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Next Week ’s Mass Times Monday - Friday: 8:00am Saturdays: 5:00pm Sundays: 8:00am,10:00am

Confessions Saturdays: 3:30 pm Mon -Fri - 7:30 am Any time by appointment; call: 402 -551 -0269 St. Bernard Mission Statement We offer support and strength through a community of strong traditions and rich friendships for people of all ages. We desire to build faith and knowledge in our Savior, Jesus Christ, to all who enter our doors. Come e xperience St. Bernard Catholic Community. Come be part of our mission to make Christ present in all we say and do. Pastor July 23, 2018 Reverend Daniel L. Wittrock St. Bridget of , Religious [email protected] has six patrons, three men and three women. Today’s saint is one of them. Deacon Community St. was born in 1303 and had a vision of the crucified Jesus at an Paul & Darlene Dreismeier early age, which guided her throughout her life. She married at 14 and had eight chil- dren; her daughter Catherine is a saint. When her husband died after 28 years of Tim & Laurie McNeil marriage she became a Third Order Franciscan. Later, she founded a religious order Ed & Sheila Osterhaus for men and women, the order of the Most Holy Savior, called the . She Chuck & Pat Sheik traveled to in 1349 seeking approval of her order from the pope, who was in Don † & Pat Kemp Avignon, France. It wasn’t until 1370 when the pope moved back to Rome that her order was approved. During that time, she remained in Rome praying, prophesying, Skip † & Barb Baughman and writing about her mystical experiences. She died in 1373 and was canonized in 1391. - - The Order of the Most Holy Savior was reestablished, due to its dissolution during Parish Office 402 551 0269 the in 1911 by St. Elizabeth Hesselblad, who was born in Sweden. The Business Manager & charisms of the order include living the lives of the crucified Jesus and the Blessed Director of Development Virgin at the foot of the cross as well as having special concern for the reunification of Rose Flores all Christians in . The motto of the Bridgettines is Amor meus crucifixus est, “ My love has been cruci- [email protected] fied.” Jesus is our love and he was crucified for our sins, so that we may achieve sal- Parish Secretary vation. St. Bridget lived these words in her life. We are also called to reflect upon, Michelle Cheloha pray, and live these words. We are blessed by the words, lives, and examples of the [email protected] saints, the cloud of witnesses praying for us. St. Bridget, pray for us.

Religious Education Yours Truly, Katie Galloway 402 -517 -1040 Mr. Tim Mueting [email protected] If you want to read more about the saints, go to Mr. Mueng ’s Saint Weblog at: mrmuengsaints.blogspot.com Yours Truly, Mr. Tim Mueng School Office 402 -553 -4993 School Principal Lisa DuVall LAST WEEK ’S GIVING [email protected] School Secretary July 15th Second Collecon (New Parking Lots) $396

Krista Sorensen July 8th First Collecon $6,392 [email protected] Faith Direct Donaons this period $0.00 YTD Total First Collecons* $20,365 Child Care 402 -556 -4161 YTD Required First Collecons** $23,769

Director Deficit Reducon Funds Collected 2018 -2019 $1,739 Catalina Flores YTD Performance First Collecon [Collected -Required]*** $(1,665) [email protected] *YTD Total First Collecon Includes Faith Direct Announcements and other information **YTD Weekly First Collecon Required per Annual Budget for the Weekly Clairvaux are due by noon on the Friday nine days prior to the publication ***INCLUDES DEFICIT REDUCTION FUNDS COLLECTED 2018 -2019 of the Weekly Clairvaux in which you desire to (St. Bernard Fiscal Year runs July 1 -June 30) have your information published. Space is limited. Please email requests YTD 2018 ANNUAL APPEAL = $3,250 to [email protected]. NEW PARKING LOT FUND = $1,581

Next Weeks 2nd Collecon (7/29) Maintenance Fund LOTTERY CALENDAR WINNERS SAVE THE DATE , SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 - - ST. BERNARD ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER & AUCTION 07 24 18 25.00 683 Susan Sieczkowski CREIGHTON PREP SULLIVAN CENTER 07 -27 -18 25.00 196 Dolores Wolff - - WE WILL BE HAVING LIVE MUSIC 07 29 18 25.00 239 Kimberly Mohr FEATURING THE BAND e NVy MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!!!

St. Bernard Weekly Bulletin | Sixteenth Week In Ordinary Time | July 22, 2018 2 TOTUS TUUS 2018

Totus Tuus was a huge success this year. I would like to thank Fr. Wittrock and the St. Bernard Catholic Community for bringing back this summer program. A huge Thank You goes out to the Kalkowski and Keyser families for sharing their homes with the team members. Thank You Jane and Anna Gurney for preparing snacks and lunches every day. Thank You Makenna, John, Samuel, Cooper, and Braeden for helping out in the classrooms daily. Thank You to all the families and parishioners that brought in snacks, invited the team members into their homes for dinner, and everyone who donated money to our summer program. This program was successful thanks to everyone that volunteered and donated. It was a week full of faith, fun, learning, and community. I look forward to Totus Tuus 2019. Thank You and Bless, Katie Galloway

