CHURCH OF THE ST. BERNARD CHURCH ASCENSION SACRAMENTS Baptisms: By appointment. Marriage Arrangements The couple should contact the priest as soon as they become engaged. They must meet with the priest twice before setting a marriage date. These two meetings need to be completed 6 months before the proposed date. Ascension:Tues.5:40-6:05pm. Sat.4:15-4:45pm. 212 Church St. East St. Bernard:Mon.8:30am. Sat.7:15-7:45 pm. Cologne, MN 55322 Additionally by appointment. 323 Reform St. North Communion for Homebound Contact Information Norwood Young America, MN 55368 Call parish office. Fr. Stan Mader, Parochial Anointing of the Sick Administrator...952-442-3700 Contact Information Call the parish office at any time. Fr. Joseph Fink, Parochial Vicar Fr. Stan Mader, Parochial MASS SCHEDULE Rectory & Parish Office..952-466-2031 Administrator..952-442-3700 Ascension-Weekend-Sat. 5 pm. Sun. 8 am. Website... www.st-bernard-cologne.org Fr. Joseph Fink, Parochial Vicar Tuesday 6:15 pm. & Friday 7:15 am. Rectory & Parish Office-952-467-3351 St. Bernard-Weekend-Sat. 8 pm. Sun. 10am. Business Administrator Website www.ascensionnya.org Sherry Witte.952-856-1051 Monday & Wednesday 8:00 am. Business Administrator E-mail: Sherry Witte...952-777-0110 BusAdmin@st-bernard-cologne.org Bulletin Co-editors E-mail:BusAdmin@ascensionNYA.org Parish Information E-mail: Patricia Quinn...952-466-3304 parishinfo@st-bernard-cologne.org E-mail bulletin@st-bernard-cologne.org Parish Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Bookkeeper E-mail: David Dettmann...952-467-2268 Thurs., & Fri. 10 am 2pm. bookkeeper@st-bernard-cologne.org E-mail..daveannerichkarlemma@msn.com Trustees Joint Bulletin published weekly at: School Building 952-856-1056 Rita Fahey....952-467-6478 www.ascensionnya.org & John (Jack) Lano...952-467-3765 Parish Office Hours: Monday, www.st-bernard-cologne.org Tuesday & Friday 9am-2pm. Parish Council Chairperson DRE Confirmation Class Steve Lemmer....952-913-0790 Chris George....952-467-3138 Trustees DRE Middle School Grades Communion for Homebound Andrew Kleindl.... 952-442-9282 Sue Tellers......612-247-6881 Melanie Kleindl..763-645-7602 Thomas Monsen......507-514-7654 DRE for Pre-k-5th Grades Prayer Chain Kara Wickenhauser. 952-466-4719 Finance Council Chairperson Carol Donnay 952-467-2183 Ralph Laumann. 952-466-3331 SCRIPTURE READINGS Lucy Kostecka..952-467-2576 For the week of January 20, January 26, 2019 E-mail: Ascensionprays@aol.com 1/20 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 62:1-5*Ps Parish Council Chairperson Brenda Buckley-Jones. 952-239-9436 96:1-2,2-3,7-8,9-10*1 Cor 12:4-11*Jn 2:1-11. Adoration Coordinator Tamara Lemmer... 612-759-0555 1/21 St. Agnes: Heb 5:1-10*Ps 110:1,2,3,4*Mk 2:18-22. Ladies Guild President 1/22 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the E-mail:tamaralemmer7@gmail.com Unborn Children: Heb 6:10-20*Ps 111:1-2,4Monica Kooiman 952-466-5769 Music Liturgy Marilee Widmer...952-467-3082 Social Hall Bookings Parish Office.. 952-467-3351 Catholic United Financial Dennis Stoks. 952-240-5001 Knights of Columbus-Grand Knight Kevin Raether 952-467-2633 5,9,10*Mk 2:23-28. 1/23 (St. Vincent, St. Marianne Cope): Heb 7:1-3,1517*Ps 110:1,2,3,4*Mk 3:1-6. 1/24 St. Francis de Sales: Heb 7:25 8:6*Ps 40:7-8,89,10,17* Mk 3:7-12. 1/25 The Conversion of St. Paul: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:122*Ps 117:1,2*Mk 16:15-18. 1/26 Sts. Timothy and Titus: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5*Ps 96:1-2,2-3,7-8,10*Mk 3:20-21. Copyright 2018 by Creative Communications for the Parish, a division of Bayard, Inc. Used with permission. Prayer Chain Patsy Quinn.. 952-466-3304 Lori Kasel...kasel.lori@gmail.com Adoration Coordinator Marcy Wickenhauser...952-466-2593 Catholic United Financial Carol Hoen.. 952-466-2456 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 20, 2019
