St. Bernadette Catholic Church
1343 Wheeling Road
Lancaster, Ohio   43130
 
Tel:  740-654-1893
Fax:  740-687-5926
 

 
 

 

Weekly Bulletin
January 20, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

      I remember learning to drive.   It was January, the start of spring semester, and the teacher had us drive away from school and head for the cornfields.   We practiced steering down empty roads.   Short-cropped stalks stuck out of the snow, rows of dry shoots waiting for spring.   The cloudless blue sky, bright sun, and crisp, cold air made us wide awake.   The feel in the air fit the anticipation of being the next one behind the wheel.
      The Church calendar is entering ordinary time.   Our internal calendars are too.   With a couple of weeks behind us, we are used to a new year.   he days will continue to lengthen, inching toward spring.   Now we can settle into a routine.   We are back at work, back at school.   Going through the holidays is like going on a trip - it is great to anticipate, plan, and have all the excitement.   It is good to be back to normal again too.
      God teaches a lot through the ordinary.   Regular time is where we learn habits that get us through the surprises.   Daily practice time is where we create in our minds, bodies, and spirits the depths that sharpen our insight.   John the Baptist had time to reflect after Jesus' baptism.   He was asked about the experience at the river.   You can see things falling into place in his mind.   He repeats what happened.   He recalls how first he was uncertain, and then he understood.   Now he is sure; he knows why he was there.   He had been led by the living God.   It can take awhile for things to sink in, to become part of our living.
      God has an amazing line in Isaiah: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant...;   I will give you as a light to the nations."   Do we dare believe God might take our ordinary talents and light them up?   He means for us to go down new roads.

Dan Finucane      


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Coming Events
  • Sunday, January 20   -   2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
    • 9:00 a.m.   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 10:15-11:15 a.m.   Parish School of Religion (P.S.R.)
    • 10:15 a.m.   Liz visits P.S.R. Classes for Youth Choir
    • 11:30 a.m.   Mass for Paul David Shaw   (Blaney)
    • 6-8 p.m.   Teen Mass Rehearsal in Church

  • Monday, January 21   -   Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
    • No School
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Dan Rudisille   (Family)

  • Tuesday, January 22
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Richard Foreman   (Thimmes)
    • 10:00 a.m.   Scripture Study in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • Liz Latorre visits St. Bernadette classes for Youth Choir

  • Wednesday, January 23
    • 10:30 a.m.   Mass at SunBridge Nursing Home with Fr. Walter
    • 6:00 p.m.   Mass for Our Homebound Parishioners
    • 7-9 p.m.   R.C.I.A. in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • 7-9 p.m.   Adult Choir Practice

  • Thursday, January 24
    • 8:20 a.m.   School Mass - Grade 4 - Jack Blanchard   (Calkins)

  • Friday, January 25
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Leola Taylor-Anniversary of Death   (Fox)

  • Saturday, January 26
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 8:30 a.m.   Confessions
    • 3:30 p.m.   Confessions
    • 4:30 p.m.   Vigil Mass, 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time for Wilford & Loretta Beiter   (Family)

  • Sunday, January 27   -   3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
    • 9:00 a.m.   Mass for Ronald Whitehead   (Schweikert).
    • 10:15-11:15 a.m.   Parish School of Religion (P.S.R.)
    • 10:30 a.m.   Cantor Meeting in Church
    • 11:30 a.m.   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 6-8 p.m.   Teen Mass Rehearsal in Church

FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

Saturday, February 2
  • 10:00 a.m.   Marian Devotion
    • Includes hymn, prayer, and incensing of a statue of Mary, and another hymn
    • Opportunity of confessions for (30) thirty minutes with Father Walter and Father Kessler
    • Rosary can be said
  • 11:00 a.m.   Mass of Immaculate Conception
    • Reception will follow in the Mary Good Center MPR with soup, sandwiches and beverages.

February 6   Ash Wednesday
February 10   Rite of Sending and Election for our R.C.I.A. Candidates and Catechumens
February 11   Our Lady of Lourdes 150th Anniversary Celebration (February 2-11)

Eucharistic Adoration Adorer Needed   on Tuesdays 7-8 p.m.   Please contact Julie Lazzaro at 654-8858.

