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M
ASS
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NTENTIONS
PLEASE SEE BULLETIN BOARD FOR UPDATES
Sunday, December 24 – 4
th
Sunday of Advent
7:30 a.m.
Jennett Grandchildren
8:45 a.m.
Kehrli and Carusso Families
10:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Midnight
Pro Populo
Lucille Calderazzo
For An End To Abortion
Monday, December 25
7:30 a.m.
Holy Souls in Purgatory
8:45 a.m.
Ann & John Ocha
10: 30 a.m.
Pro Populo
Tuesday, December 26
9:00 a.m.
Judith Arriagada
Wednesday, December 27
9:00 a.m.
The Daez and Suarez Families
Thursday, December 28
9:00 a.m.
Deceased Member of Jennett and
McCabe Families
Friday, December 29
9:00 a.m.
Robert Dahut
Saturday, December 30
9:00 a.m.
Robert Carlin
5:30 p.m.
Jess Weston
Remember in your Prayers
Baby Naima, Joshua Basile, Marjorie Dolak,
Stephen Kennedy, Maria Keran, Carol McCarty,
Fr. Craig Merkel, William Meyer, Jan Michalski,
Brian Murray, Brad Phillips, Rachael Ragsdale,
Suzanne Willett, David L. Wilson, Jr.
Notices:
●Christmas Day, December 25
th
is a Holy Day of
Obligation. Mass times are on the facing page.
●The Parish Offices will be closed on December 25
th
and
26
th
.
●The 6:30 a.m. Mass has been discontinued.
●There will be no vigil Mass On January 1, 2007, the
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
A Word from Fr. Drummond
Gingerbread houses are quite popular at Christmas
time. This is not inappropriate when we consider the
meaning of the name of the town in which Christ was
born: Bethlehem. The name Bethlehem comes from
the conjunction of two Hebrew words; Bayit, meaning
house and lechem, meaning bread. So we may
translate Bethlehem as Bread House or, more
elegantly “House of Bread”. The meaning is not
coincidental.
Our Lord was laid to rest in a manger, a feeding
trough. The English word manger itself comes from
the French verb, spelt the same way, which means to
eat. This in turn comes from the Latin, Manducare,
also meaning to eat.
From the very beginning of His Human Life, Jesus
points us to His Eucharistic Self.
Our Lord
established the Eucharist on the last night before His
death, yet He was pointing us to the Eucharist from
the very first night of His Life as a Human Being,
when in the town of the “House of Bread” He was laid
in a feeding trough. As we give and accept
Christmas presents, we would do well to consider the
greatest Christmas Present of them all, the Eucharist,
and give thanks to Almighty God for this most
wondrous Gift of Himself to us.
May our Lord grant you all a very
Happy, Healthy and Holy Christmas
.
His Only Son – Our Lord
From the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Name Jesus (430-431)
Jesus (in Hebrew) means “God saves.” Theangel Gabriel
told Mary “You shall name him Jesus.” The angel told
Joseph to name the child “Jesus, because he will save his
people from their sins.” Besides delivering Israel from
Egypt, God made them aware of their sins so they would
invoke him as their Redeemer.
Staff Directory
Maggie Radzik
Head of School
703.759.4129
Anson Groves
Director of Religious Ed
& CYO
703.759.3530
Neil Weston
Director of Music
703.759.4350
Nancy Caro
Sacristan
Rick Webb
Gen. Mgr. Financial Dir. 703.759.4350
Mary LaPlante
Parish Secretary
703.759.4350
Jackie Fox
Bulletin Editor
703.759.4350
Guillermo DeLeon Director of Maintenance 571.641.7999
Emiro Soto
Maintenance
Rosa Hernandez
Support Staff
Stephen Dolenc
Web Master
stephendolenc
@gmail.com
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St. Catherine of Siena - Christmas 2006
December 23, Saturday
9:00 a.m. Mass and 5:30 p.m. – Vigil Mass
December 24, Sunday – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Masses at 7:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
There will be no 1:00 p.m. mass
Christmas Eve
5:30 p.m. – Family Mass
11:30 p.m. – Choral Prelude
12:00 midnight – Solemn Latin Mass
(with Choir and Brass)
December 25, Monday
Christmas Day
Masses at 7:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m and 10:30 a.m.
(with Treble Choir)
There will be no 1:00 p.m. mass
December 30, Saturday
9:00 a.m. – Mass and 5:30 p.m. – Vigil Mass
December 31, Sunday
Feast of the Holy Family
Masses at 7:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (Latin),
and 1:00 p.m.
January 1, Monday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
One mass only at 10:00 a.m.
