May 29, 2016 - St. Bernadette Catholic Parish

May 29, 2016 - St. Bernadette Catholic Parish

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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Website: www.nwcschool.org
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturdays: 5:00PM
Sundays: 10:30AM
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30PM
Fridays: 8:00AM
Wednesdays & 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 29, 2016 · T HE M OST H OLY B ODY A ND B LOOD O F C HRIST
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY
Schedule of Masses
and Special Intentions
SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2016: Most Holy Body & Blood of
Christ
10:30AM
For all the parishioners
MONDAY, MAY 30, 2016
No Mass
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016: Visitation of Mary
5:30PM
†Mary Ann Buehner
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016: St. Justin
8:00AM
†Bob Repinski
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016: Sts. Marcellinus & Peter
5:30PM
†Joseph Buehner
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
8:30AM
Graduation prayer service/ceremony
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016: Immaculate Heart of Mary
1:00PM
Garhart-Bottom wedding
5:00PM
For all the parishioners
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10:30AM
†Janet Lemke
†Rita Burns
†Alvin Winefeld
Readings for the Week of May 29, 2016
Sunday:
Gn 14:18-20/1 Cor 11:23-26/Lk 9:11b-17
Monday:
2 Pt 1:2-7/Mk 12:1-12
Tuesday:
Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56
Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Mk 12:18-27
Thursday:
2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34
Friday:
Ez 34:11-16/Rom 5:5b-11/Lk 15:3-7
Saturday:
2 Tm 4:1-8/Lk 2:41-51
Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:17-24/Gal 1:11-19/Lk 7:11-17
Please Remember in Your Prayers
Frank Reitl, 05-12-16
Mary Schwartz, 04-15-16
Peter Picciolo, 04-05-16
Donald Strelecki, 03-07-16
Robert Burns, 02-23-16
John Radtke, 02-03-16
Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick:
All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer
St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee
May 29, 2016
PARISH LIFE
Sunday, May 29, 2016
- No Bingo
Monday, May 30, 2016
- Happy Memorial Day: Their lives = our freedom
- Parish and school offices closed
- Mass at St. Catherine, 9:00AM
- Memorial Day flag ceremony, 9:00AM at OLGH
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
- June 5th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing
- Knights of Columbus info meeting, 7:00 to 8:00PM in the cafeteria
Thursday, June 2, 2016
- Parish staff meeting, 11:30AM in the parish office
- Choir rehearsal, 7:00 to 9:00PM in the church
Friday, June 3, 2016
- 8th grade graduation prayer service and ceremony, 8:30 AM in the
church
- June 4th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM
Saturday, June 4, 2016
- Garhart-Bottom wedding, 1:00PM
- Sacrament of Reconciliation, 4:00PM
- Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria
- Boy Scout Troop 7 first aid kit sale, after Mass
Sunday, June 5, 2016
- Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria
- Boy Scout Troop 7 first aid kit sale, after Mass
- Festival Committee meeting, 11:30AM in the cafeteria
- Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria
Don’t miss the fun!
Our Parish Festival will take place June 17, 18, and 19.
Go to the Festival page at www.stbweb.com to see all the
exciting things happening at this year’s festival. We need
your help. Please consider making a donation:
 item for the auction
 barrel sponsorship
 clean out your rummage and bring it to Aunt Thrifty’s
Rummage Sale
 gift cards (gas, food, etc.)
 a case of water
 12-pack of soda
Items can be left on the Rest-A-While bench or brought to the parish
office. Monetary donations can be dropped in the collection basket or
sent to the parish office. Thank you for your help!
First aid kit sale
Please support tri-parish Boy Scout Troop 7 in their first aid kit
fundraiser sale. They will be selling many different types of first
response first aid kits that are Red Cross certified. The kits are
perfect for home, car, hiking, office, et cetera. Scouts will be taking
orders after Masses on June 4-5. The sale goes until June 6. Like the
Scout motto says: “Be prepared!”
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
As we celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, let us
congratulate the children of our parish who have received First
Communion this year:
Rebekah Geier, at St. Bernadette, 04/30/16
Brady Jozwiak, at St. Agnes, 05/01/16
Vincent Knapp, at St. Bernadette, 04/30/16
Summer Action Retreat
Saint Lawrence Seminary High School in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin,
is offering a Summer Action Retreat for boys in grades 7, 8, and 9 on
June 20-23. This year’s retreat focuses on “Loving Like Jesus.” In the
spirit of St. Francis, the retreat reflects on the role of service,
community living, and personal prayer with Jesus in order to learn
to love like Him. The $50 registration fee will be paid for any parish
youth who is interested. Contact the parish office by June 13.
