BERNADETTE. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul. ~ Psalm 25:1b NOVEMBER 29, 2015 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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1 ST. BERNADETTE 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI PARISH FACILITIES 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI Website: or under Parishes Pastor: Fr. Greg Greiten CHURCH OFFICE: Fax: OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 7:00AM to 3:30PM To you, O Lord, I lift my soul. ~ Psalm 25:1b NORTHWEST CATHOLIC SCHOOL Phone: info@nwcschool.org Website: MASS SCHEDULE Saturdays: 5:00PM Sundays: 10:30AM Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30PM Fridays: 8:00AM Wednesdays & Holy Days: Check bulletin or contact the parish office NOVEMBER 29, 2015 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT CONFESSION First and third Saturdays of each month at 4:00PM ST. BERNADETTE WELCOMES NEW PARISH MEMBERS New membership registration is held after each Mass the weekend of the fourth Sunday of each month. There is a table in the Gathering Area where people can sign up. We would be thrilled to have you join our parish family! To live for God only, for God everywhere, for God always! St. Bernadette (1867)

2 IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015: 1st Sunday of Advent 10:30AM Marguerite & Leo Pietsch Roberto A. Serrano MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015: St. Andrew TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, :30PM Intention of Eleanor Buehner WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, :00AM Mary Ann Buehner THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015: St. Francis Xavier 9:00AM Prayer service 5:30PM Bernice Buttitta FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015: St. John Damascene 8:00AM Intention of John Hagan in thanksgiving SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, :00PM Mary & John Dumke Frank Riedijk Frans Van der Heyde SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015: 2nd Sunday of Advent 10:30AM For all the parishioners Readings for the Week of November 29, 2015 Sunday: Jer 33:14-16/Ps 25:4-5, 8-10, 14/ 1 Thes 3:12 4:2/Lk 21:25-28, Monday: Rom 10:9-18/Mt 4:18-22 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/ Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-6/Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, Friday: Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Next Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/ Lk 3:1-6 Please Remember in Your Prayers Lawrence Kallas, LouAnne Urban, Marjorie Thompson, Theresa Pietras, Ainis Blimbergs, Gabriel Felipe, Sr., Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick: All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee November 29, 2015 PARISH LIFE Sunday, November 29, No Bingo Tuesday, December 1, December 6th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing Wednesday, December 2, Bible study, 10:30AM to 12:00PM or 6:30 to 8:00PM (pre-assigned), in the chapel - Grade School Religious Ed, 6:00 to 7:15PM at St. Catherine - Dartball vs. GMC, 7:00PM in the cafeteria Thursday, December 3, Upper Campus prayer service, 8:00AM - Choir rehearsal, 7:00PM in the church Friday, December 4, December 6th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM Saturday, December 5, Sacrament of Reconciliation, 4:00PM in the church - Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria - Club JMJ meeting, 6:00PM, Down Under Sunday, December 6, Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria - High School Religious Ed, 6:00 to 7:30PM at St. Catherine Holy Day Masses: The Immaculate Conception of Mary Tuesday, December 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. Therefore, Catholics are expected to attend Mass this special feast day honoring the Virgin Mary. Our cluster parishes are offering Masses at the following times: St. Bernadette: St. Catherine of Alexandria: Our Lady of Good Hope: 12/08/15, 8:00AM and 7:00PM 12/08/15, 12:00PM and 6:30PM 12/07/15, 4:00PM 12/08/15, 12:15PM ~ Common Ground of Grief ~ Coming Together, Coming Apart: Can Celebration and Mourning Co-exist Tuesday, December 1 11:00AM-12:30PM and repeated 5:30-7:00PM San Camillo (10200 West Bluemound Road) Patrick Dean, Director of Grief Education Services with Catholic Cemeteries, will present this free grief program. The session will consist of photographic images and grief education content followed by a period of questions and answers. This program is for anyone who has been affected by the death of a loved one. Common Ground of Grief is sponsored by the John Paul II Center and Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. For further information, visit or contact , ext. 302, or patrickdean@griefwork.com.

