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

 
 

 

Weekly Bulletin
April 13, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

      For most of us, the shepherd caring for his sheep is a cute metaphor.   Sheep look fluffy and white in the pictures.   That is especially true if the pictures are not actual photographs, but are painted or cut out from white paper - the normal church sheep we see hanging around with Jesus in schoolrooms.
      Over the years, I have had the opportunity to talk to people who grew up on farms and worked with sheep.   I know one shepherd who actually switched careers and is now a priest - he moved from pasturing to pastoring.   Book can give you information about sheep.   The Internet is good too.   It has lots of material on the care of sheep, characteristics of sheep, comparisons of sheep with other animals.   With all this basic information, even those of us who grew up in the city or suburbs can educate ourselves to get a little closer to what Jesus' audience knew really well.   We can get a little closer to the inside joke.
      Sheep are stupid.
      Oh, they're cute, all right.   Little lambs will recognize you - they know you're the one who is going to feed them.   They can play.   They're especially good at hide and seek because they're really good at getting lost.   Some animals have a sense of direction; if you fall asleep, a horse can keep going and get you home much better than a car.   Sheep, on the other hand, have no horse sense.   One woman I talked to described how a sheep on their farm got its head caught under a wire fence.   It bleated and wanted help, which they supplied.   Two hours later, the same sheep got stuck in the same place.   Its head fit through the hole, but its body did not, and sheep don't learn from experience.   The farmer fixed their fence; they were pretty sure they weren't going to fix Fluffy.
      Here's the punch line: shepherding takes a lot of work, understanding, and patience.   Jesus is the good shepherd.   Jesus reveals to us what God is.

Dan Finucane      


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We Welcome New Members:   For Parish Registration, please fill a Form for Registration/Information Changes, available in the lobbies of the Church and School and return it in the mail to our Church Office or place in the collection basket on the weekend.   Also available we have a list of our Parish Ministries.   Please take one.
Parishioner: If you have any changes (members, address, phone no., etc.), please fill out a Form for Registration/Information Changes and place it in the collection basket on the weekend.   Please notify us if you are moving away.

Coming Events
  • Sunday, April 13   -   4th Sunday of Easter
    • 9:00 am   Mass for Wilford & Loretta Beiter  (Family)
    • 10:15 am   Parish School of Religion (P.S.R.)
    • 10:30 am   Cantor Meeting in Church
    • 11:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 4:00 pm   Dedication Concert for our New Organ with organist Charles Yanarella.   Free and open to the public.   A light reception will follow in the Parish Social Hall

  • Monday, April 14
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Richard Foreman   (Family)

  • Tuesday, April 15
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Pat Hoch   (Essman)
    • 8 am - 2:30 pm   2008-09 Kindergarten Health Screenings
    • 10:00 am   Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • Afternoon   Pope Benedict arrives in Washington, D.C.

  • Wednesday, April 16
    • 10:30 am   Pope Benedict received at the White House (on TV)
    • 6:00 pm   Mass for the Pope's Trip to the U.S.
    • 7:00 pm   Confirmation at St. Mark's for students of St. Mark and St. Bernadette.   Msgr. Stephan Maloney, Vicar General will be here in the place of Bishop Campbell who will be in Washington to see Pope Benedict.

  • Thursday, April 17
    • Pope Benedict celebrates Mass at Washington National Baseball Stadium
    • 8:20 am   School Mass, Grade 5 for Angie Gildow   (Schehl)
    • 2:45 pm   School Faculty Meeting
    • 7:00 pm   St. Bernadette Spirituality Network

  • Friday, April 18
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Bill Cotter   (Cotter)

  • Saturday, April 19
    • 8:30 am - 4 pm   PRE-CANA at St. Mark Church.   A light breakfast and lunch are provided and dress is casual.   Cost: $40.   Call Tim & Annie Deitz 687-5610
    • 8:00 am   Mass
    • 8:30 am   Confessions
    • 3:30 pm   Confessions
    • 4:30 pm   Vigil Mass 5th Sunday of Easter for Rosemary Pence   (Waits)

  • Sunday, April 20   -   5th Sunday of Easter
    • 9:00 am   Mass for Ronald Whitehead  (Family)
    • 10:15 am   Parish School of Religion (P.S.R.)
    • 11:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • Noon - 6 pm   St. Mary Boy Scout Troop 141 Spaghetti Dinner in the St. Bernadette Parish Hall.   Adults: $6, Children 6-12 years: $3 (free under 6).   Carry out available.   Tickets available at the door.
    • 12:45 pm   Baptism of Christian Alexander Walter by Fr. Walter
    • 2:30 pm   Pope Benedict Mass in Yankee Stadium (on TV)
    • evening   Pope Benedict flies back to Rome
    • 6-8 pm   Teen Mass Rehearsal

