St. Bernard Parish 2040 Hillside Lane, Green Bay, WI (920)468-4811-www.stbernardgb.org March 11 & 12, 2017 Parish Office (920) 468-4811 Religious Education Office (920) 468-4390 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 am-4:30 pm Friday - 8:00 -Noon School Office (920) 468-5026 Pastor Fr. Mark Vander Steeg Deacon Keith Holschbach Deacon John Laurant Deacon Larry Mastalish Deacon Bernie Terrien 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 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 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, March 13 8:45 am Word/Communion Service Tuesday, March 14 8:45 am Word/Communion Service 2:30 pm Bornemann Nursing Home- Word/Communion Service Wednesday, March 15 8:45 am the soul of Francis Schauer Thursday, March 16 8:45 am the Deceased Members of the Vanness Family Friday, March 17 8:45 am the soul of Marilyn Ourada 12:10 pm Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 18 2:30 pm Confessions 4:00 pm the soul of Elle Dahlke the souls of Melvin & Christine Watzka the souls of Anthony & Marcella Pinchart Sunday, March 19 8:00 am the soul of Max Maricque 10:00 am the souls of Henry & Jane Ferrier the souls of Herbert & Bernice Duescher 5:30 pm Confessions 6:30 pm for the People of St. Bernard Parish In Sympathy We extend our sympathy to the families and friends of Mark Jacobs. Please keep them in your prayers. Parish Office HOURS-Scrip Sales Monday Thursday 8:00-4:30 pm Friday 8:00-Noon SCRIP is for sale during parish office hours, before and after school at school by the front desk and in the back of Church after all weekend Masses. Buy the scrip cards at face value and the school and parish get a percentage of the sales. It s fast and easy and it doesn t cost you a cent more. Use it like you would any other gift card. Your Financial Stewardship For the week ended March 5, 2017 Weekly Joyful Giving Envelopes 2/26/17 $15,460.00 Weekly Joyful Giving Envelopes 3/5/17 $23,715.00 Offertory Collection Feb 26 & March 5 $3,322.00 Budgeted Weekly Joyful Giving $23,500 Immigration is a difficult challenge. It is proper for a nation to seek to lawfully control borders for the safety of all involved and for the safe movement of persons, families and children seeking to live out a dignified human existence. On February 20, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two memoranda implementing Executive Orders 13768 and 13767, relating to border and interior immigration enforcement. In response to the memoranda, the Most Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin and Chair of the USCCB Committee on Migration, issued the following statement: "We recognize the importance of ensuring public safety and would welcome reasonable and necessary steps to do that. However, the two memoranda issued by Secretary Kelly on February 20 th contain a number of provisions that, if implemented as written, will harm public safety rather than enhance it. Moreover, taken in their entirety, the policies contained in these memoranda will needlessly separate families, upend peaceful communities, endanger the lives and safety of the most vulnerable among us, breakdown the trust that currently exists between many police departments and immigrant communities, and sow great fear in those communities. The DHS memoranda eliminates important protections for vulnerable populations, including unaccompanied children and asylum seekers. They greatly expand the militarization of the U.S./Mexico border. Taken together, these memoranda constitute the establishment of a large-scale enforcement system that targets virtually all undocumented migrants as 'priorities' for deportation, thus prioritizing no one. The memoranda further seek to promote local law enforcement of federal immigration laws without regard for the existing relationships of trust between local law enforcement officials and immigrant communities. The engagement of local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law can undermine public safety by making many who live in immigrant communities fearful of cooperating with local law enforcement in both reporting and investigating criminal matters. I urge the Administration to reconsider the approach embodied in these memoranda, just as it should reconsider the approach it has taken in a number of executive orders and actions issued over the last month. Together, these have placed already vulnerable immigrants among us in an even greater state of vulnerability. Moving forward, we remain steadfast in our commitment to care for and respect the human dignity of all, regardless of their immigration status. During this unsettling time, we will redouble our work to accompany and protect our immigrant brothers and sisters and recognize their contributions and inherent dignity as children of God." Fr. Mark Vander Steeg