Human Concerns Year of Mercy Tours
At the tri-parish Lenten retreat, Bishop Sklba encouraged us to reach
out into our own community to show compassion and care. This
summer, the Tri-parish Human Concerns Committee is sponsoring
tours of three charitable organizations that we currently support so
that more of us can understand their ministries.
On June 18, we will see the work of the Christ Child Society’s resale
shop, 4033 West Good Hope Road. Park in Our Lady of Good Hope’s
front lot. Meet at the store at 10:00AM for a presentation and shopping
opportunity. Contact Linda Nugent (414-526-5510) with questions.
Shop at Amazon and support St. Bernadette
You may now support St. Bernadette Parish each time you make a
purchase from Amazon, and it costs you nothing! Use “Amazon-Smile”
for your purchases and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your
eligible Amazon-Smile purchases to the parish.
Amazon-Smile is the same as Amazon—the exact
same low prices, vast selection, and convenient
shopping experience, with the added bonus that a portion of the
purchase price will be donated right back to us. Instead of logging on
to Amazon.com, just log on to www.Smile.Amazon.com and choose
St. Bernadette Parish as your charitable organization.
Keeping children, teens, and vulnerable
adults safe
If you are a parent or a friend of someone whom you want to keep
safe from people who seek to harm him/her, you will want to know
the warning signs of abuse and the steps you can take to prevent it
and protect the people you love. Please come to a workshop on
Saturday, June 11, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM in the Granville Room at
St. Catherine. Contact Lorrie Maples at 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or
[email protected] for more information or to sign up.
Congratulations to our
Calendar Raffle winners
05/18/16
05/19/16
05/20/16
05/21/16
05/22/16
05/23/16
05/24/16
Jason Brown
Cathy Fenhouse
Linda Nugent
Carmen Rivera
Pam Muencheberg
Jeff Frailing
Donna Lipski
The Joy of Love book study
If you would like to take a closer look at Pope
Francis’s latest book, The Joy of Love, consider joining
the Tuesday morning study group (8:30-9:30) or the
Wednesday evening study group (6:30-7:30). The
groups will meet each Tuesday and Wednesday in
June. The Joy of Love and a study guide by Bill
Huebsch will be provided for your small group use or
they may be purchased for $10. Contact Lorrie Maples
at 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or [email protected]
for more information or to sign up.
Wedding Banns
Sonya Marie Garhart & Andrew Ernest Bottom
June 4, 2016
Our newest Eagle Scout
Congratulations to Evan Bruss, of tri-parish Boy
Scout Troop 7, who earned his Eagle Scout rank in
March. He is the 51st Eagle Scout from Troop 7.
Stewardship Report
Weekend Collection May 21 and 22, 2016
Envelopes ...........................................................$2,090.00
Offertory ................................................................ $256.00
Fiscal YTD ............................................. $218,207.00
Last Fiscal YTD ................................... $227,040.00
In today’s Gospel, the disciples suggest
that Jesus disperse the crowd so that they might
individually seek food and lodging. The miracle
of the feeding of the five thousand is Jesus’
powerful reminder that when we share our gifts
in His name there is always more than enough!
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The Church is “permanently in a state of mission”
Archbishop
Jerome E. Listecki
By now many
of you know my 3
priorities for the
Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, but
just in case, here
they are again –
Catholic Identity,
Evangelization,
and Stewardship.
Our fundamental identity
is Catholic. It is the perfect and
fullest expression of who we are.
Evangelization is what we do. We
proclaim the Good News of Jesus and
his Church to a lost and wounded
world. And Stewardship is how we do
it. In thanksgiving and sacrifice, we
place our God-given resources at the
service of living as Catholic evangelists
at home, work, and in society.
These are my 3 priorities as your
Archbishop, not because they are of
my own making, but because they are
the priorities of Jesus and the Church
that he founded. By advancing these
priorities, we stand on the shoulders of
the many prophets, saints, and martyrs
that have gone before us, and assure
the continuing growth of the Catholic
Church in our own day and in the life
of future generations.
Indeed these three are the timeless
and true priorities of the Church that
Jesus founded, but we must be careful
not to view them as abstract concepts
relevant only to our institutional
history, or assume they are primarily
the work of those in formal Church
leadership roles. The priorities of
Catholic Identity, Evangelization, and
Stewardship are to be embodied deeply
and personally by each one of us.
