Sunday Mass Schedule Parish Office Bulletin Saturday 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass Monday - Friday The bulletin deadline is Sunday 9:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Friday one week 540-277-2943 before publication. Weekday Mass Schedule [email protected] Monday & Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Stbridgetberryville.org Religious Education Wednesday 9:00 a.m. 540-277-2948 Thursday & Friday 12:00 p.m. Baptism [email protected] Saturday 9:00 a.m. Contact parish office for Religious Education classes are information. held from the Sunday following Holy Days Labor Day until the first 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Marriage Sunday in May. Classes are Contact parish priest at least Sundays from 10:15 a.m. to Confessions six (6) months prior to 11:30 a.m. Mondays 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. proposed date of the wedding. Saturdays 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary Council 16938 First Friday The Rosary is prayed after the Michael Murrow, Grand Knight Adoration following 12:00 p.m. Mass on First Friday [email protected] 12:00 p.m. Mass each month. For more information please Rosary & visit KofCberryville.org. Divine Mercy Chaplet Hospitalized & Homebound Contact the parish office so that Men’s Club Eucharistic Adoration hospitalized and homebound George Darnell Mondays during Confessions parishioners may receive [email protected] from 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. pastoral care. Meetings are the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in Father Paul Grankauskas FISH of Clarke County Hobert Hall. Breakfast is served Pastor Food donations may be left following 9:00 a.m. Mass. in the narthex on the second John Sengewalt Sunday each month. Women’s Group Religious Education Ruth Hayes E-Giving [email protected] Stacy Sefton Our e-giving partner is Faith Meetings are the first Tuesday Music Program Direct. Our church code each month following VA605. 12:00 p.m. Mass. Jenny Sorenson

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September 27, 2020

vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Entrance Antiphon Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done not regard equality with God something to be with true judgment, for we have sinned against you grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found to your name and deal with us according to the human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming bounty of your mercy. obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and First Reading Ezekiel 18:25-28 bestowed on him the name which is above every Thus says the LORD: You say, "The LORD's way is not name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should fair!" Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit Lord, to the glory of God the Father. iniquity, and dies, it is because of the iniquity he Thanks be to God. committed that he must die. But if he turns from the wickedness he has committed, he does what is right and Gospel Acclamation just, he shall preserve his life; since he has turned away My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know from all the sins that he has committed, he shall surely them, and they follow me. live, he shall not die. Gospel Matthew 21:28-32 Thanks be to God. Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the Responsorial Psalm Psalm 25 people: "What is your opinion? A man had two sons. Remember your mercies, O Lord. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not, ' Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man teach me your paths, came to the other son and gave the same order. He guide me in your truth and teach me, said in reply, 'Yes, sir,’ but did not go. Which of the for you are God my savior. R. two did his father's will?" They answered, "The Remember that your compassion, O LORD, first." Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you, tax and your love are from of old. collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom The sins of my youth and my frailties remember not; of God before you. When John came to you in the in your kindness remember me, way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but because of your goodness, O LORD. R. tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you Good and upright is the LORD; saw that, you did not later change your minds and thus he shows sinners the way. believe him." He guides the humble to justice, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. and teaches the humble his way. R. Communion Antiphon Second Reading Philippians 2:1-11 Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by Brothers and sisters: which you have given me hope. This is my comfort If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in when I am brought low. love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of

St. Bridget of Ireland Parish • Berryville, VA Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please remember the following people in your prayers: † For the repose of the soul

Fr. Michael Dobbins Dianne Seaver Jim Willis Jim Lewandowski Daily Readings Mass Intentions Matthew Lewis Connie Guevremont Jack Cameron Victoria White Job 1:6-22 Monday, September 28 John Caroselli Patricia Cobb Psalm 17 Wenceslaus Fred Curtis Dan Purtill Luke 9:46-50 Saint Lawrence Ruiz and Companions Tony Tringale Gayle Keenan 12:00 p.m. David Smith Dick Drake Rachel Piescik Mary Leps Carol Ann Chaffin Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Tuesday, September 29 Psalm 138 Michael, Gabriel John 1:47-51 and Raphael 12:00 p.m. Logan Morris

