Welcome to St. William of York Catholic Church: “An Authentic Catholic Culture”

Mass Intentions for the Week of January 8th – January 14th

Monday 7:30 AM Cecilia S. Camaya✞

9:00 AM James Anglin✞

Tuesday 7:30 AM Lawrence J. Maxson✞

9:00 AM Andrea Samsky

Wednesday 9:00 AM Clara Rodriguez✞

Latin 6:30 PM Emanuel Kudiabor✞

Thursday 7:30 AM Edward R. Ettner, Sr.

9:00 AM Marie Merle

Friday 9:00 AM Timothy McNelis

Latin 6:30 PM The Rosetta Family

Living & ✞

Saturday 9:00 AM Stanley Michalick✞

5:00 PM Robert O’Neill✞

Sunday 7:30 AM Sienicki/Szafranski Families✞

9:00 AM Eva Thacker✞

10:30 AM People of St. William of York

12:15 PM Arthur Apgar✞

Spanish 2:00 PM Kevin Romero

Super Bowl BBQ Tail Gating Package The Knights of Columbus will once again be selling Eastern

NC style pulled pork, slaw and baked beans for Super Bowl

Sunday. Prices are: lb. of BBQ - $8.00, pint of slaw - $3.00,

pint of baked beans - $3.00. We will also have 2 special pack-

ages. Package #1 consist of 1 lb. of BBQ, 1 pint of slaw and 1

pint of beans for $12.00. Package #2 consist of 2 lbs. of BBQ,

1pint of slaw and 1 pint of beans for $22.00. Orders will be

taken during after all morning Masses or by calling (540-720-

4337) or emailing Jim Everett jimeverett47@gmail.com. The

food will be available in the parish center on Super Bowl Sun-

day, February 4, 2018 until 1:30 PM. A limited supply of BBQ

may be available without prior orders.

January Schedule Changes Friday, January 19th is the 2018 March for Life. Both of our

priests will attend. Therefore, we will be on a modified Mass

schedule (having only a 9:00 AM Mass). All confessions will

be cancelled. Please check the schedule for the next available

dates and times.

Liturgy of Hours Liturgy of Hours will meet again Wednesday, January 10th in

the Brent Room after the 9:00 AM Mass. Everyone is wel-

come to come.

Confession Schedule

January 8th – January 13th Wednesday: 9:30 AM

Friday: 9:30 AM

Saturday: 9:30 AM

Saturday: 6:30 PM

Pro-life Meet and Greet Birthright of Fredericksburg, Inc. cordially invites

you to an information session to learn more about

Fredericksburg’s first pro-life service organization

which was founded here in 1976. By meeting some

current volunteers while enjoying refreshments and

watching a short video, participants will get a clear

idea of its mission and be better able to decide about

becoming a member of the volunteer ranks. The

“meet and greet” is scheduled for Thursday, January

11, 2018, from 7:30 to 9 PM. To register, contact

Kathleen Mahoney at (540) 371-2073 or

bmah761569@aol.com

✠The Epiphany of the Lord—January 7, 2018✠

Sunday Collection for 12/24/17

Offertory: $15,167.00

Faith Direct (Bimonthly): $23,079.00

Total: $38,246.00

12/31/17 Offertory: $18,719.00

Faith Direct (Bimonthly): $ .00

Total: $18,719.00

Thank you and may God bless you for your con-

tinued support and generosity.

Contribution Statements The parish office will be mailing all parishioners a

2017 Contribution Statement by January 31st. You

do not need to request a Statement, as was done in

previous years.

The St. William of York Youth

Name the Saint!

