Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time August 27, 2017 Save the Servant Who Trusts in You, Lord!
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A community of Faith hope and love Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 27, 2017 Save the servant who trusts in you, Lord! T.BERNARD’S S CATHOLIC CHURCH 516-731-4220 Phone/516-731-4355 Fax Email: [email protected] Website: www.StBernardChurch.org MISSION STATEMENT PASTORAL TEAM With faith, hope, and love the people of Father Ralph Sommer, Pastor St. Bernard's parish family are on a mission to [email protected] ext. 130 bring the gospel of Jesus Father Joe Nohs, Associate Pastor [email protected] to the Levittown Community and beyond. ext. 128 Father Innocent Mbaegbu [email protected] Spiritual Life Father Innocent Duru, Chaplain In Residence Schedule of Masses: [email protected] Saturday: 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Deacon John Blakeney Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Family Mass), 10:30 am, [email protected] 516-731-4220 12 Noon, 5:30 pm (Youth Mass) Deacon James Flannery Weekday s: 8:00 am [email protected] Holy Days: see website: www.StBernardChurch.org 516-731-4220 Mrs. Susan Martin, Director of Religious Education Confessions: [email protected] 516-731-8511 Phone/516-731-7860 Fax Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Weekdays: After the 8:00 am Mass The Religious Education Center is closed on Fridays. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Novena and Sr. Christine Sammons, O.P., Benediction: Coordinator of Parish Social Ministry Monday: Check schedule on page 4. [email protected] 516-731-6074 Morning Prayer: Ms. Sarah Kropac, Coordinator of Youth Ministry Monday through Saturday, 8:30 am, Prayer Room. Books are [email protected] available. Mrs. Mary Jane Witte, Director of Liturgical Music Baptism of Children: We welcome infants and children to our [email protected] Christian community! Baptisms are held on select Sundays at ext. 142 Ms. Diane Vella, Pastoral Associate 1:30 pm. Please contact the parish at least 3 months before [email protected] an anticipated baptism – even before a new child is born – ext. 143 to ensure enough time to complete the baptism Mrs. Rose Marie Rotondo, Sacristan preparation process. Our three-step preparation process [email protected] 516-731-4220 includes: 1) at-home reading and preparation by the parents; Mr. Len Lanzi, Facilities Manager 2) an intake conversation with a member of our parish staff; [email protected] and 3) participation with other parents in a Sunday morning ext. 120 gathering, which begins with attendance at our 9:00 am Mr. Dimas Carbajal, Head of Maintenance “Family-friendly” Mass. Please call 731-4220 or e-mail [email protected] ext. 126 [email protected] to request a Baptism information CYO Basketball: email: [email protected] and preparation packet. website: www.stbernardcyo.org Marriages: Church arrangements should be made at least 6 months before the marriage and before making any contracts with restaurants or caterers. Please call the Would you like to join our vibrant community of Faith, Hope Rectory to set up an appointment with a priest, 731-4220. and Love at St. Bernard’s? Sign-up and get to know us at Ministry to the Sick and Aging: If you are, or know of one of our monthly New Parishioner Registration and Wel- someone who is homebound and would like to receive Holy come evenings! For information, call the parish office at Communion, please call the rectory at 731-4220. 516-731-4220, or download a form from our website www.stbernardchurch.org. Click on “Join St. Bernard’s” on St. Vincent De Paul Society: 735-3218 the bottom of the home page form. If you move away, Usher Coordinator: John Lyons (516) 390-5150 or please notify us as well. [email protected] Bulletin Deadline: Friday, 5:00 pm, nine days prior to publication. You may email us at [email protected] or leave a printed copy in the inbox on the bulletin desk in the Parish Office. Thank you for your cooperation! 