Job 9:1-12, 14-16 Wednesday, September 30 Psalm 88 Saint Jerome In Tongues All Can Hear | Luke 9:57-62 9:00 a.m. Communicating the Hope of Holy Souls in Purgatory Christ in Times of Trial, a Pastoral letter of Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Job 19:21-27 Thursday, October 1 Arlington can be read at Psalm 27 Saint Thérèse of arlingtondiocese.org. Luke 10:1-12 the Child Jesus 12:00 p.m. † Ada Kalbian

Exodus 23:20-23 Friday, October 2 Coat and Shoe/Boot Psalm 91 The Holy Guardian Angels Drive. The Knights of Matthew 18:1-5, 10 12:00 p.m. Columbus is again Nick Young sponsoring a coat drive to help keep our neighbors warm in the winter. The Winchester Rescue Mission Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Saturday, October 3 sponsors two shelters, one for men and one for Psalm 119 Luke 10:17-24 9:00 a.m. woman, and will be the recipients of this year’s drive. † Mr. Todd They are in GREAT need of men’s and women’s 5:30 p.m. coats, and tennis shoes or boots. They do not need Parish Family blankets this year. The Winchester Rescue Mission does not need child sizes, but if you have some gently used children’s coats or footwear, we promise also to Isaiah 5:1-7 Sunday, October 4 find them a good home. Boxes will be set out in the Psalm 80 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in narthex from September 26 through October 11. Since Philippians 4:6-9 Ordinary Time some people are not getting out to go shopping, cash Matthew 21:33-43 9:00 a.m. or check donations can be sent to the parish office, and † Mr. Iglesias we will go shopping for you. Please send any 12:00 p.m. questions to [email protected]. † Richard Kobetz

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In response to the Missionary Cooperative Plan of the Diocese of Arlington of The Society of the Propagation of the Faith, this year’s Mission Appeal will go to serve the needs of the South American mission schools and activities conducted by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In addition to the private schools in Peru, the “IHM” Community operates several schools in Peru to serve the poorest of the poor. It is wonderful that the proceeds from the Mission Appeal at St. Bridget of Ireland Parish will help this Community which is so established in our own Diocese to continue to help the very poor whom they serve in their South American Missions. The contributions that you make next Sunday, October 11 for the Society of the Propagation of the Faith will be sent to the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHMs) in Immaculata, PA to be used to help their South American missions in Peru since the Congregation has served in both dioceses in Virginia for about 100 years, and still serves at St. James, Falls Church, and O’Connell High School, Arlington. The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Immaculata, Pennsylvania, is a Roman Catholic congregation of women founded in 1845, committed to serving Christ and the Church, providing education and faith formation, for the people in North and South America. Energized by prayer, Eucharistic devotion, and the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, the Congregation is committed to Catholic education from pre- school through college, day care, Montessori, adult education, Religious Education programs, and sacramental preparation, promoting peace and justice, and addressing the needs of the most abandoned poor. For almost 100 years, the IHMs have served the Church in Latin America. In 1922, they were the first North American women's congregation to go to South America. Four sisters arrived in Lima, Peru, in response to an urgent request by the Archbishop of Lima to start a Catholic English-speaking school in Peru to counteract the growing influence of non-Catholic educational institutions that were teaching English. This long history of service in South America began with the foundation of Colegio Villa Maria Miraflores the following year with more than 100 boys and girls from well-to-do families. An important part of the curriculum in these IHM schools was the participation of the students in catechesis to others and in activities that would bring them into contact with people of lesser means and of different socio-economic levels thus creating Catholic social consciousness. A similar request in 1928 from a pastor in Callao led to the opening of Colegio San Antonio, a bilingual school for the economically deprived. very poor schools. Throughout the years the Congregation has dedicated its resources to the people of Latin America who need education --spiritual, moral, intellectual, and social-- regardless of economic status. Our schools with means have helped to make a similar education possible in our other schools. Through the work of the Sisters and their lay colleagues, the poor are provided with the tools needed, spiritually and academically, to free themselves from the bonds of poverty. In the poor schools, the day begins by feeding the children, as most come to school with no breakfast. They often need to learn basic hygiene, receiving a toothbrush to learn how to brush their teeth as well as clothes to wear. Once their bodily needs are met, then the Sisters and teachers can begin to teach and provide a basic education, while also preparing them to receive the Sacraments and come to know the Lord. Many of the lower class workers come to the convent in the evening for Escuela Vespertina, where they learn to read and write and learn about the faith after working all day. Many students in the upper grades learn to become bilingual secretaries and gradually learn that with an education they can begin to make a living and help their families to get out of poverty. Sisters also visit the elderly and the sick to bring them Communion. Pictures tell so much of the story. Any donations received will go directly to our mission schools in Peru and will be used not only to provide for the basic needs of the students and their families but also for their education materials, faith formation, and expenses to travel long distances to reach the people most in need.

