A community of Faith hope and love Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 24, 2019 O Lord, I trust in your merciful love!
Would you like to join our vibrant community of Faith, Hope, and Love at St. Bernard s? Sign-up and get to know us at one of our monthly New Parishioner Registration and Welcome evenings! For information, call the parish office at 516-731-4220, or download a form from our website www.stbernardchurch.org. Click on Join St. Bernard s on the bottom of the home page form. If you move away, please notify us as well. S T.BERNARD S CATHOLIC CHURCH 516-731-4220 Phone/516-731-4355 Fax Email: Parish@StBernardChurch.org Website: www.stbernardchurch.org PASTORAL TEAM Father Ralph Sommer, Pastor Shepherd@StBernardChurch.org ext. 130 Father Joe Nohs, Associate Pastor FrNohsBest@StBernardChurch.org ext. 128 Father Innocent Duru, Chaplain In Residence onyeduru@yahoo.com Deacon John Blakeney DeaconJohn@StBernardChurch.org 516-731-4220 Deacon James Flannery Aquinas69@gmail.com 516-731-4220 Mrs. Susan Martin, Director of Religious Education RelEd@StBernardChurch.org 516-731-8511 Phone/516-731-7860 Fax The Religious Education Center is closed on Fridays. Sr. Christine Sammons, O.P., Coordinator of Parish Social Ministry PSM@StBernardChurch.org 516-731-6074 Pat McDonough, Director of Youth & Young Adults pat@stbernardchurch.org Ext. 144 Mrs. Mary Jane Witte, Director of Liturgical Music MJWitte@StBernardChurch.org ext. 142 Ms. Diane Vella, Pastoral Associate DVella@StBernardChurch.org ext. 143 Mrs. Rose Marie Rotondo, Sacristan Sacristan@StBernardChurch.org 516-731-4220 Mr. Len Lanzi, Facilities Manager facilitiesmanager@stbernardchurch.org ext. 120 Mr. Dimas Carbajal, Head of Maintenance Maintenance@StBernardChurch.org ext. 126 CYO Basketball: email: info@stbernardcyo.org website: www.stbernardcyo.org Spiritual Life Schedule of Masses: Saturday: 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Family Mass), 10:30 am, 12 Noon, 5:30 pm (Youth Mass) Weekdays: 8:00 am Holy Days: see website: www.stbernardchurch.org Spanish Mass: 2nd & 4th week each month @ 7:30PM Confessions: Saturday: 4:00-5:00 pm. Weekdays: After the 8:00 am Mass Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Novena and Benediction: Monday: Check schedule on page 4. Morning Prayer: Monday through Saturday, 8:30 am, Prayer Room. Books are available. Baptism of Children: We welcome infants and children to our Christian community! Baptisms are held on select Sundays at 1:30 pm. Please contact the parish at least 3 months before an anticipated baptism even before a new child is born to ensure enough time to complete the baptism preparation process. Our three-step preparation process includes: 1) at-home reading and preparation by the parents; 2) an intake conversation with a member of our parish staff; and 3) participation with other parents in a Sunday morning gathering, which begins with attendance at our 9:00 am Family-friendly Mass. Please call 731-4220 or e-mail parish@stbernardchurch.org to request a Baptism information and preparation packet. Marriages: Church arrangements should be made at least 6 months before the marriage and before making any contracts with restaurants or caterers. Please call the Rectory to set up an appointment with a priest, 731-4220. Ministry to the Sick and Aging: If you are, or know of someone who is homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion, please call the rectory at 731-4220. St. Vincent De Paul Society: 735-3218 Bulletin Deadline: Friday, 5:00 pm, nine days prior to publication. You may email us at Bulletin@StBernardChurch.org or leave a printed copy in the inbox on the bulletin desk in the Parish Office. Thank you for your cooperation! 2 MISSION STATEMENT With faith, hope, and love the people of St. Bernard's parish family are on a mission to bring the gospel of Jesus to the Levittown Community and beyond.