"Jottings" from Sister Nancy

      Our Lady of Lourdes!   The veneration of Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes arose first in popular devotion and later in the Church's liturgy.   Between February 11th and July 16th, 1858, Mary, the Mother of Jesus, appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous in a cave at Massabielle, near her hometown of Lourdes, France.
      Since 1876, Lourdes has become an international destination for pilgrims to renew their faith and find healing in the waters of the grotto's spring.
      Lourdes is a memorial honoring the mystery of the Immaculate Conception and not the apparitions.

Sr. Nancy, O.P.      

St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER WALTER

Pro-Life Victories:
      How grateful we need to be for every newborn child.   How grateful we need to be for every illness overcome.   How grateful we need to be to those who safeguard our living environment and give our lives protection.
      I deplore the abortion decision of the Supreme Court of January 22, 1973.   It needs to be overturned since it violates God's natural law respecting the right to life for all.
      May the Lord of Life help us love life.

A Big Thank You to Becky Hedges!
      The beautiful Church decorations over recent years have been designed and presented by Becky.   She has had many helpers whom we are also grateful.
      Becky has chosen to give up her position as Church Decorator because of her work at the Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster and her work in assisting her mother.
      Any parishioner interested in giving time and energy to the work of leading the Church Decorating Committee is asked to speak to Father Walter at 654-1893.

The Catholic Times: Our Diocesan Paper.
      Bishop Frederick F. Campbell and Fr. James Walter are happy that all registered parishioners are receiving The Catholic Times.   We encourage you to look at the paper and discuss the articles at the dinner table.   You might then pass The Times on to a friend or neighbor – or take it to work and give it to a friend.   We can "spread the Gospel" in this way.

Please Pray for:
  Ida Mae Bokovitz Timothy Heck  
  Luke DeRolph Ann Laukiavich  
  Pat Dreyer Ellis Riggins  
  Gerald & Theresa Dunaway Lillian Zack  
       
For all inactive Catholics
  
       
For prayers on the Intercessory Prayer list, call Kathy at 654-9696.

St. Bernadette Home & School 13th Annual Mardi Gras   is on Saturday, February 2.   Festivities include an Italian dinner, pizza, silent & live auctions, a reverse raffle, and unlimited games and crafts for the kids.   Doors open at 5 p.m.   Dinner tickets available at the door; Adults:$8, Seniors-$6 and Child-$4.   Proceeds benefit St. Bernadette School.   Parish and school families are all welcome.

Wedding date February 8, 1958.   Danie & Jerry Azbell will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary at St. Bernadette Church on February 3, 2008.   The regular mass will begin at 9:00 a.m. in their honor.   There will be a reception the Parish Hall afterwards at 10:30 a.m.   Everyone is invited to come to the hall and share cake and punch.   The gift of friendship is the most cherished of all.

February Bloodmobile.  The Red Cross has asked us to host another bloodmobile on February 23 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Parish Hall.   Central Ohio uses 650 units of blood every day, for transfusions for surgery, car and industrial accidents, chemotherapy patients and blood disorders.   Fairfield Medical Center alone uses over 7,000 units every year.   In order to keep this valuable commodity available, please consider donating blood.   To volunteer to help at the mobile, to provide food or donate blood, call Joyce Guenther at 740-974-5040 or joyceguenther@msn.com.   This is a great ministry for our Church to provide to the Central Ohio community.

Hang Up the Phone When Driving.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that driver-distraction causes 25% of all traffic accidents.   One major distraction can be talking on a cell phone.   To be safe, hang up your phone when driving.   If you believe you must drive and talk at the same time, be sure to know the laws of the state you're driving in; some states do not allow talking on the phone while driving or only allow phone conversations when using a hands-free device.   Is your call worth an accident?

Please pick up your Collection envelopes in the main entrance of the Church next to the Statue of St. Bernadette by January 21.   Any envelopes left will be mailed.

Yoga Classes   will begin Wed., January 30-March 19 in the Mary Good Center MPR.   Call Mickey Hartung at 740-987-7378 or earthshanti@scpwildblue.com.

Spiritual Direction.   Are you aware of the presence of God in your life?   Do the events of your day remind you of your connection with God?   Spiritual Direction is a process which may deepen your relationship with God.   It involves a meeting once a month for an hour with a Spiritual Director, for a donation.   Please call Donna Menigat at 687-0441 for more information.