Daily Scriptures
READINGS AND CELEBRATIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday – 4
th
Sunday of Advent
Mi 5: 1-4, Ps 80, Heb 10: 5-10, Lk 1: 39-45
Vigil of Christmas Is 62: 1-5, Ps 89, Acts 13: 16-17, 22-25, Mt 1: 1-25
Monday – The Nativity of the Lord - Christmas
Midnight: Is 9: 1-6, Ps 96, Ti 2: 11-14, Lk 2: 1-14
Day: Is 52: 7-10, Ps 98, Heb 1: 1-6, Jn 1: 1-18
Tuesday – St. Stephen - Martyr
Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59, Mt 10: 17-22
Wednesday – St. John
1 Jn 1: 1-4, Jn 20: 1, 2-8
Thursday – The Holy Innocents
1 Jn 1: 5 – 2: 2, Mt 2: 13-18
Friday – Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
1 Jn 2: 3-11, Lk 2: 22-35
Saturday – The Sixth Day in the Octave o Christmas
1 Jn 2: 12-17, Lk 2: 36-40
Parish Stewardship
Thank you for you generous contributions for December
16/17. The regular collection brought in $18,123 and the
Poor Box yielded $423.
Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hour
Adoration is every Wednesday and every First Friday
beginning after the 9:00 a.m. Mass and ending with the
reposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 8:55 a.m. the next
day. Holy Hour is every Wednesday and every First Friday
at 7:30 p.m. Adorers are always needed. Please
remember to get a substitute if you are unable to attend. If
you are interested in helping, please contact Anneke
Coleman at 703.759.2599.
Eucharistic Adoration
Adorers Urgently Needed
We are in urgent need of more adorers for Wednesdays
and First Fridays, both for the day and night hours. Please
prayerfully consider whether you can make a commitment
to spend an hour with our Lord. Please call Anneke
Coleman at 703.759.2599 if you can help.
Altar Boy Schedule
December 23/24
5:30 p.m.
the Woods, the Maldonados, the Hatfields,
T. Bylund
7:30 a.m.
A. Spalding, J. Wilkinson, P. Cerroni,
E. Watson
8:45 a.m.
the Webers, P. O’Neill, Z. McCoy,
the Hatfields, the Galbraiths
10:30 a.m. C. Smedberg, W. Twetten, P. Falcone,
the Moriartys, J. Livaudais, A. Giordano,
the deSas, the Manns, M. Ronayne
1:00 pm
No Mass
December 24/25 – Vigil of Christmas/Christmas Day
5:30 p.m.
the McCabes, the Browns, the Hadfords,
T. Bylund
11:30 p.m. J.P. Plummer, the Moriartys, P. Falcone
7:30 a.m.
A. Spalding, K. McQuade, J. Livaudais
8:45 a.m.
the Hales, A. Kotoriy, J. Brake, P. O’Neill,
J. Weaver, the Goodwins
10:30 a.m. the de Sas, P. Falcone, the Moriartys,
J. Wilkinson, the Stevens, C. Smedberg,
J.P. Plummer, the Santorums, M. Ronayne
December 30/31
5:30 p.m.
D. Krohn, the Maldonados, the Hatfields,
the Browns
7:30 a.m.
the Kerans, A. Spalding, E. Watson,
A. Ferguson
8:45 a.m.
the Webers, the Stevens, P. O’Neil,
A. Kotoriy
10:30 a.m. C. Smedberg, W. Twetten, P. Falcone,
the Moriartys, J. Livaudais, A. Giordano,
the de Sas
1:00 p.m.
S. Cynkar, the Ketts, the Galbraiths,
Z. McCoy, J. Weaver
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Catechist Corner
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD)
Class Calendar
December 2006
24,25,26
The Nativity of Our Lord - No classes
January 2007
1,2
The Solemnity of the Mother of God – No classes
7,8,9
All classes in session
14
All classes in session
15
Martin Luther King Day – No classes
16
All classes in session
21,22,23
All classes in session
28,29,30
All classes in session
May 2007
20
First Holy Communion Mass
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
Classes are held each Sunday at 12:00 p.m., in the school,
(room 8, St. Gregory the Great classroom).
December 2006
24
No class
31
No class
January 2007
7
I believe in the Holy Catholic Church
14
The liturgical seasons of the Church &
Introduction to the Sacraments
21
Sacraments of Initiation
28
Sacraments of Healing
Are you considering becoming Catholic or returning to the
Church? Please contact the Office of Religious Education
at 703.759.3530.
Catholic Youth Organization
December 2006
23, Saturday, time 8:00 p.m.
Christmas Party
24, Sunday after 10:30 a.m. Mass
Parish Christmas Decoration Party
Please see the CYO bulletin board in the narthex for
specific event information.
