St. Bernadette Catholic Church
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Weekly Bulletin
October 12, 2008

 


Bulletin Deadline:   Monday, 12:00 Noon.

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The same hand will wipe the tears from every face.

      One Summer I visited some friends in Colorado.   I hadn't brought boots, but a quick trip to the store gave my feet what they needed to walk into the mountains.   We saw ten hours of amazing, close-up, trickling water in stream beds wash smooth stones.   We found tiny blue flowers and saw sunlight flicker between the leaves above us.   Eventually we couldn't keep going because of fog, so we hiked back down.
      My friend's father is a pilot, and the next day he took us up in his plane.   He planned to be flying for an hour, but we had to go around some strange weather so our time in the air was almost doubled.   He told us to relax and enjoy the extra scenery.   Below us was a view unlike anything I had ever seen, although we were looking at the same land we had hiked the day before.   We seemed to feel the texture of the place beneath us more keenly because of the extra movement a light propeller plane provides.   Flying above the Rockies, we saw where ridges had pushed up and created walls, which had then been sculpted by water and years of slow erosion.   Pockets of water sparkled where bits of sun hit them.   Gray and green in large, patched patterns showed the ancient rock and the movement of living growth over the surface of the land.   In a word, it was beautiful.
      The same piece of earth seen from two perspectives gave me an extraordinary sense of creation.   My friends believe in God, and we spoke freely over those two days of God's hand in the small and large.
      Isaiah says God will wipe away the shroud of death - a covering as large as a mountain, a sheet big enough to cover nations.   The same hand will wipe the tears from every face.
      The apostle Paul told his friends in Philippi that he knew what it was to have a lot and to have a little.   Saint Paul knows the living God.

Dan Finucane      


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Coming Events
  • 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

  • Monday, October 13
    • 8:00 am   Mass   for Joseph Schmelzer   (McDaniels)
    • 6:00 pm   Parish staff dinner & meeting (MPR)

  • Tuesday, October 14   -   Callistus I, pope, martyr
    • 8:00 am   Mass   for Mary Margaret Kilbarger   (Kilbarger-Layman)
    • 10:00 am   Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (MPR)
    • 7:00 pm   Scripture Study with Sr. Nancy (MPR)
    • 7:00 pm   Parish Council (MPR)

  • Wednesday, October 15   -   Teresa of Jesus, virgin, doctor
    • 2:00 pm   Mass   at Lanfair for Ruth Kirwin
    • 6:00 pm   Mass   for Mary Ann VanMeter   (Hutcheson)
    • 6:30 pm   Rosary after the Mass
    • 7:00 pm   RCIA (MPR)

  • Thursday, October 16   -   Hedwig, religious
    • 8:20 am   School Mass   for Harold Schwendeman   (Branstetter)
    • 9:45 am   Friends Forever;  Meet at St. Bernadette's for a trip to Slate Run Metro Park for a ride on the metro park tram.   You will be called for a reservation
    • 2:45 pm   School Faculty Meeting

  • Friday, October 17   -   Ignatius of Antioch, bishop, martyr
    • 8:00 am   Mass   for Idella Merk   (Merk)
    • 1:30 pm   SCHOOL EARLY DISMAL
    • 2:30 pm   Brownies

  • Saturday, October 18   -   Luke, evangelist
    • 8:00 am   Mass (Fr. Arter)   for Laverne Faulkner   (Bougher)
    • 8:30 am   Confessions
    • 10:30 am   Liturgy Team Meeting (MGC)
    • 3:30 pm   Confessions
    • 4:30 pm   Vigil Mass 29th Sunday in Ordinary Sunday   for Rev. Kenneth Wise   (Walter);   Baptism of Michael Anthony Pennington

  • Sunday, October 19   -   29th Sunday in Ordinary Sunday
    • WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
    • 9:00 am   Mass (Fr. Bentz)   for Neil Oatney   (Essman)
    • 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
    • 11:30 am   Mass   for St. Bernadette Parishioners
    • 6:00 pm   Teen Mass Rehearsal

BAPTISMS

Michael Anthony Pennington, son of Mark and Erin Pennington will be baptized Saturday, October 18, during the 4:30 Mass by Fr. James A. Walter.   Congratulations upon the Baptism of your child.   We welcome Taylor Pennington into the spiritual family at St. Bernadette.

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulation to Stephanie Fox, daughter of Philip Fox & Christy Fox, and Curtis Forquer, son of Denny & Barbara Forquer.   Married on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at a 1:30 pm wedding Mass at St. Bernadette with Fr. James Walter officiating.