3 IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Submit Christmas Memorials Donations for Christmas Memorials, in whatever amount you choose, may be placed in the collection basket or sent to the parish office anytime before December 18. Please include the legible name(s) of your departed loved one(s) to be held in memory and your name to receive credit for the donation. Identify it as Christmas Memorial. Your loved one(s) will be remembered on our Memory Wall and in the General Intercessions at the Christmas Eve Mass. Club JMJ to meet December 5 Our youth group, Club JMJ, will be meeting on Saturday, December 5. We will begin with the celebration of 5:00PM Mass, followed by dinner, formation in the Catholic faith, and fun games and activities in the Down Under. If you have any questions, please contact Sue Riedijk at or riedijks@nwcschool.org. Jubilee Year of Mercy Practicing Mercy during December 2015 ~ Pope Francis has declared a Jubilee Year of Mercy to begin on December 8, 2015, and continue through November 20, Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Milwaukee are invited to practice a different Work of Mercy each month. For December, the Work of Mercy is Instruct the Ignorant. Take this Mercy Action: Reflect on who around you is misinformed or confused about the faith and lovingly share with them your zeal for Jesus and his Church. Year of Mercy Opening Mass ~ Please join us in prayer at the Year of Mercy Opening Mass on Tuesday, December 8, at 5:15PM, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (812 North Jackson Street, Milwaukee). Archbishop Listecki will formally open the Year of Mercy with a proclamation and a blessing of the Cathedral Holy Door. The Mass will begin with a beautiful new song commissioned specifically for the Year of Mercy. May you be steeped in God s great mercy so you can lovingly give it away to everyone! Blood pressure screening Stop in the cafeteria after either Mass next weekend and get your blood pressure checked by members of our Health Ministry team. K of C Cards & Games Social Join us on Friday, December 4, at 6:00PM, at OLGH. Park south of the school and enter through Door C on North 41st Street. Your $10 ticket includes lunch, snacks, beverages, and door prizes. Proceeds will help provide scholarships for Northwest Catholic School graduates going on to Catholic high schools. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Bruno Cetnarowski, , or contact him to pay for tickets at the door. Congratulations to our Calendar Raffle winners 11/18/15 Barb Hoida 11/19/15 Kevin Garske 2016 Calendar Raffle Our 2016 calendar raffle is underway! Thank you to all who have purchased or sold them so far. We are off to a great start, with over 150 sold. Remember, they make great stocking stuffers or Christmas gifts. Calendars are available in the parish office or in the gathering area. Please return your completed ticket stubs with $20 per entry in an envelope marked Calendar Raffle. (Ticket stubs will not be accepted without payment.) Entries can be returned to the parish office or dropped in the collection basket no later than December 30. A winning ticket will be picked each day and names will be re-entered for additional chances to win. There will be 364 chances to win $20 and two chances to win $100. We need to sell over 400, so be sure to get out there and sell! Inclement weather policy When Northwest Catholic School closes due to inclement weather, the St. Bernadette Parish office will also close and morning Mass will be canceled. You can confirm the closure by checking the television closing listings or going online with Channels 4, 6, and 12. Please note: We could be listed under St. Bernadette or Saint Bernadette. New membership registration will be held after each Mass this weekend. There is a table in the Gathering Area where you can sign up and have your photo taken. Please join our parish family! Stewardship Report Weekend Collection November 21 and 22, 2015 The figures for the weekly contributions were not available at time of publication. Be on guard, Jesus warns in today s Gospel, lest your spirits become bloated with indulgence. Let us heed His warning and follow the advice of St. Paul, conducting ourselves in a way pleasing to God, overflowing with love for one another. See Luke 21:34. St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee First Sunday of Advent

4 Annual Report St. Vincent de Paul St. Bernadette Conference Who Are We? Our membership consists of seven active and seven associate members. We serve in a geographic area determined by the Milwaukee Council of St. Vincent de Paul, welcoming people of all religious beliefs. What Do We Do? We try to follow in the footsteps of our founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul, in seeing to the dignity of the human person. Through home visits, we assess the needs of those who come to us. Most are living at poverty level or are having temporary difficulty in providing for their families. We try to meet their needs directly or by referrals to other community resources. Why Do We Do It? We share a desire to live out our religious convictions, to go out and love and serve each other as taught and lived by Jesus Christ, the greatest servant of all time. Where Do We Get Our Funding and Support? Most of our funding comes from the parishioners of St. Bernadette through poor box donations and mail-in donations. Our food pantry is stocked through weekly donations of food from parishioners. Father Greg has designated the Thanksgiving and Holy Thursday offertory collections for our use. We accept donations of used furniture and appliances. Our Sharing Tree at Christmas generates approximately $3,000 in gifts. Gifts of bedding are given throughout the year as needed. Who Did We Serve This Last Year? We served 785 brothers and sisters in need with food, furniture, or other help. We made 112 home visits and approximately 1,030 phone calls in our ministry this past year. Goods and services given to those in need totaled approximately $16,735.04, representing 1,451 hours of service. Would You Like To Join Our Society? Members can help in various ways home visits, stocking the food pantry, picking up and delivering furniture, et cetera. For more information, please contact Peter Moncher, , or one of the Vincentians. Officers: Members: Tom Mayer, Sr. Peter Moncher Rosemary Storts Grace Stroik Michael Broos Phillip Laporte Gary Storts Associate Members: Tom Mayer, Jr. Theresa Moniot Michael Storts Richard Storts Steven Storts Kevin Stroik Michael Stroik

