March 27, 2016 Bulletin - St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church

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Siena Academy
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MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, March 26 HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL
8:30 pm
Pro Populo
Sunday, March 27 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE
RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
10:00 am
Wood/ Messer Family
12:00 pm
Eleanor Marie Brown 
Monday, March 28
9:00 am
Marjorie Horan 
Tuesday, March 29
9:00 am
Joseph Dunne 
Wednesday, March 30
9:00 am
Fritz Creter 
Thursday, March 31
9:00 am
Margaret DeLury 
Friday, April 1
9:00 am
Michael O’Connell 
Saturday, April 2
9:00 am
Basil Caro
5:30 pm
Rev. John Fitzgibbons 
Sunday, April 3 SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY
8:00 am
Szele- Hadford Family
10:00 am
Elie Nassar 
12:00 pm
Pro Populo
Readings and Celebrations
THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT
Gn1:1-2:2 Ps 104 Gn22:1-18 Ps16 Ex14:15-15:1 (Ps)Ex15:16,17-18 Is54:5-14 Ps30 Is55:1-11 Is 12:2-3,4-6 Bar 3:9-15,324:4 Ps 19 Ez 36:16-17a,18-28 Pss 42
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118 Col 3:1-4 Jn 20:1-9 Lk 24:1-12
MONDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 2:14, 22-23 Ps 16 Mt 28:8-15
TUESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 2:36-41 Ps 33 Jn 20:11-18
WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 3:1-10 Ps 105 Lk 24:13-35
THURSDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 3: 11-26 Ps 8 Lk 24:35-48
FRIDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 4:1-12 Ps 118 Jn 21:1-14
SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 4:13-21 Ps 118 Mk 16:9-15
SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY
Acts 5:12-16 Ps 118 Rv 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 Jn 20:19-31
Eucharistic Adoration
WEDNESDAYS: 24 hour Eucharistic Adoration begins
after the 9:00 am Mass on Wednesday and ends with
reposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 8:55 am Thursday.
Adorers urgently needed Wednesdays 2-3pm, 8-9pm, and
10-11pm. Please consider offering our Saviour an hour.
FIRST FRIDAYS: 24 hour Eucharistic Adoration also
begins after the 9:00 am Mass on every First Friday of the
month and ends with reposition of the Blessed Sacrament at
8:55 am on Saturday. Please prayerfully consider this God’s
personal invitation.
For questions please contact Diane Cieslak at
703-678-3919 or polskagirl65@gmail.com.
Pray for the Sick and Homebound of our Parish
Cara Murnan, Marilyn Josephine Natoli, Kinny McQuade Jr, Mari Lynn
Ryan, Francis L. Giove, Mason James Murnan, Brendan O’Brien, Kay
Cochrane, Paul Austin, Shaylin Metzger, Laraine Zolkiwsky, Elena
Baker, Jasmine Castillo, Anthony and Theodore Yantiss, Collette
Briggs, C. Weaver, Ann Scalia Banaszewski, David Gorlinsky, Paul
Gorlinsky, Joshua Basile, Martha Brown, Marjorie Dolak, Martin Dunne,
Peter Michalski, Ann O’Connell, Mary Wood, Jack Eschmann, Brad
Phillips, Terri Bowman, Charles Hergesheimer, Tom McCully,J.
Laurence McCarty, Tyler Frankenfield, Seth Sternberg, Suzi
Széchényi.
Pray for Those Who Have Fallen Asleep in Christ
Justice Antonin Scalia, Vincenzina Ricci, Anthony Lutz, Stan Plummer,
John Libert, Richard O’Beirne, Antoine Feghali, Gene McCabe, Marge
Mahurin, Bill Stanmeyer, Doyle Jordan, Scott Long, Rita Marcantonio,
Louise Bowman, Lupe G. Ramirez, Delores Burke, Felicitas Altmeyer,
Peggy Selton, Richard Kane, John Mullaney, Edward Bubbosh, Francis
J. McCarthy, Robert Best, Patrick Corey, Fr. Ron Gillis, Fr. Ray
Ryland, Fr. Robert Lange, Fr. William Ruhl, Jackie Fox, Delores
Monsul, Jim Sullivan, Marjorie Horan, Felicia Fisher, Fr. Frank Ready,
Jim Rainey, Michel Struelens, Jadwiga Chen, Eleanor de Grandis,
Mary Alice Eschmann, Roya Ali, Latifeh Eid, Barbara Gorgei, Ilse
Pollard, Fr. George Oneida, Fr. Leo Zonneveld.
Pray for our Armed Forces and Foreign Service Personnel
Lt. Col. Garrett Peavey, Patrick Bouchoux, Joseph Bozell, Brendan
Dunne, Christopher Frediani, Brian Horn, Major Michael McInerney,
Josh Moore, Matthew O’Neil, Mathew Rowell, Justin Smallwood.
