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Weekly Bulletin
September 7, 2008
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Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ezekiel has advice on how to warn the
wicked to change their ways. This is a touchy subject these
days. We're not supposed to judge others.
Are we supposed to avoid making honest judgments?
Can we steer between being wise and being judgmental?
On any topic, including whether someone is too aware of others'
sins (or is not aware enough), we are looking for sound judgment.
We cannot avoid living out our values together. With
every choice we make, we impact others. How we interact at
school or work or home matters. How we correct our children
matters. If we don't correct our children, that maters.
In the body of Christ, we are faced with two very
down-to-earth realizations. We are far from perfect. We
are interconnected.
Jesus offers a simple and sobering way to live
with these two facts. Have a problem? Go in private,
go in humility, and talk to the one you find at fault. There
is no audience to play to there. There is no chance for two
against one. Create a place for real pain to be expressed,
for real fault to be named. The place may be just large enough
to express the problem but small enough to work on it without making
it worse.
If that doesn't work? Jesus pushes
us to bring the problem to a wider, more objective, yet still-small
place for help; if the person causing the trouble will not listen,
take one or two others with you. If the person still won't
listen, the whole Church is going to feel the effects. Is the
problem that big? The whole community is involved.
This method of steps is not designed to escalate
the problem. It is meant to push us to deeper levels of help.
It is no accident that the passage ends with the strongest
advice: If two or three ask God for help, they can expect results.
They can expect the presence of Christ among them.
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, September 7 - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 9:00 am Mass for Laverne Faulkner (Schorr)
- 10:15 am Donut Sunday in Parish Hall
- 11:30 am Mass for St. Bernadette Parishioners
- Monday, September 8 - Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
- 8:00 am Mass for Rita Merk (David's Birthday) (Family)
- 4:00 pm Deanery Meeting St. Mary, Lancaster/self study review
- 6:30 pm Spiritual Life Committee Meeting (MPR)
- 7:00 pm Deanery Pastoral Council (St. Mary, Lancaster)
- 7:30 pm Ministry of Consolation Meeting (MGC)
- Tuesday, September 9 - Peter Claver, priest
- 8:00 am Mass for Charles Hecker (Shonebarger)
- 10:00 am Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (MPR)
- 7:00 pm Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (small conference room in the Mary Good Center)
- 7:00 pm Parish Council (MPR)
- Wednesday, September 10
- 6:00 pm Mass for Wilford & Loretta Beiter (family)
- 7:00 pm RCIA (MPR)
- Thursday, September 11
- 8:20 am School Mass for Betty Runco (Schwendeman) Grandson's birthday
- Noon Friends Forever Pot Luck Dinner (bring your own table service) (MPR)
- Friday, September 12 - Holy Name of Mary
- Pope Benedict XVI at Lourdes, France
- 8:00 am Mass for Harold Schwendeman (Lynch)
- Saturday, September 13 - John Chrysostom, bishop, doctor
- 8:00 am Mass for Ruth Kirwin (Gallagher)
- 8:30 am Confessions
- 3:30 pm Confessions
- 4:30 pm Vigil Mass Exaltation of the Holy Cross for Elizabeth "Libby" Krogg (Hards)
- Sunday, September 14 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- 9:00 am Mass for Ronald Whitehead (family)
- 10:15 am PSR
- 10:15 am "The Faith in Depth" Adult Ed in Parish Hall
- 11:30 am Mass for Angie Gildow (Schehl)
The Sanctuary Flowers in memory of Andrew Essman
(Ann Essman) and for the Quaintance's 20th wedding anniversary.
Sanctuary Lamp and altar bread are in memory of
David Merk (Merk family).
BAPTISMS
Lillian Grace Carpico, daughter of Vincent and Valeria
Carpico was baptized Saturday, September 6, 2008 by Deacon Paul
Deshaise.
Corbin and Jacob Young, sons of Jaime and Heather Young
were baptized Saturday, August 30, 2008 by Deacon Paul Deshaise.
