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Weekly Bulletin
July 20, 2008
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Life is messy. We aren't always
able to tell exactly who is working for us and who is working against us.
In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus acknowledges this mess, but he
doesn't try to sort out which work is from the enemy and which is from
God. He suggests taking the good with the bad. Give it
time. It does matter which is which, but we can't tell right
now. Work for the good harvest, and let God do the sorting.
For result-minded disciples, this is frustrating.
Saint Paul talks about what our efforts can result
in right now. This is too close to home. We see our
own weaknesses. We don't even know what to pray for. We
groan. We can't put what we need into words. We don't
know where to start. How much of the world is struggling as we
are? Pay says that all of creation is groaning.
Do we dare look this deeply? Do we want to
be reminded of wars, hungers, crimes, natural disasters? If we
watch the news, on most nights it's so paralyzing it's tempting
to ignore it all or to give up.
Today's readings offer power in a deep,
realistic way. In the middle of all this struggle, that
is where God is. God knows the good seed and the weeds.
The Spirit prays for us as we groan. We are not
alone in all this. The world is difficult, but struggling here
matters.
What is the wisdom of God? For your
strength is the source of righteousness, and your sovereignty over
all causes you to spare all. For you show your strength when
people doubt the completeness of your power, and you rebuke any
insolence among those who know it. Although you are sovereign
in strength, you judge with mildness (Wisdom 12:16-18a).
Dan Finucane
© 2008 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, July 20 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Brothers of the Sacred Heart Mission Appeal
- 8:30 am Mass for Ronald Whitehead – Anniversary of Death (Swisher)
- 10:30 am Mass with Fr. Kessler for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
- Monday, July 21 - Lawrence of Brindisi, priest, doctor
- 8:00 am Mass for Cora "Codie" Moore (Daubenmire)
- Tuesday, July 22 - Mary Magdalene
- 8:00 am Mass for Kay Schorr (Schorr)
- 10:00 am Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy in the Mary Good Center MPR
- Wednesday, July 23 - Bridget of Sweden, religious
- 10:30 am Mass at SunBridge Nursing Home
- 6:00 pm Mass for Lucille Wilkins – Birthday (Wilkins)
- Thursday, July 24 - Sharbel Makhluf, priest
- 8:00 am Mass for Connie DeMastry (DeMastry)
- 4:00 pm Diocesan Youth Leaders visit St. Bernadette
- Friday, July 25 - James, apostle
- 8:00 am Mass for Kevin Schorr (Schorr)
- Saturday, July 26
- 8:00 am Mass
- 8:30 am Confessions
- 3:30 pm Confessions
- 4:30 pm Vigil Mass 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time for LaVerne Faulkner (Runco)
- Bill & Marti Gundelfinger - In Thanksgiving for their 50th Wedding Anniversary
- Sunday, July 27 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 8:30 am Mass for Mary Ann Van Meter (Keeney)
- 10:30 am Mass with Fr. Kessler for Saint Bernadette Parishioners
Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed on
Tuesday, 4 pm; Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am; Thursday, 7 am and 2 pm.
Call Marti Gundelfinger at 654-2277.
Suggestion Box is in the Church lobby for
parishioners. Please sign and add your phone number if you wish
to get a response or wish to discuss your suggestion with one of our
Parish Staff. Thank you.
There is a new Mailbox outside the door of the
Mary Good Center for your convenience when the office is
closed. When you put something in the box, please raise the red
flag on the right side of the box. Thank you.
ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATIONS
In Honor of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Bill & Marti
Gundelfinger their Children and Grandchildren will witness a Nuptial
Blessing on Saturday, July 26, 2008 during the 4:30 PM Mass at St.
Bernadette Church with Fr. James Walter officiating.
MARRIAGE CONGRATULATIONS
CONGRATULATIONS to ANDREA MAUL, daughter of Nicholas and Martha
Maul of our Parish, and JON MURDOCK, son of Teri & Tom
Vines and Craig & Carol Murdock. They will be married on
Saturday, August 2, 2008 at a 1:30 PM Wedding Service at St. Bernadette
with Rev. Mr. Mark Scarpitti officiating.
