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Pastor Reverend Edwin E. Perez
Deacon
Deacon Richard Burrell
Music Coordinator Mrs. Sandra Modersohn
Youth Director
Mr. Joel Fernandez
Secretary/Bookkeeper Mrs. Kathleen Murphy
Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
200 Collins Avenue
Luray, Virginia 22835 Rectory: 540-743-4919
Email:
Visit our website at: Ourladyofthevalleyluray.org
Mass Schedule Saturday: 8:30 a.m.; Vigil Mass: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Weekdays: 8:30 a.m.
Holy Day Masses: Vigil Mass 5:00 p.m. (Except Sundays) 8:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Confessions Saturday: 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday Confessions: 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Religious Education Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Devotions Rosary: Daily before Mass at 8:05 a.m.
Divine Mercy Chaplet: Daily after Mass
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Every Saturday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every 1st Friday of the month from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Hospitalized & Homebound Parishioners
If you know of someone who is homebound, please notify our parish office so that they may receive pastoral and sacramental care of the church.
Parish Membership
Our Parish Family invites all its members to participate fully in our spiritual & social life. Every family moving into the parish is requested to register
with us.
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Baptism
Baptisms are usually celebrated on Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Please call the parish office at least a month prior to the date you desire to have your baby baptized. Weddings
Couples planning to be married should contact the parish office at least six months before the wedding date. All engaged cou-ples must take the Marriage Preparation Course. Finance Committee The Finance Committee meets four times a year. If you have positive recommendations regarding finances, please call the parish office. Ladies Council
The Ladies Council of Our Lady of the Valley meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month from September through May, at 10:00 a.m. in the meeting room. All women of the parish are invited to attend. Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus Msgr. Paul V. Heller Council 8393 business meeting is on the 1st Wednesday and their social meeting is on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. The business sessions are held in the meeting room. Youth Group
OLV Youth Group meets in the church from 6 - 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month for Mass and prayer, dinner, social time, and discussion of topics central to our faith. Women's Scripture Study Group OLV Women’s Group meets every Saturday from 9:30 – 11:00
a.m. for prayer, learning and mutual encouragement. All women
are invited and encouraged to attend.
Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10
Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 10:22-30
Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-
50
Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20
Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab; Jn 14:1-6
Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3bc-4; Jn 14:7-14
Sunday: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30-31, 32; 1 Jn 3:18-24;
Jn 15:1-8
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Weekly Contributions
Week of April 10, 2021 Sunday Offertory: $1,990.10 Maintenance. & Building: $20.00 Holy Land Shrines:$30.00 Poor Box: $108.05 Candles:$36.00 Week of April 18, 2021 Sunday Offertory: $1,834.77 Easter $100.00 Holy Land Shrines:$25.00 Poor Box: $36.00 Candles:$14.00
April Second Collections
April 25 - Catholic Home
Missions
Mass Intentions Please know that having the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass said for a spe-
cial intention or in loving memory of
a departed relative or friend brings
many graces, The standard donation
is $10.00. Mass cards are available at
the parish office or the sacristy. Mass
intention envelopes may be found in
the sacristy.
Parish Membership If you change your address or tele-
phone number, or email address,
please notify the parish office. The
parish is using the "FlockNotes"
e-mail system to keep our parishion-
ers informed on church activities.
Please let the parish office know of
any changes to your e-mail address.
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Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson
No matter how speedily our computers compute, or how “Wi” your “fi” is,
the image we hear today of God’s Son as “The Good Shepherd” persists in populari-
ty and persuasive power. Chalk that up to our unexpressed longing for a gentler
human landscape, free of the hard edges technology prefers to give our interactions
with one another. Often those are more blunt than beneficial. At any rate, this per-
ennial power of the Holy Word of Scripture is evident.
As a result, we can easily summon to mind that familiar painting or statue of a virile Christ shouldering a help-
less lamb. Equally easy to think of ourselves as that needy creature, wordlessly longing for the solace that is our salva-
tion. Admittedly we can be so lost at times that we wonder whether or not we will find our way back to a place of
peace.
