Faith Direct is an excellent and easy way to support the parish while reducing the administrative costs of envelopes and saving our wonderful staff and volunteer’s precious time.

To enroll in the Faith Direct program you may pick up an enrollment form in the parish office or enroll online at www.faithdirect.net using our church code VA99.

Thank you for your generosity!

OPLATKI ARE HERE!

We now have oplatki available at the Parish Office. A donation to cover the cost of the oplatki would be greatly appreciated.

“Oplatek” is derived from the Latin word “oblatum,” meaning gift or oblation, and has a Eucharistic connotation. Oplatki (oh-PWAHT-kee) are authentic traditional Christmas wafers popular in Polish, Slovak and Lithuanian cultures. Oplatki are baked from pure wheat flour and water and they are embossed with Nativity scenes. The tradition of sharing the Oplatek on Christmas Eve is a wonderful opportunity for families to gather and reconcile any differences.

2013

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2014

AS THE YEAR OF FAITH ENDS

From a Column by the Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde featured in the Arlington Catholic Herald

…. This year, we have truly sought to enrich our own faith life, turning ‘ad intra’ to a deeper relationship with Christ. So, what now? By continuing to grow in our faith, we become chords of Christ’s love to others, turning outwards, ‘ad extra’, to the world. With the end of this Year of Faith, I ask you to ‘cast into the deep’ as evangelists, burning with a love of Christ and a desire to share the Good News.

Go Forth with Hearts on Fire is a pastoral letter by Bishop Paul S. Loverde of the Diocese of Arlington, released on November 24, 2013.

Please click on the above to go the "Go Forth with Hearts on Fire" website.

Parish Bible Study Classes using Matthew: The King and His Kingdom

click the image below for the registration form

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It's not too late to join in

Tuesdays, 7 pm - 9 pm

 in St. John's Mercy Hall

Matthew: The King and His Kingdom shows how Jesus builds on the foundation laid in the Old Testament to inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth. For this reason, it is an ideal follow-up study to the basic narrative of Scripture taught in the Bible Timeline course.

All adult Parishioners are welcome!

St. John's "YEAR OF FAITH" Discussion Group

Father Gould will lead our next discussion in Mercy Hall on Friday, January 31st, at 7:00pm.

We will take December off. Our schedule for early 2014 should be available soon.

If you have not previously signed up for the discussions, please call 540-272-0742 or send an email to  jvolpe@infionline.net

To Order Your Own Prayer Card(s) as seen below, please e-mail  Christy Williams
at clw.cwilliams@gmail.com

Bishop Loverde's Letter on the HHS Mandate

Bishop Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of the Arlington Diocese, commented on the decision by the Obama Administration to mandate sterilization and contraceptive coverage, including abortifacients, in health insurance plans offered by religious institutions. Please read Bishop Loverde's entire

Statement Here.

How can I help?

USCCB INFORMATION

Human Life International:
  http://www.hli.org/

Priests For Life:
  http://www.priestsforlife.org/index.aspx

The Miracle of Life: 
  http://copiosa.org/life/life_miracle.htm

Description of the Development of the Fetus by Week Throughout Pregnancy:
 http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-week-by-week

Culture of Life:
http://www.the-culture-of-life.com

Catholics Come Home

is an evangelization website dedicated to answering your questions about the Catholic Faith.

If you used to be Catholic and would like to come home,

If you are not Catholic and would like to learn more.

If you are Catholic and would like to grow in your faith and help others to come home.

Thank you to all who contributed generously to  the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA).  This agency of the Holy See was established by Pope Pius XI in 1926 and supports the churches of the East.  For additional info please click here:  CNEWA