January 2007
7, Sunday - Meeting – “I am the Life”
22, Monday - March for Life
Opus Dei
►A priest of the Opus Dei prelature presents an “Evening
of Recollection” for women on the 3
rd
Monday of each
month from 7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. in the church.
►The schedule for “Evenings of Recollection” for men may
be obtained by visiting the Opus Dei Website at:
restonstudycenter.org and clicking on: 2006 Schedule,
Evening of Recollection for Men. The Reston Study Center
is located at 1810 Old Reston Avenue in Reston.
St. Stephen the Martyr – December 26
th
First Christian Martyr – stoned c.33
They presented false witnesses who testified,
“This man never stops saying things against
(this) holy place and the law. For we have
heard him claim that this Jesus the Nazarene
will destroy this place and change the custom
that Moses handed down to us.” All those
who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at
him and saw that his face was like the face of
an angel. Stephen preaches to the Sanhedrin, concluding:
“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears,
you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your
ancestors. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not
persecute? They put to death those who foretold the
coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and
murderers you have now become. You received the law as
transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it.” When
they head this, they were infuriated, and they ground their
teeth at him. But he, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up
intently to heaven and saw the glory of God, and he said,
“Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out in a
loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him
together. They threw him out of the city, and began to
stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet
of a young man named Saul, who would later be known as
St. Paul. As they were stoning Stephen, he called out,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell to his knees
and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin
against them”; and when he said this, he died.
St. John the Apostle
Aka: Apostle of Charity; Beloved Apostle;
Beloved Disciple; Giovanni Evangelist; John the
Divine
St. John, the son of Zebedee, and
the brother of St. James the Great,
was called to be an Apostle by our
Lord in the first year of His public
ministry. He became the “beloved
disciple” and the only one of the
Twelve who did not forsake the
Saviour in the hour of His Passion.
He stood faithfully at the cross
when the Saviour made him the
guardian of His Mother. His later life was passed chiefly in
Jerusalem and at Ephesus. He founded many churches in
Asia Minor. He wrote the fourth Gospel, three Epistles, and
the Book of Revelation is also attributed to him. Brought to
Rome, tradition relates that he was by order of Emperor
Dometian cast into a cauldron of boiling oil, but came forth
unhurt and was banished to the island of Pathmos for a
year. He lived to an extreme old age, surviving all his
fellow apostles, and died at Ephesus about the year 100.
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The Holy Innocents – December 28
Herod perceiving that he was
deluded by the wise men, was
exceeding angry; and killed all the
male children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the borders
thereof, from two years old and
under, according to the time which
he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was
fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah,
saying: “A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great
mourning, Rachel bewailing her children and would not be
comforted, because they are not.” Modern writers
conclude that since Bethlehem was a rather small town that
the number of boys killed were fifteen or twenty.
Christmas Toy Drive Successful!
A big thank you is in order for all those involved in our
successful toy drive to provide Christmas presents for
children served by the feeding center of our sister parish in
Nicaragua. Sixteen boxes of toys are on their way and
should be in Nicaragua this weekend. Thank you is in
order for:
♥ The parishioners who donated toys and money to buy
boxes and tape.
♥ Members of the sister parish who boxed, inventoried and
delivered the toys to American Airlines.
♥ American Airlines for donating free transport of the 16
boxes from National Airport to Managua.
♥ Captain Mike Wolfe, a newly retired American Airlines
pilot and St. Catherine parishioner who worked with the
airline to facilitate the free transport.
Thanks to the generosity of our parish, Christmas will
indeed be memorable this year for the dozens of boys and
girls in our sister parish’s feeding center which St.
Catherine supports through its periodic poor box.
Junior Legion of Mary
Dear Children,
Do you want to be part of Mary’s Army? She
has many spiritual works of Mercy for you to
perform, including group prayer and learning
to make rosaries. If you have made your first
Holy Communion come join us! We meet
every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 5:30
p.m. in Padre Pio Hall. For information
contact Cathy Fairbairn at cathyfairbairn@yahoo.com.
Over Fifty Club Scheduled Senior Trips
● Philadelphia Flower Show, “Legion of Ireland”, day trip,
March 6
th
.
● Three Bakers Dinner Theatre, day trip, March 22
nd
.
Note, if there is enough interest we’ll make a trip to EWTN
in Alabama on June 4
th
through the 9
th
.
For further information please call Mary Ann at
703.404.8677.
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas …
Celebrate the Epiphany
with Dinner and Dancing -January 6, 2007
Plan Now to Attend – To be held in Bishop
Justs Hall
Tickets still on sale until December 31
st
.
