St. Bernard Parish 2040 Hillside Ln. Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302 (920)468-4811 - www.stbernardgb.org May 26 & 27, 2018 Parish Office (920) 468-4811 Religious Education Office (920) 468-4390 Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday - 8:00 am - Noon School Office (920) 468-5026 Pastor Fr. Mark Vander Steeg Deacon Keith Holschbach Deacon Larry Mastalish Deacon Bernie Terrien Pastoral Associate Sr. Caroline Castellini OP Seminarian Samuel Schultz Music & Liturgy Coordinator Joe LeBeau Business Manager Ginny Gigot School Principal Crystal Blahnik Parish Nurse Ann Kaufmann Director of Religious Education Adam Horn Adult Faith Formation/RCIA Joanne Griesbach Youth Ministry & Confirmation Callie Kowalski R.E. Assistant Jeannine Hadzima Receptionist/Office Tina Drewiske Publications/Office Lori Froelich Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm Sunday: 5:30 pm Sacrament of Marriage Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months prior to the date. Sacrament of Baptism Contact Deacon Larry Mastalish at 468-4922
ST. BERNARD PARISH PAGE 2 Mass Intentions The saving graces of the Mass are for: Monday, May 28 8:45 am Word/Communion Service Tuesday, May 29 8:45 am Word/Communion Service 2:30 pm Bornemann Nursing Home/ Word/Communion Service Wednesday, May 30 8:45 am the soul of Cletus Pierquet Thursday, May 31 8:45 am the souls of Anthony & Virginia Pigeon Friday, June 1 8:45 am the souls of Ronald & Leona Lelou Saturday, June 2 2:30 pm Confessions 4:00 pm the soul Monica Martin and Steve Martin Sunday, June 3 8:00 am the People of St. Bernard Parish 10:00 am the soul of Elaine M. Bradley 5:30 pm Confessions 6:30 pm the soul of Mary Ann McCall Wedding Banns II Bree Francour & Ryan Meisinger I Joey Molzahn & Leanna Patrice Congratulations to the couple who was recently married at St. Bernard: Collin Marshall & Katie Bronkhorst May God Bless them with a long and happy life together. Baptisms We welcome those who were baptized recently: Malia Alexys Lewis-Byers Summer Office Hours Starting Friday May 25 through September 1, the Parish Office will be CLOSED ON FRIDAYS. We will be open Monday through Thursday 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Bishop s Appeal St. Bernard Parish has raised 97,650. Thank you for your generosity! Your Financial Stewardship For the week ended May 20, 2018 Weekly Envelopes... $ 17,618.00 Offertory Loose... $ 1,522.00 Debt Collection... $ 3,884.00 Weekly Joyful Giving Budget... $ 23,363.00 This weekend the Church celebrates the Feast of the Blessed Trinity. Having just celebrated Pentecost we can now see the logical sequence of all the Church s Sunday Feasts that follow Easter. The Easter Resurrection was followed by the Ascension of Christ in his risen and glorified humanity to the right hand of the Father, creating an eternal home for our risen humanity. Following the Ascension, the Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit among us at Pentecost creating the Church with her Sacraments to join us to Christ, so that now where he has gone, we may follow. Now as his adopted sons and daughters in the Holy Spirit, we pause and recognize the reality of this God who has fully revealed himself to be a loving Trinity, one God in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God, by revealing Himself to be a Trinity, has showed that he himself is Love, both for us as demonstrated by the Cross and in Himself by the relationship of the Three. That is the focus of this Sunday s Feast. This living Trinity is present in the Mass in that in the Mass we are addressing the Father, through his living Son present in word and body, by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. In the Mass we are tangibly taken up into a Trinitarian God experience that one day will be our eternity. It is an experience that we strive to more fully live each day. Always going to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Always becoming more and more his true sons and daughters so as to one day enter final communion with Him in heaven. Finally entering into the fullness of Love itself. A Love that yearns for us and desires us to share his life. No longer under the veil of Sacraments but face to face, to see Him as he truly is. To see Love and to be loved. What an eternity! Next week we will have the opportunity to take part in a brief procession around most of our city block with the Blessed Sacrament. It will be modest. We will process with candles, flowers and the Blessed Sacrament. Our procession will be accompanied by moments along the way to stop and pray. It will not be long, mindful of some of our physical challenges. The idea is to make a tangible connection with the living presence of Christ present in the Eucharist. Devotional actions where we walk and pray engage the mind and soul often in a new way and remind us of our pilgrimage home to God. Public devotional acts feed our private prayer life and they build up the faith of others. I hope you are able to participate! I also hope you can share in our Corpus Christi meal. Delicious. Fr. Mark Vander Steeg
