ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Peachtree Street, Herndon, Virginia

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1 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Peachtree Street, Herndon, Virginia PASTORAL TEAM Father Tom Bourque, T.O.R., Pastor Father Alberto Bueno, T.O.R., Parochial Vicar Father Jonathan St. André, T.O.R., Parochial Vicar Father Pat Whittle, T.O.R., Priest-in-Residence ROOM/HALL RENTALS - PRIVATE BOOKINGS Call Mr. Danny Rucker PARISH OFFICES - Hours - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday - Friday CHURCH OFFICE: , FAX: Director of Facilities Mr. Danny Rucker And Events Kitchen Manager: Ms. Laura Stump Network/IT Manager: Mr. John Peitler Finance Administrator: Ms. Teresa Westhues Asst. Bookkeeper and Mrs. Beth Covert Child Protection Liaison Music Director: Mrs. Alice Eelman Religious Education Dir. Mr. Reyes Ruiz Youth Ministry Dir. Mr. David Bristow Religious Ed. Secretary Mrs. Rosalind Murphy Parish Secretary/ Mrs. Tisha Hilliard Finance Assistant Parish Secretaries: Mrs. Jeanne Nappier Mrs. Mary Kirby 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! MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Masses: Sunday Masses: Daily Masses: First Friday Masses 5:00 p.m. 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. (Spanish) 5:00 p.m. 6:30 a.m. Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. Monday - Saturday 7:30 p.m. PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL - We welcome your suggestions. Contact us at pac@sjcherndon.org. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Wednesdays in the Church - 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NOCTURNAL ADORATION: following First Friday Mass 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 requirement. 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. BAPTISMAL CLASSES: Baptismal classes are required for all parents and God-parents prior to the child being baptized. The next Baptismal Class held here at St. Joseph is November 5, 2016 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 Monday will be in the next bulletin. Please submit material in writing or via at mkirby@sjcherndon.org. St. Joseph School OFFICE: , FAX: Principal Dir. of Curriculum & Instruction Dir of Tech. & Student Activities Secretaries: Mrs. Mary Lewis Mrs. Debbie Lizama Mrs. Cindi Conroy Mrs. Eileen Lau Mrs. Sara Beltran

2 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH HERNDON, VIRGINIA THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD January 8, 2017 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday, January 7 8:00 a.m. + Robert Kasprzak by The SJS 6th Grade Green Class 5:00 p.m. + Roger Fabich by Mary Kirby & Family Sunday, January 8 7:00 a.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 8:30 a.m + John J. Quirk, III by Betty Schmude 10:00 a.m. + Walter Swiatlowski by The Karcz Family 11:30 a.m. + Agnes Kiopfenstein by The McNulty Family 1:00 p.m. + Sandy Edmonds by The SJS Kindergarten Green Class 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Nader Tashakkori By The Kimpflen Family Monday, January 9 6:30 a.m. + Betty Hatrick by The Geurin Family 8:00 a.m. + Matthew Mark Sabol, II by Aunt Mary, Uncle Dave & cousins Tuesday, January 10 6:30 a.m. + Andy Blazich by his children 8:00 a.m. + Leopold Rafalski by The Fabich Family Wednesday, January 11 6:30 a.m. + Joe Kover by Betty Kover 8:00 a.m. + James Thundathil by The McNulty Family Thursday, January 12 6:30 a.m. + Robert Kasprzak by Adams-Green Funeral Home 8:00 a.m. + Valery Keppel by Tom Keppel Friday, January 13 6:30 a.m. + Angie Blalock by The Paterno Family 8:00 a.m. + Marjorie Spruill by Tim & Nancy Outlaw Saturday, January 14 8:00 a.m. + Robert Kasprzak by The McMahon Family 5:00 p.m. - Past & Present Friars of St. Joseph by Mary & Tony Dorrzapf Sunday, January 15 7:00 a.m. + Dorothea Lindquist by Joe & Genie Conroy & Sons 8:30 a.m - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 10:00 a.m. + James Thundathil by The St. Joseph Choir 11:30 a.m. - Lorna Hobbs by Cris Beltran & Family 1:00 p.m. + Nader Tashakkori by The SJS Class of :30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Eddie Hurley by The Hurley Family Blood Drive is Sunday January 22nd 7:45-12:30. The Inova Blood team uses our registration numbers to determine staffing. Please register to donate using sponsor code 0116 at at the registration table this weekend, or contact Paul Mich at SJCBloodDrive@aol.com. Please support this Knights of Columbus sponsored event. Peace and good! I pray that you and your family continue to enjoy the Christmas Season. As we continue to celebrate the blessings and joy of this season, I share the following insights, 10 Christmas Commandments. A priest friend shared these commandments with me. I believe the following insights will help us keep selfishness in check this Christmas Season: 1. You shall not leave Christ out of Christmas, making it Xmas. To some, X is unknown. 