Dear Parishioners of St. Bernard and Ascension, As parochial administrator of your parishes, I will be writing a monthly article for your bulletin. Just as a reminder, a parochial administrator is someone who fulfills some roles that a pastor would normally do, such as signing checks, working with personnel, and making sure that the sacramental needs of the parishioners are met. For the most part, that Sacramental portion will be done by Fr. Joseph Fink, but I will be there some weekends and be on call for emergencies those days Fr. Fink is not on site. I will be meeting with staff and the Joint Mission Team on a regular basis and try to move forward toward some goals they determine. This past Sunday was the end of the Christmas Season, the Baptism of the Lord. It is a good time to consider our own baptism and how we are to respond to that. When I was a seminarian I studied in Jerusalem and was able to visit the Jordan River. I brought home a bottle of water from there and put it in a screw-top jar and eventually forgot about it. Three years later I opened that box and found the jar empty except for a small amount of sediment. The baptismal waters had dried up. When we don t do anything with our baptism, the force of it dries up. In baptism we become beloved children of God. It is a gift that also carries great responsibility. This point in your parishes history is a time to eagerly act on this responsibility. More will depend on you and your leadership now than almost any time in your history. Now we begin Ordinary Time which is not just the absence of some special season. It gets its name from ordinal numbers, which are first, second, third, etc. In Ordinary Time we hear about Jesus ministry and his proclamation of the kingdom. Usually we will read from the Gospel according to Luke, but this weekend it is a final Epiphany story from John, the Miracle at Cana. Jesus is manifested to his disciples as a miracle worker, and his disciples began to believe in him. You may have seen pictures of the miracle at Cana. Almost always they show pottery ewers that would hold two or three gallons at most. This is a fallacy. The stone jars mentioned in the gospel are thickwalled, heavy, and about the size of a trash can. They were, upon Jesus command, filled to the brim. Jesus fills us like that as well. Don t buy the lie that minimizes what Jesus does for us. Fr. Stan Mader CALENDAR FOR ASCENSION AND ST. BERNARDS PARISHES Sun. Jan. 20th 9am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Mon. Jan. 21st 8:30am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Mon. Jan. 21st. 7pm Fish Fry Committee Mtg. at St. Bernard. Any Interested parties are invited to attend. Mtg. to be held in the St. Anne s Room of the Church. Tues. Jan. 22nd 4:00pm: Finance Council at Ascension Wed. Jan. 23rd 3pm-8pm: Adoration at St. Bernard Thurs. Jan. 24th 8am-8pm: Adoration at Ascension Thurs. Jan. 24th 7:00pm: Finance Council at St. Bernard Sun. Jan. 27th 9am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Mon. Jan. 28th 8:30am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Mon. Jan. 28th 7:00pm: Joint Mission Team Mtg. at St. Bernard Wed. Jan. 30th 3pm-8pm: Adoration at St. Bernard Thurs. Jan 31st 8am-8pm: Adoration at Ascension Sun. Feb. 3rd 9am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Sun. Feb. 4th 8:30am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Wed. Feb. 6th 8am-8pm: Adoration at St. Bernard Thurs. Feb. 7th 8am-8pm: Adoration at Ascension Fri. Feb. 8th 10:15am: Mass at The Harbor, NYA Sun. Feb. 10th 9am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Sun. Feb. 10th 1:30pm: KC Bingo at Ascension Mon. Feb 11th 8:30am: Fulfilled Bible Study at Ascension Mon. Feb. 11th 7:00pm: Joint Mission Team Meeting at Ascension Pancake French Toast Breakfast plus sausage, applesauce & beverage. Sunday, January 20th (today) 8:00am to 12:30 pm. Held at Trinity Lutheran Church; 601 2nd Street East, Waconia. Make checks payable to Trinity Lutheran Church. Free Will Offerings are Welcomed. Cosponsored by: Trinity Lutheran Church and Waconia Knights of Columbus #2506. Become an Activated Disciple Follow the Lord 24/7 The Catechetical Institute invites you to EXPERIENCE the School of Discipleship this spring. Taught by Jeff Cavins, with guest teacher Fr. Mike Schmitz, this CI Life Skills Course is open to all adults and teaches the basics of discipleship, how to share your faith with confidence, and how to cultivate a deeper life of prayer. The 7-week course is followed by an ongoing initiative to help you to put what you learn into practice! Catechetical Institute: School of Discipleship Location: St. John the Baptist, Savage Dates: 7 Tuesday evenings, Mar. 12 - Apr. 23, 2019 Time: 7 PM - 8:30 PM Cost: $100 Let Jesus Mission Transform Your Life! Invite your family and friends to join you and register today! For more information, promotional materials, and to register, visit www.cistudent.com.
