About Our Parish

Some general information about St. Veronica Catholic Church.

Parish of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia
Pastor: Rev. Edward C. Hathaway
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Charles C. Smith
Parish established: June 17, 1999
First Mass: August 1999 at Community of Faith United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia
Parish boundaries were drawn from the parishes of St. Timothy in Chantilly, St. John Neumann in Reston and St. Joseph in Herndon

Parish Boundaries

Beginning at Rt. 28 north to Dulles Toll Road, Dulles Toll Road east to Fairfax County Parkway, Fairfax County Parkway south to Fox Mill, Fox Mill southeast to Reston Parkway, Reston Parkway south to Lawyers, Lawyers south to West Ox, West Ox southeast to Rt. 50, Rt. 50 west to Rt. 28. Please click here for a map of our parish boundaries.

Sacraments

Baptisms: Baptisms take place on the first and third Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. You must call the parish office to schedule a baptism. Baptism preparation instruction is required for first time parents or parents who have not previously attended a class. The baptism preparation class is held each month. Please call the parish office to register for the date and time. Click here to read through the answers to frequently asked questions about baptism.

Marriage: You must be a registered parishioner to be married at St. Veronica Church. Couples must contact the parish at least six months prior to the wedding date. It is best to contact the parish soon after you become engaged, to request our wedding guidelines packet. The couple must complete and return the Marriage Preparation Questionnaire prior to scheduling your first appointment with a priest. You may review the Arlingon Diocese Marriage Preparation policy by clicking here.

Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the parish office if you or a Catholic you know is seriously sick or injured.

Parish Registration

If you would like to enroll in the parish mailing list so that you can receive envelopes and become formally affiliated with the parish, parish registration forms are available in the church lobbies or in the parish office. You may place your completed form in the Sunday collection basket or drop it off at the parish office. You will begin receiving offertory envelopes within 2 to 6 weeks. Frequently, those seeking to celebrate Marriage, have children baptized, or serve as sponsors for Confirmation or Baptism request a letter stating that they are parishioners who are active, practicing Catholics qualified to be a sponsor. To receive such a letter, one must be a registered parishioner. We encourage parishioners to become active in one of the parish organizations. In a parish the size of St. Veronica, one means of verifying participation os through the use of parish offertory envelopes. If you choose not to participate in the support of the parish, or are unable to contribute at this time, please at least not your prayerful support on your envelope and place it in the weekly offertory. We will then be aware of your continued participation and wyou will not be noted as "inactive" on our parish roster.

Faith Direct

St. Veronica Catholic Church is now participating in the Faith Direct program. Faith Direct is a planned electronic giving program principled in the stewardship model that with sacrificial giving, we place God first and ourselves second. Faith Direct is a vehicle in which we can carefully consider our sacrificial giving and decide how we can consistently give back to God from the treasures He gives to each of us.

Stewardship is NOT fundraising. The beauty of stewardship is that when a parish fully embraces the spirituality of giving back to God a portion of the gifts He gives to each of us. Of course we still need to give but we need to plan to give from our first fruits, not from what is left over in our wallets at the end of the week.

Please prayerfully consider your participation in the Faith Direct program.

Please click here to read frequently asked questions about Faith Direct.