St. Bernadette Catholic Church
1343 Wheeling Road
Lancaster, Ohio   43130
 
Tel:  740-654-1893
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Weekly Bulletin
January 27, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

      Jesus was in his early thirties when he began his public ministry.   Before that, he did a lot of ordinary stuff for thirty years.   The Word of God lived thirty ordinary years.   Do we think of them as empty years?   The beauty of "ordinary time " is we can find God in the ordinary stuff.   The drawback of ordinary time is we spend it with ordinary people.   You know, the regular folks we've been looking at for years.   The ones whose flaws we know.   Boring people.   People like us.   The ones who are petty, who gossip, who hold grudges.   Ordinariness get really old.   That includes ordinary people, ordinary habits, ordinary places and routines, and the same ordinary face I keep seeing in the mirror each morning.
      We tend to think of the early Church in idealized scenes with robed, bearded family men; wise, peaceful women; and smiling, scampering first-century Christian children living in perfect, grace-filled community.   That's how the early Church looks in the movies and the pictures.
      I find tremendous comfort in Paul's letter to Corinth.   It turns out the members of his parish were as ordinary as ours.   They had rivalries.   They chose sides.   They could really choose sides; they got to name their cliques after the apostles!   We get stuck with more ordinary connections.   But it is clear to us, twenty centuries after the fact, that God was moving in the port city of Corinth.   God used that really annoying group to be the "great light" Isaiah wrote about.
      But to get there, they had to hear Paul's advise, remember Christ crucified.   By baptism you are submerged in Christ.   When we come out of those waters, life is different.   We are not left with ordinary options any more.   Jesus' message is to change.   The kingdom of God is here.

Dan Finucane      


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Coming Events
  • 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.)
    • 11:30 a.m.   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 12 - 6 p.m.   FCHS Athletic Assoc. Spaghetti Dinner at Fisher Catholic.   Adults:$6, 12 & under:$4.   Carryout available.
    • 6-8 p.m.   Teen Mass Rehearsal in Church

  • Monday, January 28
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Harold Schwendeman   (Gallagher)

  • Tuesday, January 29
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Angie Gildow   (Schehl)
    • 10:00 a.m.   Scripture Study in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • 11:10-11:50 a.m.   Catholic Schools Week Family Lunch--Parish Hall.   Parents bring a lunch and eat with your student.
    • 7:30 p.m.   Mass & Healing Service at St. Mark Church.

  • Wednesday, January 30
    • 3:15-4:30 p.m.   Yoga Classes in the Mary Good Center MPR thru March 19.   Call Mickey Hartung at 740-987-7378
    • 6:00 p.m.   Mass for Leola Taylor -- Anniversary of Son Robert's Death   (Day)
    • 7-9 p.m.   R.C.I.A. in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • 7-9 p.m.   Adult Choir Practice

  • Thursday, January 31
    • 8:20 a.m.   School Mass - Grade 3 - Dottie Schmelzer   (Krannitz)
    • 7-8 p.m.   Parish Holy Hour.   Individuals & families welcome.

  • Friday, February 1   -   (First Friday)
    • 8:00 a.m.   Mass for Harry & Judy Shaw   (Shaw)
    • 5:00 p.m.   Set-up for Home & School Mardi Gras -- Parish Hall.

  • Saturday, February 2   -   (First Saturday)
    • 11:00 a.m.   Mass for Ron & Mary Bowes   (Bowes)
    • 8:30 a.m.   Confessions
    • 3:30 p.m.   Confessions
    • 4:30 p.m.   Vigil Mass, 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time for Ray Schmeltzer   (Waits)
    • 5:00 p.m.   Home & School Mardi Gras-Parish Hall.   Italian dinner (tickets available at the door), pizza, silent & live auctions, a reverse raffle, games & crafts for kids.   Adults-$8,Seniors-$6 and Child-$4.   Everyone is welcome.

  • Sunday, January 27   -   4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
    • 9:00 a.m.   Mass in honor of Jerry & Danie Azbell's 50th Wedding Anniversary.   A reception in the Parish Hall after Mass.   Everyone is invited to the Hall to share cake and punch.   The gift of friendship is the most cherished of all.
    • 10:15-11:15 a.m.   Parish School of Religion (P.S.R.)
    • 11:30 a.m.   Teen Mass for Brendan Krannitz -- 16th Birthday   (Scarpitti Family)
    • 6-8 p.m.   Teen Mass Rehearsal in Church

FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

Saturday, February 2   Celebration of "150th Lourdes Anniversary"
  • 10:00 a.m.   Marian Devotion
    • Includes hymn, prayer, and incensing of a statue of Mary, and another hymn
    • Rosary can be said
  • 10:20 a.m.   Confessions - Fr. Thomas Kessler & Fr. Walter
  • 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   8:20 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Masses

February 10   Rite of Sending and Election for our R.C.I.A. Candidates and Catechumens

Monday, February 11   Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day
  • 8:20 a.m.   School Mass
  • 3:00 p.m.   Marian Devotions   We will try to go outdoors to the Lourdes Grotto-weather permitting
  • 3:20 p.m.   Confessions   Fr. Gideon & Fr. Walter
  • 4:00 p.m.   Mass of the Immaculate Conception   Concelebrant Fr. Peter Gideon

Parishioners are asked to pray at home February 2-11.   We will have Novena booklets to distribute -- The Miraculous Medal Novena -- for take home devotions.

