St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church

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1 St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church 1 St. Bernard Lane * Bella Vista, AR Office (479) Fax (479) office@bvstbernard.org Mass Schedule Sunday 9:00a.m.. Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri 8:30a.m. Wednesday 5:00p.m. Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 5:00p.m. Holy Day (Vigil) 7:00p.m. Holy Day 9:00a.m. Rosary: Sun 8:25am, Mon.-Tue-Thur-Fri 8:00a.m. Wed-4:30pm Sat-4:25pm. Holy Day Vigil 6:25pm Holy Day-8:25am Reconciliation Schedule Wednesday-4:30p.m. - 5:00p.m..; Saturday-4:15p.m.-4:45p.m: Sunday- 8:15a.m.-8:45a.m. Please call the Parish Office if an appointment is needed. Baptisms Registered parishioners for at least six months. By appointment. Preparation classes required. First Communion Two years in a religious education class is required for the Sacrament of First Communion. Confirmation Two years enrolled and attending confirmation class is required for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Marriage Preparation must begin a minimum of six months before a proposed wedding date whether in this church or any other. Dates will be finalized after consultation with the pastor. * ANNULMENT * If you are in need of an annulment, please contact the parish office. The Pastor will recommend an advocate for you. Prayer Intention Book Special intentions may be recorded in the Prayer Intention Book located in the Lobby of the Church. The book is brought to the altar at Presentation of the gifts. Hospitalized/Homebound The sick and homebound of the parish can arrange a Home Visit by Father, Holy Communion and be added to the bulletin prayer list by calling the Parish Office. ( ) Parish Council Michele Australie (Casey), Chair Kim Barrett, Corrine Candela, Clint Perrin, Tom Buchl, Mont McGillivray, John Kittelson, JoAnn Herald, Gilbert Neil, Carl Long and Dale Thelen Al Genna Deacon Russ Anzalone Parish Manager Roxanne Birchfield Finance Christina Laughlin Administrative Assistant Mary Powers Office Assistant Finance Council Charlie Teal - Chair, Tom Woolsey, Carol Buchl, Tim Considine, Don Schmutz, John White Parish Staff Fr. Barnabas Maria-Susai, IMS - Pastor Kay Smith Director, Religious Education Howard Hunt Director, R.C.I.A. Ann Kedrowski Music Director Sam Roller Praise Team Leader Joe Moloney Maintenance Twenty second Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2, 2018 Food Pantry Our food pantry is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for those in need during regular office hours. New Parishioners If you are new to our parish, we would like to welcome you and invite you to become a member of our parish. Membership cards are available in the Lobby or you may ask an Usher for one. You are always welcome to come by the office and register.

2 GREEN / WHITE GIFT BEARERS Saturday, September 8 Phil & Bonnie Salyards, Deb Thelen Sunday, September 9 Donna Ruhlman, Lucy Frankel, Frank Welnetz PHONE NUMBER ( ) & EXTENTIONS Pastor 229 Manager 222 Finance (Roxanne) 227 Office (Christina) 221 Adoration 231 Kitchen (hall) 232 Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8a.m.-3p.m. WELCOME We welcome all visitors to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church and Thank You for celebrating with us the liturgy of the Holy Eucharist. We wish you a most enjoyable stay in NW Arkansas and for your safety when you travel back home. God bless you. Amen ******************* September 1 & 2 is food pantry weekend. Please be generous with people in need. Non-perishables only. TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME VOCATION CROSS Saturday, September 8 Dc Al & Mary Genna Sunday, September 9 Joe & Dorleen Kessler Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MASS INTENTIONS FOR September 2, September 9, 2018 Sunday ( ) For the Living and members of our Parish especially for Tom Greeson By John & Jeannine White Don Geronime By Mary Lou Geronime Marjorie B. Renfrow By Dr. Marjorie Renfrow Christina Lynn By Dick & Flo Hogan Irene Browning By Ann Browning Zerby Len Rospond By Harry Schmitz Raymond W. Kontof By Chet & Bernie Kissel Don Geronime By Eileen Curtis CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday 8:15a.m. - 8:45a.m. - Reconciliation 8:25a.m. - Rosary 9:00a.m. - MASS Chaplet of Divine Mercy - following Mass Monday-Labor Day NO MASS OFFICE CLOSED Noon - 1:00p.m. - AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. - AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. - Al-Anon - Rm 203 WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS (continued) Tuesday 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m.-W.C. Crafters-Hall 8:30a.m. - MASS 9:30a.m. - Noon. - Samba Card Group Low ceiling- Hall 1:00p.m. - AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b Wednesday 9:00a.m. - 10:00a.m. - Rosary Makers Guild - Rm 203 Noon - 1:00p.m.- AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b 4:30p.m. - Reconciliation 4:30p.m. - Rosary 5:00p.m. Mass 6:30p.m. - 7:00p.m. - Praise Team Practice - Church 7:00p.m.-8:00p.m.- AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. - KC Officers Mtg - Library Thursday 8:30a.m. - MASS 9:30a.m. - 11:00a.m. - Get Ready for the Gospel - (Smith & Moore) Rm 205 Noon - 1:00p.m. - AA Mtg - Rm 202a/b 5:45p.m.(doors open) - Bingo - Hall First Friday 8:30a.m. - MASS 9:30a.m. - 11:00a.m. - Women s Club Board Mtg - Library 9:00a.m. - Noon - Mah Jongg - Rm 203 3:00p.m. - Chaplet of Divine Mercy - Chapel Saturday 7:30a.m - Men s Club Mtg - Hall 8:30a.m. - DAILY MASS Noon - 1:00p.m. - AA Mtg - 202a/b 4:15p.m.- 4:45p.m - Reconciliation 4:25p.m. - Rosary 5:00p.m - MASS Chaplet of Divine Mercy - following Mass 7:00p.m.-8:00p.m -AA Mtg-Rm202a/b Sunday 8:15a.m. - 8:45a.m. - Reconciliation 8:25a.m. - Rosary 9:00a.m. - MASS Chaplet of Divine Mercy-following Mass We Welcomed August August Homebound