My feast day is January 12th. I am a Frenchwoman who as a

young adult joined a group of women who did charitable

work. My job was teaching the poor. When a request came

from modern-day Montreal, Canada looking for teachers, I

immediately boarded a ship for the New World. My inspira-

tion for serving others was Mary, who dropped everything

to go visit her cousin Elizabeth. In the beginning I had no

students as life was hard on everyone, but I continued to

help people by working in a hospital and eventually opened

the first school. I believed that everyone should be educated

so I taught boys along with girls, poor children, Native

Americans, and adults. I taught practical life skills along

with academics. I acted as guardian for other young women

who came from France looking for husbands. I am called

“Mother of the Colony”. I founded the Congregation de

Notre Dame. Who am I?

CLASSES RESUME, TODAY, JANUARY 7th!!

We will have RE classes on Sunday, January 14th, even

though it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday weekend.

This is the midterm review day for grades 1-7. Please make

every effort to have your child in class.

January 21st is midterm exam day for grades 1-

7. Students who miss this class day must make an

appointment with the RE office to take their mid-

term exam by January 30th.

NO MAKE-UPS WILL BE ADMINISTERED DURING

CLASS TIME!

Religious Education

St. William of

York Catholic

School

Happy

New Year

Your parish school wishes all of you a

grace filled New Year. We look forward to

seeing all of you again after Christmas break.

Merry Christmas Your School Family

School Information

We invite any of our

parishioners who

would like to visit

our school and see

the wonderful things

happening to call

Jennifer Schiller @

540-659-5207 and

schedule a visit!

We welcome you!

This Week in Our Parish Sunday, January 7

Epiphany of the Lord

8:00 AM: Spanish Breakfast (Center)

8:45 AM: RE Class

10:00 AM: Adult Choir (Brent Room)

10:45 AM: RE Class

11:15 PM: Youth Choir (Brent Room)

6:00 PM: RE Class

6:00 PM: CYO (Center)

Monday, January 8 School Testing

Tuesday, January 9

School Testing

9:30 AM: Rosary Makers (Brent Room)

3:30 PM: Cheer Practice

6:45 PM: Boys Varsity Basketball Practice (Gym)

Wednesday, January 10 School Testing

9:30 AM: Liturgy of Hours (Brent Room)

9:30 AM: Confessions (Church)

3:30 PM: Cheer Practice

3:30 PM: Geography Bee Practice

6:30 PM: RE Class

7:30 PM: RCIA (Center)

Thursday, January11

School Testing

Geography Bee

10:00 AM: Chair Exercise (Brent Room)

3:30 PM: Panther Post

4:00 PM: Boys JV Basketball Game (Gym)

5:15 PM: Boys Varsity Basketball Game (Gym)

7:00 PM: Legion of Mary (Brent Room)

Friday, January12

School Testing

High School Application Deadline

9:30 AM: Confessions (Church)

Saturday, January 13

8:30 AM: Baptism Class in Spanish (Brent Room)

9:30 AM: Confessions (Church)

3:30 PM: Baptisms in English (Church)

6:30 PM: Confessions (Church)

2018 Mass Missals are Here! The Religious Education Office has purchased 2018

Mass Missals for the new church year. We have a lim-

ited supply of missals available for any member or fam-

ily in the parish. These are a good resource to use at

Mass. If you would like to purchase a missal, please

come to the RE Office during weekly office hours (9

AM-3 PM) or on Sundays during classes or to the parish

office during weekly office hours (9:30 AM-4:30 PM).

The cost is $2.00 per missal.

Baptism Classes The next Baptism Preparation Class in English will be

held on Wednesday, January 17th at 7:30 PM in the

Library. The next Baptismal Preparation Class in Span-

ish will be held on Saturday, January 13th at 8:30 AM

in the Brent Room. It is mandatory that all parents regis-

ter with the parish office (659-1102) before the class.

The March for Life The March for Life will be held Friday, January 19,

2018. The theme is “Love Saves Lives”. Two 55 passen-

ger buses have been reserved. Pick-up at St. William of

York will be at 11 AM and return at 5 PM. Due to Na-

tional Park Service regulations, the Rally and March

starting point will be in a new location. The Rally will be

from 12 noon - 1 PM at 12th St. on the National Mall

between Jefferson Drive and Madison Drive (near the

Smithsonian American History Museum). The March

will begin, following the Rally on Constitution Avenue

between 12th and 14th street at approx. 1 PM. If you re-

ceived a red scarf for the March last year, please bring it

along this year! Sign-ups to attend will be after all

Masses today, January 7th and January 13th and 14th.