Congratulations upon the Baptism of your child. We welcome Lillian
Carpico, Corbin Young and Jacob Young into the spiritual family at St.
Bernadette.
DEATHS
Mrs. Nancy Ann McCormick, 69 years old, passed away
September 3rd at the Fairfield Medical Center. Funeral
services where held Saturday, September 6th at 10:30am at
St. Bernadette Church. Nancy is survived by her husband Paul;
children Milea (Dick) Quaintance, Michelle (fiance Jeff Lyons) McCormick,
Marci (Keith) Studer, Tony (Kelly) McCormick all of Lancaster.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord. And let perpetual
light shine upon her.
Please Pray for:
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Henry Kitsmiller |
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Diana Krile |
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"Jottings" from Sister Nancy
This weekend at all the Masses I will speak to
some of the needs that resulted from the self-study promulgated from
our diocese early in the summer.
Its purpose is to look ahead for the next 5 years
to put in place some of these concerns that parishioners "spoke to"
at a gathering held in the parish hall in June.
Adult education and youth were high priority.
Fr. Walter and myself have coordinated a schedule offering opportunities
for continued spiritual growth into the spring of 2009.
Continue to follow the bulletin for more details
with inserts listing topics, places, times and dates.
Sr. Nancy, O.P.
Pope Benedict XVI to pray at Lourdes, France
September 12-15th during this 150th anniversary
year of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette.
Let us also pray to the Lord through the
intercession of Mary. "Our Lady of Lourdes help us.
Help the people of all the world. Help us to attain
peace of heart, new fervor in our Catholic faith, and inspire us
to work for justice in the world. May the sick and suffering
be comforted by your holy intercession. Ask your Divine Son
to heal and comfort them."
200th Anniversary of 1st
Ohio Mass - On Sunday September 28, 2008 at 2:00 pm.
Bishop Campbell will celebrate a Mass to commemorate the 200th
Anniversary of the First Documented Mass in the State of Ohio.
The celebration will be held on the original grounds where this
historic Mass took place in 1808. You are cordially invited
to join us for the Anniversary Mass, a Memorial Dedication and
Reception to be held at 5000 Stage Coach Rd., Somerset, Ohio.
Signage will direct attendees from Somerset to the location.
Please contact Catholic Record Society at (614) 241-2571 or e-mail firstmass@aol.com
if you would like to attend or participate as a volunteer in this
historic happening.
Evening Scripture Study with Sister Nancy
begins this Tuesday (September 9) at 7:00pm in the Mary Good Center small conference
room. Enjoy meeting new friends and looking at a way to have
the scriptures take hold in your daily life.
St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts
Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed on
Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am; Thursday, 7 am and 2 pm. Call Marti
Gundelfinger at 654-2277.
The Earning for Learning Program at the
River Valley Mall has begun! From now until Sept. 30th.
St. Bernadette School earns a point for every dollar you spend
at the mall. The school with the most points wins a prize of
$5,000. Please take you receipt to the mall office or if you
do not need you receipt back, put it in the box in the school hallway.
All receipts from the mall count whether it's for movies,
ice cream, food, or back to school shopping! THANK YOU!!
Protecting God's Children sessions can
be scheduled by going on line to www.virtus.org.
There are 13 sessions with space still available for September
in various parts of the diocesan area. If you are wanting
to volunteer with our youth you will need to take this class.
New Adult Education Religion Series by
Father Walter and Father Kessler will begin next Sunday, September
14th. "The Faith in Depth" will
open up the treasures of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church
with presentations and questions on the 2nd and 3rd
Sundays each month in the social hall at 10:30am to 11:15 am.
Come and see! Bring a family member or a
friend or neighbor. Father Kessler's first appearance
will be on Sunday, September 21st.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a
masterpiece work which is now in over 50 languages and used
world-wide. It's treasures need to be heard and
pondered. It is a highly recommended book for every
Catholic home. The Doubleday edition is available in all
good bookstores for $7.99.
