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 4TH 26TH SUNDAY IN IN ORDINARY TIME 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY OCTOBER 29TH, 1, 2017 OCTOBER 22, 2017 Parish Staff Pastor Reverend Ivan Sant Associate Priest Reverend Joseph Kureh Parish Administrator Karen Cronin Secretary Gloria Nava RCIA and Missionary Internship Program Alonna Mertz Refugee Liaison Hsawreh Sharpoehtay Refugee Liaison Assistant Julia Marksue Music Director Mary Beth Redmond Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson Parish Office Phone: (651) Fax: (651) Website: Facebook Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Mass Schedule Saturday am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am 1:30pm Weekday (Spanish) Monday-Saturday Weekday - Mass at am Monday-Saturday - Mass at am M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Confessions Confessions Mondays after the am Mass Saturdays Mondays 3:30 after and after the the 4:00 am Mass pm 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 A WORD FROM FR. IVAN Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last weekend I started to give a brief explanation on the convocation of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. We spoke about Pope John XXIII who convoked the council. The uniqueness of this council was that it was convoked with bishops from the five continents for the first time in the history of the church. After Pope John XXIII s death, Pope Paul VI was elected in 1963 and the council was concluded in December1965. In these two years the Council Fathers wrote four constitutions: Dei Verbum, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes. Dei Verbum is a constitution on the Word of God. At first the conciliar text makes precise the meaning of the Revelation of God: this is presented as authoritative within human history, with events and words intimately connected. In this horizon the truth of the Bible, is founded on the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, ands in the function of the salvation of every man (see DV 11). Dei Verbum 2: In His goodness and wisdom God chose to reveal Himself and to make known to us the hidden purpose of His will (see Eph. 1:9) by which through Christ, the Word made flesh, man might in the Holy Spirit have access to the Father and come to share in his divine nature (see Eph. 2:18; 2 Peter 1:4). Through this revelation, therefore, the invisible God (see Col. 1:15, 1 Tim. 1:17) out of the abundance of His love speaks to men as friends (see Ex. 33:11; John 15:14-15) and lives among them (see Bar. 3:38), so that He may invite and take them into fellowship with Himself. This plan of revelation is realized by deeds and words having in inner unity: the deeds wrought by God in the history of salvation manifest and confirm the teaching and realities signified by the words, while the words proclaim the deeds and clarify the mystery contained in them. By this revelation then, the deepest truth about God and the salvation of man shines out for our sake in Christ, who is both the mediator and the fullness of all revelation. Mutual Relationship between Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium. Jesus Christ commissioned the apostles to preach the Gospel to all nations. This is the source of truth and moral teachings. The Sacred Scripture and Tradition is a mirror of the pilgrim church that from the old testament and the new testament is living across the centuries. The magisterium is the teaching office of the church that is not above the Word of God but serves it and teaches on what has been handed to them. Relation and difference between Scripture and Word of God. Scripture is the written letter that was inspired by the Holy Spirit that when it is proclaimed in an assembly becomes for us Word of God made flesh. Luther and the Protestant Church made the mistake to separate the Scripture from the Tradition of the Church. Meanwhile in the church before the Council there was a sense of separation between the Old Testament and New Testament. Dei Verbum affirms the continuity between the New and the Old Testament and that therefore it is not possible to understand the New without the Old and that the Old is understood in the light of the New Testament. Recommendation of reading and praying with the scripture for the Christian faithful that gives us excellent knowledge of God. St. Jerome reminds us in his words, ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. This is present in our parish with the bible study presentation and in the Neo-Catechumenal Community where the Word of God is a Celebration in an assembly, a community which grows together in faith. God bless! Wishing you a blessed Sunday. Fr. Ivan Sant Page 2 FrIvanSant@churchofstbernard-stp.org St. Bernard

3 Mass Intentions Saturday October July 29 St. 21 Martha am 4:00pm Harvey Cliff Nystrom and Irene Charpentier Sunday October July th 29th Sunday in in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Dolores Parish Burg 10:30am Parish 1:30 pm Spanish Mass Monday July 31 St. Ignatius of Loyola Monday am October Jeannette 23 M. Badger Tuesday am August Lorenzo 1 St. Hernandez Alphonsus Liguori Tuesday am October 24 Wednesday am August Martin 2 Tschida Family Wednesday am October 25 Thursday am August David 3 Kujawa Thursday am October Marie 26 Gangl am Friday Herb Droher August 4 St. John Vianney Friday am October William 27 B. Flaspeter & Family am Saturday Leo Reinhardt August 5 am Saturday October Edward 28 Sts. Gunter Simon and Jude Apostles 4:00pm am Marie John & Paul Albert Goering 4:00pm Dorothy & Al Buchal Sunday August 6 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Sunday am October Parish 29 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30am 8:00 Schloesser Faith Formation Family Volunteers 10:30 am Parish Living & Deceased 1:30 pm Spanish Mass Sacraments Call the Parish Office to make arrangements (651) Anointing of the Sick This Communion for the Sick & Homebound Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements. Baptism of Infants Baptism of Older Children & RCIA To become a full member of the Roman Catholic Church, contact Alonna Mertz or Fr. Ivan at the Parish Office. Marriage Preparation Couples anticipating Christian Marriage need to contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to the wedding date they desire. After a pre-nuptial interview with a priest, a specific date will be set. Marriage preparation classes are required. Ministries Prayer Line..Shirley (651) or Judy (651) Liturgy Parishioners are encouraged to offer to be readers and altar servers at Mass. Faith Formation Faith Formation... Fr. Ivan (651) Mass Readings for the 29th week of Ordinary Time: Sunday : Is 45:1,4-6/1Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 Monday: Tuesday: Rom 4:20-25/Lk 12:13 21 Rom 5:12,15b,17-19,20b-21/Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Rom 6:12 18/Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Rom 6:19-23/Lk 12:49 53 Friday: Rom 7:18-25a/Lk 12:54 59 Saturday: Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 Sunday: Ex 22 :20-26/1 Thes 1:5c-10/Mt 21:34-40 Please pray for the sick and homebound: Page 3 Yvonne Spence Irene Moris Devra Shepherd Lucille Biron George Kramlinger Dale Mercado Rosie Lynch Lloyd Andeson Lorraine Eheim Linda Johnson Bob Rauen Helen Reinhardt Thanks for your Donations! St. Bernard

