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St. Bernadette
Catholic Church
Parish Notes
Father James Walter, Pastor
Parish Office: 740.654.1893 |
February 2006
Volume III No. 2
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Table of Contents
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Weekday Mass Time Changed!!
Lenten Evening of Reflection
Hymnal Sponsorship Drive
St. Bernadette Gets a Face-Lift
Thank You from the Editors
Next St. Bernadette Teen-Led Mass
Sacraments:
Baptisms
Funerals
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Lancaster Area Lenten Activities
A Spiritual Reading List
Did you Ever Wonder...
How Our Parish Got Its Name?
Holy Week Service Schedule
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Weekday
Mass Time Changed!!
Beginning Ash Wednesday, March 1, the
Wednesday evening mass will be held at 6:00 p.m. This
change is being tried for the Lent and Easter seasons. The
purpose is to enable members of the Adult Choir and the RCIA class
to attend evening mass and still be on time for the start of evening
rehearsal or class at 7:00 p.m. Please make note of this
change. If you would like to offer feedback, either positive or
negative, about this change, you may drop a note to Father Walter at
the parish office or email Father James A. Walter.
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LENTEN EVENING OF REFLECTION
Friday, April 7, 2006 at 7:00 PM
Presented by the St. Bernadette Expressive Sign
Team and Music Ministry
How often have you reached Easter
wishing you had had more time to pray, reflect, and grow during Lent? In
today's busy nonstop culture of activity, many find themselves struggling
to find the time for anything except getting through the menial tasks of
the day. We are overwhelmed by the details, and never get a chance
to step back and look at the big picture.
On Friday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m., you are
invited to take one hour to come to church and experience an evening of
guided meditation and reflection. The theme focuses upon moving
from Lent into Holy Week, which begins the following Sunday, April 9. The
program will consist of music, provided by Liturgical Music Minister,
Liz Latorre, assisted by members of the Teen Mass and Youth Choirs,
readings from the works of Catholic Saints and Leaders on related themes,
and music interpreted by members of the St. Bernadette Expressive Sign Team.
As the goal of the evening is to provide
time for individual prayer and reflection, the church will remain open
for extended quiet meditation and prayer time at the conclusion of the
program. Any questions regarding this evening may be directed to
Liz Latorre t 653-8120.
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Hymnal Sponsorship
Drive
A Huge Success!!
I would like to say thank-you to the many parishioners who
came together to make the hymnal drive such a marvelous success. I
am please to report that 100% of the total cost of the hymnals
has been paid for, through your generosity.
Several parishioners have noticed that there are several songs
which we often sing which are not in the hymnal; Shepherd
Me, O God and Blest Are They to name a couple. We
will still be able to use these songs from time to time by paying
a small fee for one time use copyright licenses and making a
songsheet.
Thanks again for your generous giving!
Liz Latorre, Liturgical Music Minister
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St. Bernadette
Gets a Face-Lift
The worship space at St. Bernadette's is in the midst of
receiving a much needed face-lift. Last fall, the Adoration
Chapel and the Library/Quieting Room were each the recipient of a
much needed "sprucing up". A sunscreen was installed
over the back windows of the church, so that Father, deacons,
lectors, and servers were no longer blinded at the 4:30 mass. The
Advent season brought new light fixtures and paint to the side
ceilings of the church. This winter, the walls were
painted a beautiful new shade of gold, with deep red by the
altar. The painting of the soffits is in progress at this
time. A special thank-you to the decorating committee,
Father Walter, parish council, and all others involved in the
effort to enhance our worship experience by beatifying our surroundings.
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A very special Thank-you to the Bolsters, Castos,
and the Saddlers for their assistance in assembling the Advent
edition of Parish Notes. We are grateful for your time!!
Kathy and Liz
The Next St. Bernadette
Teen-Led Mass will Be
Held On March
12
at 11:30 AM
Please Join Us For Spirited
and
Spirit-Filled
Worship!!
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Baptisms
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| Mary "Peggy" Franks |
11/04/05 |
| Olivia Marie Grooms |
11/26/05 |
| Cameron Jason Jones |
12/18/05 |
| James Townsley Worthington IV |
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01/29/06 |
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Funerals
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| Leonard T. Fauble |
10/31/05 |
| Jan William "Bill" Creusen |
11/05/05 |
| Olga Walsh |
12/10/05 |
| Diane Dennis |
12/12/05 |
| Corinne K. Brannon |
01/11/06 |
| Richard J. Cave |
01/15/06 |
| Ralph E. McCabe |
01/24/06 |
| Loretta E. Beiter |
01/26/06 |
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Lancaster Area
Lenten Activities
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| St. Bernadette: |
Weekday Mass Times:
Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Stations of the Cross:
Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. (3/8-4/5),
followed by the 6:00 p.m. Mass
School Stations of the Cross:
Fridays at 1:50 p.m. (3/3-4/7),
followed by the 6:00 p.m. Mass
Parish Penance Service:
Thursday, March 30, at 7:00 p.m.
An Evening of Reflection:
Friday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m.
- an evening of music and
readings in preparation for Holy Week
- featuring the St. Bernadette
Expressive Sign team
Children's Choir for Easter Morning:
Practices Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.
Call Liz Latorre, 653-8120, for more information
Adult Choir Rehearsals:
Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m.
Call Cliff and Nan Rowe for more information, 687-4591
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| St. Mark: |
Weekday Mass Times:
Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Stations of the Cross:
every Friday during Lent at 6:00 p.m.
Speaker Series:
every Sunday of Lent at 7:00 p.m.
Penance Service:
Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m.
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Weekday Mass Times:
Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday at 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.
Stations of the Cross:
every Friday during Lent at 7:00 p.m.
Penance Service:
Wednesday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Lumen Christi Day:
Saturday, April 1
A day of prayer and service
for high school and 8th grade students.
