A ROMAN COMMUNITY Ÿ 1465 INCARNATION DRIVE Ÿ CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22901 Office Phone: (434) 973-4381 Fax: (434) 973-1757 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.incarnationparish.org Fr. Gregory Kandt, Pastor ~ Fr. Edwin Montanez, Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. Christopher Morash, ~ Rev. Mr. Thomas Healey, Deacon ~ Rev. Mr. Bernard Taylor, Deacon Growing in Christ and Living Our Faith through Relationships

February 2, 2014 – The Presentation of the Lord Readings: Malachi 3:1-4–Hebrews 2:14-18–Luke 2:22-40 OFFICE HOURS: 8:30am-2:00pm Monday 8:30am–4:30pm Tuesday–Friday (Closed: 12:20–12:50pm daily) LITURGY SCHEDULE: Monday–Friday: Mass times on page 2 Saturday: 5:30pm Sunday: 9:00am, 11:30am & 4:30pm – English 1:30pm- Español Nursery: 9:00am, 11:30am & 1:30pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 4:30–5:00pm or by appointment Sunday 12:45-1:15pm (Español) or by appointment

Our next TNT (Theater ʻNʼ Theology) takes place on Friday, February 7, beginning promptly at 7:00pm. All are welcome to come watch a movie in our Incarnation Movie Theater (the “Stone MINISTRY CELEBRATION Chapel”) with comfortable seating, large projection, Sunday, February 9, 10:00am to 4:30pm in the Parish Hall and good sound. Afterwards (the “Theology” part), Come and get better aquainted with your brothers and sisters we discuss the movieʼs relevance to our life in Christ. Our in Christ, who will be explaining their ministry commitments at February feature is the 1996 film The Chamber. Itʼs about a Incarnation, why they have responded to Christʼs call in young lawyer who feels impelled to defend a Mississippi death particular ways. You will be given an opportunity to sign up to row inmate, convicted of a racist/terrorist bombing years ago, pray for a ministry that touches your heart. There will be because the man is his grandfather. Reopening this volatile coffee/beverages, snacks, music, a Bible Verse Scavenger case causes pain and hardship for all involved. Adaptation of Hunt for children, folk dancing, and interesting displays the JOHN GRISHAM best-seller. Stars Chris OʼDonnell, Gene describing the life of our parish. This is lots of FUN, and not to Hackman, Faye Dunaway, and Harve Presnell. Rated R. be missed! Childcare can be available for a modest fee if reserved at the Parish Office by February 3. Facilitated by Fr. Gregory. Come watch a great movie with your brothers and sisters in Christ!

A New Parishioners Welcome Dinner will be held on Wednesday, February 12, from 5:30 to 7:00pm in the Parish Hall. All recently registered parishioners should have received an email invitation. If you have joined the parish in the past PARISH DANCE year and have not attended a welcome reception, please call Come live out your baptismal call by dancing the night away! the Parish Office for more information. We would be happy to On Friday, February 28 the parish will celebrate with an have you attend the reception and meet Fr. Gregory, our evening of dancing to benefit the Parish Food Ministry. Join us Parish Staff, and other members of this very special for this fun evening from 7:00-11:00pm in the Parish Hall. Incarnation family! Children welcome! Please donʼt miss Tickets will be sold after Masses. Please contact Jenny this event, youʼll be glad you came! Kowalski ([email protected]) if you are interested in helping out with music, food, or decorations. Offertory Envelopes Next weekend, February 8/9, will be the last date to pick-up offertory envelopes in the Narthex. After that date, envelopes will be available in the Parish Office during office hours ONLY! Boxes are in numerical order. Thank you. We welcome all visitors and invite you to join us in the Parish Hall for coffee & donuts after the 9:00am Sunday Mass. CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION WORSHIP In the restoration and promotion of the sacred liturgy the full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be Deacon Chris Morash: [email protected] considered before all else, for it is the primary and indispensable source from which the faithful are to derive the MASS INTENTIONS: February 1-9