A Case for Alpha E mail Father Ralph: shepherd@stbernardchurch.org Mardi Gras We re offering something new this year as we approach Lent - - a Mardi Gras Pancake Dinner on the Saturday night before Ash Wednesday (March 2 nd ). It will take place right after the 5pm Mass and as an added feature, we ll burn the palms from last year outside the school entrance just before we go in for the dinner. All are invited to join us after the Mass as we prepare the ashes for Lent. We are selling tickets to the dinner (no tickets needed for the palm burning) in order to be sure we prepare the right amount of food and if you didn t purchase them at church this weekend, you can get them at the rectory office til Wednesday or order them online by going to our homepage www.stbernardchurch.org A Great Success While we were hoping to collect 90 pints of blood at our blood drive last Sunday, we collected 115! Thanks to Ernie and Maryclare Meditz and to all who donated this gift of life. Last fall, a hundred parishioners gathered for eight weeks to share a meal, watch a video, and have a conversation about faith in a program called Alpha. What encouraged me was that while sometimes weekly programs start strong and then attendance lessens over the weeks, Alpha had staying power as people came back week after week because the experience of sharing a meal and sharing faith was comfortable and fulfilling. So we re doing it again this spring. And given how good the first time was, I can confidently recommend Alpha to you, dear reader of this column. Alpha takes place on Friday nights at 7pm and starts with a meal. If you have children, you can bring them along as there is babysitting after the meal and you don t have to cook! In the fall, high school teens came (some with their families) and they ate at the teens table and then went to view the teen video while the adults had their own Alpha experience. People sometimes bemoan that there s nothing for our teens these days... so I ask you to spread the word about our teen Alpha program. If you don t have children (or if they re all grown up) Alpha is for you too. I was happy to see the intergenerational aspect of the program as people of all ages joined in. We did have a table of young parents and another of people in their 20 s but we also had tables of different generations sharing a meal and faith together. Some parishioners who converse primarily in Spanish joined Alpha and there were two tables who shared food and faith in that language. While the videos are in English, we re certainly open to any other language groups coming together to experience this unique program in our parish. Well, actually it s not all that unique in that there are Alpha groups in parishes throughout Long Island and throughout the country and throughout the world! But it was a new experience for us at St. Bernard s and one that I hope you ll be part of this Spring. This semester of Alpha starts on Friday, March 22 nd and registration is necessary so we can prepare the right amount of food and materials. Alpha runs for eight sessions and if someone isn t ready to commit to the whole program, I invite you to consider volunteering your time during one or more of the sessions to help with such things as setting up, serving food, greeting, etc. However you wish to participate you can sign up at church or online. Go to our homepage www.stbernardchurch.org for the link. 3
Parish News Thank you to all the lifesavers who came out to St. Bernard s Winter Blood Drive! Our goal was to collect 90 pints and we received an amazing 115 pints of blood for patients in Long Island hospitals. What an awesome community minded Parish we are! Your donation of blood can save up to 3 lives and your time and efforts were greatly appreciated. If you tried to donate but were unable to for some reason last Sunday, thanks for trying and please try again, we need you! Thanks again to all our lifesavers! The Rosarians will meet on Monday, March 4 at 12:30 in the prayer room of the church where we will pray the rosary together. As members of the Body of Christ we share in the communion of saints when we pray for each other and all those who have gone before us. We will offer our prayers for our Catholic Church and the Pope, all bishops and priests, especially Fr. Ralph, Fr. Joe, and Fr. Innocent and the Sisters of our parish. We will continue to pray for an end to abortion. Our country and its leaders and all those who protect us are included in our prayers. We also offer our