Mature Christian living will not let us ignore for long the ugly fact that there are many bad shepherds out there
who lurk around our pending decisions. They secretly laugh at our weak faith in the Lord if things don’t work out as we
had hoped.
Interestingly, the Greek word John uses for “good” in this instance means “ideal” or “noble,” and not simply
“good at.” That keeps us from falling into the fallacy, which holds that only the person who is productive is worthwhile.
That, in turn, foments fear of retirement among many people of a certain age, thinking that their personal value will go
down.
This Sunday happens to be “The World Day of Prayer for Vocations” by our Church. Unless you’ve been vaca-
tioning on Venus the last few decades, you have noted the diminished number of priests and religious. Easy to ascribe
that fact to the tired canard that such a life is against nature or is just plain odd. Odd, I’ll grant you. But it is so good for
those so-called. More serious claims for those lesser numbers can be attributed to the awful scandals we have experi-
enced. That last is why I call today’s seminarians and novices “heroes.”
Truth to tell, the Holy Spirit obviously wants to wake up the “sleeping giant” of lay participation in Church life
to do even more. Yet the fact remains that our Church is built around the Holy Eucharist. Without the priest, there is
no Eucharist. But in this endeavor, we can never neglect or underestimate the power of prayer. That’s what today is all
about. We do have to beg the “Harvest master” for an increase in “field laborers.”
Here is a story of one who said “yes” to his calling. Father Vincent Capodanno, a chaplain with the Marine
Corps, was killed in battle on September 4, 1967, somewhere in the Quezon Valley in Vietnam. The last section of the
official citation of the Congressional Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously, reads as follows:
Upon encountering a wounded corpsman in the direct line of fire of an enemy machine gunner positioned approx-
imately fifteen yards away, Chaplain Capodanno rushed a daring attempt to aid and assist the mortally wounded corps-
man. At that instant, only inches from his goal, he was struck down by a burst of machine gunfire.
By his heroic conduct on the battlefield, and his inspiring example, Lt. Capodanno upheld the finest tradition of
the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom.”
Mass Intentions for April 24 – May 1, 2021
Saturday: April 24: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Betty Starke +
5:00 p.m. - OLV Parishioners
Sunday: April 25: Fourth Sunday of Easter
9:00 - Christine Frey +
11:15 - Philip M. King +
Monday: April 26: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Edward, Mark & Stephen Frohlich +
Tuesday: April 27: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Glenwood G. Alshire+
Wednesday: April 28: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Courtney Leigh Cubbage
Thursday: April 29: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Fritz Kestermann +
Friday: April 30: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Irene & Royce Sommers
Saturday: May 1: Easter Weekday
8:30 - Giovanni Rosa +
5:00 p.m. - OLV Parishioners
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Remember Our Sick
Brian Abrams, Edward (Ned) Cain, Greg-
ory Counts, Sharon Campbell, Gary
Clarkson, Danny Collins, Sandy Collins,
Thomas Craze, Marc Cyphert, Michael
Cyphert, Barbara Gray, Ruth Green,
James Jenkins, Verna Jenkins, Irene Kel-
ler, Savannah Knave, Kay Lucas, Mary
Keyser, Bob Moulden, Jill Muennich,
Sandy Parker, Joseph and Nancy Pechie,
Edward Showalter Sr., Sandra & Wayne
Showalter, Amber Starke, Debbie Snel-
lings, Charles Wood, Laken Vaughn, Ma-
ria Vaughn, Oanh Vaughn, Thomas Van
Derveer and Mary Ann Waybright
Prayers for the Deceased Members of our Parish
Vera Allen, Maureen Barrett, David Bob-
zien, James Bradecamp, Sharon Brunck,
Joseph Bugica, Norman Burzynski, Betsy
Clark, Luzmilla Clark, Farley Clinton,
Cindy Collins, James Collins, Sandy
Counts, Pat Covington, Waid H. Dean,
Hajna deKun, Theresa Dispenzirie, Maria
Erazo, Robert Fisher, Ed Frohlich, Mark
Frohlich, Stephen Frohlich, Harold Gran-
berg, Frances Hannah, Ann Helms, Roy
Hiler, Yvette Hyde, Delores Johnson,
Robert Keane, Fritz Kestermann, Philip
M. King, Sr., David Lightower, Rex R.
Lloyd, John Maitland, Ruth Martin,
James McCourt, Leona Miller, Michael
Myer, Chris Nestor, Ruby Norton, Barba-
ra Claire O’Neill, Shirley Reese, Hans D.
