MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Masses: 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. (Spanish) 5:00 p.m.

Daily Masses: 6:30 a.m. Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. Monday - Saturday

First Friday Masses 7:30 p.m.

PASTORAL TEAM Father Tom Bourque, T.O.R., Pastor Father Alberto Bueno, T.O.R., Parochial Vicar Father Vince Yeager, T.O.R., Parochial Vicar Father Pat Whittle, T.O.R., Weekend Assistant ROOM/HALL RENTALS - PRIVATE BOOKINGS Call Mr. Danny Rucker - 703-880-4340

PARISH OFFICES - Hours - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday - Friday CHURCH OFFICE: 703-880-4300, FAX: 703-880-4320 Director of Facilities Mr. Danny Rucker 703-880-4340 And Events Kitchen Manager: Ms. Laura Stump 703-880-4324 Network/IT Manager: Mr. John Peitler 703-880-4356 Finance Administrator: Ms. Teresa Westhues 703-880-4313 Asst. Bookkeeper and Mrs. Beth Covert 703-880-4357 Child Protection Liaison Music Director: Mrs. Alice Eelman 703-880-4321 Religious Education Dir. Mr. Reyes Ruiz 703-880-4332 Director of Youth and Ms. Jennifer Chmiel 703-880-4309 Young Adult Ministry. Religious Ed. Secretary Mrs. Rosalind Murphy 703-880-4305 Parish Secretary/ Mrs. Debbie Millon 703-880-4355 Finance Assistant

Parish Secretaries: Mrs. Jeanne Nappier 703-880-4304 Mrs. Mary Kirby 703-880-4302

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 3:30 p.m. and by appointment.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements must begin at least (6) months in advance of the date of the wedding. This is a Diocesan require-ment. Call the Church Office for an appointment.

BAPTISMS: Held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the church. Call the Church Office at least one month in advance. For parishioners who are asked to be Godparents, please contact the Church Office no less than 3 weeks before the event takes place to see if you meet the Diocesan requirements.

Baptisms in Spanish are held on the First Sunday of each month.

BAPTISMAL CLASSES: Baptismal classes are required for all parents and God-parents prior to the child being bap-tized. The next Baptismal Class held here at St. Joseph is January 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in parish meeting room 209.

BULLETIN DEADLINE: The deadline for copy material is Monday before Noon. Any announcements received after Mon-day will be in the next bulletin. Please submit material in writing or via e-mail at mkirby@sjcherndon.org.

St. Joseph - National Blue Ribbon School

OFFICE: 703-880-4350, FAX: 703-880-4320

Grade School K-8

Principal: Mrs. Denise Rutledge Assistant Principal: Mrs. Lisa Carson Secretaries: Mrs. Mary Lewis

Mrs. Lisa Pearce

www.sjschoolva.org

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH - 703-880-4300 750 Peachtree Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-3798 - www.sjcherndon.org.org

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Wednesdays in the Church - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

NOCTURNAL ADORATION: following First Friday Mass

Welcome to St. Joseph Catholic Church Peace and good! We extend a warm welcome to all who attend our Church. We hope you will find our parish community a place where your life of faith and prayer will be nourished. We also hope that you will share your time, talents, and treasure with us. Your presence, prayers, and gifts are most welcomed. Please introduce yourself to one of the parishioners or priests. Many blessings!

