JUNE 7, 2020 THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY June 7, 2020 | St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Friday Focus
Dear Parishioners,
Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus on the Faith. There are four things I’d like to highlight this week.
1. We have reopened for public celebration of Masses! Because of the Phase 1 capacity limitations, you have to sign up via the link on our website so we can Fr. Don Planty, Jr. make sure we do not exceed the limit. We had good attendance last week and Pastor we’re hoping for even greater attendance this week. Everyone is still dispensed by the bishop if they feel it’s unsafe or it’s not good for them to go to Mass this week, but for those who can and are willing and able, please do join us for Mass and sign up. And remember that during the week, we have our daily Masses going again, and confessions three times a week. Our chapel is also open for prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament every day.
2. Our parish charities food pantry is in need of donations. We’ve received a lot of cash donations, which is great, and we use some of that cash to buy food for our food pantry, but if you were in the habit or have been in the habit of when you do your grocery shopping, picking up some extra food for our food pantry and dropping it off, we’d appreciate it if you’d do that again or kick it up a little bit if you’re already doing it. Page 6 of the bulletin lists the most immediates needs. Again, you can always give cash donations, especially on Faith Direct online especially for our food pantry.
3. Given the disturbing and challenging issues that our country is dealing with, I would invite you to go to our parish YouTube channel and check out my P3 meditation, which is just a simple 12-minute meditation about how Christians can approach the challenges and the issues that our nation is facing these days. You can find the link on our homepage.
4. Bishop Burbidge has announced that Fr. Keith Cummings, has been named our new Parochial Vicar beginning on Thursday, June 25. Up until now, Fr. Cummings has been the chaplain at Pope Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School down in Dumfries, VA. He’s a couple years older than I am, but he’s very youthful and he’s a great man. We’re looking forward to having Fr. Cummings as part of our pastoral team here at St. Charles, to getting to know him, and welcoming him at the end of the month.
My friends, let us continue to pray for one another. Remember that any information that you need about our parish is available on our website, but although our parish is closed to walk-ins, we are here and ready to support you in any way we can.
Your servant in Christ Jesus, Fr. Don
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WHAT YOUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS ARE DOING • Small Groups. Our small communities of faith continue meeting to support one another in the faith—only now they’re meeting virtually, of course. • Volunteers. Many have generously, selflessly contacted the parish to offer assistance to the parish and to needy parishioners.
WHAT OUR PARISH STAFF IS DOING • Faith Formation · I am virtually teaching the RCIA classes for our converts. · Katie Wilson, our Director of Religious Education, along with our catechists, are assisting parents in teaching the faith to children through an online platform. Katie is also taking some time off to spend time with her husband and their newly adopted child, Elizabeth! Let us pray for them as they begin this new stage in their life. · Francesca Gross, our Director of Youth Ministry, along with our volunteers, continue to prepare our middle schoolers for Confirmation, and are offering a virtual high school youth group on Sunday nights. · Teresa Reyes, our Director of Hispanic Ministry, is also coordinating religious education in Spanish, as well as virtual daily Rosary groups, catechist meetings, and other prayer groups where over 75 attendees participate online! • Preschool · Although our Early Childhood Education Center is closed, Director Amy Fry and our teachers are doing their best to support parents virtually. • Parish Charities · Anne Marie Kaufmann and our volunteers are ensuring that our food pantry remains open, and we continue to offer financial assistance (rent, utilities, medical bills) to needy families, especially to any from our parish. The counselor from Catholic Charities continues to meet with clients virtually. Coffee hour has gone online. We are making weekly phone calls to our homebound and senior parishioners. • Evangelization & Communications · Adam Arehart, our Director of Evangelization and Adult Faith Formation, continues to coordinate programs for adults including a new bible study that takes place virtually on Thursday evenings. Adam also leads a livestreamed rosary every Thursday on Instagram. · Bulay Miñano, our Assistant Director for Evangelization and Communications, is keeping us all informed and connected virtually by updating our Instagram, Facebook, and website. She is also filming and editing P3 Talks, video messages, and is running the livestreams for our Masses as well as helping out with the logistics of the reopening of the public Masses. • Liturgy · Director of Liturgy and Music, Erin Bullock is preparing for the possible reopening of public celebration of Masses. This includes preparing the liturgy and music suitable for the unique situation of our time, recruiting ushers to help facilitate a safe environment. She is also working to get some new sound equipment for the gym, which will greatly improve the sound quality of the upcoming Masses. • Administration · Deacon Forrest Wallace, our Business Manager, keeping the bills paid and juggling finances with the help of Alvaro Chavez, our Evening Receptionist, who is offering administrative support remotely. · While our office is closed to walk-ins,Celeste White, our Office Manager, and Kevin Flynn, our Daytime Receptionist, are working daily to answer phones and emails. · Celeste is also working as staff support for on-site duties, coordinating weddings and funerals, assisting with food pantry drop-offs, financial assistance intake, and helping out with the logistics of reopening of the public Masses. • Facilities · George Reyes, our Facilities Manager, and his Assistants, Bill Roche and Hugo Perez, are keeping our physical plant in shape, and coordinating with our cleaning service to make sure surfaces stay clean and disinfected.