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St. Catherine of Church 1020 Springvale Road ~ Great Falls, Virginia 22066

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 8, 2019 Pastor: Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky Direct line to Pastor (703-759-3520) No text messages please

PHONE NUMBERS Office: 703-759-4350, FAX 703-759-3753 Pastor: Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky Direct line to Pastor 703-759-3520 No text messages please 24 HOUR EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Religious Education: 703-759-3530 Every Wednesday and First Friday beginning at 9:00 Siena Academy: 703-759-4129 AM and ending before Mass the following morning. Office Hours: Monday - Friday - 9:30 am to 1:30 pm For questions please contact Diane Cieslak at Closed on Federal Holidays 703-678-3919 or [email protected] PARISH WEB SITE: www.saintcatherineschurch.org RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - required for all children first grade through high school attending non- MASS SCHEDULE . Please contact the Director of Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon* Religious Education, Kim Livaudais, for information at *Novus Ordo Mass [email protected] or 703-759-3530. Saturday: 8:30 am & Vigil Mass 5:30 pm Weekdays and Federal Holidays: 8:30 am CATHOLIC INQUIRY: If you or someone you (except Wednesdays 12:15 pm) know would like to inquire about becoming Catholic, Holy Days: See “Mass Intentions” and please call the Parish Office 703-759-4350. website for Holy Day Mass schedule. PARISH REGISTRATION - Please call the Par- SACRAMENT OF ish Office to register; if you are moving out of the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:45 am - 8:15 am parish; or if you have a change of address and/or (except holy days and holidays) phone number. Saturdays: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SICK CALLS - Contact Parish Office for visits and/ SACRAMENT OF - Baptismal Catechesis or Communion calls to shut-ins, sick and hospitalized, also is required for parents one month (30 days) before the bap- in cases of serious illness or death. 703-759-4350. tism; Godparents are encouraged to attend. To make Baptis- mal arrangements for both class and ceremony, call the Parish PRAYER FOR SICK OR DECEASED - Office. Contact Parish Office for mention in the bulletin. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY - In accord with the regulations of the of Arlington, couples must con- tact a priest and begin preparation at least six months to BULLETIN DEADLINE: the wedding. Parish registration is required. Living together The bulletin deadline is 11:00 am two before marriage is sinful and harmful to future marriage. Fridays preceding the weekend of Couples who are living together will be asked to live sepa- distribution. Please contact Parish Office rately during the preparation time. for earlier deadlines during holidays.

Second Sunday of Advent Oops! Found it necessary to cancel the Advent Vespers due to unforeseen circumstances. December 8, 2019 Take all those dates off your calendars. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the Regrets. way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” (Mt. 3:3)

MASS INTENTIONS Feast of - Thursday, SATURDAY, December 7 Dec. 12, 9:00 AM. All are invited to enjoy light 8:30 am William Wilson+ refreshments in Bishop Justs Hall in honor of 5:30 pm Herbert Ballweg+ Our Lady, the Patroness of the Americas and SUNDAY, December 8 the Unborn. [Exp. Date:12.09.19] 8 am Pro Populo

