COVER SHEET Church Name: St. Francis de Sales, Purcellville, VA Bulletin number: 511515 Date of publication: July 1, 2012 Number of pages transmitted: 8 Special instructions: Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2012 Parish Staff Rev. Ronald S. Escalante, Parochial Administrator Rev. Edwin Thayer Tewes, Parochial Vicar Deacon Larry Hammel Mrs. Diane Morano, Business Manager Mrs. Cathy Mitchell, Director of Liturgy Ms. Susan Khalil, Secretary Mrs. Melissa Gobs, DRE Mrs. Janice Rees, CRE Mrs. Jane Treado, Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Sharon Liddicoatt, Sacristan Contact Info Parish Office - 540-338-6381 email - secretary@saintfrancisparish.org Religious Education Office - 540-338-4497 In case of an emergency - 540-338-6440 Fax - 540-338-6431 37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132-9600 www.SaintFrancisParish.org Welcome! Please register and become part of our parish community. You may fill out a registration form in the parish office during business hours. Office Hours - M-F 8:30am-4:30pm Daily Masses Monday and Wednesday - 9am Tuesday and Thursday - 6:30am Friday - 6:30am and 12 noon; Saturday - 9am Check the bulletin for Holy Days of Obligation Sacraments Reconciliation: Friday 10:45-11:45am; Saturday 8 -8:30am and 3:30-4:30pm; and anytime by appointment Sunday Masses Matrimony: Parish couples planning to be married must make arrangements with the Office at least six months prior to the intended date of marriage. Adoration/Benediction Baptism: The Sacrament is celebrated each month, the second Saturday at 9:30am and the third Sunday at 1:30pm. Baptism class is the last Friday of the month at 7pm. Call the office for details. Saturday Vigil - 5pm Sunday - 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 6pm (Teen Mass) Adoration is on the 1st Friday of the month, following the 12 noon Mass. Benediction is 8:45am Saturday, followed by the 9am Mass. The Rosary is prayed at 12:30pm and the Divine Mercy Chaplet is at 3pm. A Holy Hour for Respect Life/Pro-Life is at 7am Saturday. Anointing of the Sick: We are privileged to bring Holy Communion and administer the Holy Anointing to the sick and homebound upon request. Please call the office to let us know. We must never grow tired doing everything for the love of God. - St. Francis de Sales SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time You changed my mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks. — Psalm 30:13 With joy and gratitude to God, Saint Francis de Sales celebrates the installation of our new pastor, Father Ronald S. Escalante effective June 27, 2012. Please join us in celebrating the installation of Father Escalante as Pastor! July 1, 2012 ~ 12:30pm Mass Father William Saunders Officiating the Installation Ceremony Reception in the parish hall immediately following. Congratulations Father Escalante!! "A good shepherd, a pastor after God's heart, is the greatest treasure which the good Lord can grant to a parish, and one of the most precious gifts of divine mercy" -Saint John Mary Vianney Masses for the Week + deceased Sat., June 30 9:00 am Sat., June 30 5:00 pm Sun., July 1 7:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 12:30 pm 6:00 pm Mon., July 2 9:00 am Tue., July 3 6:30 am Wed., July 4 9:00 am Thu., July 5 6:30 am Fri., July 6 6:30 am 12:00 noon Sat., July 7 9:00 am Sat., July 7 5:00 pm Sun., July 8 7:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 12:30 pm 6:00 pm Weekday + Millie Kirkland Vigil: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time + John Ransom Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time + Stephen D’Elia Conversion of USA + Robert Rocerick + John Donahue People of the Parish Weekday For the Intentions of the Tuesday Morning Bible Study Group Saint Thomas + Grace Roehling Weekday Frank Morano Weekday + Anne and Paul Miller Weekday; First Friday + Joseph R. Pope + Terri Lemon Weekday; First Saturday + Mrs. Amparo Zamora Vigil: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time + For the Deceased Members of the D’Elia, Curran, Butts and Sommer Families Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time + Stephen D’Elia + Catherine Cronin Grim + Ellen and Pierce Bragg People of the Parish + Stephen D’Elia Parish Financial Status We will be marching in the 4th of July Parade again this year! The parade will take place on Wednesday, July 4 at 12:30pm. All VBS children are invited to participate. The young children will ride on the float. Older kids can walk or bring their bikes to ride in the parade, make sure