3 GREEN / WHITE SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 Pastor s Corner Dear Parishioners, PLEASE KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK I will be travelling to India for my annual vacation to see family and to reconnect with members of the Indian Mission Society. I will be gone from September 12th through October 12th. Please pray for my safe travel. While I am gone, I will need substitutes for my Adoration Hours on Wednesdays from 9:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. and Fridays from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. If you are available, please call the office at to volunteer. May God bless you, Fr. Barnabas ****************************** RELIGIOUS EDUCATION September is fast approaching and the Religious Education staff is looking forward to another great year. On Catechetical Sunday, 9/16, all Catechists and students will meet in the Parish Hall at 10:30a.m. and then will proceed to classrooms until 12:00 noon. Starting on Sunday 9/23 all Catechists and students will meet in the Chapel at 10:30a.m. and then will proceed to the classrooms from 11:00a.m. to 12:00 noon. We are looking forward to welcoming all children preschool through grade 12 to this year's program. Registration will begin after all Masses starting 9/1 and ending with 9/16. You may register your child/children in the Parish Office. Please contact Kay Smith (home) or (cell) ****************************** BELLA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT The next Bella Vista Police Dept. (BVPD) Citizen's Police Academy begins September 11th. This is a ten week course, meeting every Tuesday evening from 6:00-9:00p.m. at the main PD station. It is free and open to BV residents. Students will learn all aspects of the BVPD, get a chance to shoot police weapons, do a ride-along with an officer, and just enjoy our great PD. Applicants must enroll thru the BVPD main office; class size is limited to 18. (It fills up fast, so don 't delay!) The next S.A.L..T. Coffee With A Cop in Bella Vista is on September 11, from 9:00-11:00a.m. at Village House. The public is invited. Leona Moore, Deb Malone, Tom Page, Elaine Bennett, Dianne Krolikowski, Marsha Jertson, Judy Perrin, Bill Androes, Kaylee Nguyen, Dave Clark, Marge Roblee, Rusty Mastricola, Phil Salyards Erica Ailes, Matthew Gerraughty, son of June Gerraughty Pray for all who care for the ill and infirm. Remember the deceased of our parish especially Janice Barton. May they and all our departed loved ones rest in peace. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97-102; Lk 4:16-30, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass For the Blessings of Human Labor, nos Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, [18-23] Sunday: Is 35:4-7a; Ps 146:7-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37