5 Sharing Tree This Advent, our St. Vincent de Paul conference will again sponsor the Sharing Tree, which will be located in the Gathering Area of church. As in the past, we will be combining our ministry with two others, the Parish Health Ministry and Human Concerns Ministry. Along with our usual ornaments of gift requests for the needy families our conference serves, we will have additional ornaments in the shapes of poinsettias and Christmas trees. The ornaments will represent the following gift requests: A donation of $10.00 toward plants for our homebound parishioners Men s underwear (M, L), white under-shirts (XL), white crew socks (package of 6), washcloths, bath-sized towels, large bottles of body wash, and double-edged disposable razors (blue handles) for the visitors of Guest House Clothing, toys, and bedding for the families served by our St. V.D.P. conference Each ornament will be marked with a specific gift item. Gift ornaments can be taken from the tree the weekend of November 28th and 29th. Gifts need to be brought back by December 13th for sorting and delivery. Please wrap the St. VdP gifts. Be sure to tape your gift ornament on the package so we know what item it is. The tag will be removed before delivery. When you bring in your gift, you may place it under the tree and then choose a bow from a nearby basket to hang on the tree to represent your gift. Please do not wrap the Guest House items or bedding items. These gifts will be used throughout the year as needed. If you are unable to shop, but would like to be a part of this ministry, please mail in or drop your donation in an envelope marked Sharing Tree in the collection basket. If anyone would like to help deliver plants or gifts, please contact Theresa in the Parish Office,

6 St. Bernadette Parish 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI Ca-Cafeteria Ch-Church Chp-Chapel DU-Down Under L-Library LC-Lower Campus LMR-Lobby Meeting Room MR-School Music Room PO-Parish Office POCR-Parish Ofc Conference Rm NWCS-Northwest Catholic School OLGH-Our Lady of Good Hope Parish St. C-St. Catherine Parish Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 ( prayer svc) 10:30a Bible study: Chp 6p Grd Schl Rel Ed: St. C 6:30p Bible study: Chp 7p Dartball vs. MGC: Ca 3 St. Francis Xavier 9a Upper Campus prayer svc (Debbie Hintz, presider) 7p Choir rehearsal: Ch 4 St. John Damascene 5 4p Reconciliation: Ch After Mass, BP screening: Ca 6p Club JMJ: DU 6 Advent 02 After Mass, BP screening: Ca 6p Bingo: Ca 6p HS Rel Ed: St. C 7 St. Ambrose 8 Immaculate Conception of Mary Holy Day of Obligation 8a Upper Campus Mass 7p Mass 9 St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin ( prayer svc) 10:30a Bible study: Chp 6p Grd Schl Rel Ed: St. C 6:30p Bible study: Chp 7p Dartball at OLGH 10 7p Choir rehearsal: Ch 11 St. Damasus I 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 2p Communal penance: St. C 13 Advent 03 6p Bingo: Ca 14 St. John of the Cross 15 6p School Advisory Brd mtg: Ca 6:30p Communal penance: OLGH a Upper Campus prayer svc 7p Choir rehearsal: Ch 10:30a Bible study: Chp 6p Grd Schl Rel Ed: St. C 6p NWC School Christmas concert: LC 6:30p Bible study: Chp 7p Dartball at St. James :30PM 19 4p Reconciliation: Ch New Member Registration after Mass 20 Advent 04 9a Pastoral Council mtg: L New Member Registration after Mass After Mass, Continental Breakfast: Ca 6p Bingo: Ca 21 St. Peter Canisius 22 All School Day at LC with 11:30a dismissal 7p Choir rehearsal: Ch 23 St. John of Kanty No Grd Schl Rel Ed No Dartball 24 Christmas carols 30 mins. prior to each Mass 4p Christmas Eve Mass 10p Christmas Night Mass (Masses fulfill Holy Day Obligation) 25 Nativity of the Lord Holy Day of Obligation 10a Christmas Day Mass 26 St. Stephen 27 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph No Bingo 28 The Holy Innocents 29 St. Thomas Becket 30 No Grd Schl Rel Ed No Dartball 31 St. Sylvester I 4p Holy Day Mass No Choir rehearsal 1 Mary, Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation 2 Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen Fr. Greg out of the office: vacation