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Weekly Bulletin
October 5, 2008
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Bulletin Deadline: Monday, 12:00 Noon.
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is the World a good place?
It can be a painful place. We can get
discouraged here. Yet we can get stuck here; it's strange
that we can cling to our problems and fear leaving our ruts.
But the world can be a beautiful place too.
That can lead to a different, even stranger problem:
we are tempted to worship what is here. Some favorite, old
standby temptations are still with us. Power and money can
draw us in. But we have some modern ones too. Science
and technology can be worshiped. We can be pulled by more
subtle temptations. Is health not a great good? Family
and love are certainly good.
What things can handle the job of being
worshipped, of being at the center of life? Let's
be careful here; we needn't reject good things as worthless.
Wealth and power and knowledge and good health can make humans
flourish. The question is, can they complete us?
It is especially when we are successful
at achieving the goods of this world that we may become aware of
something missing. Do we have what we wanted? Do we
have want we wanted? Are we still asking for more?
Why do we sense there's something we have not found?
St. Augustine said we have a heart that is
made for God and cannot find peace in anything else.
We are pulled to grow, to be more.
We're link amphibians, living in good waters but carrying
lungs that are meant to be filled with air - with the breath of
God. We live here, but we are drawn to a richer world.
Our world is good. It is
sacramental. We already see here how simple things
- water, oil, bread, wine, forgiveness, responsibility, human
love, even our weaknesses and death - can be taken up and
changed.
So Saint Paul reminds us: whatever
is true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent,
and worthy of praise - think about these.
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, October 5 - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Sunday
- 9:00 am Mass for Eileen Clark (McClary)
- 10:15 am Donut Sunday in parish social hall
- 10:15 am PSR (8th grade is in the MPR)
- 11:30 am Mass (Fr. Bentz) for St. Bernadette Parishioners
- 6:00 pm Teen Mass Rehearsal
- Monday, October 6 - Bruno, priest; Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin
- 8:00 am Mass for Linton Ames (Thimmes)
- 6:30 pm Spiritual Life Committee Meeting (MPR)
- 7:30 pm Ministry of Consolation Meeting (MGC)
- Tuesday, October 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary
- 8:00 am Mass for Kevin Schorr (Schorr)
- 10:00 am Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (MPR)
- 7:00 pm Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (MPR)
- 7:00 pm School Advisory Board Meeting (school office)
- 7:00 pm Saint Paul the Apostle, the Man and his Ministry, by John Reade (Church)
- Wednesday, October 8
- 6:00 pm Mass for Richard Foreman (Juncewicz)
Congratulations
to Susan (Brown) & Barry Garrett on their 25th wedding anniversary (Brown)
- 6:30 pm Rosary after the Mass
- 7:00 pm RCIA (MPR)
- Thursday, October 9 - Denis, bishop, martyr and companions John Leonardi, priest
- NO SCHOOL - FAIR DAY
- 8:20 am School Mass for Codie Moore (Shonebarger)
- Friday, October 10
- NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- 8:00 am Mass for Charles & Nell McAnespie (Messerly)
- 6:30 pm Wedding rehearsal for Fox & Forquer
- Saturday, October 11 - Blessed Virgin Mary
- 8:00 am Mass (Fr. Arter) for Nancy McCormick (Merk)
- 8:30 am Confessions
- 1:30 pm Wedding Mass for Stephanie Fox & Curtis Forquer - reception to follow in the parish hall
- 3:30 pm Confessions
- 4:30 pm Vigil Mass 28th Sunday in Ordinary Sunday for Rosemary Pence (Waits)
- Sunday, October 12 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Sunday
- 9:00 am Mass for Ronald Whitehead (Family)
- 10:15 am PSR (8th grade is in the MPR)
- 10:15 am "The Faith in Depth" (faith formation) with Fr. Walter in the parish hall; topic: Jesus
- 11:30 am Mass (Fr. Kessler) for St. Bernadette Parishioners
- 6:00 pm Teen Mass Rehearsal
BAPTISMS
Taylor Jordan Snezik, son of Jason & Tamra Snezik was
baptized Sunday, September 21, 2008 by Deacon Mark Scarpitti.
Congratulations upon the Baptism of your child. We welcome Taylor
Snezik into the spiritual family at St. Bernadette.
WEDDINGS
Congratulation to Stephanie Fox, daughter of Philip Fox &
Christy Fox , and Curtis Forquer, son of Denny & Barbara
Forquer. They will be married on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at
a 1:30 pm wedding Mass at St. Bernadette with Fr. James Walter officiating.
FUNERALS
Mary C. Halderman, 76 years old, died Saturday, September
27, at the Whetstone Care Center in Columbus. Burial Mass was
Wednesday, October 1st at St. Bernadette Church with burial
at St. Mary Cemetery.
