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Saint Agnes Catholic Church Arlington, Virginia
“The Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs...He said to them, ‘The
harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.’”
F o u r t e e n t h S u n d a y i n O r d i n a r y T i m e
P a r i s h I n f o r m a t i o n
Parish Clergy Pastor: Rev. Frederick H. Edlefsen
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Scott Sina
In residence: Rev. Cedric M. Wilson, O.S.A.
In residence: Rev. Thomas Nguyen
Parish Office 1910 N. Randolph Street • Arlington, VA 22207-3046
Office Hours: M-F 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Phone: 703-525-1166 • Fax: 703-243-2840
Website: www.saintagnes.org
Parish Office Personnel
Inquiries: [email protected]
Business Manager: Meg McKnight ([email protected])
Director of Development, Outreach, and Communications:
Amber Roseboom ([email protected])
Facilities Manager: Katie Howell ([email protected])
Ministry and Communications Liaison: Suzanne Rogers
Program Coordinator, Protection of Children:
Joan Biehler ([email protected])
Coordinator of Adoration, Security & Logistics:
Michael Sirotniak ([email protected])
Accounting: Lucy Estrada ([email protected])
Administrative Assistant: Ligia Santos ([email protected])
Faith Formation Office Director (DFF): Marie Macnamara ([email protected])
Phone: 703-527-1129
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Coordinator: ([email protected])
Liturgical Music Director of Music: Laura Cooman ([email protected])
Director, Saint Agnes Ensemble: Richard Lolich
School 2024 N. Randolph Street • Arlington, VA 22207-3031
Phone: 703-527-5423 • Fax 703-525-4689
Principal: Jennifer Kuzdzal ([email protected])
Assistant Principal: Ann Reid ([email protected])
Liturgy at Saint Agnes
Sunday Mass Saturday: 5:00 pm (Vigil)
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am (High Mass), 12:00 pm
Holy Days As announced
Weekday Mass Monday – Friday: 6:30 am, 9:00 am (Rosary after 9:00 am Mass)
Saturday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Rosary after 9:00 am Mass)
Monday: 7:00 pm (in Spanish)
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday: 8:00 am-9:00 am; 3:00 pm–4:00 pm or by appointment
This Week’s Mass Intentions
July Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
M 8 Monday of the Fourteenth Week in OT
6:30 am Jenny Nasuti (Flott Family)
9:00 am Janice and Vincent Maria (Diane Maria)
T 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and Companions
6:30 am Jim Burke (Andree Mirza)
9:00 am Maria Martins (Fernandes Family)
W 10 Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in OT
6:30 am Robert Berry (Carmen deCarvalho)
9:00 am Marian Middendorf (LeRoy & Marilyn Haugh)
Th 11 St. Benedict, Abbott
6:30 am Clayton Rector (Sullivan Family)
9:00 am Fe Gutierrez (Gutierrez Family)
F 12 Friday of the Fourteenth Week in OT
6:30 am Virginia Corey (Maureen Patten)
9:00 am Noel & Colette Byrne (Tom Tillson)
Sa 13 St. Henry
7:30 am Marcel Uny (Michel and Lilian Gemond)
9:00 am Pat & Tom McCreary (Anthony McCreary)
Vigil Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in OT
5:00 pm Symantha Milton (John Milton)
Su 14 Sunday of the Fifteenth Week in OT
7:30 am Christiane & Bernard Ehrhard (Lise Martin)
9:00 am Marcella Druke (Judi Teske)
10:30 am Pastor’s Intention: For All Parishioners
12:00 pm Theresa Rademacher (Elizabeth Shaeffer) indicates person is deceased
Sunday Mass Readings:
Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
IS 66:10-14C,; PS 16:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20;
GAL 6:14-18; LK 10:1-12, 17-20 or LK 10:1-9
The Poetry of Joyce Kilmer An Anecdote to Cynicism
Pastor’s Column — Rev. Frederick Edlefsen
American poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
was born into this world in New Brunswick,
New Jersey and born into the next world when
he took a bullet at the Second Battle of the Marne.
He’s most known for his ballad, “Trees.” “I think
that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree. / A
tree whose hungry mouth is prest / Against the earth’s
sweet flowing breast; / A tree that looks at God all
day, / And lifts her leafy arms to pray; / A tree that
may in Summer wear / A nest of robins in her hair; /
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; / Who intimately
lives with rain. / Poems are made by fools like me, /
But only God can make a tree.”