2018 MARRIAGE CELEBRATION OMAHA: Archbishop George J. Lucas RELIGIOUS invites you to attend the annual Mass honoring marriage and your Anniversary EDUCATION Sunday, September 9th. This event honors couples who are celebrating 5, 25, 40, Classes for Religious 55, 60 or more years of marriage, and this year we are also welcoming our 1 -year anniversary couples! Rosary at 1:30pm, Mass at 2:00pm. St. Cecilia ’s Cathedral, Education will start in 715 North 40th street, Omaha. Seating begins at 1:15pm. Reception immediate- September. More infor- ly following ceremony. Registration required by Friday, July 27th. Sponsored mation will be coming out by the Center for Family Life Formation. Visit Family.archomaha.org for more soon. For immediate help information or contact Reggan Simons 402 -551 -9003 X1300. contact: [email protected]

St. Bernard is teaming up with St. Philip Neri/Blessed Sacrament Parish to host and plan a 5K Fun Run/Walk called Halfway2Heaven Hill Challenge. It will be held on October 6th @ 10:30am at St. Phils. We are looking for parish business owners to be a sponsor for this event and for all parishioners to sign up for the 5K walk/run. All proceeds will go our St. Bernard Home and School. Any interested sponsors can email me at: [email protected] or text me at 402-312-9171. Below is the link for a registration form to sign up. Price is $30 for the 5K walk/run and $5 for the kids dashes. https://runsignup.com/Race/NE/Omaha/Halfway2HeavenHillChallenge5K It will be a fun time had by all!

DEAR FAMILIES, IT MAY BE SUMMERTIME, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT ST. BERNARD: KEEP YOUR CALENDARS OPEN FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS …

FAMILY FUN BOWLING FUNDRAISER—JULY 27TH—WEST LANES Proceeds will go to air conditioning the gym BENSON DAYS—JULY 28TH https://bensondays.com/#schedule section BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT—AUGUST 16th Volunteer sign up will be on i -volunteer at the end of June PARISH POTLUCK 4 -7PM—AUGUST 19TH For more details contact: Valerie Niemeyer @ [email protected]

St. Bernard Catholic Church Weekly Bulletin | Sixteenth Week In Ordinary Time | July 22, 2018 3 Liturgical Roles Saturday, July 28th & Sunday, July 29th Presider: Reverend Daniel L. Wittrock Deacons: 5:00pm Deacon Chuck Sheik 8:00am Deacon Ed Osterhaus 10:00am Deacon Paul Dreismeier

Altar Servers: 5:00pm Andrew Jackson, Trevor Johnson, Jayden Kane 8:00am Quin Yantzer, Kyra Bekaert, Haley Brazier 10:00am Gracelyn Fletcher, Amla Gomez Aurora Greco, Rachel Gwinn

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: 5:00pm Patricia Sheik & Christi Weiss 8:00am Sheila Osterhaus & Jean Kalina 10:00am Darlene Dreismeier, Kim Mohr, Linda Mohr, Janet Lamoureux, Maureen Lamoureux, Don Reding

Lectors: 5:00pm 8:00am Beth Dankert -Babb* Dennis Fus ** 10:00am Joe Mlnarik* Tim Mueting** ———————————————————–—— *First Reading and Psalm (if no music) **Announcements and Second Reading IMMANUEL EMHC — July 25, 2018 Barb Baughman & Kathleen Shrauger

Jim & Cindy Lebeda would like to thank all the parishioners and friends for their outpouring of prayers, calls and gifts. We have been overwhelmed with support by many and are truly thankful to everyone who has helped us these past few weeks. We are out of our home for 5 -8 month s or longer. The damage took our entire first floor. We thank God no one was hurt and pray He can help us during this transitional period. Thanks again, Sincerely, Jim and Cindy.

Baptism classes are held the first Monday of the month at 7:30 PM in the Clairvaux Center. Prior to attending the class, parents must register. Please call the rectory at 402 -551 -0269 for questions or to sign up.

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Sunday, July 22nd: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass John Mangiameli, Bill Post Church 10:00am Mass †Armella Reding Church

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Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass †Edwin & Frances Valenta Church

Tuesday, July 24th: Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass †Agnes M. Stillmock Church 3:30pm St. Vincent DePaul Clairvaux

Wednesday, July 25th: Feast of St. James, Apostle 8:00am Mass Intentions of Joe Steinbock Church †Virginia Anyanike 6:30pm Intercessory Prayer Group Church

Thursday, July 26th: Memorial of Saints Joachim and Ann Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00am Mass †Robert & Ella Nielsen Church

Friday, July 27th: Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass †Leonard Heavican Church 9:00am Heavenly Helpers Crew #2 Church Darlene Dreismeier, Bill Monahan & Greg Crisman

Saturday, July 28th: Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 6:30am Men’s Faith Group Clairvaux 5:00pm Mass †Matthew J. Reynek Church

Sunday, July 29nd: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass †Natalie McNeil Church 10:00am Mass St. Bernard Parish Family Church

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