Robert Kirwin, 96 years old, died Wednesday, October 1
at Lanfair. Memorial Mass was held Saturday, October 4 at
St. Bernadette Church.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual
light shine upon them.
Please Pray for:
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Martha Kidder |
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Susan Clark |
Henry Kitsmiller |
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Madge DeMastry |
Diana Krile |
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Cole Smith |
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Thelma Williams |
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Lillian Zack |
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"Jottings" from Sister Nancy
Opportunity to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours
It has been Fr. Walter's yearning desire to
pray morning Lauds in church on Mondays. This would be done
following the celebration of the liturgy. The simple, brief
format contains readings from Scripture, psalms, and intercessory
prayers, and lasts about ten minutes. This presents itself
as another avenue for spiritual growth and I'm trying to discern
if a willingness exists at St. Bernadette to share in this universal
prayer of the Church. If you would be interested in participating
in or leading the Liturgy of the Hours, please call Sr. Nancy at 654-1893.
Sr. Nancy, O.P.
Saint Paul the Apostle, the Man and his Ministry,
led by John Reade will begin with five Tuesday evening sessions during
the fall of 2008 looking at the world of early Christianity, Paul's
dramatic conversion, his missionary work, and the shape of his Scriptural
letters and teachings. Reading materials from the Vatican will be
provided at no charge and recommended books can be obtained at a discount.
The fall sessions commence on Tuesday, October 7th from
7 to 8:30pm in the church. Other sessions will be October
21st, November 11th, December 2nd
& 9th. Come and join this opportunity for learning
and sharing. For more information please contact John Reade at
740-687-5234 or e-mail me at john-reade@appianmfg.com.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be
leading the Rosary at St. Bernadette Church during the month of October.
The Rosary will begin immediately after the Wednesday 6:00pm Mass.
Come let us pray the Rosary together.
The Catholic Guide to the Internet: A
favorite resources for Catholic homeschoolers -
www.love2learn.net has
information for Catholic homeschoolers.
Mission Sunday is October 19th
- this supports world-wide missions
St. Bernadette Parish -- Celebrating God's Gifts
Eucharistic Adoration Adorers Needed on
Tuesday at 4 pm; Wednesday, 1 am and 2 am; Thursday, 7 am and 2 pm. Call Marti
Gundelfinger at 654-2277.
A very special thank you from the McCormick, Quaintance,
Hutton and Kandel families: We are so blessed by the
outpouring of love and comfort following the loss of our wife, mother,
grandmother, and sister, Nancy McCormick. All good things
come from God, and our fellow parishioners exemplified this. We
thank everyone who helped us through this difficult time, especially Fr.
Walter, Ann Essman and Delores Defillipo and the ladies of the Lazuras
program. Your kindness eased our pain.
Friends Forever will meet on Thursday,
October 16th at 9:45am to car pool to Slate Run Metro Park
for a ride on the metro park tram. Lunch will be at Shades in
Canal Winchester.
Cub Scout Pack 265 will be selling popcorn
in the school lobby after all Masses on October 18 & 19. Please
come and support our one and only fundraising event.
St. Bernadette Bowling League needs men or
women to bowl - 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.
Cathedral Concert Series, October
17th, at 7:30pm - Olivier Latry, Organist of Notre Dame
Cathedral, Paris, one of the world's most visible and gifted
organists will kick-off a weekend of spectacular organ events.
Reservations are not required, donations accepted. For
more information www.cathedralmusic.org.
St. Bernadette Adult Choir will begin
practicing for the 08-09 season on Wednesday, Nov. 4th
at 7 pm. All adult parishioners are welcome to join.
The group is also open to all high school students! The choir
practices on Wednesday evenings, and sings on many Sundays throughout
the year, as well as Christmas Midnight Mass and Easter Vigil.
We are very flexible - if your work or your school schedule only
allows you to participate in part of the season, you are still very
welcome! Please contact Liz Latorre at 243-1872 or e-mail me at lizlatorre@gmail.com.
St. Bernadette Youth Choir registration is
now ongoing for the Christmas 2008 season. Rehearsals are on
Sunday evenings at 6 pm, beginning on November 2nd and the
choir sings at the 5:30 pm mass on Christmas Eve. This ensemble
is open to all students (public, parochial, or home school) in grades
2-8. The ensemble is divided into two levels; junior and senior
choir, based upon grade level. We have opportunities for both
novice and experienced singers to develop their skills. Students
also have the opportunity to play hand held percussion instruments and
the senior choir learns to play hand bells. You can pick up a
brochure on the music desk in the sacristy. Please contact Liz
Latorre at 243-1872 or e-mail me at lizlatorre@gmail.com.
St. Bernadette Expressive Sign Team is
gearing-up for a new season. Interested new signers are invited
to pick up a packet with information in the literature rack outside
the school office. For more information contact Allyson Huber
at 740-536-9563 or Barb Huber at 740-536-9904.