Verse like this gets famous fast. But it’s shark
bait for critics. Kilmer’s day – the fin de siècle –
was cynical. The “spirit of the age” was
grotesque cynicism – a revolt against anything
that might appeal to a child. Like the composer
Rachmaninoff, Kilmer was often dismissed. For
the record, I like both Rachmaninoff and Kilmer.
But romanticism’s critics had a point. Stunted
sentimentalism can create effete sensibilities,
incapable of confronting or enduring evil. But
cynicism is worse: it hardens the heart.
Romanticism – like romance – is important to
growing up, as long as one’s doesn’t get too hung
up on it. Virtue cannot be formed without
sentiment. “The task of the modern educator is
not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.
The right deference against false sentiments is to
inculcate just sentiments” (C. S. Lewis, The
Abolition of Man). A poem, a painting and a song
of simple, limpid style – like a nursery rhyme – is
good nutrition for the young and a good antidote
to cynicism. Snobbishness and hard-heartedness
are moral sicknesses. They can mislead
irredeemably. A cynical child is a contradiction
in terms. A sentimental child is like a swimming
fish – a redundant term. With that in mind, here
are some summer poems, by Joyce Kilmer, for
your child or your inner-child. They’re profound
in their simplicity. Mocking them, like a literary
critic, would be like mocking a child for smiling
at a butterfly: you’d rob the child of childhood,
irredeemably. Only penance could undo that
damage. Kilmer’s verse simplifies the sensibilities
– and heals them.
The Rosary
Not on the lute, nor harp of many strings,
Shall all men praise the Master of all song.
Our life is brief, one saith, and art is long;
And skilled must be the laureates of kings.
Silent, O lips that utter foolish things!
Rest, awkward fingers striking all notes wrong!
How from your toil shall issue, white and strong,
Music like that God's chosen poet sings?
There is one harp that any hand can play,
And from its strings what harmonies arise!
There is one song that any mouth can say,
A song that lingers when all singing dies.
When on their beads our Mother's children pray,
Immortal music charms the grateful skies.
The Robe of Christ
At the foot of the Cross on Calvary
Three soldiers sat and diced,
And one of them was the Devil
And he won the Robe of Christ.
When the Devil comes in his proper form
To the chamber where I dwell,
I know him and make the Sign of the Cross
Which drives him back to Hell.
And when he comes like a friendly man
And puts his hand in mine,
The fervor in his voice is not
From love or joy or wine.
And when he comes like a woman,
With lovely, smiling eyes,
Black dreams float over his golden head
Like a swarm of carrion flies.
Now many a million tortured souls
In his red halls there be:
Why does he spend his subtle craft
In hunting after me?
Kings, queens and crested warriors
Whose memory rings through time,
These are his prey, and what to him
Is this poor man of rhyme,
That he, with such laborious skill,
Should change from rôle to rôle,
Should daily act so many a part
To get my little soul?
Oh, he can be the forest,
And he can be the sun,
Or a buttercup, or an hour of rest
When the weary day is done.
I saw him through a thousand veils,
And has not this sufficed?
Now, must I look on the Devil robed
In the radiant Robe of Christ?
Fourteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Pastor’s Column
Continued
He comes, and his face is sad and mild,
With thorns his head is crowned;
There are great bleeding wounds in his feet,
And in each hand a wound.
How can I tell, who am a fool,
If this be Christ or no?
Those bleeding hands outstretched to me!
Those eyes that love me so!
I see the Robe—I look—I hope—
I fear—but there is one
Who will direct my troubled mind;
Christ's Mother knows her Son.
O Mother of Good Counsel, lend
Intelligence to me!
Encompass me with wisdom,
Thou Tower of Ivory!
"This is the Man of Lies," she says,
"Disguised with fearful art:
He has the wounded hands and feet,
But not the wounded heart."
Beside the Cross on Calvary
She watched them as they diced.
She saw the Devil join the game
And win the Robe of Christ.
Roses
I went to gather roses and twine them in a ring,
For I would make a posy, a posy for the King.
I got an hundred roses, the loveliest there be,
From the white rose vine and the pink rose bush
and from the red rose tree.
But when I took my posy and laid it at His feet
I found He had His roses
a million times more sweet.
There was a scarlet blossom upon
each foot and hand,
And a great pink rose bloomed from His side
for the healing of the land.
Now of this fair and awful King there
is this marvel told,
That He wears a crown of linked thorns
instead of one of gold.
Where there are thorns are roses,
and I saw a line of red,
A little wreath of roses around His radiant head.
A red rose is His Sacred Heart,
a white rose is His face,
And His breath has turned the barren world
to a rich and flowery place.
He is the Rose of Sharon, His gardener am I,
And I shall drink His fragrance
in Heaven when I die.