"Jottings" from Sister Nancy

"Be Surprised by Joy"


      There is suffering ahead of us, immense suffering, a suffering that will continue to tempt us to think that we have chosen the wrong road and that others were more shrewd than we.   But don't be surprised by the pain.   Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.
      And so, with an eye focused on the poor, a heart trusting that we will get what we need, and a spirit always surprised by joy, we will be truly powerful and walk through this valley of darkness performing miracles because it's God's power that will go out from us.
Henri J. Nouwen


Sr. Nancy, O.P.      

St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts

BAPTISM CONGRATULATIONS

      Christian Alexander Walter, son of Joseph and Keri and Grand-Nephew of Fr. James Walter, on Sunday, April 20 at 12:45 p.m. by Fr. James Walter.

DEATHS

      Condolences to Danielle & Jerry Azbell in the death of her sister, Bette Ann Welker, 81, of Lancaster.   She died on Tuesday, April 1 at Pickering House.
May she rest in Peace.

      Condolences to the family of John C. Marcello, 81.   He died on Tuesday, April 8 at Springs of Carroll Assisted Living Facility.   Mass of Christian Burial took place at St. Bernadette with Fr. Ronald Arter as Celebrant, on Friday, April 11 at 10:30 a.m.   Burial at St. Mary Cemetery.
May he rest in Peace.

Elections for Parish Council.   We are looking for individuals interested in serving on Parish Council for terms of one to three years beginning in August 2008.   Elections for three Council seats will be held May 17-18.   If you are interested in running for one of the open seats or wish more information about serving on Parish Council, please call Suzanne Wilkins at 215-0736.

The St. Bernadette Spirituality Network:   On Thursday, April 17 at 7 pm.   "Choose Happiness" in the Mary Good Center MPR.   How happy are you?   Are you as happy as you would like to be?   Do you look towards others, your environment or God to create the conditions ideal for making you happy?   There will be education, discussion, prayer and time for personal reflection and sharing.   If you have questions, please contact Sr. Nancy at 654-1893.

Prayer Shawl Ministry   meeting, Tuesday, April 30 in the Mary Good Center MPR from 7-9 pm.   Come share your patterns & prayers.   All levels of experience are welcome.   Would you like to learn how to crochet or knit?   Teachers available.   Come join us.   Call Ginny Frank at 653-1345 with questions or prayer shawl requests.

Cum Christo Weekends.   Renew your commitment to Christ.   Applications are now being accepted for Women's on May 15-18.   Call Suzanne Wilkins at 653-7620 or suzwsmiles@aol.com or visit www.cumchristo.org.

Please Pray for:
  Mike Adams Diana Krile  
  Virginia Bright Ann Laukiavich  
  Luke DeRolph Nancy Mason  
  Gerald & Theresa Dunaway Sean Murnane  
  Ruth Faulkner Jeff Parano  
  Timothy Heck Betty Runco  
  Martha Kidder Jason Snider  
    Lillian Zack  
       
and those in the hospital and nursing homes
  
       
For prayers on the Intercessory Prayer list, call Kathy at 654-9696.

Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed   on Monday, 11 am; Tuesday, 4 pm and 7 pm; Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am.   Please call Marti Gundelfinger at 654-2277.

CHURCH ETIQUETTE

Common courtesies will help a suitable environment for worship:
  • Please no cell phones! It's discourteous to have them ring in God's House.
  • Wear appropriate dress!   NO shorts, halter tops, flip flops, and baseball hats are best left at home.   Let your body be a "mystery" to us!   We humans are distracted by inappropriate dress!
  • Avoid talking in Church (a whisper is okay when necessary).   Our worship space is a place to pray.   Please visit outside.
  • No gum chewing.   Remember the one-hour fast before Holy Communion.   Water and medications are permitted.
  • Get to Church with enough time to settle down and collect your thoughts.   Take time to prepare yourself spiritually for the best hour of your week!
What a difference there will be in our appreciation of the Mass and reverence for God if we all learn to abide by these simple principles.   We are a spiritual family and respect our "prayer time" together.

With Praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus Announces the Ordination of
Stanley Stash Lisska Dailey
David Anthony Schalk
Victor Ray Wesolowski
to the Sacred Priesthood of our Lord Jesus Christ through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit by His Excellency The Most Rev. Frederick F. Campbell, D.D., Ph.D. Bishop of Columbus.   Rite of Ordination on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH.   Light refreshments after Mass in the undercroft of the Cathedral. Tuesday, 4 pm; Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am.   Please call Marti Gundelfinger at 654-2277.

