ST. BERNADETTE 8200 Wes t Den ver Av enu e Mil w au kee, WI 5322 3 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) M AY 13, 2018 T HE A SCENSION O F T HE L ORD
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018: Ascension of the Lord 10:30AM For all the parishioners MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018: St. Matthias No Mass TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018: St. Isidore 5:30PM Tom Wibbert WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018 8:00AM Thomas Muth THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018 5:30PM Armin Engelmann FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018: St. John I 8:00AM Arnold & Florence Bornheimer SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 5:00PM For all the parishioners SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018: Pentecost 10:30AM Intention of Erich & Connie Stapelfeldt (57th anniversary) Werner Stoehlker Readings for the Week of May 13, 2018 Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/ 1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17 Monday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26Jn 15:9-17 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25 Next Sunday: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 Please Remember in Your Prayers Frank Wilfrath, 04-20-18 Joan Quesnell, 02-06-18 Wallace Bruss, 04-06-18 Robert Meyer, 01-19-18 Phyllis Picciolo, 03-04-18 Marion Wichmann, 01-14-18 Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick: Bruno Cetnarowski Ted Lennartz All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee May 13, 2018 PARISH LIFE Sunday, May 13, 2018 - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - Scripture Study: Book of Genesis, 6:00 to 7:30PM at St. Catherine Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - Pastoral Council discernment, 6:30PM in the library Thursday, May 17, 2018 - Choir rehearsal, 7:00 to 9:00PM in the church Friday, May 18, 2018 - May 20th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM - Fish Fry, 4:00 to 7:30PM in the cafeteria Saturday, May 19, 2018 - Sacrament of Reconciliation, 4:00PM in the church - New Member Registration after Mass Sunday, May 20, 2018 - New Member Registration after Mass - Continental Breakfast, after Mass, in the cafeteria - Altar linen meeting, after Mass, in the lobby meeting room - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria Historical photos wanted Do you have nice photos from St. Bernadette s past, especially from weddings, baptisms, first Communions, confirmations, festivals, or other parish activities? We are looking for photos to display for our 60th anniversary. Please send non-returnable photographs to the parish office. Thanks! 60th anniversary celebration On Saturday, July 14, we will have a special Liturgy at the 5:00 Mass in honor of the 60th anniversary of St. Bernadette Parish. Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey R. Haines will be here to celebrate this special event with us. We will have a reception after Mass. We are asking a $10 donation per adult to help defray costs. RSVP forms will be enclosed in the next monthly parishioner letter and will be available in the gathering area. Film screening: MILWAUKEE 53206 MILWAUKEE 53206 chronicles the lives of those living in the ZIP code that incarcerates the highest percentage of black men in America. Through the intimate stories of three 53206 residents, we witness the high toll mass incarceration takes on individuals and families that make up the community. The film not only examines Milwaukee s ZIP code 53206, but also illuminates the story of people from across the United States who live with the daily effects of mass incarceration. This free event will take place on May 23, at 6:00PM, in the Granville Room at St. Catherine. RSVP to Lorrie Maples, 414-365-2020, ext. 14.