The Brother Dennis and Associates program was created in 1965 so St. Agnes parishioners could support efforts to spread the Gospel in destitute and often forgotten corners of the globe. The program offers a weekly donation funded by contributions to the Sunday Offertory collection.
Through these micro-grants, parishioners are supporting missionaries working to develop faith communities by teaching catechism classes, providing basic healthcare, building orphanages and schools, and empowering local residents to engage in income-producing and other self-help activities, all while showing believers and nonbelievers alike the loving face of Christ. Thank you to all who support the Brother Dennis program through their Sunday Offertory contributions. For more information, visit saintagnes.org.
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE:
OVER $2 MILLION!
Thanks YOU! Brother Dennis and Associates
Young Adults are Invited to
Sunday Brunch! Join us Sunday, July 14, Following the Noon Mass
in the Convent (Door #15)
Young adults (ages 21—35) are invited to a free brunch after the Noon Mass on Sunday, July 14. Bring a pastry or fruit to share!
RSVP to Frank O’Donnell at [email protected].
Learn to troubleshoot problems growing roses during hot weather!
This free, hands-on training will be provided at the St. Agnes rose garden on the left side
of the church’s main entrance and led by Pam Powers, head
of the Arlington Rose Foundation.
Bring your bypass pruners and learn how to sharpen and clean them for use.
All are welcome!
The Arlington Rose Foundation is a nonprofit organization serving the
Washington area. Visit www.arlingtonrose.org.
If you have questions, or would like more information, call parishioner Jean Shirhall at 703-528-2617.
Summer Rose Care Workshop Saturday, July 13th
10 A.M.– Noon
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saintagnes.org before our next issue on
August 5! Find out all of our current
and planned fall activities and read news
and articles from the pastor.
Theology of the Body
Does Not Meet July 7 Theology of the Body will not meet this
Sunday, July 7, due to the July 4 holiday
weekend. The group will meet on
Sunday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faith
Formation Office to resume the study.
Contact Mary Pam Hardy for details, at
CCD Teachers Needed We are seeking CCD teachers for the
2019-20 school year in grades K (aide),
4th, and 7th. If you’re interested in
learning more, please email Marie
Macnamara, Dir. of Faith Formation, at
[email protected] or call 703-527-1129.
Sign up for RCIA 2019-20 If you or someone you know is
interested in joining the Catholic
Church, the Rite of Christian Initiation
for Adults begins again on Monday,
September 16. Call our Faith Formation
Office for more information or to sign up
at 703-527-1129.
Landscaping Help Needed!
If you have a green thumb, or would like
one, the St. Agnes Landscape Committee
is looking for volunteers to help keep
our grounds looking lovely! You can set
your own schedule and work on your
own or with another volunteer. Contact
Jean Shirhall for more information at
Restoring Our Legacy:
A Shining City on a Hill July Update
In late June, the Master Plan Committee interviewed
four leading construction firms to handle pre-
construction and construction services as we move
closer to the beginning of project implementation. The
committee is continuing to refine the architectural
concepts for our renovations for actual designs. They
are also evaluating proposals for construction and
phasing of the renovations to facilitate ongoing church
and school needs. Our comprehensive Summer
Update on the campaign is available in the church
vestibule and online at saintagnes.org. As a reminder,
the second Sunday of the month is St. Agnes Pledge
Redemption Sunday. Please consider dropping your
pledged gift in the offertory then, which for July is
next Sunday, July 14. Call the Parish Office at 703-525
-1166 with any questions.
Child Protection Compliance
Application Goes Electronic Beginning July 15, new St. Agnes School and parish
volunteers who have substantial interaction with
children will electronically complete all of the
background check forms necessary to be compliant
with the Diocese of Arlington Child Protection
Program. The second requirement for compliance is
attendance at a VIRTUS Seminar, Protecting God's
Children (seminar lasts approximately four hours).
Register Now! A VIRTUS Seminar will be held at
the St. Agnes Parish Center on Tuesday, July 30, at 6
p.m. Register at VIRTUS.org.
Anyone who needs to complete these requirements in
order to volunteer with children should contact Joan
Biehler, St. Agnes Liaison for Child Protection, at 703-
525-1166 or [email protected], to receive the
instruction sheet and the link for filling out
the forms. (They will be available after July
15.) Volunteers who are already compliant do not
need to do anything.
For individuals who have already undergone a
background check, a renewal of the background check
will be conducted approximately every five years.
Under the new automated system, you will be advised
that you need to update your forms on-line. This will
allow for more expedient criminal background check
processing. Contact Joan with any questions.
