ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT March 4, 2018

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, March 3 8:00 a.m. + Joseph Francis Paraiso by his Family 5:00 p.m. + Paula Lynch by The Miller Family Sunday, March 4 7:00 a.m. + Attililo Colalillo by Connie & Robert Hudson 8:30 a.m. + All Souls by The Pham Family 10:00 a.m. + Thomas J. Keppel by Tom Keppel 11:30 a.m. + Louis Hoang by The Ly Family 1:00 p.m. + Joie Eble by The Alcantara Family 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass Living and Deceased Members of St. Joseph Parish 5:00 p.m. - Kaila Pagulayan by Ana Marie & Paul Pagulayan Monday, March 5 6:30 a.m. + Kieth Larsen by Mike Holleran 8:00 a.m. + Simon Yung Phan by Maria D’Antonio 12:15 p.m. + Izabela Carnogursky by Her son, Matthew Tuesday, March 6 6:30 a.m. + Catherine Truchinski by Phyllis Pary 8:00 a.m. + Marcel Leblanc by His Daughter, Gabrielle 12:15 p.m. + Paul Warner by Lynn & John Murphy Wednesday, March 7 6:30 a.m. + Deceased Members of the Peter J. Puerling Family b y Peter Puerling 8:00 a.m. + Robert Bourque by The Dingell Family 12:15 p.m. + Edmond P. Cahalane by Mary Cahalane Thursday, March 8 6:30 a.m. - Living & Deceased Members of the Salesian Club of Toledo, Ohio 8:00 a.m. + Victor M. Genco, Sr. Pat & Erin Philbin 12:15 p.m. + Anna Sabol by Mary Kirby & Family Friday, March 9 6:30 a.m. + Rebecca & Benjamin Lan Madrid by Cris Beltran & Family 8:00 a.m. - Linda Paula Laino by Her Sister 12:15 p.m. + Brenda & Gary Meade by Adele Giambrone Saturday, March 10 8:00 a.m. + Walter Dobranski by The Dobranski Family 5:00 p.m. + Barbara & Buddy Sokolowski by Mary & Tony Dorrzapf Sunday, March 11 7:00 a.m. - Living & Deceased Parishoners of St. Joseph Parish 8:30 a.m. + Grace & Philip Grant by Kitty Diplacido 10:00 a.m. - Maria D’Antonio by Maria Linck 11:30 a.m. + Jack Ward by Neville Ward 1:00 p.m. - Christopher Hunt by His Aunt 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Eddie Hurley by The Hurley Family

Parish Secretary - Finance Assistant

Secretarial: General Parish Office functions, phones, parishioner data base, maintain Parish print collateral, maintain Mass requests. Finance assignment: Performs Contract, Billing and Receivable maintenance for School; Manage mailing and processing of new and returning tuition contracts; Performs revenue reconciliations and accounting duties as as-signed; 3 to 5 years of accounting experience, preferably in an educa-tional setting; Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word; Prior experience with Parish Data Systems and FACTS de-sired, but employer will train; Position is full-time, 30 hours per week. Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume to twesthues@sjcherndon.org

St. Lucy Project Lenten Food Collection As part of our Lenten commitment to prayer, fasting and alms-giving, we will be conducting a Lenten Food Collection to ben-efit our diocesan St. Lucy Project. This weekend, the Men’s Society and the Knights of Columbus will be collecting your donations of non-perishable food and montetary donations. Your continued generous support of this drive will help those in need of food resources throughout the Diocese of Arlington.

Lenten Penance Services

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Saint Joseph Catholic Church

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 7:00 pm Saint John Neumann Catholic Church & Our Lady of Good Counsel at St. John Neumann

Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7:00 pm Saint Thomas a Beckett Catholic Church

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church

As you plan your spiritual journey for the Lenten Season, we invite you to attend one of the Lenten Penance Services. Visit-ing priests will be assisting at these penance services in order to provide an opportunity for individuals to celebrate the Sac-rament of Reconciliation. Our Lenten Penance Service is Tuesday, March 6, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.