own personal intentions. All women of the parish are welcome. Parish calendar (Subject to change) Monday, February 25 After 8am Mass Miraculous Medal Novena, Church 2:00 pm Zumba Gold, Parish Center 7:00 pm Bereavement Group, Parish Center 7:30 pm Liturgy Committee, Rectory Tuesday, February 26 10:00 am Our Lady of Consolation, Parish Center 11:00 am Alzheimer Support Group, Parish Center 6:15 pm Children's Choir, Parish Center 4 Gifts of treasure Sunday Collections February 17, 2019 February 18, 2018 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Troop 316, School Cafeteria 7:00 pm Spanish Rosary, Prayer Room 7:30 pm Vivitrol Support Group, School Room 206 7:30 pm AA Meeting, School Room 207 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal, Church Wednesday, February 27 10:00 am Book Discussion, Parish Center 2:00 pm Zumba Gold, Parish Center 7:00 pm Cub Scouts, Parish Center 7:30 pm Folk Group Rehearsal, offsite 8:00 pm Charismatic-Bread of Life Prayer Group, Parish Center Thursday, February 28 9:30 am Shawl Ministry, Parish Center 1:30 pm Peanut Butter & Jelly, Parish Center 1:45 pm St. Vincent de Paul, Clairvaux House 6:30 pm Scouts, Parish Center 7:30 pm Bible Study, Parish Center Friday, March 1 10:00 am Bible Study, Parish Center 7:00 pm El Camino Spanish Program, Parish Center 7:30 pm LIFT High School Program, Parish Center Saturday, March 2, ALPHA sign up after 5pm Mass 9:00 am Charitable Kidz, Parish Center 11:00 am Women s AA Meeting, Cafeteria 6:00 pm Mardi Gras Palm Burning and Pancake Dinner, Cafeteria 6:00 pm Sacred Heart Community, Parish Center 8:00 pm Nocturnal Adoration, Church Sunday, $ 10,982.55 $ 11,970.15 475 envelopes 530 envelopes Faith Direct $ 2,521.60 $ 2,482.65 Total Collection $ 13,504.15 $ 14,452.80 Faith Direct Have you enrolled yet? www.faithdirect.net Code = NY272 Parish calendar (Subject to change) March 3, ALPHA sign up after all Masses & Hospitality Sunday 10:00 am Youth RCIA, Parish Center 4:15 pm Youth Choir Practice, Church 8:00 pm AA Meeting, Cafeteria
mass intentions This listing may not reflect recent changes or additions. Saturday, February 23 8:00 am Rose Swenson, Peter Quinn, Frank Walkley 5:00 pm Patricia Rosalia-Birthday Remembrance 7:30 pm Spanish Mass Antonio Clotario Maldonado Sunday, February 24 7:30 am John Simpson 9:00 am Donna Hores 10:30 am For all parishioners, Richard Lazzaro, John Lagattuta, Dorothy Rose Young 12 Noon Robert J. Sandkuhl 5:30 pm Eugene Siciliano Monday, February 25 8:00 am Mary F. McNulty Tuesday, February 26 8:00 am Lillian Buckhout Wednesday, February 27 8:00 am Nancy Guadagno Thursday, February 28 8:00 am Marie Hogan Friday, March 1 8:00 am Edward H Flecker IV Saturday, March 2 8:00 am Anna Marie Peters, Yolanda Ghignone 5:00 pm Catherine Mahoney Sunday, March 3 7:30 am FOR ALL PARISHIONERS 9:00 am Jaime Jimenez-Living 10:30 am Frank Criscuolo-30 th Anniversary, Anthony Radano, Theresa Hull, Mrs. Rita Jean 12 Noon Mora Quinn Bannon 5:30 pm Donna Hores Pray for our beloved deceased and those who mourn for them Roseanne De Cecco Maria Hogan Alan Kornblatt Third Time SACRAMENTS BANNS OF MARRIAGE David Goris, St Bernard, Levittown Erin Burke, St Bernard, Levittown Pray for the sick of our parish Denise Abbondola Enrique Figueroa Kenneth Hall Maria Hogan Anthony Magrino Karen Martin Chris Morrison Kathleen O'Hara Amanda Rivasplata Jacki Robins Rose Marie Rotondo Ellen Salvato Richard Snyder Norma Steiger Jayne Travers Kimberly Mercy-Wagner All names will remain on the list for 4 weeks after you call in. After that time we ask, if necessary, to call again. Thank you for cooperating and God bless all. Please pray for all those on our Long-term Sick List Sara Aprigliano Chris Angyal Susan Arena Brian Austin Lorraine Bardolf Arlene Barsch Ike Bootsma Lois Byrne Jean Caprera Rosemary Clark Mason Francis Combs Justin Dawson Monica DeLaRosa May Ann Dima Debra Dowdell Margaret Dowdell Gerry Finlan Jim Finlan Rachel Fiorito Linda Fitz Kathleen Flaherty Lorraine Foulon Rich Fuleki Muriel Gallagher Teresita Gallego Carole Gefken Michael Giampetruzzi Tom Gilmartin Colleen Grasing John Guiffre Mike Hach Patricia Hafner Carolyn Hakim Cynthia Hansen Donna Hare John Hartofil Vicki Jacona Steve Jugan Jerome W. Kalkhof Katherine Anne Kwestel Violet Kwestel Rosemarie LaFrance Eugene Francis Luginsland Martin Logan Tia Mabanta Jaime Macias Andrew Mahoney Lucy Marconi Karen Martin William McDonagh Teresa McDonald Mary McLean Mary Messina Irmgard Montanino Maryann Mulholland Kerri