Parish Stewardship: Collections for March 19/20 were $11095
for the Regular Collection, $2291 for Parish Maintenance, and $254
for the Poor Box. Thank you for your generosity.
Parish Registration: We welcome you to our parish and invite
you to stop in the Parish Office to register.
Divine Mercy Sunday
“Jesus I Trust in You”
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND CYO
Contact the Religious Education and Youth Group Office:
reoffice@saintcatherineschurch.org or 703-759-3530.
The Sunday after Easter is known as “Divine Mercy
Sunday.”
NO CCD CLASSES—Christ is Risen! There is no CCD this
week in honor of the Resurrection!
Last April, while celebrating a penitential service in
Saint Peter’s Basilica, our Holy Father, Pope Francis,
announced an “Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy,”
saying he wants to make it evident that the Church’s
mission is to be a witness of compassion. “Let us not
forget that God forgives and God forgives always,”
Francis said. “Let us never tire of asking for
forgiveness.”
SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH—CYO BINGO AND GAME
NIGHT!—The CYO is hosting a game night after the 5:30pm
Mass on Saturday, April 9th. The main entertainment that
evening will be Bingo, complete with prizes and a number of
other games, music, and entertainment will be offered! What a
great way to celebrate and feast as Catholics in this season of
Lent. All teens are invited from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Stop on
by!
Christ’s Mercy is His greatest gift to the world.
Through His mercy, Christ has compassion on our
weaknesses and shows His love for us because He
wishes to extend forgiveness for our sins. Christ came to
reconcile us with the Father and to bring us true and
lasting peace. This peace, which comes as a result of the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our souls, comes from
accepting Christ’s mercy.
2016 WEEK OF GRACES—This summer we will be
reviving our week long, summer Week of Graces. This
program is for children ages 5-12 in the morning during the
week of July 18th. We are in need, at this time, of volunteers to
sign up to help lead classrooms, assist lead catechists, organize
crafts, prepare materials, or act as hallway and break-time
monitors. Please email the Office of Religious Education for
more information or to volunteer to help!
We and the world are very much in need of mercy.
Many people believe that the sins in their life are so
great that God could not possibly forgive them! The
Church places for us the Devotion to the Divine Mercy
of Jesus, precisely to give generously the gift of Christ’s
forgiveness of our sins.
2016-2017 CATECHISTS—Are you interested in teaching or
helping out with CCD in the fall? We are in need of a number
of people to help out as catechists (leading CCD classes),
assistants (helping catechists with their class and occasionally
substituting), and tutors (working with children in small
groups to help prepare for sacraments or catch up on prayers).
The commitment is one hour per week and we can usually
accommodate age group preferences. Even if you have never
done it, we provide training and we can help you “get your
feet wet” with an experienced catechist. Please email the
Office of Religious Education for more information or to
volunteer to help!
The Feast of Divine Mercy is at the request of a
revelation to St. Faustina. In that revelation Our Lord
told St. Faustina,
“I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a
refuge and shelter for all souls, and
especially poor sinners. On that day the
very depths of My tender mercy are open. I
pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the
souls who approach the Fount of My
Mercy. On that day all the divine floodgates
through which graces flow are opened. Let
no soul fear to draw near to Me, even
though its sins be as scarlet.... Mankind
will not have peace until it turns to the
Fount of My Mercy”.
In this Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy announced
by our Holy Father, Pope Francis, please join us as a
parish family to pray for His Mercy on us and on the
whole world!
2016-2017 CYO VOLUNTEERS—Our CYO program works
with the youth of the parish. We have two CYO groups: our
junior group which is comprised of children from third
through seventh grade and our senior group which is
comprised of youth from eighth grade through high school.
We need a number of parishioners to volunteer to spend time
with the youth of our parish. This includes helping out at
monthly CYO meetings (usually held on Saturdays or
Sundays) and coming along on with our social activities once
per month (something fun and active). Working with the CYO
is a great opportunity to hand on the faith to young of our
parish, who rely on as many solid examples of a joyful
Catholic life as possible. Please email the Office of Religious
Education for more information or to volunteer to help!
FORMED IS HERE (ONLINE ADULT FAITH
FORMATION)—Saint Catherine of Siena is participating in
FORMED, an online learning program presented by the
Augustine Institute. There are a number of videos available in
a Netflix style viewing experience, including basics on the
Catholic faith (Father Barron’s Catholicism), spirituality,
family movies, scripture study, and other formation. It is
completely free! And, it is a great tool to share with friends,
family members, and co-workers who want to learn more
about the faith! Browse to www.formed.org and enter the
parish code F6KWXM (it is case sensitive!). Share with
others!
