ST. BERNADETTE 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53223 In loving memory Kenneth Basta Eleanor Benvenuto Carol Berres Gerald Brockman Walter Bruss Barbara Gawin Dolores Guerndt Ivona Holubowicz Emma Lou Hooks Mary Kane Theodore Lennartz Marion Makarewicz Julieta Medina Cecelia Meikus Marvin Meyer Robert Meyer Jean Meyers William Murray Phyllis Picciolo Laura Smythe Werner Stoehlker Thomas Wibbert Marion Wichmann Frank Wilfrath PARISH FACILITIES 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53223 E-mail: stbernadette@archmil.org Website: www.stbweb.com or www.archmil.org under Parishes Pastor: Fr. Greg Greiten CHURCH OFFICE: 414-358-4600 Fax: 414-358-1478 OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 7:00AM to 3:30PM NORTHWEST CATHOLIC SCHOOL Phone: 414-352-6927 E-mail: info@nwcschool.org Website: www.nwcschool.org MASS SCHEDULE Saturdays: 5:00PM Sundays: 10:30AM Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30PM Wednesdays & Fridays: 8:00AM Holy Days: Check bulletin or contact the parish office 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) NOVEMBER 4, 2018 THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018: 31st in Ordinary Time 10:30AM Dan Morgan Deb Morgan MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2018 No Mass TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 5:30PM Eleanor Benvenuto WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 8:00AM Lynn Stapelfeldt THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 5:30PM Ken Basta FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 8:00AM Ted & Michiko Lennartz SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018: St. Leo the Great 5:00PM Nancy Westenberger SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018: 32nd in Ordinary Time 10:30AM For all the parishioners Readings for the Week of November 4, 2018 Sunday: Dt 6:2-6/Heb 7:23-28/Mk 12:28b-34 Monday: Phil 2:1-4/Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11/Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18//Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a/Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/ Jn 2:13-22 Saturday: Phil 4:10-19/Lk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16/Heb 9:24-28/Mk 12:38-44 Please Remember in Your Prayers Emma Hooks, 10-13-18 Gerald Brockman, 09-04-18 Marion Makarewicz, 10-09-18 William Murray, 08-08-18 Dolores Guerndt, 09-17-18 Kenneth Basta, 07-31-18 Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick: Virginia Lemberger Carl Smith All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee November 4, 2018 PARISH LIFE Sunday, November 4, 2018 - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - November 11th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing - Scripture Study, 6:00PM at St. Catherine Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - Grade School Christian Formation, 6:00 to 7:00PM at St. Catherine Thursday, November 8, 2018 - Choir rehearsal, 7:00 to 9:00PM in the church Friday, November 9, 2018 - November 11th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM Saturday, November 10, 2018 - Holiday Craft Fair, 10:00AM to 7:00PM in the cafeteria/hallway Sunday, November 11, 2018 - Holiday Craft Fair, 10:00AM to 7:00PM in the cafeteria/hallway - No bingo Shattered: A Poverty Simulation Shattered: A Poverty Simulation presented by Just Ministries November 17, 9:00AM-12:00PM, St. Catherine School Gym Adults and teens invited to participate. Donations accepted. To sign up, contact Lorrie Maples at 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or lmaples@stcatherinemke.org. Shattered is a unique, interactive experience designed to help communities understand poverty. The simulation allows for individuals to experience what it is like to live below the poverty line. Participants will confront the choices and challenges people in poverty face on a daily basis and will be given an opportunity to reflect on the harsh realities of poverty. Most importantly, it encourages people to make a difference. Live the Liturgy Love of God and love of neighbor are intimately bound together. You cannot have one without the other. Who are my neighbors and how do I love them? It is easy to confess with our lips that we love our neighbor. But how does this get translated into action? Our neighbors are not only those who live around us or are most familiar to us. Everyone is our neighbor: those who are foreign to us, those who have hurt us, those we envy, those we take for granted, and those who are poor. Embracing humanity in all of its forms is not always an easy task, and doing so can quickly take us out of our comfort zones. Working for justice, as God desires, often means adjusting how much we can have and sacrificing our wants and desires. The very image of God is on the faces of our neighbors, and our face can be found there as well. How much do we really love them? Lost and found A wedding ring was found in church. Please contact the parish office if you have recently lost a wedding ring.