Did you know... St. Bernadette School collects both Box
Top points and Campbell's labels? We have bins for
them in the school entry way. Please help our school by collecting
these points and labels
Thank You for Your Support
Big Brother Big Sisters of Fairfield County is
currently looking for 50 volunteers who are interested in helping
children during the 2008-2009 school year as part of the "Bigs"
in schools program. Volunteers will meet one-on-one with a child
for approximately one hour, one day per week under the guidance of
the Big Brother Big Sister Staff at a local school. Your support
will make a difference that will last a lifetime. Call 687-9477
if interested.
Storm Victims Need Your Help!
Torrential rains and fierce winds have recently ravaged the
Caribbean. Families and communities have been devastated.
Now they desperately need your help. Visit www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/ or send your donations to
Office of Social Concerns
197 E. Gay St.
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3229
The ferocity of a hurricane can rage for
hours... but it can seem like an eternity. Afterward, survivors
must try to piece together their shattered lives. Families
and communities throughout the Caribbean have suffered terrible losses.
Your gift to help the victims of the recent
storms will help answer the prayers of destitute families.
Your generosity today will help restore hope and rebuild lives.
Please visit www.foodforthepoor.org/ or call tool-free 1-800-487-1158
Food For the Poor, Inc.
6401 Lyons Rd.
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Remarriage Preparation Workshop.
Is a four week workshop, offered by the Marriage and Family Life
Office, where one or both of you have been previously married.
Workshop begins Thursday, October 9th from 7-9pm at the
Catholic Center, 197 E. Gay St., and continues October 16th,
23rd, and 30th. For more information or
to register, call (614) 241-2560 or e-mail: flomailbox@colsdioc.org.
The cost is $50.00.
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
The Fairfield & Hocking County Chapter of the
American Red Cross will be hosting a Defensive Driving
course October 30 & 31 from 12-4 pm at 121 W. Mulberry St.,
Lancaster. This AARP sanctioned course is designed to help
older drivers update their knowledge and skills, prevent traffic
collisions and violations while maintaining mobility and independence.
There is no driving involved and you must attend both sessions
to receive credit for which some insurance companies allow discounts
after completion. This program will help you maintain better
health, independence and mobility, thereby controlling health care
costs. Please arrive at 11:45 am the first day of class to
complete AARP paperwork. Cost is $10.00 due at registration,
checks to be made payable to AARP. Class size is limited to
20 people. Phone 740-687-5585 or 740-385-3536 for information.
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.
12th annual Life Chain will
be Sunday, October 5th at Miller Pool parking lot at 12:45.
Please join us. Life Chain is a one hour peaceful and
prayerful demonstration aimed to show our Christian commitment to
end abortion and promote respect for all life.
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.
The Catholic Church has long held October to
be the month in which we prayerfully celebrate our firm belief that
all human life is sacred. The Marriage and Family Life Office
reminds you that, as Pope John Paul II wrote in his 1995 Encyclical
"The Gospel of Life":
The family proclaims life when parents
teach children to communicate openly, to value all life and to
fulfill their God-given mission.
The family celebrates life through prayer,
thanking God for the gift of life and for each other.
The family serves life by promoting the
welfare and well-being of its own members and the members of the
greater "family of life".
A Prayer of Reverence for Life from the Marriage and Family Life Office:
Lord and giver of all life, help us to value each person, created in love by you. In your mercy, guide and assist our efforts to promote the dignity and value of all human life, born and unborn. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be
leading the Rosary at St. Bernadette Church during the month of
October. The Rosary will begin immediately after the Wednesday
6:00pm Mass. Come let us pray the Rosary together.
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
Women's Oct. 16-19
The Coming Home Network International is
hosting their sixth annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, October
24th - 26th; The Battle for the Faith:
North American 1700 - 1900. This is an event not to be
missed. Bringing together eleven of our nations leading
Catholic speakers: Columbus' own Msgr. Frank Lane, Patrick
Madrid, Rosalind Moss, Dr. Paul Thigpen, Dr. Kenneth Howell,
Dr. Richard Chacon, Fr. Ray Ryland, Fr. Charles Connor, Bruce
Sullivan and our own Marcus Grodi of Zanesville.
For more information contact The Coming
Home Network International at 800-664-5110 or 740-450-1175.
Information is also available on their website at www.chnetwork.org. Make October 24th - 26th
another weekend given to God.
"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week"
Timothy D. Hampson, Ault-Metz-Joos
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."
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 your 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! MONDAY & TUESDAY "DOUBLE"
POINTS! THANK YOU!!
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:
November 14 - 16, 2008
February 13 - 15, 2009
April 24 - 26, 2009
June 5 - 7, 2009
July 17 - 19, 2009
September 25 - 27, 2009
November 6 - 8, 2009
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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