4 Parish News & Events All Saints Mass Schedule Holy Day of Obligation Wednesday, November 1st am & 6pm 7:30pm Español (Spanish) All Souls Commemoration Masses Wednesday, November 2nd am & 6pm. The Flu Shot Clinic will be held at the parish center on Sunday, November 5, from Noon 2 pm. All are welcome to come. All Souls Book of Remembrance You will find it under the statues of St. Mary and St. Joseph. We will remember them during Thursday All Souls Masses. When in the Hospital or Nursing Home Just a reminder. If you or a loved one enters a hospital or nursing home, please call the parish office so that a priest can visit and offer the Sacrament of Anointing. The hospitals and nursing homes do not notify us of any parishioner admittance, because of privacy laws, so it is important that you call us. Today is World Mission Sunday 2nd Collection Today, in every parish around the world, a collection is being taken up for Catholic missions in over 1,150 diocese s in 120 countries. Your contribution today will go towards helping teachers and catechists to teach the faith in urban centers and remote villages. You will help to build churches and chapels in mission stations for people to worship, hear God s word and receive the sacraments. You will help in the effort to raise up and train new leaders who will minister to people in their own language. You will provide material support and suffering lifting up individual dignity through the love of Christ. Your financial gift will go to the the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which is the official worldwide Catholic network of mission cooperation enabling the Gospel fo Jesus Christ to reach to the ends of the earth. Thank you for joining in this central work of the Church. The fiscal year 2017 parish financial report and fiscal year 2018 budget are available to review in the parish office. We have been advised not to distribute it more publicly until the Archdiocesan bankruptcy is resolved. The parish office is open M-F from 3:00. Scholarship at St. John s School of Theology and Seminary Our parish established a scholarship fund at St. John s many years ago to support the Seminary at St. John s Abbey. Every year funds are distributed to a seminary student. This year Brother Emmanuel Nguyen Le has received the monies from the parish fund. He has sent a note of thanks to the parish. He will graduate in the spring of 2019 and then go back home to Vietnam to serve the Church there. He asks for your continued prayers as he continues his studies. St. Paul, Minnesota Page 4

5 PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS There are 2 council members whose terms are ending. Nominations will be accepted now for those 2 seats. Election of new members will be held on October 30 at 6pm in the church. The purpose of the Pastoral Council is to provide and inspire leadership within the parish and to provide counsel to the Pastor on matters affecting the life and ministry of the parish community both as representatives and as leaders of the community. Call Mary Rinehart, council president, at for more information. Current members are Mary Rinehart, Amy Doucette, Tom Kneissel, Fran Blatzheim, Kathy Huonder, Neil Blageo, Ginny Bauman, Doug Palmer, and Betsy Struntz. Baptisms June 30 October 15 Gabriella Thompson Mee Julia Meh Maverick Philip Kretman Itzel Ortega Alcocer Kelsy Orgega Alcocer Julia Pleh Meh Julie Kue Johnny Reh James Reh Eduardo Penafort Preigo Oyenlaifa Odozi Deaths April 29 October 15 Mary Friedl Lorraine Caster May the souls of all Albert Turek the faithful departed, Bruce Larson through the mercy of Dolores Burg God, rest in peace. Anne Buettner Amen. James Veilleux Welcome New Parishioners June October 15 Joseph Hemmelgarn Eufemio & Reyna Cedilla Pena and family Nah Reh and family Manuel & Claudia Rios and family Oo Meh and family Guadalupe & Idalia Moreno Tha Say & Thee Da Oo and family Mauricio Sandoval & Martha Godinez and family Jesus & Leticia Pliego and family Nga Reh & Aye Meh and family Beh Meh and family Alejandro Tapia & Elizabeth Montecenos and family Nereo Carlos & Eusebia Carlos Vasquez and family Klaw Reh & Lee Meh and family Mee Reh & Beh Meh and family Nor Reh & Ree Mor and family Odilon Gutierrez & Jovita Vasquez and family Rodrigo & Veronica Penafort Priego and family Lee Reh Tee Reh Francisco & Rocio Sancles Nodez and family St. Paul, Minnesota Page 5