ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD January 12, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, January 11 8:00 a.m. + Clifford Bridgman by Mary Diana Szulc 5:00 p.m. + Fr. Basil Lynch by Mary & Tony Dorrzapf Sunday, January 12 7:00 a.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 8:30 a.m. + Tony Mendez by Margaret Goeser 10:00 a.m. + Skip & Mary Knepler by The Carlson Family 11:30 a.m. + Tom Keppel by Marie Valeski 1:00 p.m. + Clayton Barbin by Jane & Paul Theriot 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Betsy Anne Sisitki by Mary & David Kirby Monday, January 13 6:30 a.m. + Andy Blazich by Brigid Blazich 8:00 a.m. + Marjorie Spruill by Tim & Nancy Outlaw Tuesday, January 14 6:30 a.m. + Alfredo Loy by Ella Allado 8:00 a.m. + Valerie Keppel by Tom & girls Wednesday, January 15 6:30 a.m. + Joan Marie Medeiros by Adams-Green Funeral Home 8:00 a.m. + Teresita & Francisco Gomez by The Gomez Family Thursday, January 16 6:30 a.m. + Pamela Farley by Suzanne Hughes 8:00 a.m. + Tom Keppel by Bill & Marion Rivers Friday, January 17 6:30 a.m. + James Duffey by The Shiapparoni Family 8:00 a.m. + Barbara Swain by Joe Boyle Saturday, January 18 8:00 a.m. + Teofilo Alacbay by his Family 5:00 p.m. + Eddie Hurley by The Hurley Family Sunday, January 19 7:00 a.m. + George and Kathleen Baker by William & Kathleen Campenni 8:30 a.m. - Living and Deceased Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish 10:00 a.m. + Clifford Bridgman by David, Mary & Matt Kirby 11:30 a.m. + Jack Bauserman by Hugh & Janet Hughes 1:00 p.m. + Camille Sadler by Marie Valeski 3:30 p.m. - Spanish Mass 5:00 p.m. + Robert Jones by Ed & Kathy Hurley

Peace and good! As we continue to reflect upon the commit-ments and promises made for this New Year – 2020 –let us pause and reflect upon the importance of the Eucharist in our lives. As the Gospels challenge us, we are invited to respond to Jesus’ invitation, “Remain here and keep watch with me” (Mt 26:38b). As we commit to the celebration of the Eucharist each Sunday, I would invite you to consider the spiritual practice of Eucharistic Adoration. Eucharistic Adoration is a time of “spiritual communion” which deepens our personal relation-ship with Christ. Each of us have the opportunity to spend time before the Blessed Sacrament. These opportunities may be 10 minutes before or after Mass, a holy hour, weekly Eucharistic Adora-tion, First Friday Eucharistic Adoration, and/or Nocturnal Ado-ration. Whatever time we find to spend before the Eucharist allows us to experience the blessings and graces of God. Saint Teresa of Calcutta shared: “Night and day, he is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.” As each of us come before the Blessed Sacrament, we come with many different prayer forms and petitions. These prayer forms may include: the rosary; Franciscan Crown; Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy chaplet; Litany of the Most Holy Eu-charist; litanies of the Sacred Heart, the Holy Name of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph; pri-vate prayer; the Divine Praises; etc. May our prayer experiences before the Blessed Sacrament be transformative and empower us to become more like Christ.

Still thinking about Work Camp 2020? Registration is open for Work Camp in June 2020. A few openings for youth are still available. We are also in need of adult volun-teers.

Contact Mary Kay Bailey at marykaybailey@verizon.net or Isabel Nickle at inickle@verizon.net.

Blood Drive is Sunday Jan 19th 7:45-12:30. Please register to donate using sponsor code 0116 at www.inova.org/donateblood , at the registra on table this weekend, or contact Paul Mich SJCBloodDrive@aol.com. Walk-ins are accepted, however pre-registra on makes dona ons run smoother.