WINGS (Women in God's Service)   at St. Mary for fellowship, prayer and spiritual reading in the St. Mary Spirit Center from 6:45-8:30 pm on Wednesday, April 23 and May 7.   They will be reading The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul by translator John Beevers.   Call Kristin Gentile at 653-1949.   RSVP to Kristin at kgentile@columbus.rr.com.

Fisher Catholic Bid O' Luck  on Saturday, April 26.   Cocktails: 5:30 pm;   Silent Auctions 5:30 pm;   Grand Auction Preview: 5:30-7 pm.   Dinner: 7 pm;   followed by Grand Auction.   Proceeds benefit Fisher Catholic High School.   Call Joyce King at 740-654-1231.

Rescheduled Catholic Men's Conference   from March 8 is rescheduled for Saturday, April 26 from 8 am - 1:30 pm at Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany.   Those registered for the March 8 conference, no registration required.   New registrants$20 www.columbuscatholicmen.com includes lunch.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.   Did You Know?   What does a sexual predator look like?   Well, they look like everyone else, and many times they are trusted friends, business and community leaders.   The Diocese of Columbus offers classes on how to spot the warning signs of those who would sexual abuse children.   By learning what to watch for and applying the principles taught, each of us gains the knowledge and ability to prevent a predator from gaining access to our youth.   The class is called ""Protecting God's Children" and is FREE and OPEN to all adults, not just those who volunteer with youths.   Please consider attending a session and becoming part of the solution to this devastating societal problem   You can register at www.virtus.org (yellow registration button) or by contacting Barb Cain, Safe Environment Consultant for the Diocese of Columbus at 614-241-2565.

The Marriage and Family Life Office and EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children)   are asking parents and other caregivers of children to recognize SpankOut Day USA "Raising Good Kids Without Hitting" on April 30.   Caregivers are asked not to use corporal punishment on children, but instead to use those practices that help develop caring, responsible and self-disciplined adults.   Materials offering alternative positive, appropriate behaviors for caretakers are available at www.stophitting.com, A flyer offering "8 Good Reasons Not to Spank" can be found at www.ciccparenting.org/pdf/Eight_Reasons.pdf.

"Understanding the Annulment Process"   at St. Andrew Parish Bryce Eck Activity Center, 3880 Reed Rd., Cols., on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 pm.   Msgr. James Ruef, MA, JD, JCL, Judicial Vicar of the Columbus Diocese Tribunal and pastor of Holy Name Parish, will explain the Church's position on divorce and give an overview on the annulment procedure.   There is no fee, but registration is requested.   Contact the Marriage and Family Life Office at 614-241-2560 for information or to register.

"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week":
Dr. Donald Dill, Optometrist

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

St. Mary Church Boy Scout Troop #141 Annual Spaghetti Dinner   on Sunday, April 20 from noon to 6 pm at St. Bernadette Parish Hall, 1325 Wheeling Rd.   Adult: $6, Children 6-12 years old: $3 (under 6 free).   Carry Out available.   Tickets at the door or contact Mark Spangler 974-6666.

Organizations that provide directories of Marriage Education Programs:
  • The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (www.healthymarriageinfo.org);
  • The National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (www.nacflm.org);
  • Smart Marriages: The Coalition for Marriage, Family & Couples Education, L.L.C. www.smartmarriages.com/directory.html)
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    Annual Senior Citizen's Day with the Bishop  on Tuesday, May 20th at St. Andrew Church, 1899 McCoy Rd., Columbus.   The day begins with Mass at 10:30 am, followed by lunch and entertainment, and then the annual raffle of door prizes!   The price for the luncheon is $10.   Call the diocesan Office for Social Concerns to register at 614-241-2540 by May 14.

    Parish Hall & Mary Good Center Multi-Purpose Room Reservations:   Please contact Darlene for the Parish Hall and Irene for the Mary Good Center MPR.   We need the exact times the facilities will be used including set-up, tear down, and clean-up time (not just the time the event is scheduled to occur).   We have policies and paperwork that need to be completed.   The Diocese of Columbus is no longer providing insurance for certain events.   If you use the facilities without permission, you will be responsible for any insurance problems that arise.

    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:

          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:

          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.

    Cathedral Book Shop New Address and Information:
          209 E. Broad Street
          Columbus, OH 43215

    Phone:   614-221-6981   800-479-9021   Fax:   614-241-2566
    Email: mmurphy@cathedral-bookshop.com
    www.cathedral-bookshop.com

     

     

     
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