From Jim Silcott, President/Principal of Fisher Catholic High School.  We do not want to let Mr. Ben Thimmes retire without letting him know how we feel about him.   On Wednesday, Jan. 30 we are going to have a Catholic Schools Week Celebration for Mr. Thimmes.   We are having a Mass at 6 pm. in the gym, followed by a community dinner.   All students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Ben and the school are invited to attend.   The faculty and staff are donating chicken for the dinner, the school is donating drinks and plates, napkins, etc.   We ask people who attend to bring a side dish and dessert.   Let's all come out and show Mr. Thimmes that we are and will continue to support him as he deals with his illness.   Please call the school office 740-654-1231.   Thank you.

St. Mark Church Announcements.   Everyone is invited to a "Day of Reflection" on January 26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.   We will start gathering at 9 a.m. with coffee and donuts.   The theme is "Security in God" ...the journey from the head to the heart.   There will be prayers together, prayers alone and prayers for healing, with input by Larry Reichley.   Lunch provided.   Any questions, call Wayne Kessler 654-6928 or Jan Kiger 654-0884.

Mass and Healing Service   on Tuesday, January 29 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark Church, 324 Gay St., Lancaster.   Fr. Peter Gideon will be our main celebrant.   Everyone welcome!!   There will be time for individual prayers for healing.   Social and fellowship following mass in St. Raymond's Room.   Please come and bring a friend.

"Propagation of the Faith Membership Drive"   January 19-20.   With our membership, we make a special commitment to the Church's mission "to all people and nations" by pledging daily prayer and financial help to the Propagation of the Faith.   Our donations help support 1,150 mission dioceses across the globe.   Through our membership, we help make Jesus know "even to the end of the earth."
      Use the 2008 special collection envelope in your packet of envelopes.

  2008 Perpetual Membership Annual Membership  
  Individual
$ 50.00
$ 5.00
  
  Family
$100.00
$10.00
  

"Out of gratitude we share our income for the works of God."

FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

January 27-February 1  -  Catholic School Week.

February 2  -  Home & School Mardi Gras in the Parish Hall.
February 6  -  Ash Wednesday.
February 10  -  Rite of Sending and Election for our R.C.I.A. Candidates & Catechumens.
February 11  -  Our Lady of Lourdes 150th Anniversary Celebration.   (Feb. 2nd -11th)

March 9  -  First Communion at 9 a.m. Mass.

TRIDUUM
      March 20  -  Holy Thursday
      March 21  -  Good Friday
      March 22  -  Holy Saturday
      March 23  -  Easter Sunday

April 15-20  -  Pope Benedict will be in the United States
April 16  -  Confirmation at 7 pm at St. Mark Church with both St. Mark & St. Bernadette students.

The next Men's Fellowship Meeting   will be held on Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mary Good Center MPR.   There will not be a meeting in January.

Please support your school!  Earn money for your school by shopping at Meijer.   To sign up, go to www.meijer.com/rewards.   St. Bernadette School's 6 digit code is 733374.   Thank you.

Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed  on Tuesday, 4 p.m. and Thursday, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.   Call James Merk at 654-3255.

Parish Hall and Multi-Purpose Room:   If you are interested in reserving the Parish Hall, please call Darlene Yenrick at 654-1893.   You must reserve the Mary Good Center Multi-Purpose Room for a meeting.   Please call Irene D'Amore at 654-1893.

FLOWER CHART:   Please sign up to sponsor flowers for the altar.   There are plenty of spaces left on the two sign up sheets in the school hallway.   More than 1 person can sign up per week.   Make our altar beautiful each Sunday.   The cost is $30.

RELIGIOUS BOOKS that are for sale in the book rack in the back of the Church, please put money in an envelope and drop it in the offertory basket on the weekend.   Thank You.

Marriage Encounter Weekend dates:

      February 22-24, 2008
      April 18-20, 2008
      July 18-20, 2008
      September 26-28, 2008
      November 14-16, 2008

For more information or to register, call Paul & Marilou Clouse at 740-746-9003 or www.wwmecolumbus.org

Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend dates:

      February 22-24, 2008
      March 28-30, 2008
      April 11-13, 2008
      June 6-8, 2008
      September 5-7, 2008

For more information or to register, visit www.engaged.org or ColumbusEE@aol.com or call Sherilynn Barley at 614-235-1143.

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