Reusch, Audrey Sedwick, Paul
Showalter, Ron Sommers, Betty Starke,
Chester Taylor, Leon Vaughn, Charlotte
West, Ray West
Page One Food Drive On the second weekend of each month (May 8 & 9 )
OLV collects packaged, canned goods and nonperish-
ables for the needy of our community. Please leave
your donations in the church vestibule.
The collection for April was 74 pounds of food.
The total for the year is 1,270pounds.
In the last four years OLV parishioners have provided 7,351
pounds of food for the needy in Page County.
Thank you for participating in this very worthy cause.
THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ARLINGTON 2021 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal Encourage one another by Word and Deed The BLA provides an opportunity to unite as a Catholic family and support programs, ministries and services that no single in-dividual or parish could offer by itself. After reflecting upon the many blessings that God has given you, please prayer-fully consider making BLA pledge. Every donation is vital to the success of the BLA. You may go online to www.arlingtondiocese.org scan the QR code or text “BLA” to 703-260-9800 to make a donation. Please help our parish reach our BLA goal! Please note that your donation may be paid over 10 months.
Get the Truth about the Equality Act Go to arlingtondiocese.org/equalityact to learn about the dangerous implications of the Equality Act and what you can do to try and stop its passage.
Donate Your Car to Catholic Charities! If you are thinking of replacing your car with something new, please consider donating your old car to Catholic Charities. Proceeds from the sale of working and non-working cars provide critical funds for our volunteer programs. It's easy--we handle all the paperwork and you receive an IRS donation receipt. To donate, email [email protected] or call (703) 841-3898
Exalt: An Evening of Worship You are Invited to a Holy Hour for Conversion & Healing in Families. Join the Diocese of Arlington's Office of Marriage, Family & Respect Life and Young Adult Ministry for Exalt: An Evening of Worship on May 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Fair-fax. The evening includes: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, mu-sic provided by Kenny Kohlhaas and the Exalt band, and time for si-lent prayer. The intention is for healing in families, especially those wounded by abortion. To learn more visit www.arlingtondiocese.org/healingandconversion To access the Live Stream please visit the Diocese of Arlington Young Adult Ministry page: www.arlingtondiocese.org/young-adult-ministry/exalt--an-evening-of-worship/ or please the St. Leo YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/gf6lDH0Qk4M
Day of Healing and Prayer Post-Abortion Healing Retreats for Women in English and Spanish: An Entering Canaan Day of Prayer & Healing for women who have experienced abortion will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Come begin your healing journey and experience God's hope and mer-cy. You are not alone. There is hope. There is healing. For more infor-mation and confidential registration, please contact Project Rachel Ministry (703) 841-2504 or [email protected].
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OLV NEWS: Thank you
Many times in holy scripture we read
about gardens being a great example of
“we reap what we sow”. Starting from
the Garden of Eden that God provided
for Adam and Eve, to gardens we cre-
ate and maintain today; providing
peaceful and tranquil beauty.
We are so grateful to Susan King, Paul
Trowbridge, Oanh Vaughn, and
Roseann Smythe. Who lovingly
enhance and maintain our church
grounds. We are grateful and very
thankful for their attention to detail and
our beautiful landscape.
Spiritual Adoption Corner
Fetal development week by week
Weeks 4: The ball of cells is now offi-
cially an embryo. Our baby is the size
of a poppy seed.
Pray for an end to abortion. Say this prayer
every day to end abortion: Jesus, Mary and
Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to
spare the life of the unborn baby that I
have spiritually adopted who is in danger
of being aborted.
Prayer of Archbishop Fulton Sheen