Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with perfect confidence.-St. Francis de Sales

SacramentsConfessions: Friday 10:30am; Saturday 8am and 3:30pm ; Wednesday 8pm Anytime by appointmentConfessions are held in the Church

Matrimony: Parish couples planning to be married must make arrangements with the Office at least six months prior to the in-tended date of marriage.

Baptism: Baptisms are typically held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday of the month at 1:30pm. Baptism class is the last Friday of the month at 7pm. Call the office for details.

Anointing of the Sick: We are privileged to bring Holy Commu-nion and administer the Holy Anointing to the sick and home-bound upon request. Please call the office to let us know your needs.

Parish Staff Reverend James Gould, PastorReverend John Heisler, Parochial VicarDeacon Larry HammelMrs. Amy Harrison, Business ManagerMrs. Leslie Sheldon, Office ManagerMrs. Kim Livaudais, Director of Religious EducationMrs. Janice Rees, CRE, Sunday Bulletin, WebsiteMs. Emily Glass, Director of Youth MinistryMr. Michael Galdo, Director of MusicMrs. Laura Burgess, SacristanMr. Jerry Jones, CustodianMrs. Maria Alvarenga, CustodianMr. Antonio Alvarenga, Custodian

Contact InfoParish Office - 540-338-6381office email - secretary@saintfrancisparish.orgReligious Education Office - 540-338-4497RE email - RE@saintfrancisparish.orgIn case of an emergency - 540-338-6440Fax - 540-338-643137730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA 20132www.SaintFrancisParish.org

Welcome!Please register and become part of our parish community. You may fill out a registration form in the parish office during business hours.

Office Hours - M-F 8:30am-4pm(Office closed between 12noon and 1:15pm daily)

Moving? If you are leaving the parish, please let us know by calling or dropping a note.

Adoration/Benediction Friday - Adoration is held every Friday following the 12noon Mass through the evening and overnight until Saturday morning before the 9am MassWednesday 7pm - Weekly Parish Holy Hour

Sunday MassesSaturday Vigil - 5pmSunday - 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2pm (masks required)5:30pm (Mass with contemporary music)

Daily Masses Monday through Thursday - 6:30am and 8:30amFriday - 6:30am and 12noonSaturday - 9amCheck the bulletin for Holy Days of Obligation

Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church27th Sunday of Ordinary Time October 4, 2020

St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day - Blessing of the Animals today at 3pm

This Week

Masses for the Week+ deceased Saturday, October 3 Weekday 9:00 am Special IntentionSaturday, October 3 Vigil: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 pm + Neal BrownSunday, October 4 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 am People of the Parish 8:30 am Bob Halzback 10:30 am The Fitzgerald Family 12:15 pm + Tracy Leyden 2:00 pm Henry Augustine Cypher 5:30 pm Leslie BrillMonday, October 5 Weekday 6:30 am + Richard Austin 8:30 am + Daniel EarlTuesday, October 6 Weekday 6:30 am + Vito Pappano 8:30 am John & Jean BurdenWed., October 7 Our Lady of the Rosary 6:30 am John & Linda Prohaska 8:30 am Molly and Rick Smith and familyThursday, October 8 Weekday 6:30 am David and Patricia Burney 8:30 am Arthur CeigersmidtFriday, October 9 Weekday 6:30 am William and Sheila Clare 12:00 pm + Steve Domine Saturday, October 10 Weekday 9:00 am Robert CoteSaturday, October 10 Vigil: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 pm + Vito PappanoSunday, October 11 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 am Deceased members of the D’Elia & Butts families 8:30 am People of the Parish 10:30 am + Francesca DiBenedetto 12:15 pm Eugene & Mary Sue Couser 2:00 pm + Helene Englisch 5:30 pm Douglas & Gladys Vito family

27th Sunday of Ordinary TimeOctober 4, 2020

Parish Financial Status

Readings for the Week

Masks are required for anyone attending Sunday 2pm Mass.