true Christian spirit. Therefore, in all their apostolic activity, Saturday 1: 5:30 Fr. Bill LaFratta pastors of souls should energetically set about achieving it (Pat & Jim McCormick-Goodhart) through the requisite pedagogy. Sunday 2: 9:00 Velma Bock ~ Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy #14 (Strassburg & OʼBrien) 11:30 Toni Del Bene (Jacqui & John Cecalupo) One of the Diocesan Disability Officeʼs Affirming Life 1:30 Elias Alexis Rivas (COTI) ministries is “Embracing Grace”. This ministry pairs 4:30 Missa Pro Populo trained peer supporters to journey with the families Monday 3: 12:15 Robert Francis Kurtin who have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis. The Church (Tom & Annie Tromey) teaches that every life is a gift from God and has inherent Tuesday 4: 12:15 Lawrence Burns dignity, meaning, and purpose and deserves to be protected. (Carol & Bill Schaffner) We believe that all human beings have infinite value regardless Wedʼday 5: 12:15 Patricia White of any medical conditions, disabilities, or length of life. Please (Moore Family, Kay Weixel) see the cards in the wall pockets by the calendar across from Thursday 6: 12:15 Christine Burzalow the offices that contain contact information and explain the (Anne & Dave Russell) ministry and services/resources. Friday 7: 12:15 Jim Faillace (Faillace Family) Saturday 8: 5:30 Betty Gierat (Tom & Anita Houlihan) SCOUT SUNDAY Sunday 9: 9:00 Ralph Batsche (COTI) 11:30 Russ Cardoza (Joan Cardoza) Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies, etc. and scout 1:30 Missa Pro Populo leaders are encouraged to attend and participate in Scout 4:30 Missa Pro Populo Sunday at the 9:00am Mass on February 9. Please wear scout uniforms. Scouts and leaders will serve in various capacities for the Mass. If you would like to participate, please contact Kristin Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Breen at [email protected]. Thursday, 1:00 – 9:00pm FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING TODAY: Health DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET: All are welcome to pray the Ministry nurses will screen blood pressures Divine Mercy Chaplet every Sunday morning at 10:45am in the after the 9:00am Mass in the Health Ministry Worship Center. Please bring your favorite . room across from the Parish Hall. Most people who have high blood pressure don't even know it. The only way World Day for will be celebrated in parishes to find out is to have your blood pressure checked regularly. All on this weekend February 1-2. Please pray for all those who records are confidential and each blood pressure is taken with have made commitments in the consecrated life, and be sure the American Heart Association approved method. to thank them on their special day. May they continue to be inspired by Jesus Christ and respond THANK YOU: The which were collected generously to God's gift of their vocation. during the month of October went to the Mission of the Good Shepherd in Belize, Central America. Many of the children there asked for rosaries for Christmas. YOU ARE INVITED to join the Office of Worship and the Diocesan Liturgical Commission for: A Music and Liturgy Workshop featuring Fr. Jan YOUTH MINISTRY Joncas on Mon., Feb. 17, from 9:00am - 4:00pm Patrick Drury: [email protected] at St. Maryʼs , 9505 Gayton Road, Henrico, VA 23229. Registration cost is ANTIOCH: February 14-16. High school students our annual $20 per person and includes lunch. Register CHRISTIAN FORMATION Antioch retreat will be Friday, February 14 through Sunday, at www.stmarysrichmond.org. February 16 at Charlottesville Catholic For more information please visit our website at Nancy Brinkac: [email protected] School. Registration forms are available on our www.richmonddiocese.org/worship or contact Angela ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN PREPARING FOR website. Any parishioner willing to share their house Jackson 804.622.5262. THE SACRAMENT OF FIRST EUCHARIST with a small group of teenagers as a sleep home, please contact Patrick. Now that we've experienced God's forgiveness preparing for and celebrating the Sacrament of First Reconciliation, our focus DIOCESAN YOUTH CONFERENCE: High school students: join NEXT WEEKEND: April 26/27. Registration shifts to preparing for the Sacrament of First Eucharist, the us Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16 for the Diocese deadline is April 4. Preparation Class is April 12. source and summit of our Catholic faith. Our Parent Meeting of Richmond's annual Diocesan Youth Conference. Hang out SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: In the Diocese of Richmond will be on Wednesday, January 29, from 7:00 to 9:00pm in the with thousands of Catholic teenagers throughout Virginia for you are required to contact a priest or deacon at least 6 Parish Activities Center (PAC). At this meeting, parents will be great talks, tons of ways to grow in your faith, and a ridiculous months before your wedding. No dates should be set before able to sign-up for their child's First Eucharist celebration amount of fun. The cost is $160 per person for the entire meeting with one of the clergy. To register for a Catholic Mass. weekend. RSVP by, Sunday, February 16. Engaged Encounter retreat, please call 804-270-7788.