Call St. Mary Parish Office,
653-0997 for details.
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A Spiritual Reading
List from Father Walter
God and the World by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 2000,
Ignatius Press, San Francisco
A conversation on the most important teachings of Jesus and the Church
with Peter Seewald, a journalist. This work is practical and
informative.
Spirituality in Action by Father James Bacik, 1997, Sheed
and Ward, Kansas City, 800-333-7373
Father Bacik is a priest of the Toledo Diocese and pastor of Corpus
Christi Parish, across the street from the University of Toledo. He
is also a well known lecturer. In this book, he nicely integrates
daily life with the deeper meaning of life. The text includes
spiritual points from 24 Catholic writers and an in-depth examination
of work and leisure, as well as suffering and death. It can be
read straight through, or in short installments. A fascinating
read, hard to put down; but simple enough to be easily understood.
Pope Benedict's first encyclical letter: "On Love"
published on January 25.2006, Vatican City
Available from www.ewtn.com or any Catholic book store.
A pope's first encyclical usually gives his program for his
papacy. Pope Benedict knows the vacuum of love in today's
world and addresses this basic teaching of Jesus. A must read
for Church leaders and others who want to help their fellow man.
The Supper of the Lamb by Scott Hahn, 2001, Ignatius Press,
available at most bookstores
Scott Hahn teaches at Franciscan University in Steubenville and has had
a book or two on the Catholic Bestseller List for the past 10 years. His
writing is very insightful and compelling. In The Last Supper,
Dr. Hahn (a scripture expert) provides us with a fresh and accurate
explanation of the Catholic mass and a skillful explanation of the Book
of Revelation in a liturgical context.
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2005,
Vatican Library Press, Available from any Catholic bookshop and
only $14.95.
This 200 page paperback volume will be a permanent book in any home
library. It is a shortened version of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church, 1994, which is so large (although a wonderful book
as well). The Compendium will be most useful for accurate text
of Catholic teachings. It is meant to be the "handy-dandy
desk catechism" for Catholic leaders and teachers. It is
endorsed by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Did You Ever Wonder...
How Our Parish Got Its Name??
A beautiful picture of St. Bernadette hangs in our school hallway that
portrays her in the grotto in Lourdes, France where the Blessed Virgin
Mary appeared to her eighteen times in 1858. Over the course of
these visions, Mary asked for penance, processions, and a chapel to be
built. She also instructed Bernadette to drink and wash at a
spring - just a tiny trickle of water that bubbled up after Bernadette
obediently dug in the earth of the grotto. Today that spring
produces almost 30,000 gallons of water every day at the Lourdes shrine
of healing and prayer, drawing millions of visitors annually from around
the world. Our parish outdoor grotto facing Wheeling Road also
commemorates the appearances of the beautiful Lady who identified herself
by saying, "I am the Immaculate Conception."
When Bernadette first heard these words, she was poor, young (fourteen
years old), sickly, and illiterate. She had no idea that four
years earlier Pope Pius IX had proclaimed "...Mary was, from the
first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of
almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ... preserved
immune from all stain of original sin." Bernadette delivered
Mary's confirmation of this dogma to Church authorities and spent
the next eight years of her life witnessing to its truth. She
then joined the convent of the Sisters of Charity, working in their
infirmary and sacristy until her own asthma made this impossible. She
suffered a great deal during her final years and died from tuberculosis
at the age of thirty-five on April 16, 1879. Her feast day is
April 16, although this year it is overshadowed, because Easter Sunday
falls on the same date.
Fourteen of Mary's apparitions took place during Lent. February
11, the date of the first one, is now the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mary
identified herself to Bernadette during the sixteenth apparition, on
March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. Bernadette reported that
when she and Mary prayed the rosary together, Mary listened to the Our
Father (her home was no longer on earth) and the Hail Mary (she didn't
nee to greet herself!) but she joined in and recited each Glory Be, the
prayer of praise to God for all times and places. Bernadette never
thought of herself as someone special. She once compared herself
to a broom that, once it was used, was put back behind the door. She
said, "The Blessed Virgin used me and then put me back in my place. I'm
glad of it, and there I stay." Bernadette was canonized on
December 8, 1933, not because of her visions, but for her humility,
patience, holiness, and trust in God.
About thirty years later, in the early 1960s, Bishop Issenmann of the
Columbus Diocese appointed Father Bernard Jones as the founding pastor of
a new parish in Lancaster. The bishop asked Father Jones to name
the new church. Father Jones chose his own name - St. Bernard! The
bishop rejected this choice, since there already was (and still is) a
St. Bernard Church in our diocese located in Corning, Ohio. So
Father Jones proposed another solution. It seems that Bernadette's
actual given name at her birth on January 7, 1844 was Bernarde Marie
Soubirous. During her baptism, the priest kept calling her Marie
Bernarde by mistake; no wonder she cried the whole time! However,
while growing up, she was always called by her nickname Bernadette, until
she entered the convent where she was given the name Sister Marie Bernard
in religious life. So Father Jones submitted his second choice,
the bishop approved, and that is why, at the entrance of our church named
for her, all who pass by can see a statue of a young French peasant girl
holding her rosary, the visionary of Lourdes, St. Bernadette.
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Holy Week Service Schedule
Palm Sunday (4/09): Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at 10:00 a.m. with Procession from Parish Hall
Holy Thursday (4/13): Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7:30 p.m.
preceded by Seder Meal at 5:15 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Good Friday (4/14): Solemn Liturgy at 1:00 p.m.
Solemn Easter Vigil (4/15): Mass at 8:00 p.m. with Adult Choir
Easter Sunday Morning (4/16): 9:00 a.m. with Children's Choir
11:30 a.m. with Cantor
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