Altar Servers Contact Mrs. Mary Kirby at 703-880-4302 or mkirby@sjcherndon.org

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org March 4, 2018

The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish ministries:

We thank our parishioners for their support of the Parish Facil-ity Collection throughout the year . Your generosity allows the parish staff to provide good stewardship for the buildings and grounds. Many blessings! We thank our parishioners who provide for the cleaning, order, and maintenance of the Church. There are many par ish-ioners and individuals who work behind the scenes. These individuals include those who just changed the Missalettes and Music Books in the pews; those who clean the pews after each of the Masses on the weekends; those who oversee the clean-ing of the altar linens; those who clean the Church each Mon-day morning; those who tend to the flowers and plants; those who clean the Church for the weekend Masses; those who oversee the candle ministry; the parish maintenance staff; etc. We thank you for your ministry and work! We thank our parishioners who donated to the St. Lucy Food Drive conducted by the Men’s Society. Thank you for par -ticipating in this “work of mercy.”

Collection:

The weekend of February 25, 2018

Offertory - $ 25,158 plus Faith Direct $ 15,368

Thank you for your continued support, prayers and kind generosity.

2018 BISHOP’S LENTEN APPEAL (BLA)

Peace and good! As you know, the theme for the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA) is “Living in faith and Giving in grat-itude.” As you reflect upon the donation you have made/pledged or what type of donation/pledge you should make to the BLA, I invite you to reflect upon the ways in which the BLA embrac-es the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy which are ac-tions we can perform that extend God’s compassion and mer-cy to those in need. The Corporal Works of Mercy are these kind acts by which we help our neighbors with their material and physical needs.

• feed the hungry • give drink to the thirsty • clothe the naked • shelter the homeless • visit the sick • visit the imprisoned • bury the dead

The Spiritual Works of Mercy are acts of compassion by which we help our neighbors with their emotional and spiritu-al needs.

• counsel the doubtful • instruct the ignorant • admonish sinners • comfort the afflicted • forgive offenses • bear wrongs patiently • pray for the living and the dead

As a friar and priest who has had the privilege of ministering here at St. Joseph Catholic Church, I have been blessed to have shared in living out the spiritual and corporal works of mercy with Bishop Burbidge, Bishop Emeritus Loverde, the friars, the faithful of the parish, and the faithful of the Diocese of Arlington. As you reflect upon your BLA pledge, remem-ber that every pledge is an expression of God’s love and mer-cy! Let us embrace the spirit of “Living in faith and Giving in gratitude.” In the peace of Francis of Assisi, Father Tom

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT March 4, 2018

BANNS OF MARRIAGE III

Christina DiSomma & John Sheehan Katherine Leeds & Brad Burgess Carmen Elena Mejia Henriquez & Henry Wenceslao Campos Portales Daysi Orgega & José Aguirre Flora Rivas & Joel Novoa Stephanie Sequeira & Jovan Vidulovic Maribel Rodriguez & Freddy Sarmiento

New Altar Server Training - Training for interested rising sixth graders and older will begin in March. Please join us in the church. The dates are: March 13, 4:30 - 6 p.m. March 20, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. March 27, 4:30 - 6 p.m.

There will be a mandatory parent meeting at the end of the last session from 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. If you are interested, please call Mrs. Kirby to sign up at 703-880-4302.

1st Wednesday Mar 7th Rm 214/214 In the tradition of the early church, we gather as faithful men every 1st Wednesday to honor St. Joseph in cele-brating God's word. Prayer and fasting are encouraged.

