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St Bridget of June 23, 2019 1024 W. Main St. Berryville, VA 22611

t. Bridget (or ) of is one of the three major patron of Ireland Pastor: Salong with Patrick and Saint . Saint Bridget’s faith and labors for Father Paul Grankauskas the Lord are remembered among the Irish people through prayers, sacred places, Rectory: blessings and customs. St. Bridget was an extraordinary woman of faith: strong in P 540-277-2943 • F 540-277-2945 her mission, loyal to the Lord, faithful to the Church, generous to the poor and [email protected] hospitable to missionaries. St. Bridget laid strong foundations for the Church in Hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM - 4 PM (closed 12-1 PM) Ireland. Her feast day is February 1st, the first day of the Celtic Spring. Religious Education: John Sengewalt 540-277-2948 [email protected] Sacramental Information: Mass Schedule: Please check Mass Times and Intentions Knights of Columbus: Baptisms: for weekly changes inside bulletin. [email protected] Sunday, after 9:00 AM Mass Saturday Bus. meeting 2nd Tue 7 PM Hobert Hall Contact the Rectory Office at 540-277-2943 9 AM and 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil) Office of Youth Ministry: Murrow [email protected] Office Hours: Sunday: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM 9 AM Music Ministry: Stacy Sefton [email protected] Marriage: Weekdays: Organist: Contact parish priest at least six (6) months Monday & Tuesday Noon Jenny Sorenson [email protected] prior to proposed date of the wedding. Wednesday 9 AM Eucharistic Minister / Lectors: Thursday & Friday Noon Contact the Rectory Office at 540-277-2943 Chet Lewandowski 540-722-7231 Office Hours: Holy Days: Servers: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM 12:05 PM and 7 PM John Sengewalt 540-277-2948 Sacristan: Confessions: Nationwide Mass Schedule: Becky Jackson 540-955-1715 Saturday 4 PM - 5 PM www.thecatholicdirectory.com Sunday 8 - 8:30 AM Ushers: Hospitalized and Homebound: Jim Willis [email protected] Rosary: Notify the rectory at 540-277-2943 so Men’s Club: The rosary is prayed after the 12:05 PM that the hospitalized and homebound Meets the last Saturday each month Mass on the 1st Friday of each month parishioners may receive the pastoral 8 AM, in Hobert Hall (7:30 Breakfast). care of the church. Dick Drake [email protected] Prayer List: Women’s Group: Contact Becky Jackson at 540-955-1715 Website: Meets 1st Tues. each month after noon mass www.stbridgetberryville.org Mary Kay Batka FISH: [email protected] Food collection is in the narthex on the 2nd Coffee & Donut Sundays: Sunday each month. Please give generously. 1st Sunday: Men’s Club St. Bridget’s Bulletin: 2nd Sunday: Knights of Columbus Deadline Noon Monday 3rd Sunday: Youth Ministry [email protected] Ruth Hayes 540-277-2943 St. Bridget of Ireland

Words of Wisdom Let us therefore everywhere be attentive to God. Let us Mass Times not contradict him although what he says appears to be contrary to our reasoning and understanding. Thus we & Intentions carry out in the Mysteries not only what appears to our Mass Intentions can be made at the senses but what his words tell us. For his word is not able Rectory office from 9 AM - 4 PM M-F to deceive; our senses are easily deceived. Because the Word says, “This is my Body”, let us be attentive, let us be- Monday, June 24 Noon Mass Father’s Day novena lieve, let us look upon him with the eyes of the spirit. Tuesday June 25 For Christ did not give us something sensible; even in the sensible things, all is Noon Mass Father’s Day novena spiritual… How many there are who still say, “I want to see his shape, his image [Gk. ton tupon], his clothing, his sandals.” Behold, you do see him, you touch him, Wednesday June 26 you eat him! You want to see his clothing. He gives himself to you, not just to be 9 AM † Carmen Coella seen but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within… Let all of you be ardent, fervent, enthusiastic. If the Jews stood, shoes on, staff in hand, and eating Thursday June 27 in haste, how much more vigilant should you be. They were about to go to Noon Mass † Mary Schneider Palestine;… you are about to go to heaven. Friday June 28 Saint , Noon Mass † Patricia Clarke In Matthaeum Homil. Saturday June 29 9 AM † Patricia Clarke Diocesan News & Events 5:30 PM Parish Family

