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

 
 

 

Weekly Bulletin
May 11, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Pentecost Sunday

      The Jewish Feast of Weeks was a harvest festival.   The "first fruits" of the growing season were celebrated.   In Jewish tradition, these natural fruits were connected to the even more amazing fruit of God's goodness, the gift for a people brought out of slavery.   The feast also commemorated God's giving of the Law through Moses.   It was celebrated seven weeks - fifty days, to be exact - after Passover.   Among Greek-speaking Jews, the length of the celebration led to its name, Pentecost.
      In The Acts of the Apostles, we see a Jerusalem filled with people in town to celebrate.   Could something new be possible?   With its colorful crowd and special effects, the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost is a biblical scene made-to-order for a movie: A sound like a terrible wind came, and fire hovered over those collected in a room.   They had been waiting, these followers of Jesus Christ who had seen so much and been through a collage of hope, heartbreak, wonder, and a new vision.   If the movie were to be made, what would it show, failure or triumph?
      What they got was a new way to describe the fruits of God.   The Spirit gave them this ability.   They spilled out into the crowded city, all talking at once.   Some of the crowd was stunned.   Others saw the hand of God in what they heard - new fruits.
      In Pentecost, Christians see the birth of the Church.   It's worth looking at the Greek root beneath that word too.   Ekklesia, the word for church in the New testament, means assembly, a gathering.   Those drawn to Jesus, those touched by fire, those who spoke in a way they could not have known on their own - they all came together and gathered others by the thousands.
      We gather at a new Passover with new fruits and a new covenant.   This is no movie script - this is news!

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, May 11   -   Pentecost Sunday
    • 9:00 am   Mass for LaVerne Faulkner (D'Amore)
    • 11:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
    • 6-8 pm   Teen Mass Rehearsal

  • Monday, May 12
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Evelyn Seech & Bonnie Landefeld   (For Mother's Day from The Landefelds)
    • 4:00 pm   Deanery Priests Meeting at Parish Rectory
    • 7:00 pm   Deanery Meeting in Library
    • 7:30 pm   Ministry of Consolation in Mary Good Center MPR

  • Tuesday, May 13
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Ellen Hyme   (Foltz)
    • 10:00 am   Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • 7:00 pm   Parish Council in the Mary Good Center MPR

  • Wednesday, May 14
    • 6:00 pm   Mass for Mary Ann Van Meter   (Spires)
    • 7-8:30 pm   Liturgy Planning Meeting in the Mary Good Center
    • 7-9 pm   Adult Choir in the School Meeting Room

  • Thursday, May 15
    • All Day   Grade 5 – Campfire to Courthouse
    • 8:20 am   School Mass, Grade 1 for Anna Martis   (Sears)
    • 1:00 pm   Grade 2 visits LanFair Nursing Home
    • 7:00 pm   St. Bernadette Spiritual Network "Happiness" in the Mary Good Center MPR

  • Friday, May 16
    • All Day   5th Grade Orientation at St. Mary's
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Celebrant's Intention

  • Saturday, May 17
    • Parish Council Election this weekend at all the Masses
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Pope's Intention
    • 8:30 am   Confessions
    • 3:30 pm   Confessions
    • 4:30 pm   Vigil Mass for Most Holy Trinity for Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Ziska   (Yarmesch); 56th Wedding Anniversary for Helen & William Henry

  • Sunday, May 11   -   Most Holy Trinity
    • Parish Council Election this weekend at all the Masses
    • 9:00 am   Graduating Senior Mass and Teen Mass for Ronald Whitehead   (Merk)
    • 10:00 am   Graduating Senior Breakfast (must RSVP by May 13th) with their family in the Parish Hall
    • 10:15 am   P.S.R. Social – Parents invited in the Mary Good Center MPR.   (Start of Summer Break for P.S.R.)
    • 11:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners

