ALL
COUPLES
Celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary in 2010 please let Father Leo know or call the rectory office.
ST.
STEPHENS FOOD CLOSET:
Items in need: canned pasta, cereals, peanut butter, juice boxes, jelly and rice & pasta side
dishes, spaghetti sauce, canned tomatoes, canned meats. They are often in need of plastic grocery bags and hygiene products.
Please place these items in the basket within the altar area.
A JOURNEY IN FAITH: PART II:
Are
you baptized in another Christian Church, but would like to explore our tradition?
Our classes on Tuesday nights
(starting in September) support and encourage spiritual journeys of all of us. RCIA can provide an enriching faith building
opportunity. If you have any questions, please call the Rectory office or Mr. Bob Wiersberg @ 937-6143.
A JOURNEY IN FAITH PART III:
Are you Catholic but have never completed your initiation and are in need of further sacraments?
We cordially invite you to attend our classes on Tuesday nights, starting September. The RCIA is designed to renew and strengthen
the Christian belief in every parishioner. Please call Bob Wiersberg at 937-6143.
POPE JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLcontinues to accept
applications for admission and tuition assistance for rising 9th and 10th graders. For more information or to apply on-line,
or to visit: www.jpthegreat.org Jennifer Cole, Director of Admissions, can also be reached at 703-670-3061
or admissions@jpthegreat.org
BIBLE STUDY EVENING GROUP: We meet Thursday
from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the downstairs rectory meeting room. Please call the parish office at 825-8945 with questions and
six-week schedule.
THE ALTAR SOCIETY
The members continue their ministry of caring for the altar and sactuary.
This includes laundering and cleaning all of the items and vestments needed for each Eucharistic celebration. We need and
welcome new members to help us. If you are interested, please call Mrs. Kimberlie Gilpin at 540-727-8481, or Mrs. Rose Costanzo
at 399-1601. Thank You!
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES - BY CORRESPONDENCE:
For
couples who are unable to attend a regular scheduled class. Course can be ordered directly from Couple to Couple League
@ 1-800-745-8252
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
Plan
to enrich your marriage by attending one of the next Marriage Encounter Weekend. Call John and Lori Scali at 703-631-5289
or visit: http://marriage4.com
DOMINICAN
RETREAT in McLean, VA offers a unique opportunity for persons who face serious illness to come to a weekend retreat
of prayer, and well planned programs. For more information and to register, please call 703-356-4243.
PRO-LIFE:
Would you be "Pro-Choice"
if choice meant someone had the right to kill you? It's actually easy to be "Pro-choice" as long as you're not the
one being chosen to die. Babies have no choice or voice to speak out for life.
Having sown the seeds of abortion we now reap a harvest of despair, this appears in every area of our
culture causing death of 4000 babies by surgical abortion every day. Let us, as people of god, call
upon the Holy Spirit for the wisdom and courage to cease this barbaric practice of abortion.
RETREAT
FOR POST-ABORTION HEALING:
Rachels Vineyard weekend retreats are a beautiful opportunity for women who have
struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion. It offers a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment
where you can begin the process of healing. For more information, please contact by email at projectrachel@arlingtondiocese.org
THE MOST HOLY BLOOD AND BODY
OF CHRIST:
Jesus has given his Body to eat and His Blood to drink so as to nourish us on our journey towards
Heaven. All are called in Christ but some are chosen to nourish His body as priests and in the consecrated life. Could you
be among them? If so, please call Father Brian Bashista at 703-841-2514 or b.bashista@arlingtondiocese.org
PASS
IT ON:
Your
Catholic Heritage is a blessing you can share with future generations - pass it on! Consider making a bequest to Precious
Blood Church in your will. For more information call the diocesan Planned Giving Office @ 703-841-2516.
ALUMINUM
COLLECTION
is the third Sunday of the month. Aluminum only. No steel.
CULPEPER
LITERACY COUNCIL NEEDS YOUR HELP:
CLC is looking for a few good volunteers. If you can read, you can teach.
By volunteering your time to help an adult learn to read, speak English, or obtain their GED, you impact the life of
the student, those of his family, and our community. Learn more about the free, six-hour tuto training workshops, which are
held approximately every three months. No teaching experience is necessary and lunch is provided.
Call the Culpeper
Literacy Council at 825-5804 for more information or to sign up.
JULIAN
PRAYER CHAIN
is a group of people who will pray for you. Please call Joanna Madorma at 825-2235 with any prayer requests
or if you wish to join the group.