The Parish and School offices will be closed on January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Please plan ahead.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org January 12, 2020

The Parish staff wishes to thank the following parish min-istries: We thank our parishioners for their support of the Parish Facil-ity Fund Collection. Your contr ibutions assist us in main-taining and caring for our parish buildings and grounds. Know that we are grateful for your prayers and support. We thank our parishioners who joined us for the celebration of Simbang Gabi on December 16, 2019. A special thank you for the parishioners, Filipino Catholics and choir from the Dio-cese of Arlington who planned and prepared the celebra-tion. We thank our director of facilities and the facility/events staff who prepared the Church and grounds for the Christmas cele-bration and Masses. Their work and set up added to the festive, faith-filled and Franciscan celebration of the Christmas Sea-son. Many thanks to the entire facility staff! We thank our Director of Facilities and the facilities/kitchen/events staff for their planning, preparation, and set up for the many celebrations, gatherings, and events at the parish during the months of December and January. Many thanks! We thank Father David Bonarrigo, TOR for his vision and oversight of the development of the parish nativity scene dur-ing his years as pastor. When Father David became pastor he began the parish nativity with three Fontanini statutes: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Over the years, parishioners donated over thirty Fontanini statutes. We thank Father Jim Angert, TOR who continued the tradition and added to the nativity. We also thank the parishioners who donated the statutes and shared their time in setting up the nativity over the years. Many bless-ings! We thank the individuals who open the Church each morning, the individuals who minister as servers, caretakers of the Church, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, sanctuary mem-bers, altar society, and volunteers who clean the Church.

The Youth Ministry Corner

Attention High School Students! Join us tonight, January 12th, from 6:00-8:00pm in Parish Hall C.

Friends are welcome!

Life is Very Good tickets are available! This year, the LIVG Evening of Prayer is Thursday, January 23rd,

beginning at 7:30pm. Interested in attending? Email Jenn to reserve your spot!

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

Collections:

The Weekend of December 15, 2019

Offertory - $19,196 plus Faith Direct $ 13,411 Second Collection - Catholic Education Fund $ 6,059

The Weekend of December 22, 2019 Offertory - $20,111 plus Faith Direct $ 14,739

Christmas - December 25, 2019 Offertory - $75,815 plus Faith Direct $ 14,322

The Weekend of December 29, 2019 Offertory - $20,481 plus Faith Direct $ 14,739

TUESDAY NIGHTS & FRIDAY MORNINGS

That Man is You! provides the opportunity to go deeper in your faith. All men are invited to attend, watch the video and engage in discussion.

Join us in room 209 on either Tuesday evenings at 7pm or Friday mornings at 6:30am.

The theme for this week is “A Greater Love” and will cover the following topics:

• Purgative Stage: An End to Selfishness • Illuminative Stage: From God’s Perspective • Unitive Stage: Foretaste of Paradise

Feel free to show up on either Tuesday or Friday; no fees or prior registration required. For more information contact Jack Matney (202-352-4881; jmatneytmiy@gmail.com) and/or check

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 12, 2020

Are you stretched and would like a way to refuel and be refreshed while making authentic connections with others? Would you like to have a better understanding of your faith and learn more about God? Open Your Heart, The Starting Point—This 22-week foundational course is designed for women who are new to WWP as well as those with more Bible study experience. Join us as we examine the core questions that we wrestle with if we want to experience all that God has for us. For more information: contact Susie Geurin at 703-338-7077 or sgeurin63@gmail.com or visit https://tinyurl.com/WWP-SJC.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

On January (Sunday) 19th, (Monday) 20th, & (Tuesday) 21st there will not be any Religious Ed-ucation classes in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Clas-ses will resume the following week on January 26th, 27th, & 28th.

Confirmation Retreat Day All 8th grade students and above (Year-Two: Confirma-tion, RCIC, & Special Sacra-ments classes) who attend classes on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday will be attend-ing a retreat on Thursday,

January 30th from 5:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. in Parish Hall “A.” This year National Evangelization Team (NET) Ministries will be hosting the retreat. Letters will be mailed home for details.