2. You shall prepare your soul for Christmas. Spend not so much on gifts that your soul is forgotten. 3. You shall not let Santa Claus replace Christ, thus robbing the day of its spiritual reality. 4. You shall not burden the shop girl, the mailman, and the merchant with complaints and demands. 5. You shall give yourself with your gift. This will increase its value a hundred fold, and the one who receives it shall treasure it forever. 6. You shall not value gifts received by their cost. Even the least expensive may signify love, and that is more priceless than silver and gold. 7. You shall not neglect the needy. Share your blessings with many who will go hungry and cold if you are generous. 8. You shall not neglect your church. Its services highlight the true meaning of the season. 9. You shall be as a little child. Not until you become in spirit as a little one are you ready to enter into the kingdom of Heaven. 10.You shall give your heart to Christ. Let Him be at the top of your Christmas list. Anyone keeping these commandments is sure to have a blessed Christmas. (Anonymous) May you and your family enjoy the blessings of this Christmas Season and New Year! In the peace of Francis of Assisi,

3 Dear Parishioners: The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish ministries: We thank our parishioners who share their time, talents, and treasures in the liturgical and outreach ministries of the parish during the Christmas Season. A special thanks to the Director of Music, the members of music ministry, and liturgical ministers who assisted at the Christmas and holiday Masses! Know that we are grateful for your commitment to this ministry in the parish. We thank our facility and maintenance staff who prepared the Church and grounds for the Christmas celebration and Masses. A special thanks to the Director of Facilities and the facilities staff for their planning, preparation, and set up of the Church Nativity scene. Their work added to the festive and faith-filled celebration of the Christmas Season. Many thanks! Once again we thank our parishioners who shared their time, talents, and treasures in the liturgical ministries of the parish during the Christmas Season and New Year. For all those who volunteered their time to share in the following ministries: music and choir, lector, Extra Ordinary Eucharistic Minister, altar server, usher, altar society, Church cleaners, etc. Your time, talents, and treasures bring the message of hope, peace, joy, and love to the parish. Many blessings! BANNS OF MARRIAGE I Erika Reyes & Andres Rosa Madeline Chessman & Philip Marlow Orfa Portillo & Alvargo Abrego Catherine Allen & Robert Powers Elbia Flores & William Santos Stewardship Presentation Cont d summary available to us. So, as we continue to celebrate our Savior s birth, we ask that we all prayerfully read and discuss these materials with our families and decide how we all can best make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me. Thank you for your time and continued generosity, and God bless. Greg Bengzon Marylou Bergeron Frank Bowen (Vice Chairperson) Cindi Conroy Tisha Hilliard (Secretary) Terry McNulty Jim Nash Mark Overberg Chairperson) Tom Reilly Cheryl Wilson As members of the St. Joseph Parish Advisory Council we would like to share a copy of our stewardship presentation which was delivered at all the Masses on the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Father Tom asked PAC members to speak with you briefly about stewardship, and specifically about sharing our treasure with the Church. We recognize that Catholic Charities and others have spoken at Mass recently seeking our financial support; our schools, universities and other charities are asking for money as the tax year closes; and with Christmas approaching, we are likely spending more than at other times of the year. So we acknowledge our timing may not be great. But, then again, our timing might actually be perfect. Our giving to God and the Church should really be an extension of our prayer and faith life. With our busy lives, we all struggle to devote time to God. The key, of course, is to make God and prayer the central priority in our lives and then fit everything else in and around our faith. So, too, with our treasure. How we spend our money reflects our priorities and attachments in life. The question we pose today is whether our financial priorities could use a little rebalancing. The Church does not dictate how much we should give, only that the faithful are obliged to assist with the material needs of the Church, each according to his own ability. We are asking that we all prayerfully consider the priority that our weekly free will offering is and if circumstances in our lives might possibly allow it to be a higher priority than it is