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Weekly Bulletin
August 17, 2008
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Let's admit it. Some of
Christ's followers reject others. We may not even let those
who disagree with us into the conversation. We've acted like
it was up to us to not allow them into eternity.
Humans have disagreed about religion for millennia.
Christians have persecuted other monotheists. Some of the
worst cases of hate and misunderstanding have been toward those who are
close to us in faith...but not quite the same. Can we do
better? Where are we to start?
Where do we get our vision? Our Hope?
The prophet Isaiah sees a time when God's
house of prayer will be a house for all people. In Romans 11:29-32,
Paul looks at how the new covenant has grown from deeper roots, a process
that brings him to two amazing statements: "the gifts and the calling
of God are irrevocable" and "they have now been disobedient in
order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy."
The Second Vatican Council document Declaration on
the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate)
embraces the tension the Church must live in. Addressing other
faiths - it names Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism - it says,
"the Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in
these religions." Two sentences later, the same document
"proclaims, and ever must proclaim Christ 'the way, and the
truth, and the life'" (NA, 2 John 14:6).
In today's Gospel story, Jesus heals several
people at once. It's not quick to easy. He challenges
the Canaanite woman who is following him; she challenges him back.
And Jesus then acts, not only as the healer who helps her and her daughter:
He is the ultimate spin doctor.
His disciples see a foreigner who is a pest.
Jesus sees a woman of great faith. The message of the Gospel is
sophisticated. It is difficult. It is freeing.
Dan Finucane
© 2008 Liguori Publications. Liguori, MO 63057-9999. Printed in U.S.A.
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Robert J. Hermann, Archdioceses of St. Louis
Coming Events
- Sunday, August 17 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 8:30 am Mass - (Fr. Bentz) for Ronald Whitehead (Family)
- 10:30 am Mass - (Fr. Bentz) for Mary Ann Van Meter (Keeney)
- Monday, August 18 - Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
- 8:00 am Mass - (Fr. Bentz) for Linton Ames (Smidebush)
- Tuesday, August 19 - John Eudes, priest
- 8:00 am Mass - (Fr. Bentz) for Charles Hecker (Gallagher)
- 10:00 am Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy in the Mary Good Center MPR
- Wednesday, August 20 - Bernard, abbot, doctor
- 2:00 pm Mass at LanFair Nursing Home
- 6:00 pm Mass for Richard Foreman (Joos)
- 6:00 pm Liturgy team meeting in the Mary Good Center
- Thursday, August 21 - Pius X, pope
- First Day of School
- 8:20 am Mass for Harold Schwendeman (Fisher)
- Friday, August 22 - Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 8:00 am Mass for Phillip Darfus (Wintzinger)
- Saturday, August 23 - Rose of Lima, virgin
- 8:00 am Mass for Bruce Ogilvie (Uhrler)
- 8 am - 2 pm St. Bernadette blood drive in the parish hall
- 8:30 am Confessions
- 9:00 am Parish Council Retreat & Mass (Parish
Council only) at the Landefelds' home
- 10 am - Noon Cantor workshop
- 3:30 pm Confessions
- 4:30 pm Vigil Mass 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time for Mabel Waits (Waits)
- Sunday, August 24 - Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
- *RETURN TO REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE*
- 8:30 am Mass for St. Bernadette Parishioners
- 11:30 am Mass - (Fr. Bentz) for Angie Gildow (Schehl)
The Sanctuary Flowers are for Molly Rowe's
Birthday.
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
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2008-2009 RCIA Program – RCIA (Rite of Christian
Initiation for Adults) is the process through which adults
who have never been baptized, who have been baptized in other Christian
traditions, or who were baptized Catholic but never received First
Eucharist or Confirmation, can find out more about the Christian faith
as it is lived and celebrated in the Roman Catholic Tradition. The
RCIA program begins September 10, 2008 and continues every Wednesday
evening from 7:00pm til 8:45pm meetings are held in the Mary Good Center
(Church office building located behind the school). Whether you
are interested in joining the Catholic faith, or just want to know more
about the Catholic faith, you are welcome to attend. For more
information, contact Teresa Scarpitti, RCIA director, at (740) 468-1042.
PSR (Parish School of Religion) will start
registration for the 2008-2009 year August 31 after all weekend masses.
Classes begin September 14 at 10:15am to 11:15am. PSR is
for students, Kindergarten through 8th grade, that attend public schools.
For more information contact Deacon Mark Scarpittii, at (740) 468-1042.
Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed on
Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am; Thursday, 7 am and 2 pm. Call Marti
Gundelfinger at 654-2277.
St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts
Jr. Golfers St. Mary Irish, Lancaster,
is exploring having a Jr. high golf team. Eligible Players would be
in 7th and 8th grade. Interested players need
to contact: Julie Kilbarger at 740-654-1193 or 740-808-1388 by
August 18th.
Biddy Volleyball tryouts: 5th
& 6th grade girls, August 12th, 13th
and 14th from 1-3pm, St. Mary Gym. Coaches needed for
each team. Call Cathy Wood 654-0270 with any questions.
Tree and bush trimmers needed: Please
volunteer to Mr. Steve Huber or to Fr. Walter. We have on-going
outdoor pruning needs.
NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY COMING
Life Touch
will be at St. Bernadette in the Mary Good Center Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
taking pictures on 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.
We are looking for any recent pictures (within
the last 5 years) of events that took place at St. Bernadette. Such
as: Advent Sunday Funday, Parish Picnic, Sacraments, Jillian's
Dinner, Organ Dedication, etc. Please drop off pictures at the Church
office – all originals will be returned. Thank you
Have you ever tried to do it all? The
WINGS (Women in God's Service) group of St. Mary's Church
invites all parish women to join them for fellowship, prayer, and
spiritual reading during their fall session! They will be
reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver.