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Stewardship Opportunity ~ Tree of Life FINANCIAL RESOURCES Parishioners can permanently memorialize or For the weekend of January 25/26 honor a loved one, family member or a friend by General Offertory $ 9,047 making a donation for a leaf on our Tree of Life. Outreach $ 325 The tree is located on the south wall of the Narthex. Enrollment Haiti $ 140 forms are available next to the Tree of Life or in the Parish Debt Reduction $ 615 Office. Forms can be returned in the collection basket, to the Respect Life $ 15 Parish Office or mailed. Please make checks payable to Church of the Incarnation with Tree of Life on the memo line. EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES [email protected] Charlottesville ~ CCS ST. ANSELM INSTITUTE for Catholic Thought will sponsor www.cvillecatholic.org 434-964-0400 two free public lectures during February. On Thurs., Feb. 13, at 5:30pm William Cavanaugh, Professor of Theology, DePaul CCS provides a rich and challenging curriculum in a community University, will speak on “Economics and Christian Desire: rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Traditions of the Milton Friedman, St. Augustine, and the Local Development of Catholic Church. The school nurtures studentsʼ God-given gifts, a Global Moral Economy.” On Tues., Feb. 18, at 6:00pm, Most cultivates a life-long thirst for knowledge, and prepares students Rev. Charles J. Chaput, of Philadelphia, will speak to embrace their world through lives of faith, service and on “The Political and Social Structures of the Common Good.” leadership. We continue to accept applications for the 2014- Both lectures will be held in the auditorium of Minor Hall on the 2015 school year. Contact our Admissions Coordinator, Katrina UVA grounds. Kuhn (434-964-0400 x 307 or [email protected]) to UPCOMING RETREATS at Shalom House Retreat Center schedule a tour or join us for our monthly open house on the – February 15,-9:00am to 3:00pm. Seeing Through the Eyes third Wednesday of each month. For more information, visit our of God, A Day of Nature Photography with Bill Fox. website – www.cvillecatholic.org. –March 5 - 9, The Samaritan Woman Retreat - This is a directed retreat aimed at those who are in life transition or in a new stage of spiritual growth. –March 21 - 23, Centering Prayer, Listening with the Ear of the Heart. Facilitated by Sr. Charlotte Lee, OSB We celebrate the life of our parish! There are spaces available for each of these retreats. Call Please let us know if you are new to the parish, Shalom House at 804-883-6149 for info or to register. You can are moving from it, are celebrating a significant event also go to http:/www.shalomhouseretreatcenter.com under or are in need of prayers. Retreats/News for registration forms. To everything there is a season and a time AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MARKETPLACE HELP: JABA is pleased to announce that our Insurance Counseling Office has for every purpose under heaven . . . added a new program to assist individuals with the Affordable “. . . a time to be born . . .” Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace. Individual counseling “. . . a time to be healed . . .” appointments are available now at JABAʼs Hillsdale location and at the Jefferson School. For appointments or information, Gene Albro, Dorothea Anthony, Luke Balsam, Meg please call 434-817-5239. Bojarski, Frank Brinkac, Elaine Bunch, Rose Byrne, Baby Mitchell Carder, Rose Chioni, Jenny Balsam-Christensen, FISH Mentors: Engage the wisdom of age…yours! Experience Rose Colasuonno, Pat Cook, Simon Cory, Harry DeLeijer, the wonder that children bring by becoming a certified Evans DiSantis, Kay Dannals, Tom Donohue, Nancy FISH volunteer. “Friends in Schools Helping”, (FISH), Floyd, Sandy , Alice Anne Garrett, Harry Gebhardt, is a JABA program that matches community Muriel Grimm, Ben Guthrie, Ines Hernandez, Richard Hill, residents with children that need help in our local schools. Joan & Randy Hobbs, Jean Holienka, Bob Horan, Ray Learn more by contacting FISH at 434-817-5289 or Jacquin, Gert Effie Keith, Tippie Koenig, Helen Krespach, [email protected]. Tyler Lafferty, Paul Lochli, MaryAnn March, Helen Miska, DIOCESAN JOB LIST: visit www.richmonddiocese.org/human. Vito Maltese, Chris Maslyk, Susan McKeowin, Msgr. Click on “subscribe for job updates” to receive new notices. Chester Micheal, Levi Miller, Ron Mohr, Ed Morris, Fr. Larry : Is Christ Mullaney, Frank OʼLeary, Betty & Paul Peck, Katie calling you to walk in the footsteps of St Francis of Prendergast, Ruth Ann Redmond, Chris & Jadea Riener, Assisi? If you are interested in learning more about Franciscan Josie & Patrick Russamano, Ernie Sardi, Jennifer & David spirituality, or possibly find yourself discerning a call to the Scheer, Roger Scott, Bill Shea, Tom Shepherd, Naomi Secular Franciscan Order, please visit us. All are welcome! We Sissons, Brenda Shortall, Sandy Stevens, Matthew meet in Room 8 at Incarnation on the first Saturday of each Sweeney, Lauren Taddei, Betty Vargas, John Vlasis, month from 11:30-2:30pm. See PeaceandAllGood.org to learn Glenda Voelmeck, Heather Wetzel, Marianne Zeigler more, or contact Carl Stacy, OFS at (434) 326-4492. “. . . a time to love . . .” SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITE Community “. . . a time to die . ..” of Blessed Elizabeth of the meets at St. Francis Church nd “. . . and a time of peace .” in Staunton on the 2 Sunday of each month from 11:30am- 4:00pm. If you are interested in learning more or if you feel Chris Brinkac, Tom Campbell, Christopher Horsfall, called to a Carmelite way of life, please pick up a brochure on Mike Mueller, Joshua Ostrowski, Charles Pitt the Programs bulletin board.