Weekly Prayer Intentions:
For those who are sick in our midst: Rosemary Shimer, Joanne Kunz, Richard Lolich, Mailka
Markainea, Katylee McInerney, John Mulrooney,
Steve Ponticello, Olivia Egge and the residents of
Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation.
To add a name, or if a name may be removed because
the person is no longer ill (Deo gratias!), please contact the
Parish Office at 703-525-1166. Names of the sick are listed for
approximately four weeks unless we are notified otherwise.
Saint Agnes Essentials:
Infant/Child Baptism:
Baptisms are celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays
of each month, after the Noon Mass. Contact the
Parish Office to register at 703-525-1166 or
Marriage Preparation:
Call the Parish Office for Pre-Cana at least 7
months prior to your wedding.
Anointing of the Sick:
Call the Parish Office to request Anointing of the
Sick. Anyone with a serious illness should
request this sacrament before being admitted to
the hospital.
Homebound Visitation:
Contact [email protected] or call the
Parish Office at 703-525-1166.
How to become Catholic:
Interested in joining the Catholic Church or want
to learn more? Contact Marie Macnamara in the
Faith Formation office at 703-527-1129 or a priest
for more information. Rite of Christian Initiation
of Adults (RCIA) classes are held on Mondays at
7:30 pm.
Holy Orders/Consecrated Life:
Is the Lord calling you? For information about
priesthood, the permanent diaconate, or the
consecrated life, contact a priest or the Diocesan
Vocations Office at 703-841-2514.
Registration/Change of Address:
Registration cards are in the racks at main
entrances of the church, the Parish Office, or on
our website. Return them to the Parish Office, or
email them to [email protected].
Adoration Chapel “Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest" (MT 11: 28).
Jesus Christ waits for you in the most Holy Eucharist.
Permanent and substitute adorers are needed daily
from 1 - 4 a.m. to restore perpetual adoration in the
Adoration Chapel at St. Agnes. To make a
commitment, please e-mail Michael Sirotniak at
Events
Brunch | July 14 | 1:15 pm | Convent
Young adults are invited to a free brunch after the
noon Mass. Bring a pastry or fruit to share! RSVP
to Frank O’Donnell at [email protected].
For more info. contact Alexandra Fee at
For more information contact the school office at 703-527-5423.
Activities
Serving the Poor | 3rd Saturdays | Christ House
St. Agnes high school youth prepare breakfast for
residents of Christ House on the third Saturday of
every month. Contact Claire Capretta if you
would like to help at [email protected].
For more information contact:
Saint Agnes School
Youth Ministry (9th - 12th Grades)
Young Adults (Ages 21-35)
St. Agnes School is a Catholic
community centered on the teachings
of Jesus Christ and strengthened by the
partnership between parents, who are the
primary educators of our students, and
our dedicated teaching staff.
We believe in the mission to educate
our students so that they become loving
Christians, inspired learners, outstanding
achievers, natural communicators, and
strong servants of God.
St. Agnes Catholic School faculty and staff wish students and families a restful and
safe summer and look forward to kicking off the 2019-2020 school year in August!
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Due to early bulletin printing deadlines, the totals for last
Sunday’s collection will be reported in a future
installment of the bulletin. Thank you for your continued
generosity.
Stewardship Report
Brother Dennis and Associates In December 2017, the Mother of Mercy
Free Medical Clinic in Manassas, this
week’s recipient of $1,800 from Brother
Dennis and Associates, opened its
doors with the mission of serving the estimated 4,500
low-income residents of western Prince William
County, Manassas City, and Manassas Park. The
clinic came into being when a group of Catholic
entrepreneurs in the area formed the BVM charitable
trust, purchased the office space previously occupied
by a pregnancy resource center, and then asked
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington to
oversee the operation of a free medical clinic.
Originally open just one day a week, the clinic is now
open three or four days a week, and it has purchased
additional space. With a volunteer staff of licensed
medical professionals, a host of non-medical
volunteers, and donations from the public, the clinic
began to provide comprehensive primary care to
individuals over age 18, as well as an array of other
services including mental health counseling, nutrition
and dietary advice, and physical therapy.
Then, in late 2018, the clinic reached a major milestone
in its short life when another group of Catholic lay
people, the Knights of Columbus, donated an
ultrasound machine so that pregnant women in the
area with little or no medical insurance do not have to
go through their pregnancy without prenatal care and
guidance.
Brother Dennis and Associates are pleased to join the
ranks of supporters of the Mother of Mercy Free
Medical Clinic. ccda.net/programs_freemedicalclinic