CCD AND CYO CALENDAR:
Monday, March 28th—No Classes: Easter Week
Tuesday, March 29th—No Classes: Easter Week
Monday, April 4th—All CCD Classes in Session (6:45pm)
Tuesday, April 5th—All CCD Classes in Session (5:00pm)
Saturday, April 9th—CYO Bingo Night (after 5:30pm mass)
Monday, April 11th— All CCD Classes in Session (6:45pm)
Tuesday, April 12th— All CCD Classes in Session (5:00pm)
Monday, April 18th—All CCD Classes in Session (6:45pm)
Tuesday, April 19th—All CCD Classes in Session (5:00pm)
Saturday, April 23rd—CYO Ice Cream at Reston Town Center
Monday, April 25th—All CCD Classes in Session (6:45pm)
Tuesday, April 26th—All CCD Classes in Session (5:00pm)
Opus Dei Evening of Recollection
A priest of the Opus Dei prelature presents an “Evening
of Recollection” for women on the 3rd Monday of each
month from 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm in the Church.
Third Order Dominicans
Share in our apostolic mission by study, prayer, and preaching in keeping
with our state as members of the laity. The circumstances of everyday life
are occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others, and for
improving society. Contact Paul Bernier at bernierrp@verizon.net or 571340-0940 or to attend our next monthly meeting of St. Catherine Dominican
Laity Chapter.
UPCOMING MASS SCHEDULE with FATHER JOHN MARTIN RUIZ OP:
NO Mass in April
7 May 2016 – 9:00 am
Meetings are usually held every 1st Saturday at 10:00 am in Padre Pio
Hall following Mass and Rosary
TODAY!!
Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll !!
The Knights of Columbus invite all children of the
Parish to our 25 th Annual Easter Egg Hunt and
Egg Roll, today, Easter Sunday, at St Catherine’s
immediately following the noon Mass. No
registration is required and all children should
bring a basket or bag to take home their treats. If
you have any questions, please call Jim Hanlon at
703-759-6539.
APRIL 5- Business Meeting, 7:30pm, Padre Pio Hall
APRIL 10- Pancake Breakfast after 8am & 10 am
Masses, Bishop Justs Hall
APRIL 19- Social Meeting, 7:30 pm, Padre Pio Hall
To join the Knights of Columbus, pl ease contact Grand Knight John
Eschmann III at jfeschmann@gmail.com
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
MOVIE SCREENING
Please join us on Thursday, April 7th at 7 PM in Bishop Justs
Hall for a screening of the movie Many Beautiful Things. It is
the untold story of one of the world's greatest women
artists and why her name was nearly lost to history. Many
Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of
Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young
woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of
England's top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women
were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin
promised that her work could be "immortal." But with her
legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids
us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to
French Algeria in the late 1800's to pioneer missionary work
with women and children viewers are left to wonder "Could
you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?"
Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson
(As We Forgive) with original music by Sleeping at Last.
For association membership or information please
email: daceeschmann@gmail.com
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA PRO- LIFE COMMITTEE
On Saturday 2 April and Sunday 3 April, St. Catherine’s
Pro-Life Committee will sponsor a Baby Bottle Fund Drive
to support A Best Choice. A Best Choice is a Northern
Virginia Pro-Life service that provides free ultra-sounds to
expectant mothers as well as pro-life counseling and
alternatives for these mothers who are so often scared and
hopeless. A Best Choice works witnesses for the most
vulnerable among us, the unborn and their mothers. A
Best Choice shows a mother her baby in motion and then
helps the mother understand that there are alternatives to
the abortion industry. The fund drive is easy: we will
distribute baby bottles after the masses and ask that
parishioners take a bottle(s), fill it with change, cash, or a
check and return it to the Church the next week. Please
make checks to: A Best Choice Mobile Ultrasound.
The Over 50 Club
The club meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the
month through June in Bishop Justs Hall
from 11:00am- 1:30pm- social, lunch and
program at each meeting- seniors from the
church are invited to join. New members welcome!!! Dues
$20. The Social Bridge meets the First Friday of each
month at 10:00am in Padre Pio Hall; contact Judy Mahanes
703-759-3997 to register.
2016 UPCOMING EVENTS
{Contact: Mary Ann 703- 404- 8677 or 703- 217- 0351}
APRIL 13TH. LIVE CASINO with 25.00 bonus, half price
Buffet - complete package $56.00.
APRIL 24 - 25 ATLANTIC CITY overnight, Tropicana
overnight with Buffet dinner and breakfast, Bonus $15.00 2nd. day Resorts package $155.00 person $195.00 single.
MAY 11TH. SIGHT & SOUND SHOW "SAMSON" at their
Millennium theatre in Lancaster - three years to make this
fantastic production- the end will have the Temple destroyed in
front of our eyes * Smorgasbord at Millers $139.00 almost
filled.