With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna
Weaver shows how all of us - Marys and Marthas alike - can draw closer
to our Lord: deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and
doing both with less stress and greater joy. They will meet in
The St. Mary's Spirit Center from 6:45-8:30 p.m. on the following
Wednesdays: Sept. 3, 17: Oct. 1, 15, 29; Nov. 5, and 19.
Read chapters 1 and 2 prior to the first session on September 3.
Please purchase your book using ISBN# 1-57856-258-9. RSVP to
Kristin at kgentile@columbus.rr.com or
at 653-1949, so that she can prepare for materials.
St. Bernadette School opens on Thursday,
August 21 for grades one through five. Holy Mass will be
celebrated at 8:20 AM to ask God's blessings on the new School
Year for all students, parents and teachers in our wide community.
Please come and pray with us if you are able.
St. Bernadette School Uniform Exchange.
Drop off your used uniform pants, shirts, jumpers, sweaters and sweatshirts
to the table in the front hallway. Pick up anything that you need.
It's that simple!
The exchange starts August 9, 2008 through the start
of school.
Call Jennifer Spiegel at 536-7785 or Denise Hoffman
at 654-1058 with any questions.
The St. Mary Bremen, CYC sponsors square
dances at Schmelzer's Grove (four miles south of Bremen) during
the summer. Dances are from 7:30PM – 10:30PM. Join us
August 17th and 31st. Everyone is invited.
Parish Council Retreat on Saturday, August 23, to Focus on
Parish Self-Study Conclusions Submitted to the Bishop.
Thank you to the thirty some parishioners who gave their time and
experience to the recent Self-Study.
Many ideas and suggestion surfaced in the general
meeting on June 17, and in the follow-up meeting of group leaders on June
30. The two most pressing concerns were adult faith-formation
and evangelizing our youth.
In our noisy and fast-paced culture, it becomes
obvious that prayer-life and religion are suffering. Youth from 13
years to 30 years are over-whelmed b y distractions and noise. There
seems little space for God. Parents, too, are time-compressed, and
often exhausted. Where is thy God?
A parish needs to be a sacred place to get ones
batteries re-charged with faith and hope. It needs to be a place
where youth can "meet their God" and truly come to appreciate one
another.
Please lend a hand and also pray, that as a
parish community we can meet these needs and other needs too. Parish
Council will assist as well as all of our parish staff and leadership.
We will also collaborate with other parishes, especially in our
Fairfield-Hocking area.
7th annual Andrew Kilbarger golf outing
to benefit Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research at Childrens Hospital,
Columbus will be held Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Pleasant Valley
Golf Course, Lancaster, there will be a 9 am shotgun start, 3 person
scramble cost is $150 per team and includes drinks, food, prizes,
proximities $200 skins pot, golf w/cart & gifts for golfers,
$10,000 hole in one prize. Also available is a raffle for
$2,500 for more information please call Julie Kilbarger 740-808-1388
or e-mail mjk@columbus.rr.com
Your help is our hope.
The Light of Prayer Group at St. Mark will
have a guest speaker, Mr. John Reade, speaking on "St. Paul and his
ministry" on Tuesday, August 19, at 7:30pm. Everyone is invited
to attend. Any questions please call Phil Kiger, 654-0884.
St. Bernadette Cub Scout Pack Meeting Meeting
– August 24th at 6pm in the parish hall. Anyone
interested in joining please attend or call Dr. Mark Darnell at 689-1952
for any questions.
Parish Secretarial Position Open
Applicants are asked to apply to Fr. Walter or to
Mrs. Darlene Yenrick, Business Manager. An application form can
be picked up at the Church office and with this form a resume should be
submitted to the Church office.
The position is part-time, 20 hours per week (no
benefit package); As the parish secretary it would be helpful
if you had basic knowledge of the Catholic faith; inter-personal skills;
computer skills with Microsoft programs; self motivation; the ability
to juggle many jobs at once; knowledge of parishioners and awareness
of parish committee leaders and volunteers, and a desire to meet people.
Freely, Totally, Faithfully-Natural Family Planning
(NFP) Whether you are hoping to postpone or achieve
pregnancy, NFP can help you and your spouse live God's plan for
love and life, while strengthening your marriage relationship.
A diocesan NFP workshop will begin Wednesday evening, September 17,
7-9 pm at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 303 East High St., Mount Vernon.
The five-session workshop, offered through the Marriage and
Family Life Office, will continue on October 1, 15, 29 and November 12.
Cost is $60 per couple and includes all instructional materials;
financial assistance is available. For more information or to
register for the workshop, contact Sheri Tharp, diocesan-certified NFP
instructor, at 740-507-9813.
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. Mary's Bereavement Ministry will
continue their "evenings of sharing" for those persons grieving
the death of a loved one on Wednesday, August, 20th from
7 pm to 8:30 pm in the rectory conference room. If you need
additional information or transportation call Sharon Boyden 687-4989
or Linda Barnecut 687-1476. Your presence and sharing is
comforting to those who mourn.
"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week":
Arthur Treacher's
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."
Wedding information and policies booklet available
on pamphlet rack and at church office – We are pleased to now have available
a St. Bernadette booklet of wedding information. We thank the Office
of Liturgy of the diocese for assisting us. Future brides and grooms
will find this very helpful. For other pre-marriage questions please
call the parish office, or one the parish clergy.
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
Parish playground is well used by many.
There's hardly a day when families do not come to use the large and
multi-event playground. This is a service not only to parishioners
but to the local community. Thanks again to the Home and School
Association for maintaining it with capital funds.
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.
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:
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
Web Site: www.cathedral-bookshop.com
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