Orlando Johnny Perdue Rosina Perri Catherine Pipinou Joan Rampolla Fred Rappa Laureen Quinn-Sturge Deanne Reilly Vinny Rosa John Rotondo, Jr. John Rotondo, Sr. Flore Rowe Eve Saint Thomas Saint Terry Sherwood Guadalupe Silva Katie-Ellen Spinelli Danielle Stallone Frances Stallone Norma Steiger Liberty Tabag David Testa Rosalie Travers Frances Trzcinski Joan Virostko Marguerite Vlaun Vernon Vlaun Theresa Votta Brendan Wagner Thomas Williams, Jr. Cynthia Wilson Help Us Keep the Sick List Up-to-date When your loved one s health improves, please call the rectory at 516-731-4220 to let us know so their name can be removed from the sick list. It is important that the list remain current. Thank you for your cooperation. 5
Adult faith formation Registration for / Inscripción para ALPHA Please print clearly! Escriba claramente. Name/ Nombre: Phone/ Teléfono: Address/ Dirreción: (Street/Calle) (Town/Ciudad) (Postal Code/Código Postal) E-mail: Adult Participant (English) Participante Adulto (Español) Youth Participant (9 th -12 th gr.) If you need child care for children younger than 9 th grade: Si necesita que alguien cuide a sus niños (niños/as que aún no están en High School): Name/Nombre: Name/Nombre: Name/Nombre: Age/ Edad Age/ Edad Age/ Edad I don t want to participate, but maybe I can assist! (circle one): Call me E-mail me No quiero participar, pero tal vez puedo ayudar! (marque uno): Llámeme Envíeme email Leave at the Alpha table after Mass, or bring/mail to parish office. Después de la Santa Misa entregue su hoja de inscripción a la mesa Alpha o envíela a la Rectoría. St. Bernard Church 2019 Mission Preaching at all Masses March 9-10 Mission Evenings Sun. Mar. 10 Wed. Mar. 13, 7:30 p.m. Mission Mornings Mon. Mar. 11 Wed. Mar. 13, 8:00 a.m. Father Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R., is a Redemptorist priest from Woburn, Massachusetts. After a career as a professional baseball player, he was ordained in 1991, and has worked as a parish priest in Dominica, New York, Boston, St. Lucia, and the Virgin Islands. He is currently assigned to the Redemptorist Community in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Father Kevin is greatly looking forward to being with us for this week of renewal! 6
Parish social ministry Sr. Christine Sammons, O.P., 731-6074 St. Vincent de Paul: Thanks to everyone who helps us help our neighbors by providing staple food items and other basic needs of living. As always, we are most grateful! This week our pantry needs include: Canned pasta ( Chef Boy-ar-dee type) Please remember the poor boxes and to buy one, get one free! Special thanks to Boy Scout Troop 189 for their recent food drive and donation to our pantry! The Souper Bowl of Caring: As of Friday, February 15 th, when we submit our column for the coming week, our totals for the Souper Bowl are: $5,371! We will happily accept donations until the end of February and have found a Dominican sister who can personally deliver our check to Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas to further their work with those who are disenfranchised for any reason. We will keep you posted as other donations come in! As always, thank you for your extraordinary generosity! Thanks to our sixth grade religious education coordinator Laura Cardinale, the catechists and the level 7 and 8 students who conducted a bake sale on February 17 th for the benefit of our pantry! We are most grateful! Word has it that they raised $410! Thanks, everyone! For many years, under the leadership of Denise Lownie and later Laura Cardinale, the children have made over 20,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which are brought to the Mary Brennan I.N.N. soup kitchen, and to our pantry. At the present time, we are looking for someone to take over the leadership of this important service project. Laura would love to mentor a new person (or persons), and would be happy if s/he could meet with her, the children and the other supportive adult volunteers on Thursdays, February 28 th and March 28 th in the parish center at 3:00 to see the project in action. The children meet once a month during the school year to make the sandwiches. If you are interested in learning more, please call our office (731-6074) and speak to Sister Christine. Thanks to the Levittown Community Council for the food and toiletries donations gathered at their 2019 Winterfest! We are delighted to be able to share these donations with our Levittown neighbors through our pantry! Thanks, again, everyone! Help Wanted: As you may know, children from our parish who are preparing to receive the sacrament of Confirmation are required to complete community service hours. St. Bernard s Alzheimer s Caregiver Support Group meetings are held on the 2 nd and 4 th TUESDAY of the month from 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon in St. Bernard's Parish Center. This program is designed to help each other cope with the challenging situation of dealing with someone with dementia. For more information, please call Sister Maureen Ashe, at 646-241-8497. 7