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO GIVING • Stay informed. Regularly consult our website, and read Second Collection this weekly email message, to keep up on the ways you can This weekend's second collection is for our continue to live the faith. Building Maintenance Fund. • Celebrate. We are now celebrating public Masses on Sundays and weekdays. All faithful are still dispensed from Online Giving the obligation, so if you choose not to come to Mass, we will also be livestreaming the 9am Mass! Times are listed on our website. Receive the merciful forgiveness of Jesus in the Sacrament of Penance: Confessions are offered here three times weekly. Faith Direct makes being generous easy. It only • Learn. Take time weekly to study our rich faith. A wealth takes 10 minutes to sign up to make all of your of resources (podcasts, streaming services, websites, etc.) contributions to St. Charles electronically. are available on our website. Visit faithdirect.net using the parish code VA681 • Share. · Fellowship. Consider joining a (virtual) small group fellowship: you can find group info online at stcharleschurch.org/small-groups · Volunteer. Contact our Parish office to help our needy neighbors. · Give. Continue to support our parish’s mission financially, electronically, through Faith Direct: https://membership. faithdirect.net/VA681 · Give. Support the good works of our diocese by giving to the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal: as of today, we have only reached 95% of our goal! https://secure3.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA/BLA/BLA_Home.aspx • Pray. Let us all continue daily to turn to the Lord in prayer. If we cannot encounter Jesus by receiving him in Holy Communion, we can encounter him by prayerfully meditating on his inspired Word in the Sacred Scriptures. Let us also daily lift one another up in our prayer intentions, and pray the prayer offered us by our bishop during the coronavirus crisis: https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/public-messages/2020/prayer-to-jesus-for- healing-and-guidance/ PARISH RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) On May 15, Bishop Burbidge announced that as our area enters Phase 1, we may resume the celebration of public Masses. All faithful are still dispensed from the obligation of attending Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation. We encourage all those who are vulnerable or sick to refrain from attending Mass to ensure everyone’s safety. At St. Charles Parish: • We now have public Masses! Weekend Masses are on Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 9am, 12pm, and 6pm. Because of Phase 1 capacity limitations, those who attend Mass would need to read the guidelines and sign up using the link on our website to make sure we do not exceed the limites. Daily Masses are Monday through Friday at 7am and 9am and on Saturday at 9am. There is no need to sign up for Daily Mass. • The Chapel remains open daily from Monday through Friday from 6am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 8pm for personal prayer in front of the Most Blessed Sacrament • Confessions are offered in the parish school on: · Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8pm, Fridays, 6:30 - 7pm, Saturdays, 3:30 - 4:30pm • People may reach out to the Parish Office for essential services by phone or by email between the hours of 9am and 4pm, but the office will remain closed. • We have a wealth of spiritual resources available on our website and through social media, including televised and livestreamed Masses, prayers, streamed content, and other resources. • A number of parish gatherings, meetings, and classes are taking place virtually, but on-site activities remain canceled until further notice. • If you need any kind of special assistance, our parish is here to help—just call or email the parish office to reach out. • If you would like to volunteer to assist the parish and the needy in an extraordinary way, please just call or email the parish office. • If you would like to make a donation to assist the needy during these challenging times, please mail a check to the parish or give electronically by way of this link: https://membership.faithdirect.net/givenow/VA681/22034 • All parishioners are encouraged to pray and work especially for the end of the coronavirus outbreak, for those suffering from the virus, for the deceased, for our leaders and healthcare workers View the latest information from our bishop on the coronavirus at www.arlingtondiocese.org/coronavirus
4 STCHARLESCHURCH.ORG | 703-527-5500 | 3304 WASHINGTON BLVD. 22201 This Week St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church | June 7, 2020 FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Information about these events can be found at stcharleschurch.org/from-home Mass Livestream Rosary P3 Meditation Bible Study Daytime Bible Borromeo Brothers 9:00am Livestream 8pm 7-9pm Study 7:30 - 9am WAY 8:30am Young Adult Pub GriefShare 10-11:30am Coffee Hour 7pm Food Pantry Time 7-9pm 11-12pm Handout 8:30pm On the WAY 10-12pm 7pm Walking with Purpose 7:15 - 8:45pm
Online Bible Study & Discussion Weekly discussions Thursdays at 7pm To prepare for the discussion each week, watch the video and complete the lessons in the participant guide. Both are available free from the parish Formed subscription. Visit the bible study page on our website for directions on how to login to the study! stcharleschurch.org/bible-studies
Daytime Bible Study Fridays 10:00am to 11:30am The daytime bible study will continue online and will be working through the Acts: The Spread of the Kingdom Bible Study Program by Ascenion Press. Visit the bible study page on our website for directions on how to login to the study! stcharleschurch.org/bible-studies
P3 Meditations & Pub Time Wednesdays 8pm meditation premiere on YouTube, 8:30pm pub time on Zoom P3: Prayer, Penance, & Pub will continue virtually with a talk premiered each Wednesday followed by virtual pub time. Find the links on our homepage and follow us on social media for updates. BYOB!