"Gather Your Harvest": Pentecost.   Many are planting gardens or flower beds these days.   Yet, spiritually we can already reap the harvest of doing the weeks of Lent and Easter.   Pentecost is an ancient Jewish feast of harvesting.   In Galatians 5:22, Paul speaks of a harvest: the fruits of the Holy Spirit.   "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."   Has the observance of Lent/Easter-time brought forth these fruits in your garden?   Let us keep working at it.
Father Walter      

St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts

Loving God, we thank you for giving us Mom and for the many ways she shows us your love.   On this, her special day, we ask you to bless her with your joy and peace.   As she cares for all of us, help her to find strength for the many challenges she faces.   Help us to show our gratitude for all she does, and especially for who she is.   Amen.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMS!   Mothers, you are the love which binds together your family.   Thank you for being what God wants you to be.   May God strengthen you and always lift up your heart.   Rejoice in your day!
Father Walter      

DEATHS

Condolences to Sr. Nancy Ames and her Family.   Her Father, Linton Ames, 94, died on Monday, May 5 at 6:00 am at his home.   Funeral Mass was held on Thursday, May 8 at 10:30 am at St. Mary Church with Fr. Donald Franks as celebrant.   He is survived by his wife Gertrude Ames and their three daughters: Linda, Mary Beth and Sister Nancy, who serves at St. Bernadette Parish.   Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.   And let perpetual light shine upon him.

Ministry of Consolation   on May 12 at 7:30 pm in the MPR.

"Jesus, Our Bread of Life."   Thanks to the Second Grade Students who decorated our Church with their creative banners for their First Holy Communion.   Each banner proclaimed a "profound message."

Annual Senior Citizen's Day with the Bishop   on Tuesday, May 20 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.   Cost: $10.   Register by May 14 by calling the Office of Social Concerns at 614-241-2540.

Pope Benedict to U.S. Bishops:   America is also a land of great faith.   Your people are remarkable for their religious fervor, and they take pride in belonging to a worshipping community.   They have confidence in God, and they do not hesitate to bring moral arguments rooted in biblical faith into their public discourse.   Respect for freedom of religion is deeply ingrained in the American consciousness – a fact which has contributed to this country's attraction for generations of immigrants seeking a home where they can worship freely in accordance with their beliefs.
      While it is true that this country is marked by a genuinely religious spirit, the subtle influence of secularism can nevertheless color the way people allow their faith to influence their behavior.   Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs?   Is it consistent for practicing Catholics to ignore or exploit the poor and the marginalized, to promote sexual behavior contrary to Catholic moral teaching or to adopt positions that contradict the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death?
      Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted.   Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the gospel.   (Excerpt from 4/17/08 Address in Washington, D.C.)

School Advisory Board Appointments.   The St. Bernadette School community welcomes new Advisory Board members: Toni Gillette, Rick Maynard and Cheryl Meyers.

Please Pray for:
  Mike Adams Martha Kidder  
  Virginia Bright Diana Krile  
  Luke DeRolph Nancy Mason  
  Gerald & Theresa Dunaway Sean Murnane  
  Ruth Faulkner Jason Snider  
  Timothy Heck 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 Tuesday, 4 pm; Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am.   Please call Marti Gundelfinger at 654-2277.

Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) next week.   For more than 25 years, the CCC has been spreading the gospel message locally and nationally on radio, TV, in print, and on the Internet.   It is only through donations from Catholic parishioners that the work of CCC is possible.   Half of the collection will remain in our diocese to fund local Catholic communication efforts.   Visit the website www.CatholicCommunicationCampaign.org for national program information.   The CCC – it's how the Good News gets around.   An envelope is in your packet if you can help!

Relay for Life   Do you know someone whose life has been touched and changed by cancer?   Please consider joining our Relay team or donating funds to fight cancer in honor of your loved one.   You can register online: http://events.cancer.org/RFLlancasterOH.   Just look for St. Bernadette "Catholics for the Cure" and then register to join us.   We'll have a table with Relay materials set up at Donut Sunday on May 4.   Watch for information on our fundraisers with Texas Roadhouse on June 9, Pampered Chef and Longaberger.   Relay is June 27 & 28 at the Lancaster Fairgrounds with funds benefiting the American Cancer Society.   Questions?   Please Call Donna Menigat at 687-0441.

