped; to re-add names call the Parish Office for next week. KofC Donut Sunday - Please join the Knights of Columbus for donuts and coffee on April 7 after 8;30 AM ad 10:30 AM Mass in All-Purpose Room. Those new to Parish and families are espe-cially welcome.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New Confirmandi: you are especially invited to join the Young Disciples of St. Michael’s! They meet on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in the Young Disciples’ Room (next to the All-Purpose Room). The Young Disciples meet weekly to build with each other an environment whereby they can develop their relationship with God through catechesis, fellowship, service, and evangelization. For more information, please contact Adina Or-donez ([email protected]).
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bad Weather/Church Closings -- If it’s slippery and dangerous, or if there’s an abundance of snow, USE COMMON SENSE. Don’t try to come to Mass. If the Fairfax County Schools system cancels school due to weather, there will be nei-ther confessions nor the 8:30 a.m. Mass. If schools are delayed, there will be no confessions, but there will be 8:30 a.m. Mass. Elderly and disabled persons are encouraged to stay at home, or to attend the 12 noon Mass on those days. Fairfax County Schools, for congruous purposes, is simply an efficient means to follow. If the U.S. Government shuts down because of bad weather, we’ll do our best to maintain the Noon schedule because snow removal work should be well underway by that time – but there are no guarantees. For the safety of those shoveling and plowing the snow, gates will be closed and the entrances will be blocked by cones. (Please do not drive around the cones.) You can receive email notices -- from Fairfax County Schools by signing up via this link: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/subscriber/new (or use the internet search engine: “Fairfax County Schools closings”). U.S. Government closings because of the weather, of course, are pretty big deals and news is easily accessible from television reports.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5K & Fun Run, Saturday, April 13, 2019
5K Race begins at 9 a.m. Kids Fun Run begins at 9:45 a.m. Your participation as a runner, walker or sponsor supports the school's expanded services for students with cognitive and intel-lectual disabilities. All runners and volunteers receive a race T-shirt. Register by March 21 to be guaranteed your size preference.
• Adult 5K Runners - $30
• Youth 5K Runners - $15
• O'Connell Students - $10
• Fun Run Participants - $10 Arm-Chair Participants (T-shirt only) - $20 Race Packet Pick-Up Times: Thursday and Friday, Apr. 11-12, 3-6 p.m. and Saturday, Apr. 13 beginning at 8 a.m. Questions? Contact us at [email protected]. Join the First Saturday Rosary Team -- Did you know that the ‘no-show’ rate can go up by 70% when there are people peace-fully praying outside an abortion facility? Please join the prayer team every First Saturday to pray the rosary at 10:30 am at the Falls Church abortion facility. The next First Saturday is on April 6, 2019. The facility is located at 900 S. Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 For inquiries, contact Amy McInerny at 703- 841-3817 or [email protected]