Live streaming of all weekend and weekday Masses: vimeo.com/event/31282

Modifications for the Weekend Schedules: • Every other pew will be available for seating but please sit apart from each other. Families may sit together. • Masks are encouraged as we are still in the throes of the pandemic. No gloves for Communion in the hand.• All parishioners over 60 and/or those who have health concerns will continue to have the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass in Phase Three.

The Parish Administration offices will continue to be closed through September 15. If you need to contact someone, email Leslie Sheldon at l.sheldon@saintfrancisparish.org

September 26th and 27th1st collection: $ 9,2172nd collection - Parish Center Debt Reduction: $ 1,460

2nd collection this week - Maintenance Fund2nd collection next week - Parish Center Debt Reduction

Our weekly monetary parish needs: $ 32,000 (average)

Tue., Oct. 6 St. Teresa of Avila Study Group 7pm, Rm. 206 Legion of Mary 7pm, Knights Hall RCIA 7pm - ZOOMWed., Oct. 7 TMIY 7pm, Catholic Education Ctr Weekly Parish Holy Hour - 7pm The Mystery of the Eucharist Bible Study - 10am, Room 206 Thu., Oct. 8 Junior Legion of Mary 3:30pm, Knights HallSat., Oct. 10 TMIY 6:30am, Catholic Education Ctr. Women’s Prayer Group 8am, Knights Hall

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel- Psalm 80

Our thoughts and prayers are with ...Our Military Members: MAJ Chuck Mar-shall; Lcpl John Owen Patterson; SSgt. Tim Marshall; 2nd Lt. Patrick Gutierrez, MAJ Andrew Cahan; 1st Lt Matthew Ryan, Capt. Patrick Godfrey, LT Scott Cypher, Capt. Vincent Jovene, Capt. Jamie (Jovene) Liddle, SSgt. Joshua Jovene, 1LT Jared Willard, Joe Pultro, LCpl Paul Cotter, 1stLt Rachel Jovene, GySgt Jose O Ruiz Pedroza, PFC Jorge A Lara Pedroza, Capt.. Ross Mentzer, 2nd LT Ryan Patrick Grady; PFC Stephen G. Beard, Sgt. Ernesto G. Castro, LCpl Frankie Thyson, Sgt. Peter AudiThe Sick: Dominic Corcoran, Jack Lehtonen,Mary Jane Arens, Phyllis Heller, Madeline Gonzalez, Mike O’Brien, Bill Wieliczko, Sarah Nolan, Liz Keller; Bob Cote, Jerry Pollard, Joanne Harrington, Rebecca Alvarez, Charles WilliamsThe Deceased: Zach Miller, Danielle Krill, Carolyn Woodland. Ryan Martin, Kimberly Merline, Valerie Wieliczko, Thomas Moorcones, Mary Owen Lyon Chatfield-Taylor, Martha Ann Harlow, Ann Vaudry Williams, Steven Domine, Dick Austin, Phyllis Heller, Vito Pappano

3rd Banns of MarriageChad Jacobs and Alexandra Doonis

Exchange of Vows on October 8, 2020

Weekly Parish Holy Hour Wednesdays 7pm

Using the Miraculous Medal NovenaBegins with Exposition

of the Blessed Sacrament and the Rosary Benediction will follow at the end of the Holy Hour