To put it another way, we can assert
that Catholic Identity, Evangelization,
and Stewardship are not simply
“labels,” but actually an active and
integrated personal “lifestyle.”
Ultimately they should define our
identity and motivate our lives. They
are the recipe for lives of holiness. They
are the hallmarks of that lifestyle to
which all of us are called by Jesus – a
lifestyle of “intentional discipleship.”
And how do we grow into this
calling and lifestyle of intentional
discipleship? As has always been the
case, this can only happen in and
through the Church whose primary
mission is to “make disciples.” The
Church invites us to encounter Jesus
and grow as disciples through her
rich sacramental life. As a “school
of discipleship,” she then sends out
intentional disciples to proclaim Christ
and make new disciples.
As Pope Francis and his predecessors
remind us, the Church is “permanently
in a state of mission,” calling and
forming intentional disciples who are
sent to go and make new disciples (Joy
of the Gospel, #25). This is the Church
fulfilling her missionary identity –
calling, forming, and sending Catholics
who evangelize through their Godgiven gifts.
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Growing as a Catholic Intentional Disciple:
A Roadmap for the Journey
Echoing the teaching of Jesus and his Church,
Archbishop Listecki calls us to lives of intentional
discipleship. But what is that exactly? Put simply, it is the
call to be 24/7 Catholics who share the Good News of Jesus
through our Godgiven gifts.
But Intentional
discipleship doesn’t
just happen. It’s a
lifetime journey
of conversion and
commitment. There are
many twists and trials
along the way. Luckily,
Jesus and his Church give us
a simple five-part roadmap
for finding our way.
The Departure Point: Meet Jesus
NAL DISCIPLE
I am an INTENTIO
of JESUS CHRIST
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Now the big change happens! We go
from knowing Jesus to surrendering our
lives to him. We begin to die and he rises
in us. Our lives become his life and our
goals become his mission. We move into
deep union with him and let him use us for
his purpose and will.
Through the Spirit, we
become Jesus.
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The Journey Point: Know Jesus
Next we walk with Jesus in his Church to get to know
him. We stay close to him and let him teach us the words
KNOW?
The Surrender Point: Become Jesus
CATHOLIC ID
Our first step is to
encounter Jesus personally
and see how he is the
answer to all of our needs. This is meeting Jesus and
discovering that he, and he alone, is the Lord and Savior
of our lives. This encounter reorders our priorities and
changes the trajectory of our lives. We hear and decide to
follow his call.
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and ways of his Father’s Kingdom. Desiring to know him
more and more, we intentionally seek out encounters with
Jesus through prayer, scripture, Mass, Reconciliation,
service and community.
The Mission Point: Give Jesus
As mature
intentional disciples,
we now let Jesus send
us to proclaim his Name
and his Good News to
the people in our lives.
We are evangelizers who give him away. We reach and call
people to meet, know, become, and give Jesus. The cycle of
discipleship repeats and expands.
The Destination Point: See Jesus
What directs, sustains, and completes our journey is the
Beatific Vision – seeing Jesus face-to-face. Gazing eternally
upon the Trinity in heaven is our ultimate destination.
Evangelization resources such as the Catholic ID pass-along cards are available free
of charge for Catholic parishes, schools and organizations in the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee. Simply visit www.archmil.org/iEvangelizeMKE to place your order.
May 2016
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Prayer for the Mission of the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Almighty and ever living God,
we praise you and we bless you,
for you are great indeed!
Grant, we pray,
as on that first Pentecost,
that tongues of fire may descend upon us,
and that the driving wind of your Holy Spirit
may blow boldly into our hearts.
Synod Implementation Teams
Leaders on a Mission, for a Church on a Mission
Following the Synod, which was held almost two years ago on
Pentecost weekend (June 6-8, 2014), Archbishop Jerome Listecki
appointed the Archdiocesan Synod Implementation Commission
(ASIC) to advise him and guide the Synod implementation process.
Since then “Pastoral Priority Teams” have been formed to
develop implementation strategies in the five main areas that came
out of the Synod:
• Mission and Leadership
• Evangelization and the Sunday Mass
• Multigenerational Catholic Identity Formation
• Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelization
• Social Justice Issues
These teams have begun to plan initiatives that address the
main Synod priorities. The initial focus has been on Evangelization
and the Sunday Mass – the area that received the most number of
votes at the Synod. The other teams are developing plans that will
be introduced in the future.