to decorate them patriotically (helmets required)! Parents can also pull small children in wagons. Everyone is to dress in red, white and blue! Bring water and a bag of candy to toss. More info to come on where to go for the line up and what time to arrive. Contact the RE if you have questions, 338-4497 or j.rees@saintfrancisparish.org. Traveling? Find Catholic Churches and Mass times at MassTimes.org In-Pew Offertory - June 24 YEAR TO DATE $ 13,012 $ 672,658 Readings for the Week Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Mt 8:18-22 Eph 2:19-22; Jn 10:24-29 Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Mt 8:28-34 or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass “For Public Needs,” nos. 882-886, or “For Peace and Justice,” nos. 887-891 Am 7:10-17; Mt 9:1-8 Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Mt 9:9-13 Am 9:11-15; Mt 9:14-17 Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a Shepherd’s Notes Ask the Priest Note: Father Escalante was still away on vacation this when this bulletin went to print. The Shepherd’s Notes and Ask the Priest column will be back next week. Faithful Families by Barbara Curtis Prayers, Blessings for Fr. Escalante If I saw an angel and a priest, I would bend my knee; first to the priest and then to the angel. ~St. Francis of Assisi~ PRAYERS FOR PRIESTS Keep them; I pray Thee, dearest Lord. Keep them, for they are Thine The priests whose lives burn out before Thy consecrated shrine. Keep them, for they are in the world, Though from the world apart. When earthly pleasures tempt, allure -Shelter them in Thy heart. Keep them and comfort them in hours Of loneliness and pain, When all their life of sacrifice For souls seems but in vain. Keep them and remember, Lord, they have no one but Thee. Yet, they have only human hearts, With human frailty. Keep them as spotless as the Host, That daily they caress; Their every thought and word and deed, Deign, dearest Lord, to bless. ~By the late John J Cardinal Carberry~ “If we had faith, we would see God hidden in the priest like a light behind glass, like wine mixed with water.” ~St. John Marie Vianney O Jesus, eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart, where none may touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Your Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion. Bless their labors with abundant fruit and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown. by St. Therese of Lisieux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their priestly life. In their loneliness, comfort them. In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption. O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests, take to your heart your sons who are close to you because of their priestly ordination and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy. By J. J. Cardinal Carberry Camp Joshua A three-day camp designed to train high school students to be pro-life leaders now and in the future. It covers all the basics of the pro-life issues in classes and hands-on workshops. Camp Joshua Virginia is a jam packed pro-life weekend that will equip you to be a leader in building up the Culture of Life! Enjoy dynamic speakers, hands-on experience, interactive games, great food, and new friends. August 3-5 in Staunton VA. Please go to www.campjoshuava.org/ for details and registration. Below are the names of people along with the date of their burial from our parish since the time St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1967. Scripture tells us to pray for the living and the dead. Louise Meerholz, July 26, 2010 Rodger Carducci, July 26, 2009 Ruben Munoz, July 17, 2009 Charlotte Burton, July 6, 2009 Chase Harrison, July 16, 2008 Edmund Hoffman, Sr., July 10, 2007 Raymond B. Glennon, July 21, 2002 James K. Garity, July l5, 2001 Catherine McQueeney, July 24, 2000 Mary E. Henry, July 12, 1999 Donald A. Borst, July 27, 1999 Emma S. Manzenrider, July 14, 1994 Adrian P. Nagy, July 31, 1994 Freida N. Chandler, July 14, 1992 William Schoeb, July 28, 1992 Michael F. Laing, July 26, 1986 Paul R. Murphy, July 31, 1974 Our thoughts and prayers are with ... Our Military Members: Capt. Chuck Marshall; PFC Brandon Badura; Spc Edward Regan Jr.; Gunnery Sgt. Robert Warner III; PFC Sean Milam; Lcpl John Owen Patterson; Airman 1st Class Pete Buxton; PFC Tim Marshall; PV2 Sean Zurschmeide; PV2 Ryan Badura; Cdr Bill Balding, USN; 2nd Lt. Patrick Gutierrez The Sick: Sofia Macaraeg The Deceased: Sadie Grace Ablard, Francis Nelson, Richard Lynch, Father Tom Cassidy, David Fourney, Marilyn