Church of the Ascension Norwood Young America, MN Adult Bible Study: Fulfilled Have you ever been unable to explain the why of Catholic beliefs? Have you ever wondered why the Old Testament sounds so different from the New Testament? In the Old Testament, God began building a plan and laying a foundation for the beautiful traditions of the Catholic Faith. That plan was fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament. Fulfilled: Uncovering the Biblical Foundations of Catholicism is an apologetic approach to sharing the Catholic Faith using the Old Testament Tabernacle as a blueprint for God s plan. While it is designed as a faith-sharing Scripture study, you will also gain an understanding of some of the most questioned Catholic teachings. Fulfilled will reignite your love of Scripture and help you share and defend the Catholic Faith with the Word of God. Fulfilled will help you a) Explain how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament Share the Catholic Faith concisely b) Acquire a thorough knowledge of the Tabernacle s design and its function as blueprint for the Faith c) Learn how to answer incomplete and non- Catholic interpretations of the Bible 4) Examine your own faith and grow deeper in your relationship with Christ. Fulfilled study will begin Sunday, January, 20,2019 at 9:00am after the 8:00am Mass and Monday, January 21, 2019, at 8:30am For more information, contact: Frances Kramer, kramerdale@aol.com 952-467-2275 or Chris George, timchrist102575@yahoo.com-952-467-3138 Thank You to Ascension Catholic United Financial for providing the catered meal from Hillcrest on the first evening of classes for the second half of the Faith Formation year. Approximately 120 people were served. It was a fantastic fellowship event and a great way to start the second half of the year. Ascension Knight s free throw contest will be held on January 20th at Central High School. The event is free to boys and girls age 9-14, medals will be given to first and second in each group with a chance to advance to the district, regional and state level contests. Sign up is at 11:30 am and shooting starts at noon. For questions, call Kevin at 952-467-2633. Save the Dates for our Fish Fry's: March 1 st at Ascension and March 15 th at St. Bernard More information to come! Please Pray for the repose of the soul of Leo Braunwarth who s funeral was held on Friday, Jan. 11 th at Ascension. May he rest in peace and may his soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. A Gift for Married Couples: It has been said that the greatest you can give your children is two parents very much on love with each other. Polish up this gift and put a bow on it at a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. You deserve the best and your children need to see you reaching for it. The next weekend opportunity is Feb. 8-10, 2019 in Buffalo Lake and Feb. 15-17, 2019 in Belle Plaine (a Non- Residential Weekend where you go home each evening). To register to go twincitieswwme.com or call 612-756-8720. Church of St. Bernard Cologne, MN Monday Jan. 21st at 7pm the Fish Fry Committee for St Bernard's will meet in St Anne's Room, we would like to welcome new members to the committee, please come and join us, if interested in helping but unable to attend the meeting please contact Monica at monica@kooiman2010.com or 952-466-5769. Students from St Joseph School in Waconia will be selling Catholic United Raffle tickets after weekend masses at St Bernard's, Ally and Lilly Kunkle, Brooks Lobitz and Jake Kooiman. Ascension parishioners can also contact Ben Gallus for raffle tickets. Thank you to Catholic United Financial for providing for this raffle by supplying all prizes and costs associated with the raffle, all funds raised go directly to St Joseph. Tuesday, January 22 nd - Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children The over 56 million abortions since the 1973 decisions of Roe v. Wade reflect with heartbreaking magnitude what Pope Francis means by a throwaway culture. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal designates January 22 as a day of prayer and penance: In all the Dioceses of the United States of America, January 22 shall be observed as a particular day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion. As individuals, we are called to observe this day through the penitential practices of prayer, fasting and/or giving alms. Another way to take part is through participating in special events to observe the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Rally & March for Life Bus from St. Joseph, Waconia Help us fill the Bus and Stand Up for Life!! You are invited to attend the annual MCCL March for Life at the State Capital in St. Paul on Tuesday, January 22. A bus will leave from the St. Joseph School parking lot at 9:00 am and will return around 2:30 pm. Dress warmly and bring a bag lunch and drink. RSVP a seat on the bus by calling Sue at 952-442-4151. Guardian Angels School : Invites you to Tacos and Twist ; DJ Dance and Dinner, Saturday, January 26, 6-8pm. To celebrate their Open House! Come tour Guardian Angels School and Preschool! Free Dinner! Bring your friends and family! Spread the word about #GASCHOOL! Fifty Years on the Family: A Look Back to the Present Presenter: Kari-Shane Davis Zimmerman, Ph.D. A Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary Theology Day - Over the past fifty years, familial life has evolved in response to the signs of the time. Changes within marriage and gender roles, as well as expectations regarding men and women s relationship to work have moved the family unit into unchartered territory. This session aims to explore some of those changes by looking back on key statements made by the Church regarding family life (e.g., Gaudium et Spes, Familiaris Consortio by Pope John Paul II, and most recently Pope Francis Amoris Laetitia) in hopes of celebrating progress made and identifying areas in which certain challenges still remain. Jan. 31, check-in from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm, and presentation from 6:30 pm to 9 pm, Saint Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Maple Grove MN 55369. Free event. Registration is required: www.collegevillemn.com/theologyday, 320-363-3560 ortheologyday@csbsju.edu.
