St. William of York 3130 Jefferson Davis Highway, Stafford, VA 22554

Parish Clergy Mass Schedule Fr. Robert J. DeMartino, Pastor Sunday Mass 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM Fr. Lino Rico Rostro, Parochial Vicar & 12:15 PM (Spanish) Mr. James J. Benisek, Deacon Monday 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM Tuesday 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM Parish Acolyte Wednesday 9:00 AM and 6:30 PM Mr. Daniel A. D’Agostino, KHS Thursday 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM Friday 9:00 AM and 6:30 PM Parish Office Saturday 9:00 AM (540) 659-1102 Saturday Vigil Masses 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM Fax (540) 659-5637 Holy Days of Obligation as announced www.swoycc.org [email protected] Penance (Confession) Schedule Monday – Friday 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Wednesday & Friday 9:30 AM Saturday 9:30 AM & 6:30 PM Parish School Pre-K – 8th Eucharistic Adoration (540) 659-5207 Between morning daily Masses, (Mon., Tue., & Thur.) www.stwillschool.org, fax (540) 659-9863 and First Friday from 9:30 AM – 9:00 PM. David A. Lima, Principal Baptism Religious Education Office Baptism classes are required. Please contact the parish (540) 659-5705 office as soon as possible. Parents are encouraged to [email protected] attend before the birth of their child.

Deacon James J. Benisek, DRE Marriage Preparation Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3 PM Couples are required to make arrangements at least six

months in advance of the desired wedding date. Catholic Youth Organization [email protected] Sponsor Letters Erica Abagnale, CYO Coordinator To qualify, one must be registered for at least 3 months, have received the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and St. William of York Outreach, Thrift Shop Confirmation, be at least 16 years of age and attend (540) 720-6652 weekly Sunday Mass. Married sponsors must be in a Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM valid Catholic marriage. And first Saturday’s 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Bulletin Deadline Parish Membership Friday, in writing, a full week prior. New parishioners are asked to register in the parish office.

Welcome to St. William of York Catholic Church: “Come As You Are… But Change When You Get Here!”

Sixth Sunday of Easter—May 9, 2021—Mother’s Day

Confession Schedule th th th th May 10 –May 15 May 10 – May 16 Wednesday: 9:30 AM–10:00AM Monday 7:30 AM Thomas Quinn+ Friday: 9:30 AM–10:00AM 9:00 AM Richard Mazzotta+ Saturday: 9:30 AM–10:00 AM Tuesday 7:30 AM Walter Clark+ Saturday: 6:30 PM-7:00 PM 9:00 AM Patricia Cashman+ Wednesday 9:00 AM John & Anne Hodgson+ 6:30 PM Lydia Ramos+ We Joyfully Welcome into the Thursday 7:30 AM Edmund Clark+ 9:00 AM Lydia Ramos+ Catholic Faith Friday 9:00 AM Barry Lynn Gorham+ 6:30 PM Glen Ahlansberg+ Melissa Arianna Bonilla, daughter of Jose Bonilla Saturday 9:00 AM David & Paula Buerkle+ Chavez and Marlene Salmeron. 4:00 PM Rev. Ramón Méndez Jared Isaac Rodriguez-Delgado, son of Samuel Ramirez+ Rodriguez-Martinez and Karina Delgado-Siliezar. 5:30 PM Sienieki & Szafranski Lorenzo Noel Vitela, son of Vitela and Families+ Sunday 7:30 AM Art Corbett+ Stephanie Barahona. 9:00 AM Danny Thompson+ Tyler Isaiah Medrano-Portillo, son of Jose 10:30 AM Blaine Donley Medrano-Garcia and Maria Hernandez-Portillo. 12:15 PM People of St. William of York

Mulch! Mulch! Mulch! 2021 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal Missed out on the Mulch sale? Fear not!! We have extra! Thank you to the 34% of households who have helped Please email Erica at [email protected] or call (540) 659- us reach 87% of our BLA goal. Currently, we have 5705 and she will get you taken care of. Thank you for support- pledged $235,262 of our diocesan set goal of ing our youth and their efforts to go to work camp. $270,000. The BLA is an opportunity to unite as a Catholic family and support programs, ministries, and Catholic Communications Campaign services that no single individual or parish could offer Next weekend, we will accept donations at all exits for the by itself. Go online to www.arlingtondiocese.org, Catholic Communication Campaign. This campaign connects scan the QR code below or text “BLA” to people with Christ and builds Catholic Communities in the 703-260-9800 to make a donation. Please United States and developing countries using the internet, tele- help our parish reach our BLA goal! vision, radio, and print media. To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/ccc.