"Jottings" from Sister Nancy
Please forgive me for telling you this silly joke,
but it works so well with today's Gospel, I have to use it.
Ready? OK, here goes: What did the dandelion from outer
space say to the Earth dandelion? "Take me to your Weeder."
Today's Gospel parable is about a field in
which the wheat and weeds are growing together. Jesus'
solution is to wait until harvest time to pull the weeds first and
burn them. Then, when the weeds are gone, the harvesters can
gather the wheat into the barn.
In our personal lives, we need to follow the
example of the space dandelion. We need to go to the Weeder
so that Jesus can help us remove the weeds of sinfulness that try
to consume us. Then, when we are free, he will gather us into
his harvest.
Therefore, without looking to those who stand
to our right or to our left, let us look only at ourselves and at
Jesus. Is our belonging to him truly evident in our lives?
Is our commitment so transparent as to be easily detected in what we say
and what we do? Should there be any discrepancy, now is the time
to avail ourselves of God's lenient mercy and compassion. Now
is the time to surrender ourselves to listen more attentively and to heed
the good seed of the word that Jesus longs to plant within us.
-- Dick Folger
Sr. Nancy, O.P.
St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts
St. Bernadette's Marian Center Evangelizes at the
Ohio State Fair. Volunteers are needed
to staff the Marian Center booth on the days of July 30 thru August 10.
Our project is in the Market Place Building. Help witness
to your faith in the "Market Place." Enjoy meeting the
public, sharing "faith" stories, giving out Catholic literature,
rosaries and prayer cards. For further information, call
Rita Merk 654-3255 or to volunteer your time, call the parish office
and leave your name and number with Irene at 654-1893. Why not
give it a try? Teens and collegians: this may be for you.
NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY COMING: Life Touch
will be at St. Bernadette in the Mary Good Center Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
taking pictures on August 5, 6, & 7 from 2:30-9:00 PM; October 1, 2,
& 3 from 2:30-9:00 PM and October 4 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Please plan to participate; we would like to have everyone in the parish
represented. A current Church Directory is very helpful. To
schedule your photography time, there is a link on the St. Bernadette web
page (Click Here) available Monday thru
Friday or you can sign up after all masses beginning this weekend.
For participating, you will receive a free 8 x 10 portrait and directory!
You will have the opportunity to purchase additional portraits.
For your convenience, there are take home price sheets available
at all entrances to the Church.
Thank you to Monica Ewing and Irene D'Amore
for cleaning the Church and Linens during the month of June. God Bless!
St. Joseph's Picnic will be held on August
2, at the St. Joseph Hall, 575 St. Rte. 383 in Somerset. The famous
fried chicken & noodle, or pork dinner from 4-7 PM. Mass will
be held at 5 & 8 PM. Games, refreshments, raffles, bingo &
crafts, will continue until 11:30 PM and square dancing from 8 PM-12 AM.
Come join in the fun and support the oldest Catholic parish in the
State of Ohio. Call 740-743-1317 for information.
Please Pray for:
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Virginia Bright |
Martha Kidder |
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Susan Clark |
Diana Krile |
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Luke DeRolph |
Cole Smith |
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Ruth Faulkner |
Lillian Zack |
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Diana Harris |
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| For prayers on the Intercessory Prayer
list, email Kathy or call 654-9696. |
A Special Thank You to these parishioners
who have been so loyal in taking Communion to our shut-ins who are members
of St. Bernadette and the Catholic Community: Darlene Yarmesch, Susan
Eyerman, Regina Gallagher, Joyce Guenther, Jeff Carpenter, Frank Coz,
Betty Shonebarger and Jim & Rita Merk.
"The comforting Christian can relieve both
that isolation and desolation by simply being present. Many words
are not needed. A loving heart, interested ears and a gentle touch
will work wonders."