A list of the pastoral priority team members can be found by on
the archdiocesan website. Visit www.archmil.org and search “Synod
Implementation Teams.”
Loving God, we ask you,
make us effective and holy witnesses
of the death and resurrection
of your Son, Jesus Christ,
increase our faith
through the sacramental life of the Church,
grant us courage to follow you
as faithful disciples.
Embolden us, O God,
so that we may go forth to proclaim
your Gospel and renew the face of the earth.
In this Archdiocese of Milwaukee,
we humbly pray for strength and fortitude
to follow your great commission:
to go and make disciples of all people,
living our faith through word and deed.
Through the intercession of St. John the
Evangelist, patron of the archdiocese,
and Mary, Mother of the Church,
we ask all this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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La Iglesia vive “permanentemente en un estado de misión”
Me parece
que ya muchos
de ustedes
conocen mis tres
prioridades para
la Arquidiócesis
de Milwaukee,
pero por si
Arzobispo
acaso, aquí están
Jerome E. Listecki
de nuevo – la
Identidad Católica, la Evangelización,
y la Corresponsabilidad.
Nuestra identidad fundamental
es católica. La Identidad Católica
es la expresión perfecta y plena de
quienes somos. La evangelización
es lo que hacemos. Proclamamos la
Buena Nueva de Jesús y su Iglesia
a un mundo perdido y herido. Y
la corresponsabilidad es cómo
lo hacemos. En agradecimiento
y sacrificio, colocamos nuestros
recursos otorgados por Dios
al servicio de vivir como
evangelizadores católicos en el hogar,
el trabajo y en la sociedad.
Estas son mis tres prioridades
como su Arzobispo, no porque son
de mi propia creación, sino porque
son las prioridades de Jesús y la
Iglesia que él fundó. Al avanzar estas
prioridades, nos apoyamos en los
hombros de muchos profetas, santos
y mártires que nos han precedido, y
aseguramos el continuo crecimiento
de la Iglesia Católica en nuestro día y
en la vida de las generaciones futuras.
De hecho son las tres prioridades
eternas y verdaderas de la Iglesia
que Jesús fundó, pero hay que
Declaración de la misión
de la Arquidiócesis de Milwaukee
Proclamar el Evangelio de la muerte salvadora y resurrección
de Jesucristo a través del llamamiento, formación y envío de
discípulos para ir y hacer nuevos discípulos. Como pueblo,
estamos llamados a encontrarnos con Jesús y crecer como
discípulos a través de la vida sacramental de la Iglesia.
tener cuidado de no verlas como
conceptos abstractos relevantes sólo
para nuestra historia institucional,
o asumir que son principalmente el
trabajo de quienes tienen roles de
liderazgo formal de la Iglesia. Las
prioridades de la identidad católica, la
evangelización y la corresponsabilidad
deben ser encarnadas profundamente
y personalmente por cada uno de
nosotros.
Para explicarlo de otro modo,
podemos afirmar que la identidad
católica, la evangelización y
la corresponsabilidad no son
simplemente “marcas”, pero en
realidad un “estilo de vida” personal
activo e integrado. Al fin de cuentas,
deben definir nuestra identidad
y motivar nuestras vidas. Las tres
prioridades son la receta para una
vida de santidad. Ellas son las marcas
del estilo de vida a la que todos
nosotros somos llamados por Jesús
- un estilo de vida de “discipulado
intencional”.
¿Y cómo podemos crecer en
este llamado y estilo de vida de
discipulado intencional? Como
siempre ha sido el caso, esto sólo
puede suceder a través de la Iglesia,
cuya misión principal es de “hacer
discípulos”. La Iglesia nos invita
a encontrar a Jesús y crecer como
discípulos a través de rica su vida
sacramental. Como una “escuela
de discipulado,” ella entonces
envía discípulos intencionales para
proclamar a Cristo y hacer nuevos
discípulos.
Como nos recuerdan el Papa
Francisco y sus predecesores, la
Iglesia vive “permanentemente en
un estado de misión”, llamando y
formando discípulos intencionales
que son enviados a ir y hacer nuevos
discípulos (La Alegría del Evangelio, # 25). Esta es la Iglesia cumpliendo
con su identidad misionera llamando, formando, y enviando a
católicos que evangelizan a través de
sus dones otorgados por Dios.