Mother’s Day Rose Sale Sunday Collection for Our youth group will be selling roses this weekend after all Masses. Rose sales support Youth Ministry 5/2/2021 projects and those going to Workcamp 2021. Buy a rose for all the lovely ladies in your life! Prices are: Offertory: $13,739.00 Singles—$3 Narthex: $ 3,195.00 Triples—$8 Other Donations: $ 1,279.00 1/2 dozen—$15 Total: $18,213.00 Dozen—$30 We will have vases available for $2-5 as well. Thank you and may God bless you for your Email [email protected] for more information. continued support and generosity. St. William of York Youth

St. William of York Over 25 Years of Authentic Catholic Education School News “No sacrifice is more acceptable to God than the zeal for souls.” Pope Gregory the Great

Congratulations to all of our students who were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and the Latin Honor Society! We are so proud of not only their academic achievements, but their service and leadership within the school community!

Are you interested in enrolling for the 2021-2022 school year? We are now accepting applications for any new family that is interested in an authentic Catholic education for their child. While most of our classes already have a waitlist, we will walk you through the process of adding your child to our list. All application materials are online at www.stwillschool.org. If you would like more information, please contact Mrs. Schiller ([email protected]).

RE Program 2020-2021 IS COMING TO AN END Congratulations to all of our students upon receiving their First Holy Communion on Saturday.

Today, Sunday, May 09, 2021 – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY – NO CLASSES Sunday, May 16, 2021- FINAL EXAM WILL BE GIVEN VIA ONLINE LINK – NO in class participation.

It has been a wild year, but we made it through, and we are the stronger for it. Many thanks go out to all the families for their patience and understanding as we transitioned from online to in-person instruction, adopted new drop-off and pick-up procedures, and much more.

We are currently working toward a full reopening of our religious education program to in-person classes for the 2021- 2022 school year, which will commence September 2021. The office is finalizing things for the 21-22 school year and will announce the opening date for registration shortly.

Recruitment for the 2021-2022 school year: The Religious Education office is looking for Catechists and assistant Catechists, especially bi-lingual teachers. Please prayerfully consider joining the RE program and help us spread our wonderful faith to the young people of our parish.

We will continue to post information to the parish website @ SWOYCC.ORG about the program along with emails and other forms of communications to keep you up to date on all requirements and meetings. God Bless each of you and your loved ones, especially during these trying times. We ask for your continued prayers. In Our Parish

