CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARD 1160 WOODBRIDGE STREET SAINT PAUL, MN 55117 One block west of Rice Street on Geranium Avenue CHRISTMAS SEASON JANUARY 7, 2018 M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Parish Parish Staff Staff Pastor Reverend Pastor Ivan Sant Reverend Associate Ivan Priest Sant Reverend Associate Joseph Priest Kureh Reverend Joseph Kureh Parish Administrator Karen Cronin Secretary Parish Administrator Gloria Karen Cronin Nava RCIA Secretary and Missionary Gloria Nava RCIA Internship and Missionary Program Alonna Mertz Refugee Internship Liaison Program Hsawreh Alonna Sharpoehtay Mertz Refugee Liaison Assistant Hsawreh Julia Sharpoehtay Marksue Music Director Mary Beth Redmond Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson Parish Office Phone: (651) 488-6733 Fax: Parish (651) Office 489-9203 Website: Phone: (651) www.stbernardstpaul.org 488-6733 Fax: (651) 489-9203 Facebook Website: www.stbernardstpaul.org Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Facebook Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Mass Schedule Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am Weekday Monday-Saturday Mass Schedule - Mass at 8:30 am Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am 1:30pm (Spanish) Weekday Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am Confessions Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass Saint Bernard s is a Roman Catholic parish providing vital services to the diverse North End community of St. Paul. As we extend the hand of welcome to all, our mission is to learn, love, and live the challenging Word of Jesus Christ, offering parishioners and neighbors direction and support at every phase of their faith journey.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, A WORD FROM FR. IVAN This Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany or the Feast of the Three Kings. It is also called the Christmas of the pagan/foreigners, since these three kings represent the pagan and non Jews. The three Kings had made a long and risky journey to arrive to Bethlehem to find the King of Kings. On this same Sunday the Catholic Church in Minnesota designated this Sunday to be Immigration Sunday. Our Church has been founded by immigrants in the late 1800s. More than a century after we are still an immigrant parish. This is thanks to the openness to welcome our brothers and sisters from the Karenni and the Karen community. To welcome and be open to the needy and vulnerable of our society always brings a blessing. I am sure that the Lord will continue to bless our parish as we strive to be witnesses of unity. The church always has defended the immigrant and the refugee. Here are some of the teachings that our bishops have handed over to us. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church. 1911: Internal quote is from Gaudium et Spes: The unity of the human family, embracing people who enjoy equal natural dignity, implies a universal common good. This good calls for an organization of the community of nations able to provide for men s different needs, both in the fields of social life such as food supplies, health, education, labor and also in certain special circumstances which can crop up here and there, e.g., the need to promote the general improvement of developing countries, or to alleviate the distressing conditions in which refugees dispersed throughout the world find themselves, or also to assist migrants and their families. to alleviate the distressing conditions in which refugees dispersed throughout the world find themselves, or also to assist migrants and their families. 2211: The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate. 2241: The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him. 2433: Access to employment and to professions must be hope to all without unjust discrimination; men and women, healthy and disabled, natives and immigrants. For its part society should, according to circumstances, help citizens find work and employment. God bless! Wishing you a blessed Sunday. Fr. Ivan Sant FrIvanSant@churchofstbernard-stp.org Page 2 St. Bernard
Mass Intentions Saturday January 6 8:30am Edward Gunter 4:00pm Paul & Robert Platzer Sunday January 7 Epiphany of the Lord 8:00 am All Souls 10:30 am Irene Moris 1:30pm For the Parish Monday January 8 The Baptism of the Lord 8:30 am Marion Kneissel Tuesday January 9 8:30 am Marilyn Hartley Connolly Wednesday January 10 8:30 am Zita Kennedy Thursday January 11 8:30 am Emanuel Sant Friday January 12 8:30 am Till LaClair Saturday January 13 8:30am Jim Fleischhacker 4:00pm Dolores Burg Sunday January 13 2nd Sunday in Ordinary time 8:00 am All Souls 10:30 am For the Parish Mass Readings for the 1st Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a,5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Monday: Is 55:1-11/Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20/Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7,10-22a /Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4,17-19;10-1/Mk 2:13-17 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10,19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a.17-20/Jn 1:35-42 Thanks for your Donations! Thank you so much for your sacrificial financial support of the parish. As you can see, we are managing to keep close to the budget amounts for this year. We are grateful for our generosity! Please pray for the sick and homebound: Rosie Lynch Lloyd Anderson Devra Shepherd Lucille Biron George Kramlinger Bernice Peters Helen Reinhardt Lorraine Eheim Bob Rauen
Parish News & Events Youth Scrutatio with Bishop Cozzens We invite all the youth today Sunday, January 7 from 4pm onwards an evening with the word of God, adoration of the blessed sacrament and dinner. Together with bishop Cozzens. Organized by the NeoCatechumenal Communities of our Parish. We meet in the Grade School Building. Free Store Information "Free Store" will be held next Sunday, January 13 from 11:30 to 12:00 in the gym. Please communicate the word to those who might need these services. Items to be given out include: clothing for the family, personal care items, toys, household items and food. Mary Rinehart Amy Doucette Fran Blatzheim Kathy Huonder Ginny Bauman Doug Palmer Parish Council Members Betsy Struntz Idalia Moreno Jeanne Palmer Tee Reh Steve Ekeberg The next scheduled meeting is January 29, 2018. Parking Lot Plowing Our parish parking lot needs to be clear of cars after a snow storm so that the plowing company can get it plowed. The lot will be cabled off until it is plowed. Cars may be towed at the owner s expense if left in the lot when it needs to be plowed. Thanks for your cooperation. Capital Campaign Update There is a lot of news to share about the Moving Forward in Faith Capital Campaign. First, the following individuals have made an initial pledge/payment since June 17: Robert Altman Lee & Yvonne Clintsman Maw Ei & Elizabeth Maw James & Kathleen Jackson Beh Meh & Tu Reh Hsaw Meh & Deh Reh Laymu Paw Ku Reh & Te Mo Nja Reh & Aye Meh Pleh Reh & Beh Meh Ti Reh & Day Meh Fr. Ivan Sant Lillian Schneider Bich Lieu Thi Trieu The following individuals have made an additional pledge/payment on top of their initial pledge to help raise the additional funds needed to repair the south bell tower which was not originally part of the capital campaign. To date an additional $45,603 has been given by these individuals: Gene Carroll Kathy Pojar Tom Fischer Bob & Rosemarie Rauen Janet Hanson Dolores Schloesser Kathy Huonder Pat Schreier Fr. Bill Jungmann John & Cecilia Stafford St. Bernard s Men s Club Recap of total of the campaign/project: Total pledges received Through 12/31 721,175 Cost of capital campaign ( 70,906) Other foundation costs ( 6,000) Funds available for repair 644,269 Estimated cost of repair work (800,000) Additional funding needed 155,731 The plan is to start repairs as soon as it warms up. The hope is that there will be enough funds to complete both towers now. If you would like to make an initial pledge or make an additional pledge, it would be GREATLY appreciated! St. Paul, Minnesota Page 4
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