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Holiday Craft Fair Our annual Holiday Craft Fair is just a week away. I m sure you are all asking, how can I help? The short answer is: buy and sell your raffle tickets; volunteer to work a shift at the Fair; bake your favorite cookie, bar, bread, pie cake, candy Raffle tickets and volunteer sign-up sheets are in the gathering area. Baked goods will be gratefully accepted on Friday, November 9, in the parish office until 3:00PM and in the cafeteria from 6:00 to 8:00PM. They are also welcome anytime during the Fair on November 10 and 11. Our success is dependent on you, so we will see you at the Fair! 2018 Calendar Raffle Our 2018 calendar raffle is ready to go! They make great stocking stuffers or Christmas gifts. Calendars are available in the parish office and in the gathering area, and watch for them to be sold after Masses and during other parish events. 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 31. A winning ticket will be picked each day. There will be 363 chances to win $20 and two chances to win $100. Winning names will be re-entered for additional chances to win. National Vocations Awareness Week: November 4-10, 2018 As Catholics, we firmly believe that God has a plan for our lives! He calls some to marriage, some to the priesthood, and others to religious life. Some remain as generous single people. Fully living our own vocations and teaching young people how to discern God's call is a serious duty, but also a joyful one. Today begins National Vocation Awareness Week. During this week, please pray for vocations, and pray about how God is calling you to live your vocation more deeply. Encourage the young people in your life children, grandchildren, students, and friends to be open if God calls them to the priesthood or religious life. For more information about vocation events or discernment resources, visit thinkpriest.org, or contact the Vocation Office at vocationoffice@sfs.edu. Container to Honduras We are getting ready to send a container to Honduras by mid- November, so please bring in any donations of gently-used items by November 11. Items can be left in the Rest-A-While bench, clearly marked Honduras, or brought to the parish office. Congratulations to our Calendar Raffle winners 10/24/18 Kimberly Gromala 10/25/18 Jessica Wegner 10/26/18 Dan Jakubowski 10/27/18 Erlinda Pajawwstan 10/28/18 Dennis Rogowski 10/29/18 Everett Devore 10/30/18 Michael Schwerm Catholics Care. Catholics Vote. Practice Civil Dialogue. In their statement on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the U.S. Catholic bishops remind Catholics that we are called to engage in charitable, respectful, and civil dialogue during election season. In a culture that is dominated by partisan attacks, sound bites, and media hype, the Church calls for a different kind of political engagement (no. 14). Visit www.faithfulcitizenship.org to access resources on civil dialogue and on how our faith calls us to engage during election season and beyond. Prayer for the Faithful Departed Good and faithful God, You have given us so many people in our lives who have given us joy and solace. On this day we ask You to remember our dearly departed. Keep them close to You as we all wait for that day when we all will come and worship in Your presence. We ask this through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Stewardship Report Weekend Collection October 27 and 28, 2018 Envelopes...$1,285.00 Offertory... $259.00 Electronic Contributions...$2,620.00 Fiscal YTD... $74,712.00 Budgeted Fiscal YTD... $80,764.00 What percentage does God ask of me as a good steward? All of my heart, all of my soul, all of my mind, and all of my strength! St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Writings of Pope Francis Tuesday, November 13, 2018 6:30-8:00PM St. Bernadette Parish Cafeteria Please join us for an overview of three of the writings of Pope Francis: Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), November 24, 2013 Laudato Si (Praise Be to You On Common Care for Our Home), May 24, 2015 Amoris laetitia (Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on love in the family), March 19, 2016 If you would like to read any of these writings before attending, they are available for free online at http://www.papalencyclicals.net/franc, or you can purchase them at any Catholic bookstore or through smile.amazon.com. Reading prior to attendance is optional. Admission is free and all are welcome! For more information, please contact Valerie Adamski at 414-358-4600, ext. 148, or adamskiv@archmil.org.
Advent Presentation Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:30-8:30PM St. Bernadette Parish Cafeteria Children of Men (2006): When infertility threatens mankind with extinction and the last child born has perished, a disillusioned bureaucrat (Clive Owen) becomes the unlikely champion in the fight for the survival of Earth s population. He must face down his own demons and protect the planet s last remaining hope from danger. Based on the novel The Children of Men by P.D. James. MPAA Rating: R; USCCB Rating: L (limited audience) for violence set in a fictional dystopian world. The film explores the themes of hope and faith, and has been noted for its use of Christian symbolism. Come join us as we watch this movie through the lens of faith, with discussion emphasizing its correlation with the seasons of Advent and Christmas in our Church. Admission is free! For more information, please contact Valerie Adamski at 414-358-4600, ext. 148, or adamskiv@archmil.org.