Dear Folks, Today is October 4th, the feast of St. Fran-cis of Assisi. All are invited to bring their pets to be blessed at 3:00 PM to day. Please gather at the bottom of the steps in front of the church. Please note the weekly Miraculous Medal Novena will take place in the Church at 7PM. Confessions follow at 8PM. All are encouraged to join us. There is plenty to pray starting with our little home in the hills of Loudoun County. Collegians in the stress of their studies. Parents in the stress of viable employment fracturing their hearts and souls. Folks suffering from various physiological afflictions who feel they may have a bull’s-eye on their chest with the Coronavirus 19 running wild. Stresses to marriages, single life… and that includes the high school kids and their sweet-hearts trying to get through the isolation period when they should be developing their communication skills with a live human being. For every ave that is needed there is more than enough threats from the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. The weekly novena might a good place to take the spouse after a quiet dinner at Chick Fil A or meet the girl you would have taken to the home- coming that will never happen. Please join us. The other day one of the mothers of the parish asked for consider-ation of a parish program for the Family Consecration. Sounds like a great idea. Please stay tuned, more details to come. Just a note to remind everyone that the elections are coming up. Please vote… you know. Also please pray for the process that will involve the determination of the next “controversial” recommendation for a justice in the Supreme Court… you know. I very much commend Rev. Franklin Graham for his Prayer March on Washington this past weekend. It was a beautiful event with many thousands of prayer war-riors, some carrying papal flags. It’s too bad it didn’t get much coverage from the media. But … you know. Every vote in this election is going to be needed… you know. Many thanks to Mrs. Kim Livaudais and Mrs. Janice Rees for helping open the doors for the CCD program this past week. They have been working morning, noon, and night for the past month and a half to prepare for the opening of class… honoring the rules of compliance required by the diocese. With them you just have to love all our volun-teers. There are none better. God bless every one of them. It is so nice to be back. Let us pray for one another. Just a note to inform you that a recent review was performed by the diocesan offices on the parish plant of St. Francis De Sales and our need to address certain problems. The report was extensive and will be provided in one of my upcoming Parish Letters. One of the most im-portant concerns, of security, lies in the fact that the Church is left open twenty four hours a day. In three weeks’ time, Sunday October 18th the church doors will lock down each night at 9PM and open at 5:45 AM. Fobs/cards will be offered for those in the adoration society who will enter the church during the night. You need only swipe the card/fob over the electric eye adjacent to the right set of doors at the entrance of the church. The green light will indicate the locking mechanism has been released. To attain an electric fob you need only drop a note in the Sunday collection basket. Please address it to “Mrs. Leslie Sheldon.” You will need to provide your name, telephone number, and E-Mail. Fobs will only be provided to parishioners. She will send your fob by mail. In this fancy age of high tech security the computers will be able to identify whose fob used the electric entrance to the church and what time and day they entered. And that is just the beginning. Please stay tuned.

Collegiate Answer: William Shakespeare wrote just over 160 Sonnets that complimented his plays and poetry. Psalm number 85 is one of my favorites: “Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.” It means when good people do bad things the sin they perform is so much more dark and onerous then people who have a long term habit of vice. Collegiate Question: Amy Coney Barrett is the mother of seven children, including one with learning disabilities and two adopted from Haiti. Where is Haiti anyway? That is too easy. Which Jewish politician had the insen-sitivity to question her fitness to be a Supreme Court Justice due to her (church) “dogmas?” Ouch! And what political party in mid-20th century Europe had the in-sensitivity to force Jews to wear a Star of David in public because they questioned their law and prophets? Ouch! They were truly dark days for God and man of whom many millions of people died. We pray they never come back. Go Amy!! Go!! Sorry, I digress… you know.

WEEK OF OCTOBER 4Sunday K thru 8th Grades -10:30am 9th - 12th Grades w/ Fr. Gould - 4pm Monday K thru 8th Grades - 4:45pm 9th - 12th Grades w/ Fr. Gould - 5pm 11th - 12th Grades w/ Fr. Heisler - 5pm RCIT - 6:15pmWednesday 8th Grade- 4:45pm

WEEK OF OCTOBER 11NO CLASSES

Emily Glass Director of Youth Ministry

540-338-6381 or e.glass@saintfrancisparish.org

YOUTH NIGHT – We’re back! All high schoolers are in-vited to Youth Nights on Sunday evenings, 6:45 – 8:30 PM outside of the Education Center. Come meet other teens, learn more about what it means to be Catholic, and grow closer to Jesus with friends!

