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Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church www.ctrcc.org 46833 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling, VA 20164 facebook.com/CTRSterling Phone 703-430-0811 - Fax 703-430-1590 Office Hours - Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm / 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm STAFF Pastor Fr. J.D. Jaffe [email protected] Parochial Vicar Fr. Mark Moretti [email protected] Parish Administrator Donna M. Ata [email protected] Director of Religious Education Hunter Lillis [email protected] Director of Spanish Religious Education Amelia Silva [email protected] Director of Music Mass Schedule Claire M. Schweppe [email protected] Saturday Holy Days Coordinator of Spanish Music 5:30 pm - English 8:00 am & 7:30 pm - English 7:00 pm - Spanish 8:30 pm - Spanish Geovani Flores [email protected] Sunday Weekdays 8:00 am, 10:00 am - English Monday - Friday 8:00 am Secretary/Assistant to the Administrator 12:00 Noon - Spanish Saturday 9:00 am Mauricio Carpio 5:30 pm - English [email protected] Confession Schedule Secretary Saturdays Cristina Orellana 8:00 - 9:00 am - English and Spanish [email protected] 3:30 - 5:00 pm - English and Spanish PARISH INFORMATION - INFORMACIÓN PARROQUIAL Engaged couples must make Baptism is ordinarily celebrated arrangements at least six months prior within a faith community. Please call to the date of marriage. All are the office to register for a preparation required to participate in a marriage class and to arrange for a time for the preparation program. Please call the celebration. office to make an appointment. We welcome you to our Parish Commu- nity and invite you to call or register in person at the Parish Office. Registration forms are also available on our website La pareja interesada en celebrar el at www.ctrcc.org. Las charlas pre-bautismales se Sacramento del Matrimonio, necesita Todos los feligreses están invitados a ofrecen el tercer sábado de cada mes. realizar un curso de preparación; por registrarse en la parroquia. Para regis- Si desea bautizar a su niño entre las tal motivo debe contactarse con el trarse pueden llamar a la oficina parro- edades de recién nacido a 6 años Sacerdote por lo menos 6 meses antes quial o visitarnos. pueden llamar a la oficina Parroquial de la fecha de su matrimonio. Todos de lunes a viernes y contactarse con están llamados a participar de la Cristina Orellana al 703-430-0811. formación matrimonial (pre-cana o Groups convalidación). Por favor llamar a la Oficina Parroquial. Rosary Multilingual Rosary - Monday - Friday MORNING MASS mornings after the 8:00 am Mass. WEATHER NOTICE Interested in becoming First Saturday Rosary - The First Saturday Christ the Redeemer will always Catholic or have an celebrate morning Masses. In order unbaptized child 8 or of each month after the 9:00 am Mass a to avoid risking your personal safety, older? If so, please call the Parish (Blue Army) Multilingual Rosary is prayed in please use wise discretion when Office and speak to Hunter Lillis. French, Spanish, English and Vietnamese in travelling in severe weather. the main church before the Blessed Para obtener información sobre la Sacrament. For more information, please preparación en español de los tres contact Annette Gibson at 703-481-9507. sacramentos de iniciación (bautismo, ¿SE MOLESTA POR LA BEBIDA In English – Wednesday at 7:30 pm in the DE OTRA PERSONA? confirmación, primera comunión) ó Chapel. For more information, call Diane información sobre el sacramento de la Si alguien allegado a usted: familiar, Kilkeary at 703-430-6228. amigo, compañero de trabajo o vecino, confirmación para adultos; comunicarse con Amelia Silva, In Vietnamese - Saturday at 9:30 am in the tiene o ha tenido problemas con la directora 703-430-0811. Chapel. For more information, call Hoa Ngo bebida, visite un grupo de AL-ANON y at 703-430-7461. Alateen encontrara respuestas, apoyo y ayuda. Respetamos su anonimato. 7 CAR WASH En Español - Todos los viernes en la Reuniones en las Iglesia: Cristo As you get your car washed, help the Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Redentor Jueves 8:00-9:30 pm Info.703 poor and needy. We receive 10% of Guadalupe a las 8:00 pm Para más -406-0791 o 703-216-8319. what CTR parishioners pay. As you información comunicarse con Melvin pay at the carwash, sign the book so we Cabrera 571-205-8836. receive their donation. MISAS MEMORIALES Seniors La santa misa se puede celebrar en BULLETIN DEADLINE The CTR Senior Group meets Fridays at caso de muerte. Para arreglar una The bulletin deadline is Thursday prior to 11:30 am in the Library for “Bring Your misa funeral pueden llamar a la the week (10 days before) you wish to Lunch” meetings or at a