Gratefully in Mary’s Immaculate Heart, Sister Patricia Helene Earl, IHM, Ph.D.

St. Bridget of Ireland Parish • Berryville, VA Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

R.C.I.A., the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults classes will begin October 8 at 7:00 p.m. in Hobert Hall. Please call the parish office for more information. Religious Education: Safe environment training for students will Saint John of Dukla be on October 11. John was born in Dukla, , on January 1, Below is the schedule of safe environment training for new 1414. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual, a volunteers. For more information: https://www.virtusonline.org/ religious order whose members strictly adhered to virtus/reg_list2.cfm?theOrgID=18408. their rule of poverty and obedience, and attended the theology faculty that Queen Hedwig had Date,Time Location founded at Krakow. After ordination he went to 9/29/2020, 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom preach the gospel in the city of (also called 10/02/2020, 5:30 p.m. Saint Leo the Great School, Fairfax Lemberg and Lvov) in the Ukraine as well as in 10/03/2020, 9:30 a.m. Via Zoom Moldavia and Belerus. John earned fame as a wise 10/05/2020, 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom preacher and zealous confessor and was eventually 10/07/2020, 5:30 p.m. Via Zoom appointed local superior at Lviv. Under the 10/10/2020, 9:30 a.m. Via Zoom influence of St. John of Capistrano, he may have 10/13/2020, 5:30 p.m. Via Zoom joined the Observants at a time when efforts were 10/14/2020, 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom being made to unite the two branches – Conventuals and Observants – of the 10/17/2020, 10:00 a.m. Saint Bridget of Ireland, Berryville Franciscans. John’s life was characterized by 10/20/2020, 1:30 p.m. Via Zoom poverty, obedience, asceticism, and devotion to 10/21/2020, 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom Our Lady. He constantly sought to reconcile 10/24/2020, 9:00 a.m. Via Zoom schismatics to the Church. Although he went blind 10/26/2020, 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom when he was seventy, he continued to preach, 10/28/2020, 5:30 p.m. Via Zoom preparing sermons with the help of an aide, and 10/31/2020, 9:30 a.m. Via Zoom - In Spanish brought many back to the Church. He died September 29, 1484 in Lwów, Poland. Soon after DIVINE MERCY SAID: "Write, speak of My his death, there was an immediate at his mercy. Tell souls where they are to look for tomb and several miracles were attributed to him. solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy His Feast Day is September 28. [Sacrament of Reconciliation]. There the greatest miracles take place [and] are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative and to reveal to him one's misery, and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human standpoint, there would be no [hope of] restoration and everything would already be lost; it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full. Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of the miracle of God's mercy! You will call out in vain, but it Sunday, October 4 is the Feast of Saint Francis of will be too late." (St. Faustina Diary, 1448) "Used with permission of Assisi. In the spirit of Saint Francis, this day the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M." honors animals that share our lives and touch our GIVE AN HOUR, CHANGE A HEART, CHANGE hearts. It also acknowledges and encourages respect for all of creation. Bring your family pets A LIFE! Join the National Life Chain in Winchester. th to the plaza in front of the church at 4:00 p.m. Join 1,000s of people in the 34 year of standing for God’s gift of Life. Sunday, October 4, 4:00 p.m. to and Father Paul will bless our beloved animals. 5:00 p.m. Arrive by 3:30 p.m. Meet at Amherst Street Chelsea Academy’s Welcome Wednesday Open & Keating Drive. Stand prayerfully & peacefully for unborn House is Every Wednesday in October: Please join children, mothers & fathers victimized by abortion. Official signs us each Wednesday in October from 9:00 a.m. to provided. Social distancing. Families welcome! Ice cream social 10:30 a.m. at 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, VA after. For information, contact Frances Moyer at 571-992-5848 or 22630. To learn more, please visit our website [email protected]. www.chelseaacademy.org.

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