right now. And we specifically ask that you use either Faith Direct or the weekly donation envelopes. One way to make financial stewardship a priority is to prayerfully decide what we can give, and then lock in that commitment through use of Faith Direct so that God gets paid first every week. But we know many people prefer to use the envelopes, and that s fine, too. The Diocese of Arlington has specifically asked St. Joe s to increase our use of Faith Direct or envelopes from our current 26% of parishioners to at least 40%. In our parish of 3,800 families, this would be about 600 families using either Faith Direct or the envelopes. So we ask for your help in meeting this goal. You can sign up for Faith Direct at faithdirect.net using our church code of VA101. If you prefer to use envelopes, you can call the parish office and ask. There will be reminders in the bulletin over the next month to help you. You ve probably noticed that there was a special focus in the bulletin during Advent on stewardship of our time, talents and treasure. Each family also should have received a mailing regarding stewardship and the use of Faith Direct. And the bulletin included the summary of the St. Joseph Catholic Church Financial Report for this past fiscal year. We thank the Finance Committee and St. Joseph staff for making this

4 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On January (Sunday) 15 th, (Monday) 16 th, & (Tuesday) 17 th there will not be any Religious Education classes in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Classes will resume the following week on January 22 nd, 23 rd, & 24 th. THE YOUTH MINISTRY CORNER Revolving Our Lives Around Christ Updated Youth Ministry Calendar is now available online for 2017: For all those interested in attending upcoming youth ministry events, please check out our calendar on the youth ministry page at Youth Ministry reconvenes from the winter break on Sunday, January 8th. Confirmation Retreat Day On Thursday, January 19 th from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. St. Joseph Parish will have our Confirmation Retreat in Parish Hall A for all Year Two Confirmation, RCIC, & Special Sacraments students who are in 8 th grade and above. This year we have invited NET Ministries to conduct the retreat. NET Ministries challenges young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church. Every August, 150 young Catholics aged leave behind their jobs, school, family, and friends to devote nine months to serving with the National Evangelization Teams (NET). Divided into 14 teams, they travel across the U.S. for nine months to share the Gospel with young people and their families. Since 1981, NET teams have led over 29,000 retreats and ministered to more than 1.7 million young Catholics. Peace and good! Father Tom and the members of the Parish Advisory Council (PAC) invite interested parishioners to discern the ministry of Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. At this time, we are inviting parishioners interested in this ministry who would commit their time and talents to the 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday evenings. Please contact Mary Kirby at or mkirby@sjcherndon.org. The Knights of Columbus Good Samaritan Council will hold its annual Basketball Free Throw Competition in the parish school gym on Monday, January 16th from Noon-2:00 PM. This event is open to all boys and girls ages Registration and practice shots will be from Noon-1:00 before competition begins. A parent or guardian must be present to sign an entry form. Winners in each age group will compete in district competition where they may advance to the state level. For more information contact Jim Nasakaitis at (202) or jnasakaitis@verizon.net. St. Joseph Men s Society - In need of a weekly spiritual battery charge? Join our Tuesday Morning Prayer Hour, held every Tuesday, at 7:00-8:00AM in Room 210. We begin with a group prayer, readings from the Magnificat, a short analysis of next week's Gospel, and then a roundtable discussion. Every Tuesday, throughout the year, the opportunity to join other men of the parish to "Put the family in the hands of the Father" is there for the asking. NEW YEAR! Ladies, The St. Joseph s Ladies Society requests your presence at our next meeting! January 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in meeting rooms Before our meeting, at 7:00 p.m., we will meet to pack lunches for 100 students, who wouldn t otherwise have food to eat for the weekend. Volunteers are always needed! Please consider volunteering your time and talent to help us! We will be discussing this program and planning for upcoming projects! As always, fellowship and refreshments are served! Any questions, please call Jacki Esguerra at ; jackiesguerra@gmail.com or Vice President, Mary Kirby at or kirbym59@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!