10 am Marie Buscema+ The Fall River has announced today 12 pm Bishop Antons Justs+ (November 22, 2019) that an allegation of sexual MONDAY, December 9 misconduct with a minor made against Father 8:30 am Mike Hoyt+ F. Kuhn, Y.A., has been found to be TUESDAY, December 10 8:30 am Raymond Bernier+ unsubstantiated. The Diocese received the WEDNESDAY, December 11 accusation in October 2018 and, in accord with its 12:15 pm Paul Austin policies, placed Father Kuhn on administrative leave THURSDAY, December 12 pending the outcome of an investigation of the 8:30 am Spencer Lunde+ accusation. The incident of sexual misconduct was FRIDAY, December 13 alleged to have occurred in 1975 in Manassas, 8:30 am Jim Rutherford+ Virginia, when Father Kuhn was approximately 18 SATURDAY, December 14 years old, more than 20 years before he was a 8:30 am Al Moniz+ priest. Father Kuhn was ordained as a priest of the 5:30 pm of Priests & Fall River Diocese in 1997 for service in the Youth SUNDAY, December 15 Apostles Institute and had been ministering under 8 am Pro Populo the direction of that community outside of the 10 am James Quinn+ Diocese, in Virginia and Maryland, since 2004. http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/diocesan-review-board-finds- 12 pm Charles Hergesheimer+ allegation-against-fall-river-priestyouth-apostle-member- PLEASE PRAY FOR Lee Ashman+; Thomas Ballweg+; unproven/ Colonel Paul White, deployed in Baghdad; Mickie Teetor+, Nora Boland+; Fr Cornelius O’Brien+; Fr Ed Tewes+; Laurence & Carol McCarty ; John Glorioso+; Alice Basile+; Justice Clarence Thomas condemned his Frank Kurt Cylke +, Bernard DeLury+, Joshua treatment by the Joe Biden-led Judiciary Statz+Call rectory for additions. Committee during his confirmation to the Christmas Masses begin on Tuesday, December 24 - Supreme Court in 1991… The justice denied - Christmas Eve -- at 5:30 p.m. Another Christmas Eve ever sexually harassing anyone, but Hill’s Mass – in Latin -- will be at 10 p.m. The Christmas accusations became the focus of his Choral Prelude begins before Mass at 9:15 p.m. On confirmation, similar to the confirmation of Christmas Day there will be two Masses, at 10 a.m. and 12 Noon. Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Thomas claimed he The special Confession schedule leading to was targeted with the allegations because of Christmas is as follows: Wednesday evenings of his conservative views on abortion. He told the Advent, 6:30 p.m. sharp. The Saturday morning filmmakers, “Do I have like stupid written on before Christmas will be 9 a.m. sharp. (in addition to the back of my shirt? I mean come on. We the regular Saturday afternoon Confessions). On know what this is all about. People should just Tuesday morning, December 24, one priest will hear tell the truth: 'This is the wrong black guy; he Confessions at 9 a.m. sharp. The regular Confession has to be destroyed.' Just say it. Then now schedule as usual: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 7:45 a.m. to we're at least honest with each other. The idea 8:15 a.m. Saturday afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parish Financial Fun Facts was to get rid of me. And then, after I was there, it was to undermine me." https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/i-understood- what-he-was-trying-to-do-clarence-thomas-criticizes-bidens- handling-of-anita-hill-accusations

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“Our obligation is to do ’s will, and not our own. How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world! Instead, we struggle and resist like self-willed slaves and are brought into the Lord’s presence with sorrow and lamentation, not freely consenting to our departure, but constrained by necessity. And yet we expect to be rewarded with heavenly honors by him to whom we come against our will! Why then do we pray for the kingdom of heaven to come if this earthly bondage pleases us? What is the point of praying so often for its early arrival if we should rather serve the devil here than reign with Christ? The world hates Christians, so why give your love to it instead of following Christ, who loves you and has redeemed you? (From a sermon on man’s mortality by )”