Dueppen, Marian Welsh, Irene Taylor, Ruth Robinson, Joan Canan, James Sullivan, Grant Cain, Capt. Michael Quin, Angelina Orndorff, Ashton Mahnke, Steve D’Elia, Joe Pope, Gerald Harp, Richard Marks, Arline Beckstead, Tatiana Sacoto, Michael Mallen, Mildred Kirkland, Gail Kelley, John Kelly, Clair Fred Olson, Jim Gutierrez On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” outlining the bishops’ concerns over threats to religious freedom, both at home and abroad. The bishops called for a “Fortnight for Freedom,” a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom, from June 21-July 4. This period also falls in and around the feast days of several saints who were martyred for persecution and political reasons and it is very fitting that it concludes on Independence Day. St. Francis de Sales is teaming up with St. John the Apostle Parish in Leesburg for Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during this period. Our Parish will be covering both Mondays (June 25th and July 2nd). Adoration will be at the St. John’s Parish Historic “Little” Church on King Street in Leesburg. Our 24-hour period will begin at 9am after their 8:30am morning Mass and continue until the Tuesday morning Mass at 8:30am. (There is also a noon Mass Monday-Friday so the noon slot includes Mass). We are also scheduling a children’s Holy Hour at 10am and a Teen Holy Hour at 8pm on our Mondays to encourage Parishioners of all ages to participate. This will require help from the entire Parish, not just our regular First Friday Adorers. We hope that this will be an opportunity for many new people to experience Adoration for the first time as well (no prior experience is required! :-). Please contact Mark Donofrio at sixdonofrios@comcast.net, 540 338-8133 if you have any questions and to sign-up. There will also be a sign-up sheet in the Narthex after all Masses for the next 3 weekends. Jesus’ Family Summer Vacation BIBLE HEROES: JUDGES July 9 - July 13 ~ 9am-12noon $25/child or $35/family for Grades rising K thru 5th Final registration date is Monday, July 2 Registration forms can be downloaded from our website at www.saintfrancisparish.org and payments can be made on-line using Parish Giving Religious Education Melissa Gobs, DRE 338-4497 or m.gobs@saintfrancisparish.org Janice Rees, CRE j.rees@saintfrancisparish.org Confirmation Summer Workbooks All rising eighth graders are to be completing a summer workbook based on their seventh grade text as part of their knowledge requirement. Workbooks are available to download online from the parish website www.saintfrancisparish.org/religious-education and follow the link to Confirmation, or can be picked up from the Religious Education Info Center in the hallway outside of the office. TEEN FAITH NEWS My husband, Chris, and I have been going to Workcamp for many years now. People often ask us why we might want to give up a week of our time to spend with so many teenagers. We don’t look at it that way. We feel so privileged that you give us your teens to spend one of the most amazing weeks of their year and maybe their life. We get to share our faith, love, and our hearts with them as they share theirs with us. Thank you for giving us your teens. Kevin Bills attended Workcamp as the music leader of the whole camp, as he has for the past 9 years. He leads the group of 400-500 people in glory and praise and worship. He touches the hearts of the youth and adults in his music ministry. Thanks Kevin, for your continued service to the teens. Thanks to all the adults who joined us for Workcamp. There is a special bond that is formed that is so great. We now have shared our blood, sweat and tears. Thank you for giving us your time. And thank you to all the parishioners who support us whether it was in prayers or financially. WHAT IS A CATECHIST? Catechists are those who are called to serve through teaching, witness, prayer, service and building community. Through word and example, catechists teach the Catholic faith and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. WHO IS A CATECHIST? YOU are! If you are a confirmed Catholic, over the age of 16, who lives a faithfilled life and wishes to share the love of Jesus with the young people of our parish, then you would be a great candidate to be a catechist. Our Religious Education program is staffed by volunteer catechists only and the need is great. This is one of the largest ministries in the Catholic Church and one of the most rewarding. Please call our office if you would like to speak to someone for more information Registrations