4 GREEN / WHITE SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS (September 1st - September 8th) Gilbert Neil, 1st Ginnie Woolsey, 2nd Rhett Hilger, 3rd Don Borgmeyer, 4th Marlys Wicklund, 4th Marilyn Block, 7th Lois Hunt, 7th Keiran Strobel, 8th *************************** WOMEN S CLUB St. Bernard Women s Club will hold their first monthly meeting of the year on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. A light brunch will be provided. Our program will be a fashion show presented by Kristi Danna from Foundations of Audrie s Boutique. Perfect timing for reviewing our fall wardrobes. We are extending a warm welcome to all ladies in our parish to come and be part of a group of women who enjoy spending time serving our parish, our community, our families and God. We have many opportunities for involvement. Enclosed in this Sunday s bulletin is a Brochure detailing activities with contact names and numbers. Please save. Each month we have a short program (noted in the brochure). We enjoy fellowship, laughter and refreshments. Please join us, Carol Buchl, President **************************** THE PARISH ALTAR SOCIETY The Parish Altar Society needs a few more women and men to help clean the church and adoration chapel for one hour, twice a month on Tuesday afternoons at 1:00p.m. Please contact the Parish Office at if you are interested in helping this needed vital service to our church and parishioners. TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME BINGO 6:30p.m. - Parish Hall 1st & 3rd Thursdays The next scheduled date is: SEPTEMBER 6th JACKPOT is at $1000 Doors open at 5:45p.m. MEN S CLUB The first meeting of the St. Bernard's Men's Club for the year will be held Saturday, September 8th at 7:30a.m. Breakfast will be served at 7:30a.m. with our guest speaker at 8:00a.m. followed by a short business meeting, which will include the presentation of the annual budget. Jerry Ponder will also cover the Octoberfest, which will be a month away. Our guest speaker will be our Parish Office Manager, Russ Anzalone. Russ will discuss the important aspects of parish business so that we can all be better informed. A brief period of questions and answers will follow. All men in the parish are members so please join us for this important meeting. We would like to have a good turnout to start the year. God bless! ********************************** THANK YOU - THANK YOU! The school supplies that were donated were very welcome at both schools! Your donations of cash were wonderful. You hit it out of the ball park with your generosity. Thank you again from the St. Bernard Women s Club. Janna Columbus & Clarice Wellinghoff

5 GREEN / WHITE SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 ADORATION HOURS AVAILABLE Please volunteer to spend an hour with the Lord. 6 PM to 7 PM Monday Evening 1 AM to 2 AM Wednesday Morning 3 PM to 4 PM Thursday Afternoon 9 PM to 10 PM Friday Evening NOON to 1:00 PM Saturday Afternoon Temporary Adorers Needed 5 PM to 6 PM Thursday (thru September) 11 AM to Noon Saturday (thru October 1st) 9 AM to 10 Saturday Morning (thru October 15th) 2 AM to 3 AM Sunday Morning (thru November) CALLED & GIFTED WORKSHOP The Catholic Church teaches that every baptized Christian has been gifted with Charisms that are meant to be used in service to the Body of Christ. From the Catechism Whether extraordinary or simple and humble, charisms are graces of the holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefit the Church, ordered as they are to her building up, to the good of men, and to the needs of the world. This is hard for some people to accept and realize. We are ALL gifted, we ALL have a call to use our gifts in the service of others. How can you begin to find what your gifts are and how to use them? Begin to explore the process of Discernment learn what the Charisms are, learn how you might have been gifted. How can you begin? Begin the journey, discover and discern your Charism. I promise it is worth it. Each location listed below will host Part I which will guide you through a practical understanding of the Charisms and how they are played out in daily life. Upon discerning what Charism the Holy Spirit has given you, Part II of the workshop helps you use these gifts by the eyes, ears, hands, and feet of Jesus to everyone around you. Schedule: Part I - Thursday s 9/27; 10/4; 10/11; 10/18; and 10/25 from 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. and Part II Thursday s 11/29; 1/10; 1/31 from 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul in Rogers. Part I - Saturday s 9/29; 10/6; 10/13/ 10/20; and 10/27 from 9:00a.m. to Noon and Part II Saturday s 12/1; 1/12; and 2/2 from 9:00a.m. to Noon at St. Joseph s in Fayetteville. Register on line at: or call Darlene Martucci at (479) If you have any questions please at: called.gifedarkansas@gmail.com