Dicesan Workcamp: Please pray for the hundreds of diocesan teens who will be Sunday June 30 giving of themselves all week during Workcamp 2019. Last year’s Workcamp 9 AM † Lewandowski accomplished over 130 projects for people in our diocese that can’t afford or & Vaillancourt Families unable to do for themselves. Projects included replacing 330 windows and doors, 22 roofs, 30 floors, wheelchair ramps and a variety of other projects that made homes warmer, safer and drier. www.arlingtondiocese.org/workcamp. Prayer List FYI Remember the following in your prayers: Parish Leadership Meeting: Thursday June 27th at 7 PM in Hobert Hall. Please come prepared to fill six months of calendar dates for your group. Katie Noland, Sam , Bob Lewis, Josephine Vesey, Spaces still available for the Tour of Ireland trip Oct. 15 – 23, 2019 with Father Matthew Lewis, Michael Boyd, Paul, please pick up application in narthex and sign up now, trip will soon fill. Odiorne, Frank Cefalu, Doug Kruhm, Jim Willis, Backpack Ministry: Donations of tuna or Chef Boyardee are greatly appreciated Tony Tringale, Ellen Kravetz, and continue into the summer months. We are helping to pack backpacks of food Fred Curtis, and Eileen Murray for 38 children in CCPS. Please put donations in tubs in the Narthex. Thanks for your generosity! Any questions, please email M.K. Batka [email protected]. Contact Becky Jackson at June 23, 2019 Divine Mercy Said: “These rays of mercy will pass through you, just 540-955-1715 for the person to as they have passed through this Host, and they will go out through all the world.” go on the prayer list and when the (St. Faustina Diary, 441) person no longer needs to be on the list. We want the prayer list to - Used with permission of the Marian Fathers of the of the be relevant to the needs. B.V.M.

Flag Football Camp The Catholic community in Front Royal is hosting flag football camps for boys 5-16. Pick up a flyer in the narthex for more information. June 23, 2019

Veritas Young Adults Group: The Young Adults of Saint Bridget are sponsoring one more event this month: $2 Bowling in Front Royal on June 24th. See Flyer in Saint of the Week narthex for more info. St. Maria Guadalupe Knights of Columbus Baseball! The parish is invited to join the Knights of Colum- Garcia Zavala bus for a Winchester Royals baseball game June 25th at 7PM. Tickets will go fast for this home game against the Front Royal Cardinals. See www.KofCBerryville.org for Maria was Born in Mexico in 1878 more information. into a family that ran a religious goods shop, Maria frequently visited Faith Direct is easy to use and directions can be found by visiting this website the basilica next door to the shop, www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is VA605 or call 866-507-8757 (toll free) for even at a young age. At 23, Maria told more information. her spiritual director, Father Cipriano Iniguez, that she was no longer going to get married; instead she felt a Religious Education Program strong calling to serve Jesus with an undivided heart by serving the poor Registration material for the 2019-20 school will be sent out in late June. and sick. Father Cipriano told Maria, in turn, of his desire to form a This week is Vacation Bible School: June 24th – 28th We meet each morning congregation that would care for 9:30 to 12 and everyone aged 4 to 12 is welcome. the hospitalized. Maria broke off her engagement, and the two joined together to found an order of care- Office of Youth Ministry (OYM givers, The Handmaids of St. Marga- ) ret Mary and the Poor. Serving as a Arlington Diocese Kings Dominion Day! Save the date! Friday July 26, 2019. nurse when the congregation began Join hundreds of diocesan youth and young adults for a fun day beginning with in 1901, Maria cared for patients re- Mass. Discount tickets will be available. Middle & high school students are invited, gardless of their wealth or status. As younger children can attend if accompanied by a parent. How loud will Father Paul the superior general of her order (and scream on the new Twisted Timbers roller coaster? Come and find out! Contact the known as Mother Lupita), she pro- OYM for more information. vided an example of genuine joy in embracing poverty, often begging in Blandy Arboretum Rosary Walk for Teens: Will be held on Sunday July 14th. We the streets for funds for the hospital will leave St. Bridget after the 9AM Mass (and donuts) and return in the early af- when needed. She sincerely believed ternoon. Bring your rosary and a bagged lunch. Don’t remember how to pray the that one can only truly be “poor with Rosary? No problem. We will teach you! Contact the OYM for more information. the poor” by loving and living in poverty. When the Catholic Church in Mexico underwent persecution beginning in 1911, Maria often put Help Needed her own life at risk by hiding priests, Part-Time Receptionist: Help wanted at Human Life International, Front Royal, for including the Archbishop of Guada- a part-time receptionist. If interested, contact Karen at (540) 635-7884. lajara, in her hospital. Maria served as the superior general of her order until Ride desired Parishioner in need of a ride from Shenandoah Retreat to weekend her death in 1963. Her congregation Mass and occasional weekday Masses. Please contact the rectory if you are inter- now has 22 houses in Mexico, Peru, ested in helping out. Iceland and other countries. Maria’s feast day is June 18th. Part-time custodian STILL needed at St. Bridget of Ireland Church, for weekly cleaning of church, hall and rectory. Please email [email protected] Spiritual Thought and place Custodian Needed in subject line. Janitorial experience and handyman “Every time you smile at someone, skills are a plus. it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” - St. Teresa of Calcutta

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