If you haven’t turned one in for Youth Nights already, a signed COVID-19 Liability Waiver is required for each participant, no exceptions. Find waiver online at https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/youth-ministry/resources/covid-19-resources/

Physical distancing will be enforced and if we need to move inside due to rain, masks will be required. Please bring your own mask just in case.

FALL RETREAT – Save the date for the Fall Retreat: November 6 – 8 at Brethren Woods in Keezletown, VA. All high schoolers are invited to come away for a weekend in the mountains; hang out with Jesus, meet new friends, hike, canoe, and relax! (Location and other details may change pending the pandemic’s progression.)

YOUTH GROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS – Sign up to re-ceive free Remind.com text message updates, reminders, and upcoming meetings. Text @sfdsteens to the number 81010. Also, follow the Youth Ministry Instagram account St.FrancisYouth for event updates and announcements.

ASSISTANTS ARE STILL NEEDED!! so please prayerfully consider helping this year. Catechists and assistants receive free tuition.

Religious Education Calendar

Dear Parents,

We are excited to open the doors once again this weekend to our students in all religious education classes, beginning this Sunday at 10:30 am; Monday and Wednesday classes are scheduled to begin at 4:45 pm. 250 children are attending classes in the Educa-tion Center, with 175 children who have chosen our homeschool-ing option this year.

Father Gould and Father Heisler are excited to work with the high school students in the parish; 49 students are now registered for the Sunday and Monday classes. Parents…there’s room for all, so please register your high schoolers if you haven’t done so.

We are blessed with a dedicated group of volunteer catechists who met last Saturday for Mass, recitation of their Oath of Fidel-ity, and an orientation in the Education Center with Father Gould. We are all very eager to meet your children, and help you with the important work of their formation in the Faith.

All families who have chosen in-class instruction: Please make sure that you have turned in the required participation waiver that is available on the St. Francis website. By signing this waiver, parents agree to perform a nine-question health screening before each class session.

Our re-opening guidelines for parents are available on the website, and outline our change in drop-off and pick-up procedures this year. I will go over this along with other policies and procedures for the year at a very brief parent meeting on the first day of class. Please check your email for details about this meeting.

I look forward to sharing more about the wonderful work our catechists are doing with the children throughout the year…so stay tuned!

with prayers for all as we begin again,

Kim LivaudaisDirector of Religious Education

PLEASE NOTE! It is not too late your register your children!All Wednesday classes, with the exception of 8th grade, have been cancelled. 8th Grade on Sunday is full.

St. Francis Council 11136 NewsNEXT COUNCIL MEETING: will be Wednesday October 14th at 8pm (moved due to Holiday). Since we are moving the meeting time and date, I encour-age all Knights to join us and Father Gould for the Parish Holy Hour at 7PM.

KOVAR DONATIONS: In today’s challenging times, we are looking for ways to continue our great efforts and great programs when our traditional fundraising efforts are on hold. One of such great programs is KOVAR. KOVAR is a Virginia Knights of Columbus Charity established in 1971 to provide financial assistance through grants and home loans to tax exempt organizations providing training and assistance to citizens with intellectual disabilities. We have set up a GoFundMe account to help collect moneys to keep this program going. The campaign is now live and the link is charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/kovarAs a reminder, Virginia Knights have raised more than $14.5 million since 1971 in assistance for citizens with intellectual disabilities and funded such projects as:• Home Loans - Interest free loan program to assist in the purchase of group homes• Transportation - 20% funding to assist in purchasing vehicles needed to transport persons with intellectual disabilities• Group Home Furnishings - Provides grants for organizations need-ing to furnish group homes• Infant Intervention Programs - Grants to establish early detection programs to identify infants with or at risk of intellectual disability• Training Programs - Necessary funding for organizations to train person with intellectual disability to enhance their quality of commu-nity living• Startup Programs - Grants to establish new and innovative pro-grams designed to assist individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families• Special Olympics - Virginia Knights of Columbus is a Presenting Sponsor of Special Olympics Virginia, with KOVAR donating $50,000 per yearPlease consider donating if you can. Any amount helps! Thank you all so much!

