Please see the Church Financial Statement for 2007-2008: click here.

Friars' General Chapter
The Friars of the Atonement begin their General Chapter in Wappingers Falls, New York, on Pentecost night. The Chapter is the coming together of the friar delegates every five years. During their coming together the Friars discuss and assess the way of life and ministry of the community. The second task of the Chapter is to elect a Minister General and General Council to serve the community. Father Bill Schmidt and Father Donald Howard will be participating in this convocation. Your prayers for an outpouring of the Spirit on this gathering of Friars would be appreciated.

Graymoor
Home of the Franciscan
Friars of the Atonement
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We Pray For Those Who Have Died
Asher Austin.

We Pray For Those Who Are Ill
Jose Bonilla, Hailey Ross, Maria Luisa Costas, John Gersic, Brian Ware, Edward Cross, Pete Apperson, Maria Luisa Lazatin, Benjamin Lazatin, Jr., John Lazatin, Mirlaflor Pasaporte, Jesus David, Milagros Lazatin, Rolando Lazatin, Delores Demarest, Jorge Matallana, John Hanlon, and Delphine Johnson.

Please call the parish office if you wish to have someone added to our prayer list. Requests will be listed in the bulletin for four weeks. Thank you.

** Opportunities in the Parish **

Choir News
CHILDREN – (Gr. 2 - 6) Children's choir will meet for the next time in September.
SPANISH CHOIR – The Spanish CORO practice is here at church on Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30 pm in the music room.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS & ADULTS – The Sunday Evening Choir will meet for their usual rehearsal on Thursday, the 18th, at 7:30 pm. The Adults who meet with Diane will not meet this week because of the concert dress rehearsal.

All of our choirs are always seeking and welcoming new members. Music was -- and still is -- God’s idea. It is a grand design for us to be able to express ourselves beyond the limitations of words alone!

Please contact Diane Kingsbury at 703-430-0811 with any questions about our Music Ministry.

SOME 40th Anniversary Inaugural Concert Please join SOME (So Others Might Eat) as it commemorates 40 years of service to the homeless and poor in Washington, DC, with a special benefit concert at the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine on Wednesday, July 1, at 7:30 pm. The renowned Georgetown Chorale will lead a choir of 100 voices in a performance of Henry Mollicone’s moving Beatitude Mass (for the homeless) and selections from Les Misérables. Weaving interviews with homeless women and men into pieces of Masses, the moving words and music of the Beatitude Mass convey the struggles and hopes of the homeless women and men that inspired composer Henry Mollicone’s dramatic piece. Mr. Mollicone apprenticed under Leonard Bernstein and has been lauded by The Washington Post as “one of the most distinctive American opera composers.” Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children and students and are available at this Georgetown Chorale website. Concert proceeds will help SOME to continue to feed, clothe and serve the most vulnerable members of our community in these most difficult economic times. Learn more about SOME at SOME.org.

At CTR, contact Diane Kingsbury for information or tickets. 703.430.0811 x 23 diane.kingsbury@ctrcc.org

Religious Education News

RE Classes Completed for the Year
The Religious Education school year for 2008-2009 is now ended. Classes will resume again in the Fall. Please pay attention to Bulletin and Pulpit Announcements regarding how to register your child for next year.

We send our thanks to all the parents and adults who helped support religious education in the parish through the various activities and ministries that made our Elementary, Junior and Senior High School, English and Spanish programs a safe and inviting religious environment.

We look forward to helping each other again next year. Thank you.

Registration Schedule
Register After Mass
Register for Religious Education immediately after the English Masses on this weekend, June 13-14 and next weekend, June 20-21. Registration will take place in the Pastoral Wing outside the Religious Education Office. Don’t delay, sign up now.

Come and Help the Parish
Please let Jay Cuasay or Harvesta Greene-Williams know if you are available to help support the Religious Education program this upcoming year. Please call 703-430-0811 and let them know your interests and availability.

Faith Formation News

Free Workshops
The Office for Family Life and Catholic Charities offer workshops led by professional counselors for young people to learn more about communication, finances, and much more. For more information please go to this Diocesan Office for Family Life website.

Transportation Needed? A New Service within the Parish
If you are in need of transportation to a medical appointment or for treatment or would like to be a volunteer to drive, please contact (with as much advance notice as possible) Jeanne Spofford, at 703-444-1065 or use her email here.

The Nursery Co-Op Needs You!!!
Do you have children between the ages of 1 to 5 years of age and attend the 10:30 am mass? The co-op is presently recruiting families to join its nursery as older children “graduate” to attend mass with their family. Joining the co-op nursery enables you and your spouse to fully participate in the mass while your child is being watched by other parents in the co-op. Commitment to the co-op involves watching the children in the nursery for one mass during each rotation plus attending Virtus training. We invite you to stop by the nursery during the 10:30 am mass to check us out and learn more. A minimum of 8 families are needed in order to make it worthwhile for those involved. For more information or to join, please contact Lizette Andreyko at 703-404-9428 or by email.