6:30 pm Adoration, church. 7:35 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 7:45 pm 3 Reading Meeting; review, reflect and dis- cuss the day's Gospel reading 8:25 pm Prayer of St. Joseph 8:30 pm Social - Hot tea and cold water

TUE Mar 13 7:30 am Rosary, church. Intention for our wives and women in need. FRI Mar 23 7:00 pm NCAA Basketball Tourney - Carpool Herndon (Dutch) Come on out for some spirited March Madness, we've got a dedicated viewing space. Appreciate an RSVP to Phil Curley ; email: curleyphila@aol.com, as we'll need an approx. headcount. Soft commits are fine and any sense for your status is helpful and appreciated, TY

The Light is On For You – On Wednesdays of Lent from 6:30 – 7:30 pm for individual confession. The schedule for the evening is:

6:30 – 8:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration

6:30 – 7:30 pm Confessions 8:00 pm Night Prayer and Benediction www.TheLightIsOnForYou.org

You are invited to stand and peacefully pray outside an abor-tion facility. St. Joseph Respect Life Ministry plans to join other parishes in front of Falls Church Healthcare Center at 900 S. Washington Street. If you'd like to carpool with some-one from our parish contact Peggy pbauer419@aol.com or Don dbudrejko@yahoo.com to find out when other parishion-ers are attending. For more information: www.40daysforlife.com/fallschurch. Or https://40daysforlife.com.

Catholic Book Fair here at St. Joseph

The Daughters of St. Paul, from Pauline Books & Media in Old Town Alexandria, will have a book fair here after all the Masses this weekend, March 3rd & 4th.

Please remember to set your clocks ahead next Saturday so you are on time for church.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT March 4, 2018

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The Youth Ministry Corner

Tonight Sun., March 4th, we will be having a youth night on Tradition and Scripture @ 6pm in Parish Hall C – there will

be food and we will be playing the greatest game ever!

Any teen can come next week March 11 6-8pm in Parish Hall C to a Game night with “Communists and Christians”

and “The Greatest Game Ever!” For more information email Fr. James at:

youthministry@sjcherndon.org

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

Lenten Confessions This year Lent began on Ash Wednes-day, February 14th. Therefore, the Sacra-ment of Penance and Reconciliation will be made available on March 5th (Monday) and March 13th (Tuesday) for all 7th & 8th grade students during class time.

Confirmation Retreat Day This retreat is for all Year Two students who are in the 8th grade or above attending our Confirmation classes on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, together with the Special Sac-

raments and RCIC classes held on Sundays and Tuesdays. The retreat will be on Thursday, March 22nd from 5:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. in Parish Hall A.

There is a need for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Commun-ion (Ems).

We especially need help at the 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday Masses.

Four workshops for new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will be held this year on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (in the upper Church) in Freder icksburg, MD. Saturday, May 5, 2018 at St. John the Evangelist (in the Knight’s Hall) in Warren-ton; Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Cathedral of St. Thom-as More (in the upper Church) in Ar lington; Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Our Lady of Hope (in the upper church) in Potomac Falls; The time frame for all workshops will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. If you are interested in becoming an EM please contact Mary Kirby in the parish office at 703-880-4302 or email: mkirby@sjcherndon.org.

Blood Drive is Sunday March 18th 7:45-12:30. The Inova Blood team uses our registra-tion numbers to determine staff-ing. Please register to donate using sponsor code 0116 at www.inova.org/donateblood, at the registration table this weekend, or contact Paul Mich at SJCBloodDrive@aol.com. Please support this Knights of Columbus

sponsored event.

Cub Scout Pack 913 will be selling Easter Flower Dedications at all Masses on the following week-ends: March 10-11 and March 17-18. Cost is $15 per dedication. Donations will be used to purchase flowers for the altar for Easter Masses.

You are invited to join the friars and the Ladies’ Society at the Lenten Fish Fry and Stations of the Cross! Friday, March 16, 2018 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall (School Entrance) Stations of the Cross – The Stations of the Cross and Peace Prayer led by the Franciscan Friars in Formation from Washington, DC in the Church at 7:00 pm.