The Catholic Guide to the Internet: www.catholic.org.
Catholic Answers One of the largest Catholic lay apologetics
site, it also offers links to the original Catholic encyclopedia
and This Rock magazine archives.
St. Bernadette Bowling League needs bowlers
- you do not need to have any experience. We bowl every Tuesday
morning (started August 21st) for 35 weeks at 9:10am. at
the Tiki Bowling Lanes $9 per week. We have 3 people to a
team and we are a mixed league. If you are interested, just
come out to the Tiki Bowling Lanes and we will gladly put you on a team.
We would like to thank everyone for the
cards, prayers, food and visits over the past 4 weeks. A
special thank you to Fr. Walter, Sister Nancy, Ann Essman, Deacons
Paul Deshaies and Mark and Teresa Scarpitti, who represented the
"St. Bernadette family." We feel blessed to have so
many friends who are always there when we need them. God
Bless!
Danie & Jerry Azbell
Parking Lot Please do not drive over
the drain grates, they are not strong enough to withstand the
weight of your car. There are two out in the main parking
lot that are giving away at this time.
Parish Secretary position has been filled.
Thanks to the applicants who submitted resumes for the
position of parish secretary. As it evolved, Mrs. Darlene
Yenrick, already our parish business manager, has been given the
dual position: Business Manager/Parish Secretary
This will integrate the work of the parish
office, speed the transition, and honor Darlene's nine years
of experience as an employee of St. Bernadette.
We again thank Mrs. Irene D'Amore, who
was the secretary for nineteen years, for her very dedicated service
to this parish. We wish the best for her and her family.
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
Scarpitti, at (740) 468-1042.
PSR teachers for 2008-2009 are:
k-1 combined - Katrina Hutton
2nd - Marlene Clark assisted by Darlene Yarmesch
3rd - Lori Bernard
4th - Mary Guinan
5th - Barbara Whipple
6th and 7th - Cynthia Pearsall
8th - Teresa Scarpitti
Substitutes: Barb Huber, Mark Scarpitti, Pamela Eltringham
Confirmation teachers are:
Deacon Mark & Teresa Scarpitti
David Scarpitti and Andy Garrett
Thank you for your devotion to this ministry of St. Bernadette.
St. Bernadette School teachers for the 2008-2009
year are:
Preschool - Marisa Darfus
Kindergarten - Nancy Griffith
1st - Melissa Moses
2nd - Elizabeth Loy
3rd - Heather Malley
4th - Robin Sanders
5th - Denise McGuire
Aides:
Kindergarten - Christina Carr
1st - Sally Delisio
Library - Allison Huber
Music - Jill Ailes
Cafeteria - Shawna Swisher & Denise Hoffman
Thank you for your devotion to this ministry of St. Bernadette.
Part time LPN or RN needed to accompany
Elizabeth Gambill, a kindergartener at St. Bernadette's to school
and help out at home. If interested, call her mom, Mary Ann
Gambill, at 740-687-0966 (home) or 740-407-1128 (cell).
The parish hall has been outfitted with
3 security cameras that are activated by movement. Two cameras
are in the actual parish hall and one is by the back door.
There are also security cameras around the school. Please
be aware that you are being monitored at all times.
Free Home Study Courses on the Catholic Faith
You are invited to study the Catholic Faith by taking free
correspondence courses at home. For information about the
eight courses available, go to our Catholic Home Study Service web site
(www.amm.org/chss.htm). Or you may write to
this address:
Home Study Service,
P. O. Box 363,
Perryville MO 63775-0363
or call 573-547-4084. These are prepared by Father Oscar
Lukefahr, C.M. (Vincentian) who is a veteran priest and highly
recommended.
Fr. Walter
Grandparents' Day is September 7:
The Marriage and Family Life Office reminds you that Sunday, September
7, 2008 is Grandparents' Day. In our grandparents we have
sensed and felt the thread of history and the treasure of tradition
that lies within our families. We pray that those who guided
our early steps and called forth our talents be richly rewarded by God,
our Divine Parent.