ESL Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for ways to help the immigrant community? Give the gift of English! Catholic Charities - Hogar Immigrant Services is currently seeking volunteer ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers for classes at Christ the Redeemer. Classes are being held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We always need teachers even though classes have begun! Training and materials are provided. No previous experience or second language required! If interested, please contact Jorge Membreno at this email address or 703-534-9805 x231.

¡CLASES DE PREPARACIÓN POR LA CIUDADANÍA!
Taller de ciudadanía el sábado día 13 de junio en la iglesia Cristo Redentor-Empleados y voluntarios de Caridades Católicas ayudaran a los residentes legales permanentes que son elegibles para la ciudadanía en completar la aplicación N-400 entra las 10am y la 1pm. La ayuda legal cuesta $60 (incluso preparación de la solicitud y una consulta con abogado o representante licenciado). Para más información por favor llame al (703) 534-9805 ext. 250 o mande correo electrónico a Cindy.

Citizenship Workshop
Saturday June 13th here at Christ the Redeemer – Catholic Charities staff and volunteers will help eligible legal permanent residents fill out the N-400 application for citizenship from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cost of legal assistance is $60 (includes application preparation and consultation with attorney/accredited representative). For more information or to volunteer please call 703-534-9805 ext. 250 or email Cindy.

Altar Servers Needed
Any boy or girl, 4th grade and up, with interest in serving at the altar, please call Herb DuVall at 703-421-3461 (or use Herb's email here) or Gail Dowling at 703-421-7499 (or use Gail's email here).

CTR's 3rd Blood Drive
Our third 2009 blood drive will be held on Saturday, August 1, 7:00 am - 12:30 pm. You can sign up after Mass on these weekends, July 18-19 and July 25-26. INOVA will again sponsor a raffle for a $50 Giant gift card at each of the blood drives. Our goal is 225 units, and last year we surpassed that goal! A grand raffle of a $100 Giant gift card will be offered in December if we achieve our goal of 225 units of blood. If you can’t make it to the church drives and you give blood at the Dulles INOVA donation center on Nokes Blvd., you can still credit CTR by mentioning our code: #0025. Thanks for offering others the Gift of Life!

(16 year olds may now donate if they have a parent or guardian sign a permission slip (available at sign-up). This CTR website has information on eligibility requirements (en Español), parental consent (form for those donors age 16), and foods that are rich in iron.)

Have any questions about your eligibility to donate? Please call the INOVA donor advocate at 571-434-3628, or see this webpage for more details, or, if you need still more information or would like to help with the blood drive, please contact Michele Hawes at 703-444-5136, or use this email.

(For more information about the INOVA blood donor program, please go to this INOVA Blood Donor Website.)

Continuing Blood Drive
If you miss our church drives and would like to donate at the INOVA Blood Center on Nokes Blvd. (or any other INOVA Blood Center), just give the CTR code #0025 to the receptionist, and your donation will be credited to us and count toward our year end goal.

Hey Buddy -- Can You Spare a Pint?
There is an urgent need for volunteers to donate a pint of blood every two or three months to keep one of our young parishioners healthy and alive. Please call Hank Becker for details on how to get started on this most needed and rewarding form of volunteering at 703-771-0238.

Remaining Blood Drive Dates of 2009
August 1
December 5

Day Care for Working Parents
For working parents of CTR: If you need a day care provider, or would like your name added to our list of providers, please call Janet Williamson at 703-444-1552.

7 Car Wash
As you get your car washed, help the poor and needy. We receive 10% of what CTR parishioners pay. We regularly donate this income to LINK, S.O.M.E. and the Women's Shelter in Leesburg. As you pay at the carwash, tell them you are from CTR so we receive their donation.

Mass Intentions
If you wish to have a Mass celebrated for someone, why not help out a Mexican parish at the same time. We will be happy to forward your Mass intentions/stipends to Fr. José Alfredo in Mexico City. Arrange the Masses through the parish office.

** Opportunities in the Community **

See Our New Volunteering Opportunities Page

Donations Needed by Arlington Diocese
The Arlington Diocese Office of Migration and Refugee Services (see this website) works in our Diocese to help "Welcome the Stranger" (documented refugees and asylees). Due to high numbers of refugee arrivals over the past couple of months, the office desperately needs donations of beds/boxsprings/bed frames, sheet sets, sofas, dining room tables and chairs, lamps, trash cans, cribs/toddler beds, baby diapers and formula and pots & pans. All items must be in good condition or working order. If you would like to donate any of these items to help refugees arriving in our area, please call Kira at MRS at 703-841-3870 or e-mail her to schedule a pick-up. Thank you!