Ann Essman, Pastoral Minister
Fostering Healthy Marriages. Recently
an engaged couple told me that they weren't having a Catholic wedding
ceremony because they thought the Catholic Church, with all its
requirements, makes it too hard to get married. "I should hope
so," I replied, "because marriage is hard." What I
didn't tell them was that I don't think the Church does such a
good job at helping people stay married. My husband, Mark, and I
will be married 13 years this August. Before we got married, we
took the FOCCUS assessment, met with a married couple in our parish,
attended an Engaged Encounter weekend, and met with our parish priest
and the priest who was officiating at our wedding. We and the
Church put a lot of energy into getting our marriage off to a good
start. But that day in 1995 after we said "I do" and
walked back down the aisle was the last time we heard anything from
the Church concerning our marriage. Sure, I know there are
programs available such as Marriage Encounter to help couples maintain
their relationship. But with three kids, a weekend retreat for
Mark and me is just not feasible. Desirable? Yes.
Feasible? No. If the U.S. bishops have their way, though,
married couples soon won't have any excuses for not fostering their
marriages. That's because the bishops are currently right in
the middle of an all-out push to help married couples - not just
Catholics - strengthen and grow their marriages. For more information
on the bishops' National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, visit www.usccb.org/npim or www.foryourmarriage.org.
From June 2008 St. Anthony Messenger
Enjoy the 2008 Lancaster Festival! Is
there any other place in Ohio which has a ten day music festival?
May God bless each day of this happy Lancaster Festival.
There's something literally for everyone. Enjoy!
Welcome all visitors. Daily schedules are available in the
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, the festival program or www.lanfest.org.
St. Bernadette Summer Bloodmobile on Saturday,
August 23 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Parish Social Hall. Our
goal is 50 units of blood.
Since each unit of blood collected can save up to
three lives, this blood drive can really make a difference here in
Fairfield County. Blood products are used for accident victims,
surgery patients, sickle cell anemia therapy and chemotherapy patient
treatments. The summer months are a time of critical need in the
Central Ohio Blood Region, so please consider taking an hour of your
time to donate the gift of life.
For more information, to make an appointment or
to volunteer or provide food, please call Joyce Guenther at 974-5040
or email her at joyceguenther@msn.com.
Anyone is good health age 17 and over is eligible to donate.
St. Mark Church, Lancaster, is hosting its
2nd Annual Community Yard Sale, on Sat.,
July 26th from 9 AM to 3 PM. There will be bargains
galore, with many yard sales, a church rummage sale and lots of good
food and drink! We are located at 331 Gay St., just off Cedar
Hill Rd., across from Henry's Feed Mill, with plenty of parking.
Make sure to be their early.
The Fisher Catholic Athletic Association will
hold its annual golf outing on Saturday, August 2. This event will
be held at Pleasant Valley Golf Course, registration begins at 7 AM with
an 8 AM shotgun start. The format is a 3-person scramble.
Win $100, closest to the pin on #1 and #9. Cost per person is $60
and includes green fees, cart, lunch and skins pot. The deadline
for registration is Saturday, July 26. For information call
740-974-6916. Proceeds will benefit Fisher Catholic Athletic programs.
The second collection this weekend is for the African
mission of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The
Brothers through their representative, Brother Clifford King, SC, are
asking for your prayers and financial support. The Brothers of
the Sacred Heart are religious educators who staff schools and other
establishments in over 30 countries. Your contributions will
especially benefit young men who are preparing to enter religious life
and needy students in the African countries of Kenya, Lesotho, Uganda,
Zambia and Zimbabwe. Please be generous.
"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week":
Dodds Modern Living / The Pool People
Please patronize the advertisers found in our Weekly Sunday
Bulletin. They're generosity makes it possible for us to
receive the bulletin free of charge.
"Out of gratitude we share our income for the works of God."
Foundation Dinners Volunteers Needed, 1000
W. Fifth Ave., Lancaster. We are looking for groups or individuals
that would be willing to have a skit, singing, storytelling, miming,
readings, etc. from 4 -4:30 pm every day at Foundation Dinners.
It would be helpful to these people to have a message of hope and love
to these who may feel they have very little hope and live in despair.
Sometimes a kind word can go a long way when it seems so dark.
If you or your group would be interested in doing a program for these
people, please contact me, Gary Clum at 740-653-3233 or 740-407-6102
and I can schedule you a time to come. I know they would really
appreciate it. Check out www.hungryhomeless.org.
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:
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:
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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