Lancaster Alzheimer's Support Group.   A community meeting for caregivers, family, friends and neighbors which meets the 3rd Monday of every month.   The next meetings are May 19 and 23 at 7:30 pm at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 N. Eastwood Ave., Lancaster (enter through the Eastwood Ave. door).   For more information call Carol Schenck at 614-645-7535 or 800-589-7277 of Kelly Bauman at 740-687-1921 ext. 110.   Coping with Alzheimer's disease or a related Dementia shouldn't be - and doesn't have to be - a lonely experience.

Be More Mindful of Mary in the Month of May!   The women of WINGS present a guided contemplation on the historic stained glass windows in St. Mary Church on Thursday, May 22, 6:30-7:30 pm.

Bishop Frederick F. Campbell visited the Senior Class at Fisher Catholic.   On Tuesday, May 6, the Seniors had a special guest for lunch at school.   The Bishop joined them for lunch and then answered many questions which they had written down in advance.   The clergy of the area, as well as several faculty members and principal, James Silcott, were also present.   Bishop Campbell enjoys helping Seniors to be ready for their next step: college or employment.   He blessed the new Marian Shrine on the side lawn of the school, which is in memory of Brendan Krannitz and Andrew Shonk.

1st Annual Brenden P. Krannitz Scholarship 5K Run/Walk   to be held at Fisher Catholic High School on Saturday, May 31 at 9 a.m.   The Run/Walk is in loving memory of Brenden, son of Brett and Amy Conrad of St. Mary Parish, who died of Melanoma at age 15 on December 2, 2007.   Proceeds to benefit the Brendan P. Krannitz Scholarship Fund.   Registration brochures available in the Church entrances.   For more information call (740) 438-0689 or e-mail at brendenpkrannitz@yahoo.com.

Join the Great Cell Phone Drive.   Donate your inactive cell phones today   (no accessories, chargers, etc.).   You'll be helping the Lancaster Marian Center.   Bring your cell phones to:
      St. Bernadette Church Office or
      St. Bernadette School lobby.

For more info: Call Rita Merk 654-3255 or Betty Huston 653-1195

The Diocese of Columbus Announces the Ordination of

Stanley Stash Lisska Dailey
David Anthony Schalk
Victor Ray Wesolowski

to the Priesthood by His Excellency The Most Reverend Frederick F. Campbell, D.D., Ph.D., Bishop of Columbus - RITE OF ORDINATION - on Saturday, May 24, 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus, Oh.   Light refreshments will be served immediately following Mass in the undercroft of the Cathedral.

Ben Thimmes Van Fund.   Ben Thimmes, former teacher and baseball coach at Fisher Catholic H.S. was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) in 2007.   This disease has confined him to a wheelchair, but that is not going to stop Ben and his family from accomplishing his dream of traveling to several baseball stadiums this summer.   Of course Ben's special needs require a special vehicle. This is where you can help!   Fairfield National Bank has set up a special account entitled the Ben Thimmes Van Fund.   Donations can be made at any FNB location or you can mail your donation to:
      Fairfield National Bank
      Attn: Dusty Miller
      P.O. Box 607
      Lancaster, OH 43130

Bishop's Annual Appeal

    Week One
------------		   Total
------------		  
  Envelopes 94   94  
  Pledges $20,791   $20,791  
  Payment Received $  6,296   $  6,296  
           
A GREAT START !!!

"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week":
DEKA Office Equipment, LLC

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

Attention All Married Couples Celebrating Their 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th Anniversary and every year thereafter: Jubilee of Anniversaries 2008   on Sunday, June 22 at St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Rd., Columbus at 3:30 pm.   The occasion includes a Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick F. Campbell and a reception in your honor.   Registration forms are available from the parish office or you may call the Marriage and Family Life Office at 614-241-2560 or register online at www.FamilyLife.colsdioc.org.   Reservations for you and your guests are necessary and must be received by Monday, June 9.

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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