Sunday, May 9 Mother’s Day Mother’s Day Rose Sales No RE Classes Monday, May 10 Holy Land Olivewood Carvings nd rd Scantron Testing Window On the weekend of May 22 / 23 , 2021, there will be a Tuesday, May 11 display of beautiful olivewood handmade carvings from Scantron Testing Window the Holy Land in our church. These Carvings are made 8:30 AM: 8th Grade World Language Exam (School) by the Christians of Bethlehem. During this difficult 10:45 AM: Strings (Gym) time of Covid-19, Bethlehem is Shut Down, No Tour- Wednesday, May 12 ism, No income. Carving olivewood Now is the only Scantron Testing Window source of income for the Catholic families who are still 9:30 AM: Confessions (Church) living in the Holy Land. Christians in the Holy Land 6:00 PM: RE Classes (Online) used to be more than 37% of the population. There is Thursday, May 13 less than 1% now because of the situation. As Christians Scantron Testing Window 10:40 AM: Strings (Gym) of faith, we must support our brothers and sisters in 3:30 PM: Middle School Running Club Bethlehem. YOU can support them by purchasing some Friday, May 14 of these beautiful carvings after Mass. For more infor- Scantron Testing Window mation, please contact us at 202-302-5889 or visit 9:30 AM: Confessions (Church) www.BethlehemCarvings.org. Saturday, May 15 8:00 AM: St. William of York Baseball (Field) 9:30 AM: Confessions (Church) 2:00 PM: Baptisms in English (Church) 4:00 PM: Workcamp Lock-In (Gym) 6:30 PM: Confessions (Church) Catholic Youth Sunday, May 16 8:00 AM: K of C Donuts (Center) Organization 8:30 AM: RE Final Exams (Online) Please email [email protected] Respect Life News for more information. The Respect Life Committee will say the Ro- sary after the 9 AM Mass on the Saturdays in May. We will be at the Guadalupe Grotto. May 8-9-Rose sales— Please join us with your beauti- Please join us during this month of our ful shining faces to sell roses to benefit our youth Blessed Mother. group. Not only does the money go to workcamp, it also goes to events and fun evenings! Signup coming soon. Sunday Donuts May 15 WORKCAMP LOCK-IN 4-10 PM-- Come join us, May 16th to enjoy some fresh donuts and Typically, we would have had six workcamp meetings coffee, and to meet other parishioners in the parish cen- spread out over six months. Since we couldn't do that, ter after all morning Masses. this day is all of those meetings combined. We will go over many topics, but I will feed them and try not to talk them to death. Baptism Classes The next Baptism Preparation Class in English will be th June 5 TOOL DAY 9 AM-3 PM --This is a safety held on Wednesday, May 26 at 7:30 PM in the Brent training day. The teens will be putting their hands on all Room. The next Baptismal Preparation Class in Spanish th the tools that they will be using during workcamp. We will be held on Saturday, May 8 at 8:30 AM in the will be building a few items that we will then raffle as Brent Room. It is mandatory that all parents register another fundraiser. with the parish office (540) 659-1102 before the class. Parish Needs Special Collection This weekend, May 8th and 9th, we will accept your donations for our annual Parish Needs Collection. All donations should be put in the second (Narthex) collection basket. This special collection provides us the necessary funds to offset the expenses from large capital purchases. Most of you will recognize the picture of those two large HVAC units from the grotto side of our church. These two 8 ton units provide the heat and a/c for the main center section of the church. Both units are 13 years old. Both units have had to be repaired in the past six months. When one recently failed again, the unavailability of parts, the cost of repair, and the probability of more failures steered us to re- placement as the most fi- nancially prudent alterna- tive. The cost for replacing both units is $47,000, in- cluding a most overdue electrical upgrade as well. Your continued generosity of our parish is appreciat- ed.

Roses of Castile Gala Announcement

Dear Friends,

As most of you know, due to Virginia Covid gathering restrictions, we had to change our annual Roses of Castile Gala from an in person event, to a virtual one.

Please join us for our virtual online Roses of Castile Gala on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 7:30 PM EST, when we will be showcasing our new virtual event video. Please go to our website at: guadalupefreeclinic.org and follow the link for the virtual online Roses of Castile Gala site. The link will also provide information about how to participate in our online Raffle to win a unique, one of a kind, needlepoint icon of the Holy Family, created by Father Robert Ruskamp, St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church, Fairfax, VA. Father Ruskamp donated the icon to the Guadalupe Free Clinic to raise funds for the Clinic’s operational expenses.

The virtual Gala site will open on May 8 to also offer information, and auction items as we have done at our past live Gala’s. Bidding opens on May 8 and closes on May 22. The site will remain open to collect much needed donations to support the Clinic.

We hope that many of you will gather for dinner that evening with friends to help us celebrate another successful year at the Guadalupe Free Clinic, and to learn of the many important services we are offering to the community, even during the pandemic.

Kindly forward this invitation to ten of your contacts that may be interested in helping us with our virtual gala fundrais- ing campaign. We would really appreciate it! Every $10 donated helps us produce $120 of free healthcare to the poor and uninsured of our community.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

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