6 GREEN / WHITE TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 40 DAYS FOR LIFE From September 26 through November 4, you re invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life - 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You re also invited to join 400 vigils world-wide to stand and peacefully pray during a public right-of-way outside the Planned Parenthood abortion center in Fayetteville. This will also help to spread the word about this important community outreach. If you d like more information, especially if you d like to volunteer to help, please contact: Sheila Pursell, call or Txt (469) or at: nwarespectlifecouncil@gmail.com A Celebration of Filipino Martyrs The Filipino-American community invites the faithful to Holy Mass in honor of the two Filipino martyrs; San Lorenzo Ruiz and San Pedro Calungsod, on Sunday September 16, 2018 at 12:05p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Andrew. Mass will be celebrated by the Most Reverend Bishop Anthony B. Taylor. A reception will follow at McDonald Hall. ROUND ROBIN BRIDGE ALTHOUGH SUMMER IS STILL IN FULL SWING, IT IS TIME TO ROUND UP THE ROBINS AND PREPARE FOR THE SEASON!!! All bridge players of the parish are cordially invited to join the St. Bernard s Round Robins for the upcoming season. By majority vote of the membership, the format has been changed: partners will play ONLY with their PARTNERS. All else remains the same except that 8 hands will be played instead of 6 per round. Good friendly fun September thru May on the 3 rd Monday of the Month at 6:30p.m. in the Parish Hall. (No play in December) ACBL rules, comfortable camaraderie, light refreshments, and a season-long challenge is what you and your partner can expect. $40 per couple covers yummy nibbles for the entire season, as well as prizes at the end of the season. All monies are paid out in generous prizes in May at the awards dinner. Everybody wins: no one goes home empty-handed! Have you had a better offer lately? Call Fran Olsen-Parrish at or Janet Callerman at immediately, before all slots are filled. If full-time play is not for you, the sub list is open just for you! Please call us. ST. VINCENT de PAUL Slay the 5K, hosted by St Vincent de Paul Catholic School, is scheduled for Friday, September 7th at Veterans Park in Rogers. Lace up your running shoes for one of Northwest Arkansas premier evening runs. Fun Run starts at 5:30pm and 5K at 6:00pm. There will be prizes for top finishers, medals for all kids, hot dogs, ice cream, and fun for the whole family. Visit to register.

7 GREEN / WHITE SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 Embrace God s silence, Eucharistic Adoration, every hour of every day. Jesus said to his apostles, Come by yourselves to an out-of-the way place and rest a little. People were coming and going in great numbers, making it impossible for them to so much as eat. Jesus and the apostles went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. You can put yourself in that scene for an hour each week at the St. Bernard Adoration chapel. (You won t need the boat!) Just the Lord and yourself, alone in that perfect quiet adoration place. Pray in your own way. Or ask the Lord to help you answer a few simple questions: *How am I doing? *Am I living up to your expectations for me? *What should I be doing this fall and beyond? Listen in the chapel; you ll be amazed how often and how well the Lord answers whatever your questions might be. Call a coordinator and volunteer to fill an open hour. Volunteer to fill an hour that fits your schedule any week. Call Russ Anzalone, Marlene Murray, Pat or Charlie Murray, Sue McHugh, Mary Powers, Matt Casey or Deb Thelen. Any coordinator will help find a convenient hour for you. If you have additional questions or information, call Tom Murray at ** RCIA - WHO SHALL I BRING? The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few, so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. (Luke 10:2) Those are the words of Christ when he sent out the seventytwo to spread the Good News of the Kingdom of God. Pope Gregory the Great (Feast day Sept 3) shared these words some 600 years ago: It is indeed regrettable that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few, there is no shortage of people to hear the good news, what is missing are the people to spread it. These are words that apply to us today. It is a reminder that our ministry cannot focus inwardly, but must focus out into the community. Today let s reach out to a group that likely were not in Pope Gregory s thoughts. In his book Choosing to be Catholic: For the First Time or Once Again, Father William J O Malley reminds us that there are many Catholics who became disenchanted with the Church and drifted away from it. He invites them to take another look with these words, Those longest away will find the Church has changed a great deal. It is surely not the unbending hierarchical institution I myself was introduced to a half century ago. There is much more give in the Church and in church people than there was then, much more heartfelt encouragement to read scripture, to figure out doctrinal problems for oneself and to come to a personally validated conclusion. On the local level, the parish is much more a serving community, a segment of The People of God missioned by Christ just as much as the clergy, no longer merely an us who follow them. In this sense returning to full involvement in the Church is slightly more unnerving than it was long ago. The members are no longer sheep but fellow shepherds. The RCIA process offers an excellent opportunity for each of us to reach out to someone who has drifted away and invite them to Come and See what today s Church is all about. It makes no difference why they drifted away, the important thing is for us to let them know that they are not forgotten and are welcome. Perhaps a conversation and a personal invitation may provide them with a sense of assurance that there will be companionship as they begin the journey to come home. Our Inquiry sessions begin Wednesday, September 12, in the church hall. Remember the coffee pot is always on and All Are Welcome! For more information, please contact: Howard Hunt (763) , Roxanne Birchfield , or Deacon Al Genna