CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARD

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1 CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARD 1160 WOODBRIDGE STREET SAINT PAUL, MN One block west of Rice Street on Geranium Avenue CHRISTMAS SEASON DECEMBER 31ST, 2017 M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Parish Parish Staff Staff Pastor Reverend Pastor Ivan Sant Reverend Associate Ivan Priest Sant Reverend Associate Joseph Priest Kureh Reverend Joseph Kureh Parish Administrator Karen Cronin Secretary Parish Administrator Gloria Karen Cronin Nava RCIA Secretary and Missionary Gloria Nava RCIA Internship and Missionary Program Alonna Mertz Refugee Internship Liaison Program Hsawreh Alonna Sharpoehtay Mertz Refugee Liaison Assistant Hsawreh Julia Sharpoehtay Marksue Music Director Mary Beth Redmond Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson Parish Office Phone: (651) Fax: Parish (651) Office Website: Phone: (651) Fax: (651) Facebook Website: Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Facebook Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Mass Schedule Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am Weekday Monday-Saturday Mass Schedule - Mass at 8:30 am Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am 1:30pm (Spanish) Weekday Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am Confessions Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass Saint Bernard s is a Roman Catholic parish providing vital services to the diverse North End community of St. Paul. As we extend the hand of welcome to all, our mission is to learn, love, and live the challenging Word of Jesus Christ, offering parishioners and neighbors direction and support at every phase of their faith journey.

2 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, A WORD FROM FR. IVAN A whole year has passed and tomorrow we mark the beginning of a New Year I invite you to look back in your life and see all the blessings you have received during 2017 and that God has been good with you. We all can look forward with hope to the new year coming. Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth Joseph, Mary and Jesus. There is a lot to learn from the gospels that speak about their life in the infancy of Jesus. This is what Pope Francis teaches us about the Holy Family: From the exemplary witness of the Holy Family, each family can find precious guidance for the style and choices of life, and can draw strength and wisdom for each day s journey. Our Lady and Joseph teach us to welcome children as a gift of God, to beget them and raise them, cooperating wonderfully in the work of the Creator and giving to the world, in each child, a new smile. It is in a united family that children bring their existence to maturity, living out the meaningful and effective experience of freely given love, tenderness, reciprocal respect, mutual understanding, forgiveness and joy. I would like to pause above all on joy. The true joy which is experienced in the family is not something random and fortuitous. It is a joy produced by deep harmony among people, which allows them to savour the beauty of being together, of supporting each other on life s journey. However, at the foundation of joy there is always the presence of God, his welcoming, merciful and patient love for all. If the door of the family is not open to the presence of God and to his love, then the family loses its harmony, individualism prevails, and joy is extinguished. Instead, the family which experiences joy the joy of life, the joy of faith communicates it spontaneously, is the salt of the earth, and light of the world, the leaven for all of society. May Jesus, Mary and Joseph bless and protect all the families in the world, so that in them may reign serenity joy, also the justice and peace which Christ by his Birth brought as a gift to humanity. God bless! Wishing you a blessed Sunday. Fr. Ivan Sant FrIvanSant@churchofstbernard-stp.org Page 2 St. Bernard

3 Mass Intentions Sunday December 31 Holy Family 8:00 am Parish 10:30 am Tom Steffel 1:30pm (Spanish) 4:00pm For all Care-Givers New Year Vigil Mass Monday January 1 Mary Mother of God 8:00am Homeless who have died 10:30am Those who are sick 1:30pm (Spanish) Tuesday January 2 8:30 am People dealing with War Wednesday January 3 8:30 am Safety of all those in the Service Thursday January 4 8:30 am Friday January 5 8:30 am Paul Rice Saturday January 6 8:30am Edward Gunter Thanks for your Donations! Please pray for the sick and homebound: Yvonne Spence Rosie Lynch Lloyd Anderson Helen Reinhardt Devra Shepherd Lorraine Eheim Lucille Biron Bob Rauen George Kramlinger Bernice Peters 4:00pm Paul & Robert Platzer Sunday January 7 Epiphany of the Lord 8:00 am All souls 10:30 am Irene Morris 1:30pm (Spanish) Mass Readings for the Week 12/31/17 to 1/6/18: Sunday: Sir: 3:2-6,12-14/Col 3:12-21Heb11:8,11-12,17-19/Lk 2:22-40 Monday: Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Jn 1:19-28 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:29-3:6/Jn 1:29-34 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Jn 1:35-42 Friday: 1 Jn 3:11-21 /Jn 1:43 51 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Mk 1:7-11 Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a,5-6/Mt 2:1-12

4 Parish News & Events Christmas Carol CD Merry Christmas! The youth of St. Bernard s will be selling Christmas carol CDs to fundraise for a pilgrimage to Rome to see Pope Francis next summer This will be a spiritual pilgrimage and an opportunity for our youth to have an encounter with God, visit many holy places, and to meet the Holy Father. They are very excited and consider this pilgrimage important for their lives and so, out of their own initiative, they have arranged and recorded a beautiful CD of Christmas carols for your enjoyment. Please see them at the end of Mass this weekend to help realize their dream. Youth Scrutatio with Bishop Cozzens We invite all the youth on Sunday, January 7 from 4pm onwards an evening with the word of God, adoration of the blessed sacrament and dinner. Together with bishop Cozzens. Organized by the NeoCatechumenal Communities of our Parish. We meet in the Grade School Building. New Year Holiday Office Hours Parish office hours will change as noted: Monday, January 1: Office closed Tuesday, January 2: Office closed St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Bernard s Conference 2017 report Income Church Collections $8, Others SVdP Contributions $5, Total $13, Expense (Those we served during 2017) $12, We served people in our neighborhood and parish territory, with house rent, Xcel energy bills, gas, car repairs, groceries and medical. Total of 196 persons were helped during calendar year This report is coming from: Ms. Gloria Nava, Conference President Ms. Colleen A. Ryan, Conference Treasurer Thanks for all the generous donations, you made a difference to all these people in our neighborhood. The Three Kings are coming to St. Bernard This Sunday, December 31st, right after the 10:30am Mass we will have a short presentation of the three Kings in the Church. All the Children will be invited to come up in the sanctuary area of the Church to meet the Kings and have the opportunity to ask them questions. Their participation is important. Year End Giving Year End Contribution Information Parishioners are reminded that all donations must be received in the parish office or postmarked by Sunday, December 31, to be included as a 2017 contribution. All proceeds from the Masses on December 31 will be recorded as received in All proceeds from the 8, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm Masses on January 1 will be recorded as received in No exceptions can be made. St. Paul, Minnesota Page 4

5 Children Christmas Pageant Horarios Para el tiempo de Navidad Dec 31: Celebracion de los 3 reyes a las 11:30am. y misa a la 1:30pm Misa de Ano Nuevo, Maria Madre de Dios a la 1:30pm St. Paul, Minnesota Page 5