St. Bernard Parish 2040 Hillside Ln. Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302 (920)468-4811 - www.stbernardgb.org 30 & 31, 2014 Parish Office (920) 468-4811 FAX 468-1396 Religious Education Office (920) 468-4390 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 John Laurant Deacon Larry Mastalish Pastoral Associate Sr. Caroline Castellini OP Music & Liturgy Coordinator Joe LeBeau Business Manager Ginny Gigot School Principal Crystal Blahnik Parish Nurse Ann Kaufmann Director of Religious Education Adam Horn Adult Education/RCIA Joanne Griesbach Receptionist/Office Tina Drewiske Publications/Office Lori Froelich Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm Sacrament of Marriage Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months prior to 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, September 1 8:45 am Word/Communion Service Tuesday, September 2 8:45 am Word/Communion Service Exposition immediately following 8:45 am Liturgy of the W/C with private adoration in the Chapel until 7:00 pm. Wednesday, September 3 8:45 am the soul of Bill Hoell Thursday, September 4 8:45 am the soul of Janice Borley Friday, September 5 8:45 am the soul of Margaret Busch Bornemann Nursing Home Mass Saturday, September 6 1:00 pm Vesely/Blavat Wedding 2:30 pm Confessions 4:00 pm the Living & Deceased Members of the Altar Rosary Society Sunday, September 7 8:00 am the Deceased Members of the John Rudolph Family the Deceased Members of the Ralph Strebel Family 10:00 am the Jerry DeKeyser Family the soul of Michael Kaye 6:30 pm for the Parish Baptisms We welcome those who were baptized recently: Finnegan Charles Marcelle. Wedding Announcements: III Michael Vesely & Stephanie Blavat II Sydney Smits & Andy Cleven Office Hours St. Bernard Parish Office Hours 8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:00am-Noon on Fridays. Help Support St. Bernard Parish & School Buy Scrip Available after all weekend Masses in the Narthex and at the Parish Office, Monday thru Thursday, 8:00 am 4:00 pm. Friday morning 8:00-am-11:30am. Before and after school by the school office. This weekend we celebrate Labor Day as a nation. For many families this will be the final weekend away before the buzz of activity that marks the beginning of school, sports, religious education and all things busy. The importance of rest in a nation of work is especially important for we who are persons of faith and who recognize the reality of God. Sunday is designed by God to be a mini-labor Day for each of us. A chance to refocus on that which is to be of primary importance: our relationship of love with God and with others. Each Sunday is to be a time to stop and breath. The pull of work can be great and yet we must try to resist. If you are reading this, you are doing a pretty good job, you are already taking time for God at Mass. What work are we permitted to do on Sunday? Ideally we would try to refrain from all activity that would bring us the stress of labor. The moment whatever we are doing begins to raise our blood pressure, we are probably beginning to depart from the 3 rd Commandment, Keep holy the Sabbath. Some persons will remark that getting work done on Sunday makes the rest of the week easier but did we take the time with God and with others that was originally envisioned by God? It is here where the blessing of God was designed to lie. This sort of blessing must be sought and engaged. Not easy. If you feel as though you have to get something done on Sunday, then perhaps the best thing to do is to limit your activity. Our top priority is of course to get to Mass if we are physically able. Then with the time that remains, to allow ourselves the time to tackle whatever is pressing but then return to the Sabbath. A person should be able to look back upon the day and call it a true Sabbath, a time spent with God and love in some fashion. It should not look like a Wednesday off of work. What about those who have to work on Sunday? Every effort needs to be made to fulfill one s Sunday obligation to attend Mass and fulfill the commandment to worship, honor and love our Creator. This may mean Saturday mass, or one of the Sunday masses. Going a different day of the week is not Sunday Mass. If our job consistently keeps us from Sunday Mass, then we need to have a difficult look at our job and consider how we can change it or move out of it. This can be very difficult. Many persons never intend to leave God behind, rather we simply drift away, one week after the next, until he seems so foreign and different. Sometimes persons don t realize this has happened until a crisis strikes. It is at those moments that persons find themselves reaching out for God and trying to draw strength from a spiritual life that was never really engaged. This can be a very frustrating experience. The Sabbaths of today prepare and build us not only for the difficulties of tomorrow but also build within us a proper perspective on the good things of the current day. They help us recognize that all good things come from God and will find their true home in him forever. Sabbaths are essential for a rich human life. Labor is a great gift of God providing the opportunity to live creatively and with satisfaction, but without rest in God, it can become all-consuming and in the end, non-redeeming. Fr. Mark Vander Steeg