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Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835: “A decline redhead, and then hadn't been far from carrying of public morals in the United States will probably him cozy with him. "Now don't misunderstand me. be marked by the abuse of the power of I'm not saying that differences of opinion are a good impeachment as a means of crushing political thing in themselves, but I do think there's a lot to be adversaries or ejecting them from office.” said for taking them for what they often are -- healthy manifestations of the democratic process." This is an amusing clip from a J.F. Powers short Clapping here and there, but Father Urban could tell story, "A Couple of Nights Before Christmas." it wasn't to catch on, and so, quickly, before this Obviously written in the 1950s. A priest (Father would be unnecessary, he raised his hand for Urban) is addressing "The Poinsetta Smorgasbord," silence. a local civic function. Father Urban is the toastmaster and spoke on "Christmas down through The Importance of Drinking Water in Old Age the ages, a travelogue in time." During the Q&A: -- Interview with Hattie May McDonald on her "As you know, I'm a Catholic, and as such, I believe secret to reaching the age of 101 years. in the infallibility of the --in certain matters. In Reporter: “Can you give us some health tips for other matters, even those relating to religion, 'Je ne reaching the age of 101?” Hattie: “For better sais,' as the French say, is sometimes the right answer. I don't know. Why, until a few years ago, digestion I drink beer. In the case of appetite the doctrine of Our Lady into Heaven -- was no more loss I drink white wine. For low blood pressure than an opinion. Oh, a most trustworthy opinion, to I drink red wine. For low blood pressure I drink be sure, and held by some of the wisest and holiest scotch And if I have a cold, I drink schnapps”. men in Christendom, but still only an opinion. Why, Reporter:“When do you drink water? Hattie: “I the infallibility of the Pope -- the doctrines we were have never been that sick” just discussing -- was just a matter of opinion a hundred years ago. (Actually, you know, the area it AROUND THE PARISH covers is quite small.) So, if any of you good people should happen to be in , and you hear the Holy Annual Christmas Tree Sale – The Knights of Father say he believes it's going to rain, you don't Columbus sale of fresh cut Christmas trees began have to believe it -- not, not even if you're a last weekend and will continue on Saturdays and Catholic." This, coming from a priest, was pretty Sundays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm until they are all strong stuff. The toastmaster called for order. sold. The trees are fresh, competitively priced and "Yes?" said Father Urban to an attractive red-haired include free local delivery. Shop early for the best woman who had her hand up. He was glad to move selection. Any questions, call Jim Hanlon at 703- on to somebody else. "But we may believe -- and 759-6539. [Exp. Date: 12.22.19] isn't that better if we do?" There was always a pious troublemaker or two in any audience, but they Tens of thousands of men, women, and families are usually weren't much to look at. "Yes! Oh, the served annually by . Please example you give is ridiculous, of course, but isn't support the 2019 Annual Parish Christmas the Holy Father entitled to all the respect we can Collection for Catholic Charities this weekend - give him? As Christ's vicar on earth?" The question Catholic Charities shows the transformative love of was tasteless and irrelevant, but Father Urban Christ and serves tens of thousands of men, women, smiled. He doubted that anyone who meant well and families in dire need annually through 20 toward him and his predominantly non-Catholic programs across 21 counties and 7 cities that make audience would have asked such a question. He had up the boundaries of the Catholic Diocese of no choice but to shoot the woman down. "As a Arlington. Please use the special bulletin insert/ Catholic -- that is, as one who respects proper contribution envelope provided or go online to authority -- I'm afraid I'd be more inclined t trust the www.ccda.net/donate to share your blessings. [Exp. weather bureau in such a matter. When Father Date: 12.09.19] Urban was able to continue, he was again speaking to the audience at large: "Differences of opinion Angel Giving Tree - As you enter the Church can occur in any organization, human or divine, narthex, please take note of the Angel Giving tree in large or small -- yes, even in the best-run families, the corner. Once again, we are donating gifts to A between husbands and wives, so I've been told Woman’s Choice in Herndon. Please take one (or anyway." Laughter. People who perhaps, hadn't more) and attached it to your unwrapped gift. Place entirely trusted the speaker until he dealt with the

all gifts under the tree by December 22. May God each month from 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm in the Bless you for your generosity. [Exp. Date:12.09.19] Church. Confessions: A priest of the Prelature offers Confessions on Monday The Council Knight morning after the 8:30 am Mass until 11 am. of the month is Patrick D. Smith. The Family of the For more information, contact Daryl Glick at month is the Jensen family. [Exp. Date: 01.01.20] 703.689.3433 x201. Pro-Life . On the last Saturday of each month, St. Catherine’s parishioners offer the OVER 50 CLUB Holy Rosary for the unborn and their parents at New members welcome. the abortion business on South Washington Call Judy Mahanes Street in Falls Church. Participants meet at the (703) 759-3997 clinic at 7:30 am (or carpool from the area at The Over 50 Club is an organization for senior 7:00 am) and return shortly before 9:00 am to parishioners within our community and surrounding attend Saturday Mass in Reston. This is a areas to gather for prayer, fun and fellowship. We powerful witness; please consider joining us. meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 11:15 For information, please contact Mark Poirier at am to 1:30 pm. New Members are welcome. Our annual dues are $20.00. For Further information [email protected]. [Exp. Date: TBD] call Judy Mahanes (703) 759-3997 or Marian and