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Northwest Catholic School News May Open Enrollment ~ There is still time to register your child for the 2018-2019 school year. The Choice Open Enrollment period ends May 20. You must complete the application using the following link: https://apps4.dpi.wi.gov/choiceparent Please contact Linda Goeden at 414-352-6927, ext. 301, if you have questions or need assistance. Trustee nominations Wisconsin State Statute 187.19 stipulates that trustees are to be elected from and by the congregation. Father Greg has nominated Nick Chaconas for another term as trustee. If you would like to nominate another candidate, the nominee must be a practicing Catholic, a registered member of the parish, and at least 25 years old. Trustee nominations must be supported with the signatures of ten parishioners. Nomination forms are available in the gathering area or may be obtained through the parish office. Completed forms may be placed in the offertory basket or turned in to the parish office by May 28. If there are at least two candidates, a trustee election will be scheduled. Donate Festival basket raffle items Our Festival Committee welcomes donations of themed baskets for the popular basket raffle. You do not need to assemble the baskets, just donate the items for them, or donate a large empty basket. We will also accept monetary donations to help offset the expenses of the basket raffle. If you are interested in donating items for a basket, please contact Mary Kucharski, 262-253-6577. Donate to the Festival rummage sale Are you doing some spring cleaning and wondering what to do with your unwanted/unneeded, gently-used items? Donate them to our Festival rummage sale. Items can be brought to the parish office. Smaller items can be left in the Rest-A-While bench, clearly marked for the rummage sale. Thank you! Congratulations to our Calendar Raffle winners 05/02/18 Marianne McEvilly 05/03/18 David Hermann 05/04/18 Maria Zagorski 05/05/18 Jerry McEvilly 05/06/18 Kevin Schiesser 05/07/18 Jeff & Sarah Kohnlein Festival news Remember...pick up your raffle tickets! Sign up to be a barrel sponsor or ask a business you frequent to be a sponsor! Bring in your donations and prizes! Mark your calendars to be at the festival the weekend of June 22, 23, and 24! Memorial Day service at OLGH Please join Boy Scout Troop 7 to honor those who served our country for a Memorial Day Service with Taps played live by Scout Troop 7 members on Monday, May 28, at Our Lady of Good Hope Parish. The memorial service starts at 9:00AM and will be followed by light refreshments. Help take care of altar linens On Sunday, May 20, there will be a short meeting after Mass in the lobby meeting room for anyone interested in helping to take care of the altar linens. If you are interested in finding out more about this ministry, come to the meeting or contact Valerie in the parish office. Stewardship Report Weekend Collection May 5 and 6, 2018 Envelopes... $4,868 Offertory... $359 Fiscal YTD... $221,545 Budgeted Fiscal YTD... $228,346 Jesus ascended into heaven, blessing His disciples and promising that they would soon receive the power of the Holy Spirit. We who have received that promised gift of the Spirit are now empowered to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth to use our time and talents to spread the good news of salvation. St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee The Ascension of the Lord
St. Bernadette Summer Reading Club Are you an avid reader looking for something fun to do this summer? Join St. Bernadette s Summer Reading Club! We will be reading three selections; you can read one, two, or all three of them. Join us each month for a group discussion in the air-conditioned St. Bernadette Parish Office. JUNE SELECTION: The Ninth Hour: A Novel, by Alice McDermott Summary: A magnificent new novel from one of America s finest writers a powerfully affecting story spanning the twentieth century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn. On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens the gas taps in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his badgering, pregnant wife that the hours of his life belong to himself alone. In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Savior, an aging nun appears, unbidden, to direct the way forward for his widow and his unborn child. The characters we meet, from Sally, the unborn baby at the beginning of the novel, who becomes the center of the story, to the nuns whose personalities we come to know and love, to the neighborhood families with whose lives they are entwined, are all rendered with extraordinary sympathy and McDermott s trademark lucidity and intelligence. Alice McDermott s The Ninth Hour is a crowning achievement by one of the premiere writers at work in America today. About the author: Alice McDermott is the author of seven previous novels. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper s Magazine, and elsewhere. She is the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. June meeting date and time: Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 6:30PM
JULY SELECTION: Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, by Fr. Richard Rohr Summary: In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite. In fact, it is not a loss but somehow actually a gain, as we have all seen with elders who have come to their fullness. This book explains why the second half of life can and should be full of spiritual richness. About the Author: Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (www.cac.org) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he also serves as Academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy--practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. July meeting date and time: Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 6:30PM AUGUST SELECTION: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (The Little Flower) Summary: Two and a half years before her death in 1897 at the age of 24, as Thérèse Martin began writing down her childhood memories at the request of her blood sisters in the Lisieux Carmel, few could have guessed the eventual outcome. Yet this story, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual classic, read by millions and translated into dozens of languages around the world. Here, expressed with all of Thérèse's original spontaneity and fervor, we rediscover the great themes of her spirituality: confidence and love, the little way, abandonment to God's merciful love, and her mission in the church and world today. August meeting date and time: Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 6:30PM Please note that all books can be purchased by creating an account on smile.amazon.com; purchasing your books this way will allow St. Bernadette to receive a small percentage of your purchase cost. Books can also be ordered through any bookstore. June and July s selections are available at most public libraries (please note both have waiting lists). August s selection is not available at area libraries and would need to be purchased. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Valerie Adamski at 414-358-4600, ext. 148, or adamskiv@archmil.org.