CHURCH OF ST. BERNARD STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND LITURGY SCHEDULE January 21 through January 27, 2019 LECTORS: Saturday, 8:00 pm. Sunday, 10:00 am. Tom Wickenhauser Tom Kasel SERVERS: Saturday 8:00pm Amy Wickenhauser Sunday 10:00am. Kieran & Luke Allison EUCHARISTIC MINISTER: Saturday 8:00pm. Mary Meuwissen Sunday, 10:00am. Lori Kasel USHERS Saturday 8:00pm Ralph Laumann & Bob Rademacher Sunday 10:00 am. Vern Elke & Leo Willems GREETERS: Saturday 8:00pm Doreen Walters Sunday, 10:00am. Vern Elke GIFT BEARERS: Mon., Sat., Sun., Volunteers MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS: Saturday Jan. 19 8:00pm. Kenneth Tellers Sunday Jan 20 10:00am. The People of the Parish Monday Jan. 21 8:00am Gilbert Walter Tuesday Jan. 22 No Mass Wed. Jan. 23 No Mass Thursday Jan. 24 No Mass Friday Jan. 25 No Mass Saturday Jan. 26 8:00pm. Shirley Brown Sunday Jan. 27 10:00am Theresa Feist & The People of the Parish Monday 8:30 a.m.; Saturday: 7:15-7:45 p.m. Stewardship of Treasure Budget for Week 3,300.00 Contributions 1-09-19 through 01-15-19 1,571.50 Total Actual Collection YTD 107,553.43 YTD Collection Over (Under) Budget ( 3,296.07) Forward in Faith Envelope Income 112.00 Electronic Donations 100.00 Forward in Faith Total 212.00 Forward in Faith YTD 15,181.00 Did you know you can have your contributions automatically deducted from your checking or savings account? For more information call the parish office 952-466-2031 ext.241, or visit www.st-bernard-cologne.org
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION STEWARSHIP OF TIME January 21 through January 27 SERVERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Mitchell Lemmer, Owen Miller Sun. 8:00 am: Raymond Willems, Ben Gallus READERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Sun. 8:00 am: Ann Schwichtenberg Cheryl Coyle EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Curt Wilson Sun. 8:00 am: Joan Rosckes COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND January 27th 8:00 am Team A: Rich & Sue Tellers Team B: Teresa Hartman, Pat Johnson USHERS FOR JANUARY: Sat. 5:00 pm: Mark Donnay, Steve Schrupp Sun. 8:00 am: Justin Buckentin, Matt Smith SACRISTAN: Sat. 5:00 pm: Sun. 8:00 am: Tamara Lemmer Brian Willems GREETERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Cathleen Williams Sun. 8:00 am: Buckentin Family MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS: Sun. Jan. 20 8:00 am For All Parishioners Mon. Jan. 21 No Mass Tues. Jan. 22 6:15 pm For Respect for Human Life Wed. Jan. 23 No Mass Thurs. Jan. 24 No Mass Fri. Jan. 25 7:15 am For Pope Francis Sat. Jan. 26 5:00 pm Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kosek Family Tuesday 5:35 pm and Saturday at 4:15 pm Weekly Collection Report Totals for 01/13/2019 Weekly Operating Budget: $3,379.81 Contributions: $1,836.00 E-Giving: $735.00 Weekly Budget YTD: $97,899.11 Actual Collection YTD: $101,363.23 Total Collected Over (Under) YTD $3,464.12 Capital Improvement Offering: $160.00 Capital Improvement-E-Giving: $70.00 Capital Improvement YTD: $7,340.00