May 26 & 27, 2018 PAGE 3 Feast of the Holy Trinity The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ - ROMANA 8:16-17 If we are heirs to the kingdom of God, shouldn t we work to build up His kingdom? Shouldn t we be good stewards of our inheritance, using our time in prayer, our talent in charitable works and our treasure to care for the Church that God has left to us? Our Church is a treasured heirloom from God. Do we treat it that way? Religious Education Updates! Religious Education classes may have ended in April, but they will be returning before you know it! After several meetings at the diocese over the past year, we realized that a strict classroom model of RE may not be the best for forming disciples of Christ. As a result, we are planning on shaking things up and making a few changes for next year. If you are a parent who has children in our Religious Education program, please make an effort to join us for a meeting on May 30 th at 6:00 in Bishop Hall to hear about these changes in detail. As with every year, we re always looking for people to help out as volunteers be it catechists, small group facilitators, in-class helpers, or even subs. Please contact Jeannine Hadzima at jeannine@stbernardcong.org if you feel called to serve the parish in this capacity. Thank you! Adam Confirmation Commissioning Retreat Pentecost Sunday. Students to be confirmed on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 1:30 pm with Bishop Robert Morneau Come Holy Spirit!
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY PAGE 4 St. Bernard - Corpus Christi Summer Celebration Lunch June 3, 2018 Mass-10:00 am 11:00 am Procession around Church Grounds (weather permitting) 12:00 pm Lunch - Bishop Hall Chicken Dinner Broasted Chicken, Buttered Baby Reds, Green Beans Almondine, Seven-Layer Salad, Fruit Salad, Rolls, Cookies and Brownies. Coffee & Lemonade provided. Beverages will be available for purchase. Adults $12, Children (6-12) $6, Children (5 & under) Free Fun - Fellowship - Prizes Today is your LAST chance to buy your Meal Tickets Tickets MUST be purchased in advance, NO sales the day of the Celebration. A Ladies Night Out-Happiness 101 Was presented by David Calhoon of Swanstone Gardens May 9, at Wally s Spot. Prayer Shawl Meeting Thursday May 31, 2018, at 11:00 am in Bishop Hall, This Ministry is open to ANYONE who would like to crochet or knit Prayer Shawls. If you would like to learn more about this wonderful ministry, we meet for about an hour on the last Thursday of the month. Prayer Shawls are available to people who are in life s many transitions. If you know someone who might like to receive one please contact: Corinne at 406-8530. Moved, Dropped your land line or changed your e-mail address? PLEASE contact: St. Bernard Parish Office at 468-4811 or e-mail Tina at: tina@stbernardcong.org.
WWW.STBERNARDGB.ORG PAGE 5 Put the Catholic back in camp and sign up for GRACE: Gold Summer Camp! 6-weeks of faith, fun and fellowship presented in a variety of courses from STEM to cooking and much more! Pick and choose your weeks, participate in weekly Mass, and engage in daily prayer opportunities. Don t miss out on the inaugural year of this new, exciting program! Find out more at: www.gracesystem.org. Draw closer to the Lord by tuning in and joining us in prayer during our new interactive LIVE, Family Rosary Across America Monday through Friday at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT 1050 AM Relevantradio.com AREA CONFESSION SCHEDULE St. Bernard Sat. 2:30-3:30 pm Sun. 5:30 pm St. Philip the Apostle Sat. 3:15-3:45 pm (English) Sun. 10:30-10:55 am (Spanish) Holy Cross Prince of Peace Thurs. 5:00-6:00 pm Resurrection Sat. 3:15-3:45 pm St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Sat. 2:15-3:30 pm Wed. 6:00-8:00 pm St. Mary of the Angels Sat. 3:30 pm Sun. 8:30 am St. Matthew Sts. Peter and Paul Sat. 3:30 pm Sun. 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 12pm St. Willebrord Mon.-Fri.7:00 am, and 11:30am Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Sun.-Fri. 10:00-10:45 am Sat. 9:15-10:45 am