Come celebrate with family and friends and
discover the amazing work of Dr. Maria
Montessori, which continues today across
the world and in our own parish school.
Discover what the future of education is all about while you
celebrate the Twelfth Day of Christmas.
The Vigil Mass is at 5:30 p.m., followed by cocktails at 6:30
and dinner at 7:30. This gala affair is sponsored by Siena
Academy. Feast on an Italian catered dinner, then dance
to the Fairfax Swing Band!!!
For tickets call or email Barbara Kelley, 703.450.8480,
bagkelley@comcast.net.
If you can’t attend but would like to buy a raffle ticket for
one of the exciting raffle prizes (hot air balloon ride, case of
wine and a wine-tasting for six with a wine basket), stop by
the Siena Academy office in the lower level of the Church
and see Sharon O’Donnell, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. Proceeds to benefit Siena
Academy.
In the Diocese & Other Events
Vocations Awareness
Some white-collar jobs are more challenging than others
“See, I have come to do your will, O God.”
How is God calling you to love and serve
Him? If He may be inviting you to the
priesthood, diaconate or consecrated life,
Call Father Brian Bashista at 703.841.2514
or write: b.bashista@arlingtondiocese.org.
Vocation Prayer:
O Mary, Virgin and Mother, draw close to
your heart all those who are discerning the vocation to
which your Son Jesus is inviting them. Help them realize
the presence of the Word within them and teach them to
listen to Him in the silence of prayer, that they may respond
with faithfulness and love. Amen
Gabriel Project & Project Rachel
Listed below are two assistance
programs sponsored by the Catholic
Diocese of Arlington. These programs
are open to anyone in need.
Gabriel Project provides pregnancy
assistance to women and men in crisis
pregnancy. Telephone: 703.841.3810,
Website: gabrielproject@arlingtondiocese.org.
Project Rachel provides assistance to those women and
men who have suffered an abortion.
Telephone: 703.841.2504,
Website: projectrachel@arlingtondiocese.org.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is
a delightful nonsense rhyme set to
music. But it had a quite serious
purpose when it was written.
Catholic in England during the
period 1558 to 1829, when
Parliament finally emancipated
Catholics in England, were
prohibited from any practice of
their faith by law – private or public. It was a crime to be
Catholic. The song was written in England as one of the
“catechism songs” to help young Catholics learn the tenets
of their faith – a memory aid, when to be caught with
anything in writing could get a person imprisoned or
hanged. The gifts in the song are hidden meanings to the
teachings of the faith. The “true love” mentioned refers to
God Himself. The “me” who receives the presents refers to
every baptized person. The partridge in a pear tree is
Jesus Christ. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented
as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy
predators. The other symbols mean the following:
Partridge
Jesus Christ
2 Turtle Doves
The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens
Faith, Hope and Charity
4 Colly* Birds
The four Gospels or four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings
The first five Books of the Old Testament, the
“Pentateuch”, which gives the history of
man’s fall from grace
6 Geese a-laying
The six days of creation
7 Swans a-swimming
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven
sacraments
8 Maids a-milking
The eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing
The nine fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords a-leaping
The ten Commandments
11 Pipers Piping
The eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming
The twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s
Creed
*defination of Colly - old English meaning black
Herndon-Reston FISH, Inc.
Fish = Friendly Instant Sympathetic Help
FISH is an all-volunteer, non-sectarian, non-
profit organization dedicated to helping
neighbors meet emergencies and short-term
needs. Herndon-Reston FISH, Inc. responds to local
residents’ for rent, transportation, furniture, utilities, gas,
medical items and other needs. FISH is a tax deductible
501(c)(3) organization; United Way and Combined Federal
Campaign No. 8359; Commonwealth of Virginia, Campaign
No. 8129. To raise money, FISH operates two thrift stores,
The Bargain Loft and The Closet that has served local
residents since 1981.
The Bargain Loft accepts donations of: art, furniture,
jewelry, household linens, dishes, pots and pans, books,
toys, tapes and CDs, collectibles. Located at 336 Victory
Drive in Herndon close to Herndon Pkwy. . To donate
volunteer or to donate and for hours of operation please
call 703.437.0600.
The Closet, located in old town Herndon, accepts clothing
as well as the items listed above. They may be contacted
at 703.437.7652 for direction, donation hours and hours of
operation. More information may be found at
www.herndonrestonfish.org.
Christmas Anticipation Prayer
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
In which the Son of God was born
Of the most pure Virgin Mary,
at midnight,
in Bethlehem,
in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my
God,
To hear my prayer and grant my desires,
[hear mention your request]
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus
Christ,
and of His blessed Mother. Amen.
.