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JUSTICE AND CHARITY MINISTRY MARDI GRAS is coming up in a month, and to Sheila Herlihy: [email protected] celebrate, our Haiti committee is going to have a bake sale! Right now, weʼre looking for people to IMPACT Nehemiah Action: DATE CHANGE! At the IMPACT help us make goodies to sell, getting rid of all the research meeting last week, it was announced that the sugar in your house in preparation for Lent. If you Nehemiah Action date has been moved to May 5. The John are interested, please contact Tom Houlihan Paul Jones arena had a conflict, so it will not be our original ([email protected]). date of April 28. Please make sure to save the evening of May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) on your calendar! This is a big event for justice in our community, and we would love for the whole parish to be present. PAX CHRISTI: The Charlottesville chapter of Pax Christi will meet in room 22 at 7:00pm on February 13. All are welcome to Incarnation Art Show come and talk about how we can live the Peace of Christ and impact the broader community. Weʼre hoping to plan a Lenten Proceeds this year go to various Respect Life Ministries reflection. Contact Anne Deane ([email protected]) Saturday, March 1 with any questions. 6:00-9:00pm TAX HELP: If you are an accountant and want to Wine, cheese, art and readings by authors. share your skills with people in need, there is an Interested artists and authors contact Tom Craig at 293-5679 opportunity coming up. Sin Barreras/Without Barriers is a community organization that has offered tax help to recent immigrants for the past several years, but this year they are Parishioner Pauline Hovey will be serving the immigrant without an accountant. We are hopeful that we can continue to population on the border in El Paso with the School Sisters of fill this need in our community. For more info, please contact St. Francis until late March. If you would like to follow her [email protected]. journey as she discerns Godʼs call in her life and shares RECYCLING: You may have noticed that we have stories about the personal side of the immigration issue, follow a new recycling dumpster in the parking lot. her blog at www.paulinehovey.wordpress.com. Although it is smaller, itʼs being emptied more GREATER GOOD TECHNOLOGY is a ministry, frequently. It is still single stream, so everything from started by parishioners Carl Stacy & John Clem cardboard to plastic to glass can go in there. We appreciate that offers on-line training to the homeless in our parishʼs green efforts as we care for Godʼs creation! Charlottesville to help them find employment. Our current FOOD MINISTRY: We received an incredible boon for our crowd-source fundraising campaign is with Indiegogo for parish Food Ministry a few weeks ago. Trader Joeʼs has $10,000 to sustain and expand this program. Your prayers offered to donate their leftover produce and prepared foods and support are greatly appreciated. Details at twice a month. We are looking for parishioners to assist in catholicws.com picking up this food from 9-11am on the first and third Fridays of every month. Please contact Kathleen Ashe ([email protected]) if you are interested. As always, we welcome new donations, and also those who feel called to give of their time in this important ministry. Through your generosity, we are able to feed over 80 families! HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: Habitat for Humanity is a great PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY opportunity for our parishioners to participate in constructing safe and decent homes for families in need. Please consider Incarnationʼs Health Ministry sponsors a "Prayer Shawl signing up for our build days on February 15 and March 22 and Ministry". The shawl serves as a mantle and sign of God's April 26. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex, or you can contact healing presence to strengthen someone who is weary, to ease Martha and John Horsfall ([email protected]) with their suffering and to comfort them when in pain or when they questions. We will need individuals to help with construction, feel alone. The shawls are made with love by lunches, and photography. Help us keep building Godʼs parishioners. Prayer shawls are available in the Parish Office. kingdom! There is no cost for the shawl. Donations are accepted. Please contact Donna Jordan (434)466-7703 or email

[email protected] for any questions or to sign up to participate in this loving ministry.

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