local restaurant on oficina parroquial. Intenciones have your announcement in the bulletin. the second Friday of the month. comunitarias tienen que llegar 15 Thank you for your cooperation. Parishioners 55+ are invited to join. For minutos antes de la misa. more information, call Claude Gianino at 703-858-0641. Contact the Parish for Communion Confessions are heard on Saturdays calls to shut-ins, sick, hospitalized and from 8:00 – 9:00 am and 3:30 - 5:00 pm in cases of serious illness or death. Knights of Columbus Are you interested in joining the K of C in the Guadalupe Chapel. “Christ the Redeemer Council #16234” here at our parish? For more information, please contact Everett Por favor llamar a la Oficina Barnes at [email protected]. Parroquial para solicitar la suministración de los Sacramentos Altar Servers El Sacramento de Reconciliación se de Confesión o Unción de Enfermos, Any boy or girl 4th grade and up that is celebra todos los sábados de 8:00 am a ya sea en la casa u hospital. interested in serving, please call Gail 9:00 am y 3:30 pm a 5:00 pm en Dowling 703-421-7499. la Capilla de Guadalupe. NEXT WEEKEND’S SECOND COLLECTION Next weekend, July 6/7, Fr. Jaffe will be speaking at all Masses about the wonderful work being done in our Diocesan Mission of Bánica, Dominican Republic. This mission serves over 13,500 poor communities in the rural area of the Dominican Republic on the border of Haiti. Through your generous contributions, the Diocese of Arlington has been able to provide the 60 impoverished communities there with priests, volunteers, and generous material support. A second collection will be taken up to support the continuation of this work. Please come prepared to support this effort. Immaculee Ilibagiza Retreat August 10, 2019 St. Leo the Great Catholic Church - School Gymnasium 3700 Old Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22030 This retreat includes Immaculee's witness of the power of prayer, miracles of the Rosary, and inspirational music. No one will leave this retreat the same as when they came. Tickets - Individual: $57 / For One Plus Guest: $76 Registration contact: Annette Micek - [email protected] CTR’s Summer Choir Local contacts: Jeanne Costello - 571-213-0318 is Calling All Singers and Amy Atkins: [email protected] - 703-675-2493 Instrumentalists! June 30 - August 25 Warm-Up: 9:30 am Mass: 10:00 am “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.” Are you called to be All are invited to come “try out” a laborer for Christ as a priest, deacon, singing in choir! No experience brother or sister? Call Fr. Michael needed! Come experience the joy Isenberg, 703-841-2514, or write: of singing in a choir community. [email protected]. We will meet before Mass to warm-up in the choir room. Retreat for the Seriously Ill Concerned about infanticide, the degrading of human life, the loss of The Retreat for People Facing parental rights, the exploitation of young women, socialism and the Serious Illness offers a unique anti-God trend in America? opportunity for men and women St. Raymond of Peñafort Church in Springfield will host a series of talks who face serious physical illness to given by pro-life author, Terry Beatley. Terry is the founder of Hosea come away for a weekend of Initiative and author of, What If We’ve Been Wrong? Keeping My Promise refreshment and spiritual renewal in to America’s “Abortion King.” It chronicles the legacy of Dr. Bernard the love of the Lord Jesus. The Nathanson’s conversion from co-founder of NARAL Pro Choice America retreat is offered at no cost to to pro life advocate. All events begin at 7:00pm. They are free and all are participants. Held at the San welcome. Damiano Spiritual Life Center in July 25 White Post, VA, from July 12-14, the retreat is staffed by a team of The Disturbing History of Margaret Sanger’s Racist health care professionals who Population Control Plan called “The Negro Project” ensure medical needs are met, as and a discussion about action. well as priests and volunteers. August 22 Email [email protected] or call the “Hush” Documentary (hushfilm.com) – Every main phone line at 703-335-2779 Women’s “Right to Know” the connection between and dial option "9" for information abortion, birth control and breast cancer. on the retreat. To leave a message dial ext. 14. READINGS AND Offertory totals not available at this time. MASS INTENTIONS Vacationing? Monday, July 8 Genesis 28:10-22a ● Matthew 9:18-26 Please don’t forget to send us your Sunday envelopes or sign 8:00 am † Jeffrey William Phillips up for Faith Direct; we need your support to continue our Tuesday, July 9 Genesis 32:23-33 ● Matthew 9:32-38 8:00 am † Irvin Kemp ministries in the Parish during the summer months.
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