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.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend:
Endless to do list. Run all day. Work all night.
Go to Bed depleted. Wake up tired. Repeat tomorrow,
and the day after, and the day after
Is it time for you to
call a time out? Take your spouse on a Marriage Encounter
weekend and rediscover each other. Upcoming Marriage Encounter
weekends are September 26-28 and November 14-16. Please let us
know that you're interested as soon as you can! For more
information or to register, contact Paul & Marilou Clouse at
740-746-9003 or visit our website at www.wwmecolumbus.org.
Our Lady of Consolation Shine, Carey, Ohio
will be hosting a family day on Sunday, September 28th.
We welcome families to come and pray together. Mass at noon
followed with lunch and games for the family. The day concludes
with Devotions at 2:30 pm and individual family blessings.
Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Consolation Shrine, Carey,
Ohio will be October 1st. Please have your
$25.00 reservation fee paid to
Margaret Kronenbeitter,
2700 Wayne Ridge Rd.,
Zanesville, Ohio 43701-9240
by September 5th.
If you have any questions please contact Rita Merk 654-3255 or Ann
Messerly 654-3447.
Join the Franciscan Friars at the Shrine
of Our Lady of Consolation, Carey, Ohio for a special Hope and Healing
Mass (for Breast Cancer Awareness) on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm.
Come and show your support for breast cancer victims, survivors
and their loved ones.
St. Mary's Bereavement ministry will
continue their "Evenings of Sharing" for those persons
grieving the death of a loved one on Wednesday, September 17th,
from 7pm to 8:30pm 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.
Freely, Totally, Faithfully-Natural Family Planning
(NFP) If 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 contact Sheri Tharp, 740-507-9813.
The Cum Christo Movement consists of
proclaiming the best news of the best reality: that God,
in Christ, loves us. The Cum Christo is a movement that
tries to, and through God's grace manages to; enable the
essential realities of the Christian to come to life in the
uniqueness, originality, and creativity of each person. If
you are interested in attending a weekend, please contact Ed Price
(614)314-1129 or visit the web site www.cumchristo.org. Upcoming weekends are
Men's: Sept. 18-21 and
Women's Oct. 16-19
The Greater Columbus Right to Life organization
is sponsoring The 40 Days for Life from September 24th
through November 2nd. We are asked to pray and fast
for an end to abortion. We also would like to have a group join
other local parishes to pray for one hour outside the Samuels Abortion
Clinic at 5901-5888 Cleveland Ave., Columbus. Pope John XXIII
parish is going on October 13th. Anyone interested
in participating please call Barb Whipple at 468-3435.
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
"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week"
Garry D. Boyd D.D.S.
Julie D. Boyd D.D.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."
Silent Retreat. Fr. Glenn Sudano,
a founder, with Fr. Benedict Groeshel, of the Franciscan Friars of
Atonement will direct a men's silent retreat from
6 pm Friday, September 12th through noon Mass Sunday,
September 14th at St. Therese's Retreat Center in
Columbus. The theme "In Hope We Are Saved" is inspired
by Pope Benedict's 2007 encyclical on hope, Spe Salvi.
Contact Tim Kennedy (614) 885-2105, timjkennedy@yahoo.com
for more information or to register.
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.
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:
Oct 24 - Oct 26, 2008
Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2009
Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2009
Apr 24 - Apr 26, 2009
Jun 5 - Jun 7, 2009
For more information or to register, visit www.engaged.org or ColumbusEE@aol.com
or call Sherilynn Barley at 614-235-1143.
The Cum Christo Movement Weekend dates:
March 12-15, 2009 (Men's)
April 23-26, 2009 (Women's)
Sept. 17-20, 2009 (Men's)
Oct. 15-18, 2009 (Women's)
If you are interested in attending a weekend, please contact Ed Price
(614)314-1129 or visit the web site www.cumchristo.org.
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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