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 16, 2018

Saturday, December 15 8:00 a.m. + Hilda Rodriguez by Ana McCollim 5:00 p.m. + Walter & Margaret Smith by Mary L. Smith Sunday, December 16 7:00 a.m. + Rose K. Conroy by Genie & Joe Conroy & Sons 8:30 a.m + Thomas Reilly by The Harrigan Family 10:00 a.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 11:30 a.m. + Michael Slattery by Connie, Ian, Cailin, Marc, & Avery 1:00 p.m. + Jerome Trehy by The Bergeron Family 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Marilou Acantalicio by Mary Kirby & Family Monday, December 17 6:30 a.m. + Paula Nam by her Daughter 8:00 a.m. - The Gwankobe Grandkids and Great Grandkids by Judith Gwankobe Tuesday, December 18 6:30 a.m. + Al Katein by Nancy & Tim Outlaw 8:00 a.m. + Tom Howard by his family Wednesday, December 19 6:30 a.m. - Gwankobe Family by Judith Gwankobe 8:00 a.m. + All Souls In Purgatory by The Pham Family Thursday, December 20 6:30 a.m. + Patricia Orrico Rostkoski by Pat & Erin Philbin 8:00 a.m. + Edward Frey Delaney by Elizabeth Frey Delaney & Family Friday, December 21 6:30 a.m. + Blessed Alvaro del Portillo by Honore Ngam 8:00 a.m.. + Ann & John Cornett by Bob & Ellen Metcalfe Saturday, December 22 8:00 a.m. + All Souls In Purgatory by The Pham Family 5:00 p.m. + Helen Hucksam by The Pearce Family Sunday, December 23 7:00 a.m. + John Russo by The Zaring Family 8:30 a.m + Joseph Salvatore by The Kornman Family 10:00 a.m. + Mary Knepler by Larry & Eileen Speaks 11:30 a.m. + Eduardo Rodrigues by Urania Rodrigues 1:00 p.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Jack F. Holden, Jr. by The Holden-McDevitt Family

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Peace and good! Today we begin the third week of the Advent Season, a season that invites us to reflect upon our relationship with God as we prepare for Christmas. As shared previously, there are many themes associated with the Advent Season. Four common themes are hope, peace, joy, and love. During the third week of Advent, let us pray for joy. The International Inter-Franciscan Commission for Justice and Peace offers the following insight into one’s understanding of Francis’ embrace of “perfect joy.”

At that time he continued to experience perfect joy alt-hough he was ill, suffering the physical wounds of Jesus and the psychological discouragement of disappointment in his brothers. His joy in pain was not masochistic but was an honest acknowledgement of his pain and injury, accompanied by the surprising Joy of being sustained in that injury. There had to be a grace, or Someone, support-ing him in his suffering. Francis' joy came with the recog-nition that God's Spirit was sustaining him in his most painful situations. The Holy Spirit, the "General Minister", helped Francis to understand rather than be understood, to console rather than be consoled, to love rather than be loved. Franciscan joy is not a naive denial of human suf-fering and problems. It is a conviction that despite all that is bad in life, God's Spirit is always within us, in others and in Creation. Joy kept Francis from growing bitter in the midst of suffering and disappointment.

It is interesting to note, that John’s Gospel states: "[Jesus] came to his own and his own people did not accept him" (Jn 1:11). Francis expresses his vocation to follow Jesus with the passage on "perfect joy," which represents the same content we read in John’s Gospel. Francis’ embrace of “perfect joy” makes a great deal of sense. May we embrace both joy and “perfect joy” in our daily lives. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI offers the following insight re-garding joy as we prepare for Christmas:

Joy is the true gift of Christmas, not the expensive gifts that call for time and money. We can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, for-giveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us.…Let us pray that this presence of the liberating joy of God shines forth in our lives.

Reference: The International Inter-Franciscan Commission for Justice and Peace. Charac-teristics of Franciscan Work for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. Retrieved from http://www.wtu.edu/franciscan/pages/misc/justice/jprevcre.html

Bishop Michael Burbidge Mary Anderson Maximo Acevedo Roberto Alcalde Kay Allen Kristen Coughlan Francis Davis Quinn Gorman

Jim Holt Mary Kish Zenon Landicho Lena Reyes Dan Schaefer Jose Silva, Sr. Lawrence Wasko

Especially the sick:

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org December 16, 2018

That Man is You! Gives you the oppor tunity to go deeper in your faith.

All men are invited to attend TMIY on Friday mornings from 6:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. in the parish meeting room to watch the video and engage in discussion. The theme for this coming Friday, December 21st, is “The Cry of the Child” and will cover the following topics: How Men Have Succumbed to Temptation, The Attack on Fatherhood is Real and Relentless and Failed Leadership Always Has a Per-sonal Price.