K of C Free Throw Contest Free event! All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 (age as of 1

Jan) are invited to participate in the 2018 Knights of Co-

lumbus Free Throw Championship. The local competi-

tion will be held Sunday, January 28th. For convenience

participants may show up anytime between 9 AM-10:30

AM and 11:00 AM-Noon at the St. William of York

Catholic School gymnasium to compete. The Knights of

Columbus Free Throw Championship is sponsored annu-

ally, with winners progressing through local, district, and

state competitions. All boys and girls 9 to 14 years old

are eligible to participate and will compete in their re-

spective age divisions. At the council level, each com-

petitor gets 15 free throws, and the one who makes the

most shots wins. All contestants on the local level are

recognized for their participation in the event.

In Our Parish

Sponsor of the Week We would like to thank

“Covenant Funeral Service”

this week for sponsoring an ad

in our weekly bulletin.

If you are interested in sponsoring an ad in our bulletin

please call 1-800-833-4343.

Prayer Request… Please keep everyone who is serving in Iraq and Af-

ghanistan and their family members in your prayers.

Ralph Allison, Richard Baffa, Aaron Burke, James Cleary,

George Davis III, Brian Dawson, Robert Deisbeck, John

Ferry, Kyle Fico, Brian Flanagan, Keirsten Hage, Michael

Harrison, Jason Heuer, Denise Huff, William Kerriagan,

Ryan Kraft, Nicholas Kubick, Tyron Anthony Layug, Jason

Locke, Kevin Martin, Orlando Medina, Robert Mills, Shane

Montgomery, Brendon Mooney, Sean Mooney, John

O’Hagan, Gavin Reed, Andrew Rodriguez, Thomas Ryan,

Andrew Sines, Jonathan Sines, Daniel Stehm, David Stew-

art, Gregory Thomas, Chris Tolliver, Kyle Traylor and

Logan Whitworth.

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as

they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless

acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.

CYO WorkCamp Help In with the new, out with your old scrap metal. If you

have any old auto parts, appliances, heat pumps, mow-

ers, machinery, anything metal; call Paul at 540-288-

9940 (leave a message) to schedule a pick up. All dona-

tions received will go to support the St. William of York

CYO with WorkCamp.

Mass When it Snows In the event of a major snow storm of 6 inches or more,

on either Saturday or Sunday, confessions will be can-

celled and we will have only two Masses to fulfill the

Sunday obligation: our Saturday evening Vigil Mass at 5

PM, and the 12:15 PM Sunday afternoon Mass.

The Institute of

Catholic Culture The Institute of Catholic Culture

is an adult catechetical organiza-

tion, faithful to the Magisterium

of the Catholic Church, and dedi-

cated to the Church’s call for a

new evangelization. The Institute

seeks to fulfill its mission by of-

fering educational programs

structured upon the classical lib-

eral arts and by offering opportu-

nities in which authentic Catholic

culture is experienced and lived.

The following is one of the many

up coming events we offer.

Power & Wisdom: The Philoso-

phy of St. Justin Martyr

Kenneth Howell, Ph.D.

Sunday, January 14 Dinner @ 6:00 PM; lecture to begin at 7:00

PM. No RSVP required. Our Lady of Hope Church Hall,

46639 Algonkian Pkwy, Sterling,

VA 20165

St. Justin Martyr stands as a per-

ennial witness to the power and

wisdom of Jesus Christ (1 Cor

1:24) and His Church. A philoso-

pher searching for the true way to

live, he studied all the claims to

truth around him and then em-

braced the Christian gospel. His

synthesis of faith and reason laid

the foundation for a European in-

tellectual culture from which we

still benefit today.