Please pray for our sick, Maggie Musser, Alexandria Musser, Paul Geiger (brother of Becky Geiger), Paul Duane, Naod Ermias, Jackson Huttman, Rebecca Cataldi, Lani and James Catadli (parents of Rebecca Cataldi), Jacqueline Merz, Gregory Dessert (nephew of Beth Nicholson), Owen Eickel (nephew of Kathleen Talley), Bob Giusti, Alfred Gomez (husband of Rectory Housekeeper, Leonor Herrera), and Susan Currier (mother of Meghan Currier), Darlene Cataldi (stepmother of Rebecca Cataldi), Patrick Oak, Mr. Blake Willi, Patricia Aybar, Jon McRory, Edward Biddle, Martin Erroa Rivas (father of Delmy Enriquez), Beth Powell, Bridgette Johnson, and Cosmo Carelli. And deceased, Benjamin Ornelas (father of Aracely Ornelas), Angela D'Ambrosio, Michen McRory, Jose Andres Gonzales (brother of Zonia Iglesias), Anna Grace Wallace (mother of Dcn. Forrest Wallace), Mary Jean Rathje (mother of Peter Rathje), Joe Russo, and Bill Whitesides (resident of the Jefferson).
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Parish Charities Donations Needed We are continuing to operate both our food pantry and THANK YOU financial assistance program during the coronavirus. Our financial assistance program helps to pay rent and utilities for Thank you to all who have helped to support our Parish parishioners or Arlington County residents. We continue to Charities outreach. receive requests for assistance. Ways to donate: Number served this week • Financially: Online through Faith Direct (visit our website) Food pantry: We gave out 147 bags to 91 families; a or by check made out to St. Charles Church (memo: majority of these bags were delivered to the families; we Parish Charities); please mail to the Parish Office. also gave out diapers to 22 families Financial assistance: 6 families were helped with • Food donations: Please drop these in the bin at the $7,524 chapel entrance or during our food pantry hours, Tuesdays, 10am-12pm. Thank you to everyone who has helped by donating food and other items, giving financially, volunteering Urgent Need Canned vegetables with our food pantry on Tuesdays, and delivering food Paper bags with handles Canned soup to our parishioners and neighbors in Arlington! Without Crackers your donations and support, we would not be able to Out of Stock Granola bars continue to serve others in our parish and neighborhood Cereal Jelly communities. Oatmeal Macaroni & cheese Pancake Mix Pasta Pasta sauce Peanut butter Our grief support group will be spending the next several Toiletries weeks discussing A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis through Very Low Stock Toilet paper Zoom on Thursdays, 7-9 pm. Beginning in September we will Canned beans run another session of GriefShare. For more information about Canned tuna/ chicken the book discussion or the September sessions, please visit: www.griefshare.org/groups/116683. Other donations: Many of our families in our Latin American Community are currently unemployed. Please contact Ecumencial and Interfaith Presentation [email protected] to find out about other Fr. Don Rooney, Director of the Diocesan Office of Ecumenical needs. and Interreligious Affairs, will present via Zoom on Monday, June 8 at 7pm. For more information, please contact Rebecca Costco membership? If you have a Costco membership Cataldi, [email protected]. and would be willing to buy in bulk, please contact [email protected]. Catholic Charities Counselor Will Continue Saturday Coffee Hour Remotely Jennifer Barry, LCSW from Catholic Charities’ Family Services, Coffee Hour has now gone virtual and is meeting 11am - is continuing to offer counseling through teletherapy. Jennifer 12pm to discuss the Sunday Gospel. is a licensed clinical social worker who received her Master of Homebound and Senior Parishioners Social Work (MSW) from the Catholic University of America. If We continue to reach out to our homebound and senior you would like to schedule an appointment with her, please parishioners. contact Family Services at 703-772-4022. To speak with a counselor in Spanish, call 703-447-9402. Do you know someone in need? If you have a relative or neighbor that lives close to St. Charles Haiti Sister Parish Update and is in need of assistance during this time, please contact Our Haitian Sister Parish is suffering even more than we are the parish office. in these times and continue to need our support. Schools are closed, but the children still come for food. For many Parish Charities Volunteer Help Needed the school lunch was their only substantial meal of the day. If you are interested in volunteering during the coronavirus, Monsignor Coissy even delivers food to some who cannot please contact the parish office. Current volunteer needs get to the schools, and he tries to pay teachers who rely on include: reaching out to our homebound and elderly that income to support their families. Additionally, he has parishioners, completing financial assistance intake forms, and sought money to purchase clean water barrels, faucets for helping with our food pantry. Please note that our procedures the barrels, bleach, soap, and detergents. Please consider for these have changed to safeguard the health of volunteers making a donation to our sister parish in Haiti to support their and those we are serving. critical needs at this time. Visit the St. Charles website under Giving and click on Faith Direct to make a recurring or one- Grief Support Group Has Gone Virtual time gift to Haiti. Are you grieving the death of a loved one? If so, know that you are not alone.