Why Are You A Knight? Be more than a Knight in name only. We help in the parish, the community and the world. Our Council will be focusing on the Knights of Columbus Program “Faith in Action”. We will be focusing and looking for volunteers in these four main program types: FAITH, COMMUNITY, FAMILY and LIFE. Contact GK Bob Craig and tell me what would it take for you to come help your church and community. Be active again.

Have You Ever Considered Becoming a Knight and Helping Oth-ers in Your Parish and Community? Find out how you can be a part of the largest Catholic men’s organization in the world. With nearly 2 million members and growing, discover how the Knights can sup-port you, your family, your faith and your community. Contact GK Bob Craig or Chancellor John Losinski (skigators@icloud.com), or look for any man wearing a Knights of Columbus name badge. Let your Light Shine!

May God bless you!Bob Craig, Grand Knight

St. Francis Council #11136 Knights11136@gmail.comwww.facebook.com/ knights11136/

TMIY Year 6: All Things NewTMIY is back and we have one more week with Dr. Scott Hahn until the spring semester. By now we hope your hunger and thirst for the Body and Blood of Christ is growing! This greater devotion to the Eucharist is precisely what will overflow into a consuming desire to spread this great message, mystery, and gift to others. This is exactly how the early Church community grew in number! One of Dr. Hahn’s bestselling books - The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth - has transformed countless souls with a supernatural thirst only Christ himself can sat-isfy. This is one session you definitely don’t want to miss!See you there and bring a friend!Wednesday 7pm (in person) Saturday 7am (in person); 8am (ZOOM)All in person meetings will take place in the Parish Education Center.Due to COVID-19 rules and regulations we ask new participants to RSVP at SFDSMEN@GMAIL.com so we can make appropriate preparations.

New Online Certificate Programs from CDUIn response to Pope Francis’ call in the New Directory of Catechesis, Catholic Distance University is offering two af-fordable online certificate programs to meet the needs of catechists, parents, dioceses, and parishes:Basic Certificate in CatecheticsDiocesan Certificate in Lay Leadership Cost: $45 per course or $250 per certificate program. For group discounts for 20 or more, contact Megan at mdavis@cdu.edu. Developed in partnership with Cath-olic Faith Technologies. Register at cduondemand.com

Attention parents of boys in grades k-8! We’re establishing a new

Trail Life troop at SFdS this Fall! Trail Life is a Christ-centered scouting program for boys that combines service and outdoor adventure to develop them into godly and courageous leaders. Contact Michael Shields mjcshields@gmail.com or Chris McKenna vamcken-nas@gmail.com with questions and to learn how to sign up! To learn more about Trail Life USA, visit their website: www.traillifeusa.com

Trail Life Welcome Picnic!Bring your family Thursday, October 15 at 5:30pm to St. Francis de Sales’ Trail Life open house and welcome picnic! Learn more about Trail Life and our new troop’s plans for the coming year as we gather on the patio next to the Parish Education Center for dinner and activities for the kids. We ask that each family bring their own meal out of caution and consideration of Coronavirus guidelines. The event is not potluck. Please email Michael Shields with any questions: mjcshields@gmail.com

Another burger and hot dogs “picnic” meal was delivered last Thursday to Leesburg Shelter, I was told it is one of their favorite meals! We will change to more hearty substantial oven casseroles for the Fall through Winter months. When we take the amount of food that we ask for, it is to feed the residents living there now, but also for the “Drop In” folks. Those are the truly homeless who are allowed into the building for only two hours a day, to shower, do laun-dry and eat. We make sure to always help with good food for them as well. If you are aware of the shelter’s location, you can see that it is not the easiest place to get to. Therefore, again and again we so appreciate your generos-ity and caring for those Brothers and Sisters in need. Doing things for others is a choice that so many of you make, month after month, thank you!