NPH is returning to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church!

Please join us the weekend of January 18th & 19th!

Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters") is raising nearly 3,100 vulner-able boys and girls in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.

A current NPH Seattle Institute student, Jazmín, from the NPH home in El Salvador will be at all the masses this weekend to share her touching and inspiring story about life at NPH.

Please join us in raising funds to support the education programs at NPH El Salvador and learning more about NPH to hear about how children are able to break the cy-cle of poverty through the support of the NPH family and the generosity of those who support NPH! Please visit the NPH tables after mass or text “Herndon” to 41444 to make a donation and help us reach our goal of raising $6,000 to support NPH El Salvador’s education programs!

To learn more about NPH please visit www.nphusa.org and/or contact Elizabeth Caletka at ecaletka@nphusa.org or (617) 206-4942.

St. Joseph Church is provid-ing a chartered bus to Wash-ington, D.C. to the March for Life Friday, January 24, 2020. We hope you’ll join us in speaking out for the unborn and for the sanctity of all human life. All are welcome!

We begin our journey with Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s and will then board the bus at 10:30 a.m. in the church park-ing lot. We will be dropped off at the beginning of the march on the National Mall and return to St. Joseph's at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Sign-up for the bus will be this weekend and next weekend after each Mass. A free-will offering is request-ed; suggested donation to help pay for the bus is $20 for adults; $10 for children/seniors; $50 maximum for fami-lies. For questions please contact Peggy at pbauer419@aol.com or (703) 598-9540.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Phone # 703-880-4300 HERNDON, VIRGINIA http://www.sjcherndon.org January 12, 2020

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

MARRIED COUPLES RETREAT Join us for a “Married Couples” Retreat at Priestfield Retreat Center in Kearneysville, WV. Spend a special weekend with your spouse and come away spiritually refreshed and enlight-ened! March 20, 21, 22 , 2020 or March 27, 28 & 29, 2020 For more information call: Elaine Galeone at 410-252-5355 M-F 8 am - 4 p.m. or email: retreat2020@ gmail.com. Weekends fill up quickly, contact soon!

2020 Women's Conference Saturday, March 14, 2020

Saint Joseph Catholic Church

750 Peachtree Street

Herndon, VA 20170

Speakers:

Colleen Carroll Campbell, Award-winning author, print and broadcast journalist, former presidential speechwriter and author of The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's.

Sister Gaudia Skass, OLM is the member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (St. Faustina Kowalska's order) who works at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. and is an internationally acclaimed speaker.

Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge Bishop of Arlington Mass Celebrant and Homilist

Registration now open

Register at arlingtondiocese.org/women

2020 Men's Conference Saturday, March 7, 2020

Saint Joseph Catholic Church

750 Peachtree Street

Herndon, VA 20170

Speakers: Rev. Roger Landry, Priest, Catholic columnist, author of "Plan of Life: Habits to Get You Closer to God" and "A Man of God: A Guide for Men," and papal attache at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the Unit-ed Nations.

Dr. Mark Miravalle, Internationally renowned mariolo-gist, professor at the Franciscan University of Steuben-ville, and author of books in Mariology and Spiritual The-ology, including "Meet Your Spiritual Father: An Introduc-tion to St. Joseph."

Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge Bishop of Arlington Mass Celebrant and Homilist

Registration now open

Register at: arlingtondiocese.org/men

$60 through February 1; $70 after

Defend your values – Defend life. Defend religious lib-erty. Defend truth. As a member of the Knights of Co-lumbus, you receive the tools you need to stay informed, take action, and support efforts on issues that are im-portant to you. Learn more at www.kofc.org/joinus or contact Jerry Frissora at jafrissora@comcast.net or Tom Matula at tmatula2@verizon.net. Upcoming events: January 19 – Doughnut Sunday January 19 – Blood Drive

January 20 – Free Throw Contest January 24 – March for Life Rosary/Mass January 30 – Ice Cream Social for St. Joseph School Children

February 6 – Knights of Columbus Council Meeting