MAY 26 TO JUNE 4TH. NEW ENGLAND & CANADA
CRUISE
Grandeur of the Seas“-Royal Carribbean Cruise, Portland, Bar
Harbor Maine, Saint John, Bay of Fundy, Halifax Nova Scotia motor coach will take us to and from the Baltimore pier - leave
from Sterling and Reston *( 44.00 for motor coach ) must be
paid by Feb. 12th.) Contact Liane for price and cabin selection
* 516 352 6900.
FROM THE DIOCESE
www.arlingtondiocese.org
2016 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal,
It is NOT too late,
Go forth as heralds of God’s mercy!
The Bishop’s Lenten Appeal is still in full swing and we are
asking every household in our parish to support this appeal to
the extent that they are able. PARISHIONER
PARTICIPATION IS MOST IMPORTANT and any amount is
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! Thank you!
FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES:
HELP DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THE HUNGRY –
The ST. LUCY PROJECT is working hard to distribute food to Partner
Pantries in the 21 counties of the diocese. We have need for volunteers to
assist in unloading food donations at our Manassas Warehouse. Deliveries
are Sundays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Individuals and families with children are
welcome. Please contact Debra Beard, Volunteer Coordinator, at
dbeard@ccda.net or (703) 479-2975, ext 100
BREAKFAST VOLUNTEER FOR SENIOR CENTERDo you have a heart for serving seniors? St. Martin de Porres Senior Center
is seeking a Breakfast Volunteer. Volunteers are needed Monday – Friday
from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to help serve breakfast to the elderly. This job
will include restocking breakfast supplies, refilling coffee and pastries, and
socializing with seniors! For more information and to apply please contact
Kathryn Toohey directly at ktoohey@ccda.net or call (703) 751-2766.
FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS:
MASS FOR SHUT-INS - The homebound can join in Sunday TV Mass filmed
in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. Sundays at 10:30 a.m. onWDCW-50, this Mass airs for the
members of our Catholic family unable to be physically present for Sunday
Eucharistic Liturgy.
FROM THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONS:
HIGH SCHOOL DISCERNMENT EVENTSThere are several events coming up for high school students interested in
exploring their vocation. Quo Vadis Ropes Course & Zipline on Saturday,
April 2 for young men; FIAT Nun Run (convent visits) on Sunday, April 3;
and, FIAT Ropes Course & Zipline on Saturday, April 23. Seminarians or
religious sisters are present at all events. For more information and to
register, contact the Office of Vocations at vocations@arlingtondiocese.org
or (703) 852-2514.
RACE FOR SEMINARIANSRun the Marine Corps Marathon/10K on October 30 to support the future
priests of the Arlington Diocese! Runners and walkers of all experience
levels are welcome. The marathon’s registration lottery runs from March 24 30, so be sure to enter if want you to run the marathon rather than the 10K.
For more information on joining the Race for Seminarians team, visit
ArlingtonVocations.org.
SUMMER DISCERNMENT CAMPSQuo Vadis Days and FIAT Days are camps for Catholic high school students
(rising freshmen through rising seniors) to deepen their faith, learn more
about all vocations and better discern God’s call in their lives. FIAT (for girls)
runs July 10-14; Quo Vadis (for boys) runs July 16-20. Both are held at
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. The deadline to enter the
registration lottery is March 31. For more info and to register for the lottery,
visit ArlingtonVocations.org.
March 27, 2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Lord Jesus,
As we rejoice on this Easter Day and throughout the fifty days of the Easter season, do not the words of
the psalmist echo over and over again: “Praise the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever” (Ps 136:1)?
God’s mercy is revealed clearly and so intentionally in the Dying and Rising of His Only-begotten Son, sent to
be our Savior and Redeemer precisely through His victory over evil, sin, suffering and eternal death.
Yes, “Jesus Christ is the Face of the Father’s Mercy” (Misericordiae Vultus, 1). In His words and actions, we see
revealed to us how loved we are by Our Father, how enveloped we are by His mercy. We encounter His mercy
every time we receive the Sacrament of Penance, which the Risen Lord Jesus instituted and gave to His apostles
and through them to His Church on that first Easter night. During the Last Supper, Jesus Christ instituted both
the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Orders, these sacraments being confirmed, in a
sense, by His Dying on the Cross and by His Rising on Easter. And in His new commandment to love, the Lord
reveals the depths of His Father’s mercy towards us and of the corresponding mission given us to be convincing
heralds of this same divine mercy to everyone we encounter.
Yes, in the Dying and Rising of Jesus Christ, the mercy of Our God is so clearly revealed, so that, in
turn, we become its heralds every day!
Assuring you of my prayers, especially on Easter and throughout the Easter Season, I remain
Faithfully in the Heart of Christ,
Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde
Bishop of Arlington