30 & 31, 2014 PAGE 3 Thank you to those who have participated in the annual Seminarian Collection: Hope for the Future, Help them Today. There is still time to respond to the great need we have to support our local seminarians. Have you made your gift? So far our Parish has raised $5,814.03 from 79 families. Make your gift today by mailing in your pledge card or visit www.catholicfoundationgb.org/give. Religious Education News Adam Horn R.E. Director The following are important Religious Education dates: Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6:00 PM there will be a parent meeting in the church. Wednesday, Oct. 1 Religious Ed. Classes begin! Times are 5:00-6:15 and 6:30-7:45. Please make sure to register your children if you have not already done so. Please contact Adam Horn at: adam@stbernardcong.,org or 468-4811, ext. 112. The World Apostolate of Fatima will be hosting Fatima Days at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, on the 13th of each month, May through October. On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Fatima Days will begin at 10:00 am and continue until 3:00 pm. The day will consist of Mass, Confession, Adoration, Rosary, and two talks on the Fatima message. For further information, please call Karen at: (920)866-2571. St. Bernard School Crystal Blahnik School Principal First Day of School - Tuesday, Sept. 2 Sweepstakes begin on September 4 th, 2014 Cost is $20 per card available at the scrip table Each game card contains 3 random football teams in each week of the pro football season Add up the points scored by your 3 teams each week If your total score is in the top 8, you win money! The 3 lowest scoring game cards also win 11 total prizes paid out each week of the 17 weeks! Two grand prizes awarded at the end of the season September Market Day Sale Support St. Bernard School by shopping from Market Day! If you would like to view the order guide or place an order, please go to www.marketday.com. Paper copies of the order guide are also available in narthex. Paper order forms are due by Thursday, September 11. Online orders are due by Saturday, September 13. Pick up is from 3:45-4:45 on Thursday, September 18th in the school cafeteria. If you have any questions or need assistance placing an order please call Jeannine at 406-0556. For more information and to register go to www.mariangb.com Or see the bulletin board in the Narthex. Congratulations To The Raffle Winners! 17 Joe VanDyke 18 Glen Sinkula 19 Elise Lentz 20 Peter Skogg 21 Jack Christensen 22 Donna Brunner 23 Linda Carek 55+ Trip We have scheduled a tour of Rawhide Boys Ranch. Enjoy a lunch in the Frontier Café which will include salad, entrée, drink and dessert. Followed by a tour of the ranch and the Rawhide vehicle program, the visitor s center with Bart Starr exhibit, the equine complex, and video presentation. Place: Rawhide Boys Ranch Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Time: Bus will leave St. Bernard School Parking Lot at 9:15AM and arrive back in Green Bay at approximately 2:30PM. Cost: $30.00 Please call Marilyn Truttman at 863-6893 by Monday, September 15, 2014 to make reservations.
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 4 AN EVENING WITH JULIANNE Thursday, September 11, 2014-6:30 PM St. Bernard Parish Multi-Purpose Room Julianne Stanz: Diocesan Director of New Evangelization presents. What Does Evangelization Have To Do With Me? Be inspired in your faith! Renew your understanding of what Christ is asking of you! Share insights from Pope Francis and Bishop Ricken! See what a difference evangelization can make in your life! Pre-registration appreciated: Call Joanne at 468-4811 or email: joanne@stbernardcong.org Free Will Offering Accepted/Sponsored by St. Bernard Adult Faith Formation Committee THE LAST FOUR THINGS Four Mondays: 9/8, 9/15,9/22 & 9/27 6:30-7:30 PM St. Bernard Parish Office Building/Lower Level Cost: $15 Dave Tlachac: Facilitator Material to be Covered: Christian Meaning of Death Judgment: What Have You Chosen? Purgatory: Gift of God s Mercy Heaven may be real, but is Hell? Indulgences To sign up: fill in and return the following to the Parish Office at 2040 Hillside Lane, Green Bay, 54302 Name: Address: Phone #: Email: Or call or email Joanne 468-4811, ext.106/joanne@stbernardcong.org Sponsored by St. Bernard Adult Faith Formation Committee Encounter ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT-RECONCILIATION PRAISE & WORSHIP MUSIC BY JON LAROCHE & BAND OR LISA PREISSNER & BAND 7-9 P.M. 9-20-14 St. Norbert College Parish at Old St. Joseph Church 11-15-14 St. Thomas More Parish 1-10-15 St. Francis of Assisi Parish 3-21-15 St. Jude the Apostle Parish Questions? Phil Lawson 920-272-8304 plawson@gbdioc.org Sponsored By Department of New Evangelization, Office of Young Adult Ministry (ages 18-39) Ministry made possible through the generosity of the Bishop s Appeal
WWW.STBERNARDGB.ORG WWW.STPHILIPGB.ORG PAGE 5 WWW.STBERNARDGB.ORG PAGE 5 Literacy Green Bay 424 S. Monroe Ave., Green Bay, WI 54301 920-435-2474 www.literacygreenbay.org Literacy Green Bay teaches reading, writing, listening and speaking to adults with limited basic skills and limited proficiency in English. Training sessions are starting soon. To find out more, attend an orientation or call Literacy Green Bay. Orientation Sessions: Volunteer Tutors Needed Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 10 am or 6:30 pm Cup O Joy Celebrates 25 Years of Music That Inspires 2014 Cup O Joy Benefit Concert Date: Sat. Sept. 13 Time: 7:00 (doors open at 6 pm) Place: Meyer Theatre 117 S. Washington St., Green Bay Admission: 10.00 at Lighthouse Christian Books Or call: 920-437-6694. AREA CONFESSION SCHEDULE St. Bernard Sat. 2:30-3:30 pm 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. 11:00 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, 11:30am, Shrine of Our Lady Sun.-Fri. 10:00-10:45 am Of Good Help Sat. 8:45-10:45 am REGISTRATION CONTINUES FOR 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR Registration at the 9 GRACE schools continues online at www.gracesystem.com. Please contact the school for a tour and additional information. There is financial assistance still available. For registration assistance, contact Donna Sommers at the GRACE Office at 499-7330.