2 Shame on Shebna E– mail Father Ralph: [email protected] Block Party My name is already on my tombstone. When my mother died, my dad and I had Father Joe and I were hoping our names engraved along with our dates of birth. All that needs to be written is to visit block parties the end date and neither of us know when that will be. Shebna, the treasurer in throughout Levittown this Israel at the time of King Hezekiah, didn’t know the date of his death either, but summer. However neither of he used his position as a royal official to have a large tomb built for himself -- its us received any invitations inscription can still be seen today. But he was never buried in that tomb. As we and we only found out about hear in the first reading today (Isaiah 22: 19-23) Isaiah tells Shebna that God is these neighborhood displeased with the way he served himself instead of the people and so he would gatherings after the facts. But be sent away and a new official, Eliakim, would be given the keys to the treasury. undaunted, there is one block party we ARE going to Jump ahead 700 years and we see Jesus telling Simon that HE would be receiving attend: The Annual Saint keys (Matthew 16:13-20) -- not to an earthly treasury, but to the kingdom of Bernard’s Block Party on heaven! This was despite Simon’s famous impetuousness, his expressed bravado Sunday, September 17th in followed by his “chickening out.” To reinforce his choice of Simon as the leader our parking lot. And so I of the church, Jesus calls Simon “Peter” -- a name which means “rock”. I want to invite everyone to sometimes wonder if Jesus was having a bit of fun with Simon since, he wasn’t as join in our annual steady as a rock. This might have been a little tease. celebration. We do need to know if you’re attending so On the other hand, Jesus has the ability to see potential in people that isn’t please sign up after Mass or readily noticeable. While Simon wasn’t yet rock-like, Jesus could see that he had use this online form: the ability to take his impetuous fervor and develop that into firm leadership. And www.stbernardchurch.org/ so, for better or worse, Jesus indicates that the keys to the kingdom of heaven go BlockParty to Peter. Everyone is asked to bring a dessert to share. This is certainly encouraging to me. Four years ago the bishop “gave me the Sue Maher and her keys” to St. Bernard’s. I continue to discover what that means as I grow as a priest Renaissance Committee can and leader. Like Peter, I don’t have all the answers and insights as to how to use help in setting up and pastor this parish, but thanks to my fellow apostles on staff and the input from taking down. wise parishioners, I continue to use the keys to open as many doors to as many As an added feature this year people as possible. (besides the DJ, free food, 50/50, games for the Physically, I look forward to the time when we’ll build better doors -- a nice large children) you’ll be able to lobby will be more welcoming and serviceable than the little vestibule we have purchase St BernardWear -- now. But communally and spiritually, we’re looking for ways to open doors to the t-shirts, sweatshirts, polo majority of parishioners who don’t pray with us. I hope to see success in this shirts with our logo are being before that last date is added to my name! sold at just $1 over our cost! 3 Gifts of treasure Parish News Catholic Daughters Court 1690 Sunday collections begins its 2017-18 program year August 20, 2017 August 22, 2016 with a meeting on Thursday, September 7. $ 11,987.80 $ 12,011.10 495 envelopes 501 envelopes Upcoming events include: Faith Direct Annual Election Day Pasta Night $ 2,145.00 $ 2,388.00 on Tuesday, November 7. Total Collection Annual Craft Market on Saturday, $ 14,132.80 $ 14,399.10 November 25. New members are always welcome to join the Court. Please contact Rosemary Brunoforte at 516-796-0021 for information. Have you enrolled yet? Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. Meetings www.faithdirect.net Code = NY272 are now held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 11:00 am in St. Bernard’s Parish Center. This program is designed to help each other cope with the challenging situation of dealing with Parish calendar (Subject to change) someone with dementia. For more information, Monday, August 28 please call Mike Bartholomew at 516-735-1685. 7:30 pm Miraculous Medal Novena, Church Tuesday, August 29 10:00 am Our Lady of Consolation, Parish Center 7:00 pm Spanish Rosary, Prayer Room 7:00 pm Vivitrol Support Group, School Room 206 7:30 pm AA Meeting, School Room 207 Wednesday, August 30 8:00 pm Bread of Life Prayer Group, Parish Center It’s that time of year again! Thursday, August 31 10:00 am Shawl Ministry, Parish Center St. Bernard’s Parish Annual Block Party 1:45 pm St. Vincent Meeting, Clairvaux House Sunday, September 17th 1pm-4pm Saturday, September 2 11:00 am Women’s AA Meeting, Cafeteria Food! Games! DJ!! Lots of FUN! 8:00 pm Nocturnal Adoration,Church See page 12 Sunday, September 3 6:30 pm Youth Ministry Meeting,YM Room (School) 8:00 pm AA Meeting, Cafeteria NOCTURNAL ADORATION SOCIETY gathers this Saturday, September 2 at 8:00 pm in the Church.