Feel free to show up on Friday; no prior registration required. For more information contact Jack Matney (202-352-4881; jmatneytmiy@gmail.com) and/or check out: www.paradisusdei.org/that-man-is-you/.

Collections: The weekend of December 9, 2018 Offertory - $ 18,707 plus Faith Direct $ 18,812 Second Collection - Catholic Charities Christmas Collection $ 12,830 plus Faith Direct $ 5,247 Thank you for your continued support and kind generosity.

Poinsettias for the Altar

Boy Scout Troop 913 will be accepting dedications for the flowers that will adorn the Saint Joseph's altar during the Christ-mas Season. Boy Scouts will be in the ves-tibule of the church after Mass this week-end December 15-16. Recommended do-nation for dedications is $15.00. This is a

lovely way to remember loved ones during this blessed season.

The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish min-istries:

We thank our parishioners who ministered at the Annual Dioc-esan Youth Appreciation Mass and Dinner. We thank the youth who volunteered as altar servers for the Mass, those who served as greeters at the dinner; the parents who had oversight of the youth volunteering; and our Parish Facilities/Kitchen/Event crew who prepared with the set-up and preparations for the meal and Mass. We thank our parishioners who supported the “Gift for Life Christmas Tree.” These donations support the Gabriel Pro-ject/Project Rachel of Arlington. We thank our parishioners who supported the Christmas Poin-settia Sale overseen by the Boys Scouts. Many blessings! We wish to thank the parishioners who share their gifts and talents as Lectors who proclaim the Word of God during the daily and weekend Masses. Their ministry allows us to hear and respond to God present among us during Eucharistic Litur-gies, Prayer Services, and Penance Services. Know that we are grateful to the coordinator and trainer of the lectors and all the lectors for their proclamation of the Word. “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (Matthew 10:7). We wish to thank the parishioners who share their gifts and time as Ushers. For some, this is often a misunderstood minis-try during the weekend liturgies. Know that we are grateful for the ministry of the ushers for they welcome arriving parishion-ers and guests to our liturgies, assist and direct with seating, collect the offering, direct the orderly flow of communicants, pass out the parish bulletin, straighten the pews after Mass, help in emergencies, and aid the clergy. Jesus said, "Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the One who sent me" (Mt. 10:40).

thankful AND grateful

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 16, 2018

The Youth Ministry Corner

Join us this Sunday for our Youth Ministry Christmas Party, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in Parish Hall C. There will be no Youth Ministry meetings December 23 and 30. We look for-ward to seeing you on January 6th!

For more information, contact Jenn Chmiel at: jchmiel@sjcherndon.org.

Last Classes of the Year before

Christmas Break December (Sat.) 15th, (Sun.) 16th, (Mon.) 17th, & (Tue.) 18th

Catechism Classes Resume

January, (Sat.) 5th, (Sun.) 6th, (Mon.) 7th, & (Tue.) 8th

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR’S SCHEDULE

Monday, December 24 8:00 a.m.

Masses for Christmas Eve

4:00 p.m. Mass in Parish Hall 4:00 p.m. Mass in Church

6:00 p.m.; 8:00 p.m. (Choir);

10:00 p.m. (Bi-Lingual)

Fr. Vince & Deacon David

Masses for Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2018

8:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m.; Noon; 3:30 p.m. Spanish Mass

Monday, New Year’s Eve December 31, 2018

6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Feast of the Solemnity of Mary

the Holy Mother of God

Tuesday, New Year’s Day, January 1, 2019

Feast of the Solemnity of Mary The Holy Mother of God

8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., Spanish 3:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m.

We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the people of St. Joseph Catholic Church who contr ibuted to an outstand-ingly successful LINK Holiday Collection. Overall contribu-tions totaled over 1 1/2 tons of food and $4,956.00 in monetary donations. This will go a long way in supporting LINK in its mission to help those in our own neighborhoods, who are food challenged, have the resources they need in this Christmas sea-son. A special thank you to the Knights of Columbus and St. Joseph Men’s Society who helped in the collection and the delivery of the food to the LINK pantry storage at Christ the Redeemer.