R e l i g i o u s E d Mrs. Susan Martin, Director of Religious Education HERE IS A SAMPLING OF SOME OF OUR WEEKLY RELIGIOUS Miss Mary and her class make cards for their favorite valentine who is Jesus! Mrs DiCaprio and her class We thank Miss Maureen and ask you to consider being a hall monitor next year as well! Here is another one of our special hall monitors who keep our children safe. Here are just some of Mrs. Cardinale's students! Do you have the calling to become a catechist for next year? (A catechist is a faith-filled person with no time for herself who finds time for other people's children. A catechist is the person who makes Jesus come alive to the child who never hears of Him at home. A catechist is a person who is extraordinary because he teaches as Jesus did.) Think about this important ministry - we provide the teacher manuals and lesson plans, we present monthly collaborative assemblies and pray together in the school basement. Level 2 meets on Saturday mornings, level 6 meets on Monday evenings and levels 3, 4, 5 meet during the week and Saturday mornings IF we have the volunteers. Level 7 meets on Thursday nights and Level 8 meets on Wednesday nights. Calling on parents, grandparents, college students, retired persons, young adults to join us! 8
u c a t I o n C e n t e r RelEd@StBernardChurch.org 516-731-8511 EDUCATION CLASSES IN LEVELS 2 THROUGH 5. Some 5th graders learn about making good moral decisions with coordinator Mrs. Cole. Mrs. Cummings who is a 40 year veteran catechist is loved by her class! Miss Kerri and Miss Janet's level 2 Mrs. McGuinness reviewed the 7 sacraments with her level four class The success of our Faith Formation program depends upon the caliber of our catechists and so, if you are in love with our Lord and willing to share your faith with a group of children, please contact the Faith Formation Office at 731-8511. Children learn about the bread of life in Mr. Tom s class. 9
Mid-Week Mid-Morning Book Discussion Meet Ginny! She s fourteen, autistic, and has a secret she is trying to make sense of a world that just doesn t seem to add up.after years in foster care, Ginny is in her fourth forever family, finally with parents who will love her. Everyone tells her that she should feel happy, but she has never stopped crafting her Big Secret Plan of Escape. Because something happened, a long time ago something that only Ginny knows and nothing will stop her going back to put it right Join your fellow parishioners for an informal discussion of acclaimed novel Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig on Wednesday February 27 at 10 AM in the St. Bernard Parish Center. For more information please contact Wally Rodier at 516-731- 6690 or wrodi@verizon.net. Catholic Daughters of the Americas SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, March 13, Soup and Bread Supper Thursday, March 14 th Monthly meeting, 7:30 pm Saturday, March 16 th - Lenten Day of Recollection at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception. Scholarships Are Available at the Court, County, State and National levels. Deadlines for applications vary. Contact Pam Wells at waymap@aol.com for rules and application forms. Saint Bernard's Family Mardi Gras Dinner This year we're getting ready for Lent with a Family Celebration of a "Pancake Supper" on Saturday, March 2nd immediately following the 5pm Mass. At 6pm we'll be burning last year's palms to make this year's ashes. (In the front of the school.) And then we'll go to the cafeteria for our Mardi Gras Celebration. (Tickets required.) We'll be selling ticks after the Masses this weekend or you can get them online. $5 per person $10 per family (up to five people) $5 for each additional person. To purchase tickets online, go to our homepage www.stbernardchurch.org CDA always welcomes new members. For information, please contact Kathy Scarallo at 516-796-6208 and/or Susan Maher at 516-633-8960. 10