David Wilson (703) 404-1245. Expiration TBD] SIENA ACADEMY NEWS Thank you to all those who baked goods for the Pie Sale Adorers needed for our all day and all night and to all those who bought them. The Pie Sale was a Eucharistic Adoration –. Every Wednesday and First successful fundraiser this year. We raised $2,480 for Siena Fridays: If you are able to volunteer to spend time Academy. We hope everyone enjoyed them with family with Our Lord, please contact Diane Cieslak at 703- and friends at Thanksgiving!. 678-3919 or email her at [email protected] EUCHARISTIC ADORATION [Expiration TBD] WEDNESDAYS: and FIRST FRIDAYS 24 hour Eucharistic Adoration begins, on Around the Diocese Wednesdays, after the 12:15pm Mass and ends For more details see our website (SeeWebSite) at 8:25 am the following morning. On First http://saintcatherineschurch.org Fridays, exposition begins after the 8:30 am Mass. To volunteer, contact Diane Cieslak:703- St Thomas a Becket Young Adults invite Young 678-3919 or [email protected]. Adults at St. Catherine of Siena to join them for drinks and dinner. When: Friday, December 20, Knights Of Columbus – If you are interested in 6 – 8pm @ Cooper’s Hawk - Where: Cooper’s learning more about the Padre Pio Knights of Hawk Winery and Restaurant in Reston. (See Columbus or joining the Knights, please contact Web Site) Livaudais, [email protected], 703.254.4210. Students & Volunteers Wanted St. Mark's English as a Second Language Dominicans – All Parishioners are (ESL) Ministry: We are seeking Students and invited to share in the apostolic mission of the Volunteers to participate in our upcoming of Preachers by study, prayer Winter 2020 Term, Jan. 14- Mar. 12. (See Web and preaching. Meetings are usually every 1st Site) Saturday at 9:30 am in Padre Pio Hall following Mass and rosary. Contact Julian Heron at Days of Recollection for Men and Women [email protected] or 202-349-3859. Discerners - Could Christ be calling you to the priesthood or religious life? Take a step to find out. The Office of will hold a day retreat for Opus Dei – Evening of Recollection: A priest of men on Saturday, December 14, and a day retreat the Opus Dei prelature presents an “Evening of for women on Sunday, December 15. (See Web Site) Recollection” for women on the 3rd Monday of

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [email protected] 703.759.3530

CCD RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHEDULE Monday Evenings 5:00 to 6:15; 6:30 to 7:45 GRADES 1-8 and High School Classes: December 9, 16 NO CLASSES ON December 23, 30 CLASSES RESUME ON January 6, 13 NO CLASSES on January 20, 27

HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION: ALL PARENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS are encouraged to register your child for at least one of the high school classes offered this year.  A 10-session Apologetics Class will be offered beginning in February from 5:00 to 6:15 each week.  An 8-week high school Scripture class will be offered beginning in February from 6:30 to 7:45. Class details are available on the parish website. High school registration forms are available outside the Office of Religious Education. Please call or email the Director of Religious Education for more information.  The 10-session Theology of the Body class (boys group) began on October 21 and will continue through January 13, 2020. Registration for this class is now closed. A session for girls may be offered next fall if there is enough interest.

HOMESCHOOL AND CATHOLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES: Please fill out a registration form (available on the parish website under “Religious Education/Important Forms”) so we are able to keep you informed about Sacrament preparation and corresponding deadlines.

CONFIRMATION SAINT PAPERS: The saint papers have been assigned to all students who are preparing to receive the Sacrament next fall. Papers for students who attend class on Monday evenings are due in December. Please contact your child’s catechist if you are not sure of the date. Those students who attend home or Catholic schools should turn in papers by January 10, 2020.

CONFIRMATION PARENT MEETING: For those parents who have children preparing to receive the Sacrament next fall, there will be a mandatory meeting for parents on December 9, 2019 at 6:30 pm. If you did not attend this information meeting last year, you are required to attend.

The 8th GRADE TESTING REQUIRED FOR PLACEMENT IN FOUR CATHOLIC DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOLS took place on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Bishop Ireton High School, Bishop O’Connell High School, Paul VI High School and Saint John Paul the Great High School. Students who were prevented from taking the test on November 23 may take the exam on ONE additional testing date: January 11, 2020. Please see the diocesan website for further details.

FORMED.ORG – Formed is a dynamic on-line web-based digital platform from the available 24/7. This series is designed to help you grow in your faith at all levels – how you think, pray and live. Better yet, access is FREE to all Saint Catherine of Siena parishioners and families anywhere, anytime, on computers, tablets or phones. So even though you have a busy schedule, you can still learn and grow in your faith. Go to https://formed.org and set up your username and password, then enter our parish code – F6KWXM. Each registered family has access. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about our faith from the best Catholic authors and presenters. Do Not Use Mallory’s Army as Per Church

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