Donate Your Aluminum Cans
Did you know that you can help out burn victims by simply delivering your empty aluminum cans to your local Fairfax County Fire Department (with the exception of the Herndon FD)? Your donations will go to support the Washington Regional Fire & Rescue Departments Aluminum Cans for Burned Children. Their mission is to prevent burns and improve the quality of life for young burn survivors and their families by providing funding for research, annual therapeutic residential burn camps, and other year round activities that support their physical, psychological, and social needs. The cost for the care of a burn victim can be compared to the cost of a day at a luxury resort. Please help these families with the donation of your aluminum cans.

Vietnamese Language Services
A Mass celebrated in Vietnamese will be celebrated on Sundays at 7:00 pm at St. Thomas a Becket Church, 1421 Wiehle Ave, Reston, VA 20190. All are welcome. A Vietnamese Rosary group meets at CTR on Saturday mornings at 9:30 am in the Chapel. Call Nguyen Thi My 703-723-1693 for more information.

Healing Our Past: Victim Assistance Ministry
The Victim Assistance Ministry is a program of outreach to victims/survivors of childhood sexual abuse by clergy, religious, or lay employees of the Catholic Church, as well as those abused through incest, by acquaintances, or through violent attack. If you or someone in your family has been abused or victimized by someone representing the Catholic Church, we encourage you to contact our Victim Assistance Coordinator at 703-841-2530. All calls are confidential. For more information about services provided by the Victim Assistance Ministry, please visit our website.

Catholic Charities Social Workers
Comprising Licensed Clinical Social Workers and a consulting psychiatrist, as well as professional counselors, the Family Services Department of Catholic Charities brings together expertise in child behavioral problems, marital communication and enrichment, as well as a host of clinical topics such as mood disorders (depressions, anxiety) and various problems related to addiction. The staff is experienced (with an average of 15 years post-graduate clinical experience) and, as a fully accredited mental health service, they extend a commitment to maintain the highest level of professionalism. Sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, this service is available to all. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 703-841-2531.

Natural Family Planning (NFP)
Natural Family Planning classes are offered by The Couple to Couple League in Northern Virginia; please check their website for class availability. If you are unable to attend a regularly scheduled class, please call the Office for Family Life at 703-841-2550 for more information about their correspondence classes.

Birthright of Loudoun
Birthright of Loudoun offers free pregnancy tests, clothes, baby clothing, transportation and support throughout pregnancy, they are located at 18 Loudoun St. SE, in Leesburg. For more information, please call 703-777-7272.

** Opportunities for Fellowship **

Knights of Columbus
To see information about the Knights of Columbus, their events, or to get directions to the Barn, visit their website.

Model Railroad Club for Kids
A new club for boys and girls who are interested in model railroading has been formed. Kids ages 8 to 18 are welcome to join the Northern Virginia chapter of Youth in Model Railroading (a national organization based in Colorado). Club events will include visiting train museums, local model railroad layouts, and local hobby shops; learning about how to build layouts and scenery; learning how to operate and maintain model trains; and other hands-on activities. We will also take field trips to ride actual trains whenever possible. Cost is $24 annually. For information contact Robert Reid at 703-404-2061 or use this email.

Singles for Christ (SFC)
SFC would like to invite single men and women to their Christian Life Program. SFC provides a positive and encouraging environment of fellowship, worship, and community service by sharing their time and talents. This group is for young professionals who are in the process of finding direction in their life. Singles for Christ is a ministry of Couples for Christ (CFC). CFC is a movement intended for the renewal and strengthening of Christian family life. For more information, please contact Jet Sevilla at 703-937-7968, Michael Chupeco at 571-216-2218 or Sienna So at 571-426-2721 or click to the SFC website here.

CTR Senior Group
The CTR Senior Group meets Fridays at 11:30 am in the Library for “Bring Your Lunch” meetings or at a local restaurant on the second Friday of the month. Parishioners 55+ are invited to join. For more information, call Claude Gianino at 703-858-0641.

CTR Bridge League
A friendly group of bridge players meets once a month, September through May, and welcomes anyone who is interested to join. Please call Andy or Monica Light at 703-444-7324.

** Opportunities to Put Your Faith into Action **

Vocations
“God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.” Are you open to the call to be sent into the world as a priest or consecrated religious, that others might live in Christ? If you think God may be offering you this grace, call Father Brian Bashista at 703-841-2514, or write using this email.

The Daughters of Charity have been serving Christ in the Person of the Poor since 1633 - visit their website for more information.

Advance Medical Directive (AMD)
The Arlington Diocese Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) is now available online. This document will help you make morally correct decisions concerning your medical welfare if you become incapacitated. The AMD is a simple two-part document including an optional organ donation authorization that can be filled out for use by all Catholics - whether young or old, healthy or dying. The AMD is a legal instrument authorized by, and meeting the requirements of, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The AMD can also be ordered through the Office for Family Life by calling 703-841-2550.

SALT: Social Action Linking Together
Social Action Linking Together (SALT): By joining your voice with others from the diocese you are really “making a difference.” Remember: “As you did it for the least of these who are members of my family, you did it for me.” (Matthew 25:40) For more information contact John Horejsi at his email and visit the SALT Website.