If you would like to join our volunteer list, please email us:*Mark Ippoliti mark.ippoliti@gmail.com*Tracy Ippoliti tracy.ippoliti@gmail.com

Parish Homeless Ministry

Leesburg Life Chain Join fellow pro-lifers on October 4 for the Leesburg Life Chain at 2 PM on King Street in Leesburg adjacent to St John the Apostle. Signs are provided though bringing your own is great too. This is a wonderful opportunity to transition from the pew to the sidewalk advocating for the unborn. No ath-letic achievements required; we spread out, trying to cover as many blocks as possible to create a sense of volume, and testify quietly and prayerfully. 1600 Life Chains are held con-currently across the nation; a long chain is more likely to cre-ate serious conversation for passing motorists as little Melissa in the back seat queries Daddy-driver on what those signs are about. Block upon block coverage requires folks who care, so please attend. We will wrap up at 3:20 with a group picture. Grandma can bring a chair and hold the little one.

RCIA- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults A walk through the RCIA ProcessHow does our parish attract inquirers who consider becoming Catholic?The short answer is you! When any parish has many inquirers year after year, it is the fruit of the Holy Spirit as parish members open their hearts to welcome others. Members of a welcoming and evangelizing community take seriously their call to share the Divine message of salvation. It happens in parish families, in the work-place, in gatherings with friends and neighbors, and in daily contacts. Give thanks to God as he continuously strengthens each of us who seek to do his will in offer-ing a gentle, humble, and clear welcome to the Catho-lic faith. “Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15).If you would like to learn more about the Catholic faith, contact Travis Moger at jtmoger@gmail.comClasses are held on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. Classes will be via ZOOM format initially.

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS - TODAY!!Please remind your little creatures of God that we will have the blessing of animals today, the Feast of St. Francis of As-sisi. We will meet in front of the Church, at the bottom of the stairs, at 3pm. All are welcome. Please invite the neighbors too. Bring beasts of all kinds, great and small alike, for the annual blessing.

Morning Bible Study GroupWe will be studying The Mystery of the Eucharist. Both men and women are encouraged to sign up for this group. This is a really powerful study that will change the way you view and receive the Eucharist. Consider this, the last time many of us learned anything about the Real Presence, we were just seven years old. The Body of Christ has so much to offer us. We should be very aware of this amazing gift we receive each week. This study pro-vides the opportunity for us to grow in our faith as well as meet other parishioners that want the same. The study begins on Wednesday, October 7 and will meet for 8 weeks on Wednesday mornings from 10 -11:30am. If you are interested, please contact Jeanne Lamana at jeannelamana@ gmail.com

Women's Study GroupWe will be studying and reading Saint Teresa of Avila's The Interior Castle. St.Teresa grieved that most people give all their attention to the outer walls of the castle - their body - ignoring and neglecting the beauty of the soul within. Saint Theresa gives practical advice regarding our inner struggles and urges us for-ward through prayer to each of the seven rooms of the castle and deeper into the heart of the center room to the seat of the King, our Divine Majesty. Saint Theresa believed that progress toward God through prayer is worth vastly more than all the treasures on earth. If you are looking to meet women who like you are seeking the heart and will of God, I urge you to consider joining the Women's Study Group. This study begins on Tuesday September 29th and will meet for 9 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 7 - 8:30pm.If you are interested, please contact Jeanne Lamana at jeannela-mana@gmail.com

COUNSELING OFFERED AT SFDSJennifer Barry, LCSW from Catholic Charities’ Family Services will take appointments offering Individual, Family or Couples Counseling. Jennifer is a licensed clinical social worker who received her Master of Social Work (MSW) from the Catholic University of America. Jennifer can now be reached for telether-apy or for a free consultation. If you are interested in schedul-ing a consultation, please contact her at 703-772-4022.