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

"Jottings" from Sister Nancy

      Lourdes has become an immense popular Marian Shrine and one of the most visited places of pilgrimage in all Christendom, surpassing even the holy centers of Rome and Jerusalem.   Recent annual estimates show that six million pilgrims, both healthy and sick, seek the grotto in the Pyrenees each year.   They come for different reasons, from different parts of the globe, and from different walks of life.   These visitors discover more than just healing waters from which to drink and bathe.   They discern a deep faith, hope and charity that enables them to embrace their life more fully and return to it all the more strengthened.   Greater than the cures, apparitions and messages, this new perspective on life is the greatest miracle of all.

Invitations to all the women of St. Bernadette's.   Please mark your calendars:
          February 21st:   "Feelings".   How to deal, communicate better, cope!
          March 13th:   "Celebrate the Gift of Womanhood".   Who have been the women mentors in our lives?   Who have made an impact upon our own journeys?
          April 17th:   "Happiness".   What is it?   Where does it exist?   Follow the bulletin weekly for more information with times and day.

Sr. Nancy, O.P.      

St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts

Adult Choir   will resume rehearsals on Wednesday, January 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the school meeting room.   New singers are always welcome.   Call Liz Latorre with any questions at 653-8120.

Youth Choir   registrations are now underway for the Easter Season.   Information is available in the Sacristy or by calling Liz Latorre at 653-8120.   Our first rehearsal will be on Sun., Feb. 17 at 6:00 p.m.

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

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER WALTER

We have all been blessed by God's carpenters and decorators.   The gifted skills of many parishioners have contributed to the recent beautification of our Parish Church.

      Special Thanks to:
          -- Pat and David Shonk and Jerry Azbell for reconfiguring the Sanctuary steps
          -- Todd Hedges for building the frames for the pictures of the Popes and our Bishop, and the statues
          -- Becky Hedges and Terri Carpenter for being consultants on the renovations of our Church
          -- Lisa Dennis for upholstering the celebrant's and deacon's chairs
          -- Randy Heck for designing and building the new pedestal for the tabernacle of the Blessed Sacrament
          -- an anonymous benefactor for providing the Brazilian walnut backboards for the Way of the Cross
          -- to Steve Huber for building the risers for the choir and installing track lighting over them with his son, Bob Huber

The Parish has saved many dollars by these generous persons and we have more than what you would just go out and buy.   We have our honor and our praise of God with the talents with which He has gifted us.

Condolences   to the family of Viola M. Lang, 88, who died on Monday, January 14, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Columbus.   Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 19 at 11 a.m. at the Sheridan Funeral Home with Fr. James Walter.   Burial was at Maple Hill Cemetery in Stoutsville.
May she rest in peace

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.

From Jim Silcott, President/Principal of Fisher Catholic High School.  We are going to have a Catholic Schools Week Celebration for Mr. Ben Thimmes who is retiring.   Mass at 6:00 p.m. and followed by a community dinner.   Please call the office at 654-1231 for information..

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.

We are Back!! K of C Fish Dinners   start on Feb. 8, for seven weeks.   Start serving 4:30-7:30 p.m.   Adults-$6 & Child-$4.   Come one, come all.

Pre-Cana   at St. Mark Church on March 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with sign-in at 8:30 a.m.   A light breakfast & lunch are provided and dress is casual.   Cost: $40.   Call Tim & Annie Deitz 687-5610.

WINGS at St. Mary   on Wednesday, January 30, 6:45-8:30 pm in the St. Mary Spirit Center.   Call Kristin at 653-1949.

Forgiveness and Healing.   How to grow closer to God with Speaker Johnette Benkovic, founder of Women of Grace, program host on EWTN and St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, will be the theme for the first Columbus Catholic Women*#39;s Conference on Saturday, February 16 from 8 am to 2 pm at St. Andrew, 1899 McCoy Rd., Upper Arlington, OH 43220.   Mass with Bishop Campbell.   NBC-4 Anchor Colleen Marshall will be the Master of Ceremonies.   Cost: $20.   For more information and to pre-register call Christina 614-538-9026 or visit www.columbuscatholicwomen.com.

Marriage Encounter Weekends   are February 22-24 and April 18-20.   For more information or to register call Paul & Marilou Clouse at 740-746-9003 or www.wwmecolumbus.org

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.

"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."

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.

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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      209 E. Broad Street
      Columbus, OH 43215

Phone:   614-221-6981   800-479-9021   Fax:   614-241-2566
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