5 St. Joseph Catholic Church Parish Advisory Council (PAC) Thursday, December 15, :00 p.m. In attendance: Fr. Tom, Mark Overberg (Chairperson), Frank Bowen (Vice Chairperson), Jim Nash, Greg Bengzon, Marylou Bergeron, Tom Reilly, Cheryl Wilson, Terry McNulty, Tisha Hilliard (Secretary). In Bap sm we are reborn as children of God, made members of His Church, and heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. With this in mind, we welcome this child of God who was baptized Dec. 28, 2016: Stephen Kai Christie son of Thomas & Misaki Absent: Cindi Conroy Handouts: Financial Report and Stewardship script Welcome, Opening Prayer New discussion areas Faith Direct/Offertory program: The Diocese would like St. Joseph to increase the use of Faith Direct (13.3% now) and envelopes (12.5% now) to 40% of the 3,800 registered families. Faith Direct sent a Thank You letter to current users and a post card to envelope users asking them to consider using Faith Direct. On December 17/18 th, PAC members will talk about stewardship and increasing the use of these two methods of giving. The parish financial report was also added to the bulletins for December 17/18 th. Advent/Christmas: The Mini-Catechesis lessons on the bulletin cover during Advent will stop at Christmas and then resume during Lent. There will be 10 Christmas Masses. Fr. Mike Higgins, TOR and our two Franciscan deacons, Br. James, and Br. Jason, will assist. Opportunities for PAC to meet with Ministries: The January calendar of parish ministry meeting times was distributed to PAC members so they can volunteer to meet with the organizations and bring the PAC's message of listening and support to them. Spring Ministry Fair: The parish will hold a Ministry Fair, possibly the 3rd weekend of May, to recruit new members. Holy Days of Obligation: To make Mass times during Holy Days of Obligation predictable and consistent, the new Mass schedule will be: Vigil Mass - 7:00 p.m. Holy Day Masses 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. (school Mass), 12:15 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. The exception to this decision will be the schedule for Christmas and Holy Days occurring on Sundays. Updates on previous agenda items Responding to PAC s Marylou One was received; it was a thank you for the PAC. Closing Prayer Young Adult Mission Trip to Bánica: Feb Join young adults throughout the Diocese for a Mission Trip to Bánica, Dominican Republic. For more information, please go to -a-missionary/ or contact Brendan Gotta at (703) or yam@arlingtondiocese.org. Tisha Hilliard, Secretary Cindi Conroy, SJS Liaison Jim Nash, Fin. Comm. Liaison Mark Overberg, Chairperson Greg Bengzon THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK St. Joseph Catholic Church Parish Advisory Council Marylou Bergeron Frank Bowen, Vice Chairperson Terry McNulty Tom Reilly Cheryl Wilson Do you have ideas for the parish or concerns about parish life? the Parish Advisory Council at pac@sjcherndon.org. North Point Village Center NP BARBER 1436 North Point Village Center Reston, VA