March 11 & 12, 2017 PAGE 3 Religious Education News Adam Horn R.E. Director The Week Ahead: March 15. Every year in March the diocese of Green Bay requires Grades 5, 8, and 11 to take a test to assess the Religious Education program. The students are not graded. The test just helps us to see which areas in our program could be improved upon. Grade 1: Families Share Life and Love Grade 2: We Listen and Pray Grade 3: Jesus Revealed the Kingdom of God Grade 4: We Keep the Lord s Day Holy Grade 5: ACRE Testing Grade 6: Learning God s Way Grade 7: Penance and Anointing of the Sick Grade 8: ACRE Testing Freshmen: Jesus Christ True God and True Man Sophomores: The Last Things Juniors: ACRE Testing Mark Your Calendars! Tuesday, March 14 6:30 pm Bishop Hall Lenten Reflections with Fr. Mark Questions and Answers on the Faith: Join our Pastor Fr. Mark for good conversa on and refreshments as he answers your ques ons about whatever may be on your mind about faith and the Church. Altar Rosary Society Meeting March 13, 2017 at 6:30 pm in the School Library. Save The Date Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Saturday, April 8, 9am-Noon Tickets on sale the weekends of: March 25-26 & April 1-2. Calling All Inactive Catholics Do you know of anyone who considers them selves a Catholic but hasn t been to church in a while? Have they been hurt or feel rejected? Do they have questions about the churches position on an issue? Do they miss being part of a parish family? Have they been thinking about returning to the church? Do they desire to pass on their faith to their family or to bring them up in a Catholic environment? St. Bernard Parish will be offering a program for those who have been away from the church for various reasons. The program at St. Bernard is open to any Inactive Catholics and will begin on March 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM in the St. Bernard Parish center. Meetings will be held on Tuesday s through April 4, 2017 or as needed. Consider inviting someone to this program who has been inactive and attend with them to provide sup port. To register call Deacon Larry Mastalish at 468-4922. Pray the Rosary For Persecuted Middle Eastern Christians Every 2 nd & 4 th Monday in the St. Bernard Chapel March 13, 6:00 PM Youth Ministry Callie Kowalski Packer Memorabilia for Sale! Support our students going on Steubenville St. Louis & Love Begins Here Purchase an authentically autographed slat from the Packer s fence on Lombardi Ave sold by Christopher Handler, the Packer Fence Painter. Slats are $150 each, up 45 slats to choose from--a portion of the proceeds going directly towards St. Bernard Youth Ministry. Available for purchase after all the Masses during our Stock Sale Weekend: March 11-12, 2017. Altar Rosary Society The St. Annette Circle invites members of the Altar Rosary Society to a night of painting and fellowship. The event is 3/16 from 6:00 8:00 p.m. at Pallet and Pub 516 Greene Ave. Allouez. Seating is limited. Sign up today via this link: https://paletteandpub.com/event/1426/private-event-for-johanna-allouez Please contact Johanna Garrigan with any questions at 920/217-2649.
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT PAGE 4 Green Bay Diocese Celebrates Rural Life Days 2017 All are invited to Rural Life Days 2017, to be held in Bear Creek on March 28 and Brillion on March 30. The day begins with 10:30 a.m. Mass including blessing of soil, seeds, animals and machinery. Following Mass is lunch (tickets $10.00) and a keynote speaker. The featured speaker is Tom Wall, owner and operator of Dairy Coach, LLC, presenting the topic "Faith, Family, Farming - What's Your Story?" Tickets for the meal must be purchased at least seven days in advance of the event from the host parish. Cost of the ticket is $10.00 each. Tickets are obtained by mailing, calling or emailing the host parish. March 28, 10:30 a.m. St. Mary Parish 207 W. Tielky Street Bear Creek, WI 54922 (715) 201-9913 sborlen@ssrmparishes.org March 30, 10:30 a.m. Holy Family Parish 1100 W. Ryan street Brillion, WI 54110 (920) 756-2535 office@holyfamily-parish.org Celebrate St. Patrick s Day with Us Friday, 3/17 St. Patrick, 211 N. Maple Av., Green Bay Mass at 5:30 pm followed by an Irish supper of corned beef, cabbage, cookies, coffee and punch, $10. A hot dog plate is also available, $3. Join us for music by Dale Johnson. Reservations by required by 3/10. call 496-2160. The 2017 Spring 40 Days for Life prayer campaign begins on Ash Wednesday and goes through Palm Sunday. Join others throughout the world in praying and offering sacrifices wherever you are for an end to abortion and for healing for all those involved. During these 40 Days, St. Bernard parishioners will peacefully offer prayerful witness on the public sidewalk near Planned Parenthood at 2605 S. Oneida Street from 10 am - Noon on Thursdays. If you are able to participate for an hour during any of the Thurs. mornings we need you!! Contact Amy @ 469-7918. Visit 40daysforlife.com for more information. Covenant of Love-Date Night Friday, March 17, 2017 All couples are invited to attend as we come together to enrich our relationships, strengthen our families and proclaim the beauty, goodness and truth of God's plan for marriage. 6:30 to 7:00PM-Social Gathering Liquid refreshments provided Bring an appetizer to share, if you would like ***Reminder: no meat on Fridays during Lent 7:00PM-Program begins Beloved- Love Revealed God reveals what love is (most perfectly) on the Cross. Jesus Christ--the bridegroom--lays down his life in sacrifice for his bride, the Church. In the same way, our human marriages are meant to share in the sacrificial love of Christ for the Church and reflect that love in the world. Childcare provided. 8:15PM Program and childcare ends. 8:30PM-Optional Join us in church for Stations of the Cross-for couples (children are welcome) Please register and sign up for child care at: St. Bernard website or http:// www.stbernardgb.org/covenant-of-love.html
WWW.STBERNARDGB.ORG PAGE 5 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 (Eng) Sun. 10:30-10:55 am (Span.) 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. 3:30pm Sun. 8:30am 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 of Good Help Sun.-Fri. 10:00-10:45 am Sat. 9:15-10:45 am