for 2012-2013 have been emailed home this week to all families currently enrolled in the Religious Education program. If you are new to the RE program, registration packets are available in the Narthex at that time. Registration materials are also available on-line at www.saintfrancisparish.org/ religious-education/youth-k-8/registration/ We do our very best to ensure delivery of emails regarding registration, upcoming meetings, important Sacrament info, etc. However, email filters will often block these messages due to the large volume of emails we send out. If you are not receiving these our emails please contact the RE office at 338-4497. The SoulStitch group made 80 prayers shawls for the people in Delaware. The Residents were deeply touched when they received their shawls. Thank you SoulStitch Members for all your love and hard work. You are all amazing and so good to us workcampers. We took a part of all of you with us to Workcamp. Workcamp has not only touched the hearts of those who have participated but for some it has changed their lives. Some of the workcampers have gone on to join us as adult leaders. This year we have 4 young adults who are joining us adult leaders. Many Workcampers have gone on to mission trips in far-off places such as New Orleans, Mississippi, Jamaica, Peru, China, South America, South Africa, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatamala, Haiti and many others. Some have gone into the Peace Corp, Job Corp, and Teach for America. Some of the youth group teens who have continued to serve those in need after high school are Patrick Godfrey, Nicole and Caitlin Catalfamo, Hannah Milam, Biz Sperduto, Sarah and Louise Searle, Kevin Lohr, Erin Beksel, Matthew Higgins, Carly Rees, Stephanie Barnett, Meghan Bowe, Kristin Ober, Anna Wiest, Kelly Treado Vance, Jackie Treado, Mike Sauer, Connie Lewis, Alissa Loki, Ana and Cecilia Osowski, Jack Lewis, Joe Molinari, Thomas Conoway, Mary Heiman, Sarah Kaeler, Chad Gobs, Kristin, Jon, Emile, Julia, and Lindsey Hink, Will Lyons, Sean Austin, Kyle and Ryan Lawson, and Courtney Treon. Some of these have chosen careers related to their desire to help others. We hold all of the teens and adults who attended Workcamp in our hearts. We are now looking forward to next year when we bring our teens to another Workcamp mission trip to North Carolina. - Jane Treado POP COMMITTEE SEEKS NOMINATIONS Just in time for the 4th of July The Year Round Giving Tree Continues! One Day Abortion Recovery Retreat for Women: An “Entering Canaan” Day of Prayer and Healing The Preferential Option for the Poor (POP) Fund Committee is now seeking parishioner nominations for Fall 2011 gifts. St. Francis de Sales places five percent of the weekly offertory collection in a Preferential Option for the Poor Fund that supports projects and organizations that lessen the hardships of the poor. This fund has disbursed over $336,000 to approximately 144 projects since 2002 thanks to the generosity of St. Francis de Sales parishioners. Qualifying organizations include local, national and international charities as well as religious orders. Individual mission trips cannot be considered. Written nominations are required and should include 1) a description of the organization and background on your personal or professional connection to the organization; 2) a brochure or web site link; 3) a suggested contribution amount; and an explanation of what the gift will be used for (purchase medical equipment; support a scholarship, buy milk for the orphanage, etc) Nominations should be submitted by July 13 for consideration at the Committee’s next meeting. Drop your nomination off at the church office, or mail it to: St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Attn: POP Fund Committee 37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132 Please take a tag from the Year Round Giving Tree and return the item to the narthex or place the gift card in the container marked gift cards. Donations will be given to Birthright, Catholic Charities, the Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter, the Leesburg Homeless Shelter, local nursing homes and needy families within our parish and community, as well at the Veteran's Hospital in Martinsburg. Thanks so much to all of you for your generous donations during the Christmas season to our neighbors in need and the organizations that serve them!! The Giving Tree is sponsored by the Giving Tree Social Justice Committee. For more information, please contact Erin Bucci at 540-338-5402/ buccierin@comcast.net or Marilyn