People in need can find help on our website www.ccda.net/ with food, housing, medical care, counseling, legal assistance, and other services, click on ‘Need Help’. Visitors will find oppor-

tunities to serve the poor under ‘Give Help’ or donate by clicking on ‘Support Us.’This website features compelling images, re-sources, current events and news, and described Catholic Charities’ more than 20 programs and locations, as well as the Catholic principles that inform its work. ‘All good and all transformative love comes from the cross. We thought it was the best way to convey the ongoing and never-ending love of Christ that animates Catholic Charities and our Church.” - President and CEO Art Bennett

The Legion of Mary Our Lady of Victory Praesidium The Spirit of the Legion of Mary is Mary HerselfVisit and Pray with the Legion of Mary! All adults registered in the parish are invited to join us as a guest at our Tuesday night meetings at 7pm, now moved to Knights Hall. This month, we are praying for. sick fam-ily members and their caregivers. Please take a rosary from the basket on the Legion of Mary table in the nar-thex under Our Lady of Guadalupe. All parishioners are invited to pray the Angelus at noon every day with the Legion of Mary for our parish. Cannot join us...then be assured that we are praying for YOU every day!

The AngelusThe Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the

hour of our death. Amen.Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary...And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary...Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incar-nation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.

Amen.‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you’ (Lk 1: 28)

‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb’(Lk 1: 42).

The Angelus can be prayed any time and from wherever you are. Intentions of the Angelus are for our parish and for an increaes in vocations.The Pilgrim Virgin is making her next stop in the Church for the entire month of October which is the month of the Holy Rosary! Please take some time to visit and venerate our parish Pilgrim Virgin. Stay and pray a decade or two...or more! She has been busy visiting homes and blessing families with peace, small miracles and answered prayers. ..please sign up online for your own Pilgrim Virgin Visitation after the month of October. The Enthronement of the Sacred Heart has been a great spiritual blessing to families as it preserves the sanctity of marriage and establishes Christ as King of the home. Please contact the Legion of Mary for more information and if you would like to schedule a first Friday Enthronement of your home. Images available from the Legion of Mary and blessed by Father Gould.All are welcome to join the Legion of Mary for the First Five Saturday devotions af-ter 9am morning mass on October 3rd for the holy rosary and devotional prayers in the Church. Make reparation to the five offenses against the Immaculate Heart of Mary!1. Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception.2. Blasphemies against Her Perpetual Virginity.3. Blasphemies against Her Divine Maternity, in refusing at the same time to recognize Her as the Mother of men.4. The blasphemies of those who publicly seek to sow in the hearts of children indifference or scorn, or even hatred of this Immaculate Mother.5. The offenses of those who outrage Her directly in Her holy images. The Junior Legion of Mary continues to meet on Thursday afternoons at 3:30 in Knights Hall. All parish children, ages 8-17,are invited! We are focusing our spiritual works of mercy on the Catechesis of our families, the Miraculous Medal devo-tion, assisting the adult Legion with their spiritual works and making cards for the Homeless Ministry and homebound and elderly in the parish. Take the Pledge! As November approaches, please consider abstaining from alco-hol for one month for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. For enrollment and to read more information about the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart, please visit www.pioneerassociation.ie/ The spirituality of the association is based on prayer, self denial and reparation.

Project Rachel Post Abortion Healing Ministry: 888-456-HOPE or

visit: www.helpafterabortion.org.

Gabriel Project Pregnancy Assistance Ministry: 866-444-3553 or

info@helpfor pregnantwomen.org

HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS - OCTOBER 2020

AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLSAHG Troop VA0962 is looking for a sponsor for our Fall Fun Run 5k shirts. The donation will be tax deductible. Our troop is also looking for donations of new or like new camp supplies. Tents, awnings, tables, chairs. Thank you for your generosity! Please email troopva0962@gmail.com

Open after the 8:30am, 10:30am and 12:15 Massesin the Church Narthex

The Laity's Mission in the ChurchWe pray that by the virtue of baptism, the laity, especially women, may participate more in areas of responsibility in the Church.