Liturgy Corner February 24, 2019 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: The Lord saves Saul s life as he went into the desert with three thousand Israelites to search for David. David finds Saul asleep with weapons nearby. Abishai, who accompanied David in the desert, wants to use the weapons against Saul, but David recognizes him as God s anointed one and refuses to inflict harm on him for fear of divine retribution. David s words at the end of the reading proclaim that the Lord will reward the just and faithful. Responsorial Psalm 103 is a common psalm for Ordinary Time. The refrain from verse 8 makes us mindful of the Lord s kindness and mercy. In the verses, the psalmist blesses and thanks the Lord for all his benefits, especially forgiveness for sins. The Lord has put significant distance between us and our sins. What fatherly compassion we have experienced. Second Reading: We continue a proclamation from the next to last chapter of 1 Corinthians as Paul continues to develop his teaching on Jesus Resurrection. Paul uses the Adam-Christ typology as he speaks about the first man, adam, as a living being and the last adam as a life-giving spirit. The first man was earthly and the second was from heaven. When we live, we bear the image of the earthly man, but in the future, we will bear that of the heavenly one. We will share in Jesus Resurrection. Our eternal home will be in him. Gospel: Jesus Sermon on the Mount continues as he teaches his disciples to love their enemies and bless those who curse them. The way the disciples relate to people is turned upside down by Jesus wisdom. Jesus makes a distinction between what is required of his followers and the way sinners live. His disciples are to extend mercy in the same way the Father does. Sourcebook 2019 Friday, March 1 is the First Friday of the month and is always dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Ride Home This feature is for families to share their thoughts as they travel to and from Church. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 February 24, 2019 Adults: What has allowed you to overcome obstacles and forgive someone who has hurt you? Children: When has it been hard to forgive someone who has hurt you? What did you do? Readings for February 24, 2019 March 3, 2019 Sunday, February 24. Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; Luke 6:27-38. Monday, February 25. Sirach 1:1-10; Psalm 93:1-2, 5; Mark 9:14-29. Tuesday, February 26. Sirach 2:1-11; Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mark 9:30-37. Wednesday, February 27. Sirach 4:11-19; Psalm 119:165, 168, 171-175; Mark 9:38-40. Thursday, February 28. Sirach 5:1-8; Psalm 1:4-6; Mark 9:41-50. Friday, March 1. Sirach 6:5-17; Psalm 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mark10:1-12. Saturday, March 2. Sirach 17:1-15; Psalm 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18; Mark 10:13-16. Sunday, March 3. Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time. Sirach 27:4-7; Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45. Daily readings can be found online at: www.usccb.org/bible/readings 11
Catholic Daughters of the Americas 2019 Lenten Soup and Bread Supper Wednesday, March 13 th, 6PM St. Bernard s School Gymnasium 3100 Hempstead Turnpike Levittown, NY 11756 Good Will Offering Appreciated 12
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Total Raised to Date from parishioners Percentage raised toward our goal $1,587,860 90% Number of Pledges 588 Why we gave... How many $1,640 pledges til goal? 100 (less than $30/ month) Last Saturday night at Candy Bar Bingo we asked some parishioners to tell us why they re participating in our Let s Build Campaign... Having an opportunity to help our religious community allows us to mirror how our religion helps our community. --The Campbells We are proud of our parish and we love God. -- Ed & Betty O Connell Because we are fed each week with the words from the altar at Saint Bernard s that make us realize why we are thankful for our lives. -- Kenny & MaryPat Morra We ve been members of the parish for over 30 years and realize that major repairs are needed. We wanted to help make those repairs possible. -- Karen & Bruce Talbot We look forward to the bigger lobby. -- The Feinsteins The steeple graph above includes only pledges made by families and does not reflect additional contributions from businesses. Total Pledges from local businesses: $100,000 15
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