Gugliotta at 540-338-2712/ 6gugs@comcast.net . “Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me” Matthew 25:40 o VBS CARNIVAL! Sunday, July 8th from 1:30-4:30pm Games • Misting Tent • Water Balloons Mining for real gems in King Solomon’s Mine Relay Races • Food • Prizes For young and old, parishioners and friends. Come help us raise funds for Vacation Bible School at our Biblically themed carnival. Come, bring friends from other churches. If you would like more information or if you’d like to volunteer, please call Sheila Cowling at 571-216-3024 or e-mail at sheila@flythrough.com The Knights of Columbus will be selling United States flags and pins after all masses this weekend. Flags are being sold for $25/each and pins are being sold for $1/each. Additionally, the Knights are collecting old flags that will be retired at a ceremony at Our Lady of Hope on a date yet to be determined. Please stop by the table in the Narthex after all masses this weekend. will take place on Saturday, July 21, 2012. This retreat is a safe place to renew and rebuild hearts broken from abortion. It offers a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can express and release painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of healing. For more info or to register, please call Project Rachel: (888) 456-HOPE / 888-456-4673 or email: projectrachel@arlingtondiocese.org Offering Spiritual Acts of Mercy for Those Hurting from Abortion: Abortion always leaves living wounded in its wake. Would you consider offering a Spiritual Bouquet on behalf of the women attending our Entering Canaan Day of Prayer on July 21, 2012? Spiritual Bouquets &/or Letters of Encouragement can now be submitted online up to 1 day prior to each retreat. Thank you for helping to make a difference building a Culture of Life and a Civilization of Love. For more information please visit: www.arlingtondiocese.org/rachel or call 1-888456-HOPE / 888-456-4673. Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA) Pledges Thank you to everyone who has supported the BLA. This appeal funds programs and ministries in our diocese that support Vocations, Youth Ministry, Catholic Schools, Evangelization efforts, Catholic Charities, Religious Education and the Orrice for Family Life. If you made a pledge to the BLA, each month you will receive a reminder statement to help you fulfill yourpledge. Cal the BLA office at 703-841-2570 with your questions. Love One Another with the Heart of Christ! NO SOULSTITCH ON JULY 4 Next Week is Share Sunday We serve Catholic Charities and Interfaith Relief The prayer shawls were blessed and sent off with the Workcampers this past weekend to Ocean View, Delaware. A very nice thank you to the Soulstitchers was given at the 5 pm mass where they were also blessed. Thank you for all of your hard work - I lost count but I know that you exceeded our goal! - Monica Parish Family in Need of Meals Catholic Charities has a particular need for cereal, peanut butter, jelly, pasta, and small canned fruit, in order to be prepared for when children are home and not getting school lunches this summer. Thank you for your continuing support of Share Sunday!!! A young mom from our parish is severely ill and is in need of meals and prayers. If you are able to provide a meal or meals, please call the office to speak with our parish secretary at 338-6381 or Sharon Liddicoatt at 338-1795 who is helping to coordinate the needs of the six family members. Meals are needed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not able to provide a meal, your prayers will be greatly appreciated. All parishioners are invited and encouraged to spend a Holy Hour in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament on the First Friday of every month. Join us this Friday. There will be a Rosary at 12:30pm and the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm. Scriptural Rosary at the 7pm Holy Hour This devotion, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is a time of silence spent before Jesus physically present before us in the Eucharist, placed in the monstrance and exposed upon the altar for all of us to visit and adore - a time to develop that deeper, more personal relationship with Jesus. It is the very core of our Faith and a true gift for our soul and spiritual well-being. Please consider taking an hour this Friday to spend time with Jesus, intimately, and begin a journey . We are in need of substitutes for most time slots. Please prayerfully consider and contact Mark Donofrio at (540) 338-8133 or sixdonofrios@comcast.net.