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SACRAMENTS MASS INTENTIONS Baptisms, Funerals, and Marriages During this time, our priests will be continue to offer Masses privately each day. Call the office or [email protected] to We will continue to schedule Baptisms and Funerals and have a Mass offered at St. Charles for your intentions or any person make appointments for Marriage Formation during this or persons, living or deceased. time. Please contact Celeste White by calling the Parish Office at (703) 527-5500 or emailing parishsecretary@ Saturday, June 6 stcharleschurch.org for information. 9am Ivan Vargas by J. Joel Alicea Confession Schedule 5pm Elizabeth Blake by Genevieve Borders Sunday, June 7 Confessions will take place in the parish school with 9am † Lyda Tanco by Friends for Life proper social distancing protocols. 12pm † Cuca Rabelo by Emilia Feliciano Wednesdays 6:30-8pm 6pm The People of the Parish Fridays 6:30-7pm Monday, June 8 Saturdays 3:30-4:30pm 7am 9am Tuesday, June 9 7am 9am Wedesday, June 10 7am † Michael Rossello by Thomas Noone 9am † Lissy Annuzzi by Meralis Plaza Toledo Thursday, June 11 7am 9am † William Abrams by Mary Ann Aker Friday, June 12 7am 9am Julian Guierrez by the Gutierrez Family Saturday, June 13 9am Francisco Antonio and Reagan Cool by Ken Jacobs 5pm † Robert B. Ross by the Ross Family
SUNDAY MASS LIVESTREAM Please pray for our Seminarians We will be livestreaming our Sunday Mass at 9am on our YouTube channel! Visit stcharleschurch.org/livestream
Joe Flaherty Mike Lewis
Mike Sampson Tim Banach
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Pastor Sign up to stay informed of the latest parish news Rev. Donald J. Planty, Jr. and activities. [email protected] St. Charles Challenge Business Manager & Permanent Deacon Tips and reminders for spiritual growth Dcn. Forrest Wallace text “scchallenge” to 84576 [email protected] Office Manager St. Charles Weekly Bulletin Celeste White The parish bulletin delivered electronically [email protected] text “stcharlesweekly” to 84576 Receptionists St. Charles Alerts Alvaro Chavez, Kevin Flynn, & Vicky Parada Holy Days, weather closings, & urgent news text “stcharlesalerts” to 84576 Director of Parish Charities & Justice Advocacy Anne Marie Kaufmann Social Media [email protected] @stcharleschurch Director of Youth Ministry Please reigster in the parish online at: Francesca Gross www.stcharleschurch.org/register [email protected] Director of Religious Education Katie Wilson [email protected] Director of Evangelization & Adult Faith Formation Adam Arehart [email protected] Assistant Director of Evangelization & Media Bulay Miñano [email protected] Director of Hispanic Ministry Teresa Reyes [email protected] Director of Sacred Liturgy & Music Erin Bullock [email protected] Maintenance Director George Reyes Maintenance Assistants Hugo Perez Bill Roche Assisting Clergy Rev. Francisco Mendez de Dios (Retired) Rev. Anthony Giampietro, C.S.B. (Catholic University of America) Rev. Edward Horkan (In residence) Dominican Friars from the Dominican House of Studies in D.C. Deacon Robert Johnson (transitional deacon from the Diocese of Lincoln studying at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary) St. Charles Early Childhood Education Center Director: Amy Fry (703) 527-0608
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