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

 
 

 

Weekly Bulletin
May 25, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Next Sunday June 1:   Our new Summer Sunday Mass Schedule starts - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

      After sweating in the sun and living enslaved on foreign ground as they performed the grueling work of moving stone, the chosen people found new hope.   They were led out of Egypt by God and Moses to reach new, promised land, only to find themselves lost in a wilderness with poisonous snakes and scorpions.
      We walk in the footsteps of the People of God.   Where are the serpents and scorpions that threaten and tempt us?   Where are our deserts?   We can find a wasteland next door to a million-dollar building.   We can be lonely in a crowd.
      We live in a world in which hunger haunts billions of people.   We have access to worldwide news - to media, information, and resources more numerous and farther reaching than those available to any other people who have walked on earth.   We live in a world in which we can be paralyzed by the enormity of the suffering we see.   So many people need help.   Where can we even begin?
      This Easter season, this day, Corpus Christi, is at the core of who we are as a people of faith.   The Lord is risen!   We care called out to become his hands, his eyes, his feet.   The Scriptures tell us God operates directly in out world.   In the sacrament, God is present here and now.   If we can eat his body and drink his blood, today God will operate in the world through us.
      We can see patterns in this divine touch.   Freedom from slavery, freedom from hunger, freedom in oneness, freedom in a new sort of food.   We are brought to the table of Christ to find life.   We are brought to the table to become what he us.
      He started simply.   He talked to crowds, but he touched the sick and lonely one person at a time.   He still works through real flesh and blood.

Dan Finucane      


© 2007 Liguori Publications. Liguori, MO 63057-9999.   Printed in U.S.A.
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Robert J. Hermann, Archdioceses of St. Louis

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 25   -   Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
    • 9:00 am   Mass for Mary Ann Van Meter   (Brown)
    • 11:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners

    • 2:00 pm   Bloom-Carroll High School Graduation
    • 2:00 pm   Berne Union High School Graduation
    • NEXT SUNDAY, JUNE 1:
            Our new Summer Sunday Mass Schedule starts
            8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

  • Monday, May 26
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Mathias Family   (Mathias)

  • Tuesday, May 27
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Linton Ames   (Snider)
    • 10:00 am   Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy in the Mary Good Center MPR
    • Last day of School for Fisher Catholic High School

  • Wednesday, May 28
    • 10:30 am   Mass at SunBridge Nursing Home
    • 6:00 pm   Mass for Jack Blanchard   (Flood)
    • During the month of May, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society are leading the praying of the Rosary at St. Bernadette Church on Wednesday after the 6:00 pm Mass.   All are invited.

  • Thursday, May 29
    • 8:20 am   School Mass, Grade 5 for Betty Runco   (Family)
    • Last Day of School for St. Bernadette Students

  • Friday, May 30   -   Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Connie DeMastry--Anniversary of Death   (DeMastry)

  • Saturday, May 31   -   Visitation of the Virgin Mary
    • 8:00 am   Mass for Pope's Intention
    • 8:30 am   Confessions
    • 3:30 pm   Confessions
    • 4:30 pm   Vigil Mass for 9th Sunday of Ordinary Time for LaVerne Faulkner   (Smith)

  • Sunday, June 1   -   9th Sunday of Ordinary Time
    • Our new Summer Sunday Mass Schedule starts
    • 8:30 am   Mass for Sr. Barbara Jean Welker  (Welker)
    • 10:30 am   Mass for Saint Bernadette Parishioners

    • 2:00 pm   Fisher Catholic High School Graduation
    • 2:00 pm   Lancaster High School Graduation
    • 6:00 pm   Fairfield Union High School Graduation

The Sanctuary Lamp and Altar Breads for this week are in memory of Connie DeMastry from the DeMastry family.

Catholic Home Missions Appeal.   Next Sunday, our parish will be taking up a collection to support missions here in the U.S.   The appeal offers Catholics across our country a wonderful opportunity to help fellow Catholics practice their faith in such rugged areas as Alaska, Appalachia, the Deep South, the Rocky Mountain states, the Southwest, Puerto Rico, and island dioceses in the Pacific and Caribbean.   Over 95 cents of every dollar donated to the Appeal goes directly to the mission to keep church doors open, to support pastors in their priestly ministry, and to provide basic pastoral services like religious education for children.   Please give generously to assist fellow Catholics here in America.   Please use your envelope for this collection.

St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is supporting the relief efforts of Caritas Internationalis in Myanmar in response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis.   CRS is the official humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Church.   To donate, call 1-877-425-7277, online at www.crs.org, or send a check to
      Catholic Relief Services,
      P.O. Box 17090,
      Baltimore, MD, 21203-7090.
      Memo Line: Southeast Asia Natural Disaster.