Please Pray for:
  Norma Boyer Diana Harris  
  Virginia Bright Louis Holland  
  Susan Clark Henry Kitsmiller  
  Madge DeMastry Diana Krile  
  Luke DeRolph Cole Smith  
  Edna Dunphy Thelma Williams  
  Ruth Faulkner Lillian Zack  
       
and those in the hospital and nursing homes and those convalescing
  
       
For prayers on the Intercessory Prayer list, email Kathy or call 654-9696.

"Jottings" from Sister Nancy

      Like those in today's Gospel, some of us too quickly find excuses for refusing the invitations of God!   But we are free to accept these invitations and to avail ourselves of these weekly banquets, or not.   Our responsiveness will depend on how sensitive we are to recognizing the movements of God;  our sensitivity will be proportionate to the quality of our thoughts and ideas.   Think on these things, advises Paul, then your hungers will be genuine;  your values will be true;  your priorities will be duly aligned and you shall recognize God's invitations to you!.

Sr. Nancy, O.P.      

Saint Paul the Apostle, the Man and his Ministry, led by John Reade will continue with the next session on October 21st from 7 to 8:30pm in the Church.   We are exploring 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.   More sessions will be on 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.

World Mission Sunday will be October 19th.   Pope Benedict XVI calls every Catholic in the world to celebrate our missionary vocation Sunday, October 19th.   He calls every Catholic around the world to gather at the Eucharist around the table of the Lord to pray for the Church's worldwide missionary work;  to pray for those awaiting the "Good News" of our Lord's great love for us;  to pray for the missionaries who offer the poor and suffering the light of Christ;  and to offer financial help through the envelope for the Society for the Propagation of Faith for more than 1,150 dioceses in Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands.

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:   Greeting Cards:  www.catholicgreetings.org.   Free online e-cards with Catholic inspiration.

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, 9 am and 2 pm.   Call Marti Gundelfinger at 654-2277.

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.

Friends Forever will meet on Thursday, October 16th at 9:45am in the St. Bernadette parking lot to car pool to Slate Run Metro Park for a ride on the metro park tram.   Lunch will be at Shades in Canal Winchester.   You will be called for making a reservation.

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.   Cost is $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      

Jillian's Dinner will be on October 25, 2008 from 4:30 -7:30pm.   We still need desserts and people to help sell tickets.   Please pick up a form to indicate where you can help.   Forms will be in the hallway.   Thank you for any help you can provide.

St. Mary Cemetery News

      Cemetery Sunday will be held Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00pm at the cemetery (weather permitting).   All are welcome.
      Artificial Flowers are permitted in the cemetery, including stone top arrangements from November 1st until March 1st.   Thank you for your cooperation.

St. Paul's Outreach (SPO) is a campus ministry for young adults and operated by college students.   In Central Ohio we have active ministries at Oho State and Ohio Dominican.   We are holding our annual benefit dinner on Sunday, October 26th from 6pm-9pm at St. Charles Preparatory School.   Bishop Frederick Campbell is a long time supporter of SPO and he will be the keynote speaker at the event.   In this year dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle, it is a great opportunity to see and hear how our young people are serving to witness their faith and the future of the Church.   Tickets are $60 and it would be a blessing if we could fill a table of supporters from St. Bernadette Church.   Call Brett Yarmesch at 215-3057 or Darlene Yarmesch at 654-1582 for more details.

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

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.

Zane's Trace and the First Catholic Mass

      Bishop Frederick F. Campbell traveled to a Somerset farm on September 28, 2008, to join 200 others for the 200th Anniversary of the First Catholic Mass in Ohio.

      "The sound of the woodsman's axe shattered the silence of the Ohio wilderness during the summers of 1796 and 1797 as a small party of trail blazers under Colonel Ebenezer Zane opened a rich new land to civilization.   Only a few years earlier ... that same Ohio area had been the hunting preserve of the Indians."
(Zane's Trace booklet by Schneider and Stebbins, 1947)

      How far we have come to be living in 2008.   St. Mary Parish, Lancaster, was established in 1820, and is the second or third oldest Catholic parish in Ohio.   St. Joseph in Somerset is the first and perhaps Cincinnati second.
      Some questions come to mind:
          What was family life like 200 years ago?
          What circumstances and conditions promoted the Catholic faith back then?

      Do we need to temper our 21st century lives so as to emphasize family and faith much more?   I think so.
GOD BLESS YOU
Fr. James Walter      

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.

Your Kids Deserve Parents In A Great Marriage.   Go on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend and you'll learn how to build a stronger relationship for their sake - and yours!   Upcoming Marriage Encounter weekends are November 14-16 and February 13-15.   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.

"Thank You to our Advertiser this Week"

R. N. Smith, Inc.

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.

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