Please keep them in your prayers.

Attention All Married Couples Celebrating Their 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th Anniversary and every year thereafter: Jubilee of Anniversaries 2008 will be held 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.

MARRIED COUPLES!   Need a night for just the two of you, away from the kids, work and stress?   Let us pamper you with a romantic dinner, soft music and a time to refresh your relationship!   The cost is free!   Please make a reservation to join us on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 7 pm at St. Mark's in Lancaster.   RSVP: Bruce & Patty Hillwertz, 614-833-6156

Living the Gospel from Maintenance to Mission is the theme that has been chosen for the diocesan pastoral planning process.   All parishes and deaneries will participate in the planning process.   Local planning groups will be established at each parish to assist in the discernment and development of a diocesan pastoral plan.   The planning process is intended to help parishes evaluate their current ministries, plan for ways to enhance them, and collaborate in order both to share and conserve resources so that ministries can be more fruitful.   As each parish begins to assemble a leadership team and organize themselves, it will be keeping these goals in mind and alerting you to how we are doing in meeting the goals.
     
Our Leadership Team
  Jeffery Carpenter Dennis Forquer
  Deacon Paul Deshaies Kent Kerns
  Pam Eltringham, Chair Brian Shonk
  Susan Eyerman Father Walter

We will meet Saturday, May 31 at 10 am in the MPR.

St. Bernadette School is pleased to announce the addition of a 3-year-old preschool class to its successful Preschool program.   This introduction to school will be offered two mornings per week (Wednesdays and Fridays) from 8:30AM - 11:00AM.   The annual tuition cost for 2008-09 school year is $650.   Your "potty-trained" 3-year-old will be introduced to social play, sharing & cooperating with peers, drawing, painting, Bible stories, pretending, and music; as well as an introduction to academics of numbers and letters.   For more information, please call the school office at 654-3137.

The following were elected to parish council last weekend:

Todd Hedges - Brian Messerly - Darlene Yarmesch

A special thank you to all the candidates for running.   Our newly elected members will be attending the next parish council meeting on Tuesday, June 10th in the Mary Good Center.

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.

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.

The Power Of Intercessory Prayer.   Come learn, see and experience the amazing power of intercessory prayer at the 2008 Catholic Charismatic Renewal Men's & Women's Retreat.   We will gather under the anointed direction of Rev. Clifton E. Bishop, Jr.   Join us for the weekend of June 20-22 at St. Therese's Retreat Center, 5277 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH   43213.   For information or to register call the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Center at 614-237-7080

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.

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

CONGRATULATIONS
TO ST. BERNADETTE'S
2008 GRADUATING SENIORS
     
  Daniel Berens Jonathon Marcinko
  Tessa Burton Jenna Patterson
  Patrick Delisio Jennifer Peden
  Hannah Dodds Andrea Phillips
  Tammy Dyer Elizabeth Pruitt
  Ashleigh Emmenegger Matthew Regan
  Katherine Griffin Elizabeth Scarpitti
  Trevor Griffith Andy Shonk
  Kara Hooper Shelly Smidebush
  Jonathon Kidder Felito Soler
  Jeffrey Lifer Emilee Sorg
  Lindsay Malley Chase Stoneburner

If you were unable to attend the senior recognition breakfast, please pick up your gift in the school lobby.

Bishop's Annual Appeal

    Week Three
------------		   Total
------------		  
  Envelopes 27   190  
  Pledges $  3,500   $34,706  
  Payment Received $  1,950   $15,521  
           
        Target:   $44,886  
    Needed to reach goal:   $10,180  

"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week":
Alternacare Home Health Services, Inc.

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

Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC).   TV, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines - all are places people go to get news and entertainment.   But what do we get, exactly, when we turn on "the tube" or log on to the internet?   As a result of your support of the CCC, Catholics and all media consumers have increased opportunities to find Gospel-grounded messages and resources to strengthen their families and their faith.   Half of all donations received will remain in our diocese to fund local Catholic communication efforts.   Visit www.CatholicCommunicationCampaign.org for national program information.   The CCC – it's how the Good News gets around.   Thank you for your generous response.

Newark Catholic Girls Volleyball Camp at the high school on July 21-24 for grades 2-12.   Cost: $75 includes T-shirt.   Call 740-366-1551 or helfer@newwavevbc.org.

Mike Helfer Summer Basketball School at the YMCA in Newark, OH on July 14-18 for boys in grades 3-8.   Call 740-366-1552 or mrhelfer@bvaldosta.edu.

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

 

 

 
Legal Disclaimer
Best Viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution or higher
copyright © 2008 all rights reserved