JUNE 2 0 2 1 ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Next Week’s Mass Times Monday - Friday: 8:00am Saturdays: 5:00pm Sundays: 8:00am,10:00am **30 Minutes prior to each Mass, the Holy Rosary will be prayed** 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 experience St. Bernard Catholic Community. Come be part of our mission to make Christ present in all we say and do. Pastor June 6—Bl. Maria Laura Mainetti, Martyr Reverend Daniel L. Wittrock [email protected] Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti was declared Blessed on June 6, 2021, the anniversary of her murder in 2000 by three teenage girls, former catechism Deacon Community students of hers. She was stabbed 19 times, the intent being for each one to Paul & Darlene Dreismeier stab her six times to represent the number 666. They originally told Tim & Laurie McNeil investigators they wanted to kill her for a game, but later said it was a satanic sacrifice. All three girls were convicted and sentenced as juveniles and John Purk (Visiting Deacon) released by 2008. They have since changed their names and relocated to Chuck & Pat Sheik other cities, starting families. Don † & Pat Kemp Sr. Mainetti was the superior of the Sisters of the Cross convent in Chiavenna Skip † & Barb Baughman in the Italian Alps, north of Milan. She was well known for her ministry to Ed † & Sheila Osterhaus youth and poor people. She was lured to a park because one of the girls claimed to be considering an abortion. They made her kneel, beat her with a Parish Office 402-551-0269 brick and pushed her head into a wall and stabbed her to death. Throughout Business Manager & the attack Sr. Mainetti prayed for them and asked God to forgive them. Her Director of Development last words were, “Lord, forgive them.” She was declared a martyr by Pope Francis. Rose Flores [email protected] One of the girls later wrote a letter to Sr. Mainetti’s religious community: “I Parish Secretary can have of her only a memory of love. And in addition to this, it also allowed me to believe in something that is neither God nor Satan, but which was a Lindsey Ridley simple woman who defeated evil. Now in her I find comfort and the grace to [email protected] endure everything. I always pray and I am sure she will help me become a Religious Education better person.” This is as enduring a testimony as any to the power of God’s love as shown through God’s witness and martyr, Bl. Maria Laura Mainetti. Suzanne Seyler—402-553-4993 Safe Environment Training If you want to read more about the saints, go to Mr. Mueting’s Saint 402-551-0269 Weblog at: mrmuetingsaints.blogspot.com Yours Truly, School Office 402-553-4993 Mr. Tim Mueting School Principal Emily Finley [email protected] LAST WEEK’S GIVING School Secretary June 6th Collecon $6,713 Krista Sorensen Faith Direct Donaons this period $0 [email protected] YTD Total First Collecons/Deficit Reducon Collecons $401,244 Child Care 402-556-4161 YTD Required First Collecons($8,100 per week) $396,900 Director YTD Performance First Collecon [Collected-Required] $4,344 Alexandra Frahm [email protected] Assistant Director YTD 2021 ANNUAL APPEAL = $3,450 Kara States NEW PARKING LOT FUND = $11,135 [email protected] (These funds cover the $35,000 Inial Expense, plus future Maintenance Costs) Announcements and other information for the Weekly Clairvaux are due by NOON on We are very excited about all the great things happening the Friday nine days prior to the publication of at the school over the summer. the Weekly Clairvaux in which you desire to have your information published. Space is Because of the generosity of our wonderful parishioners and friends of limited. Please email requests St. Bernard, many projects are taking place to maintain and enhance to [email protected]. our school building and classrooms. Keep checking back for progress and pictures! 2021 LOTTERY CALENDAR WINNERS 06-15-2021 $25.00 Kristen Lebeda-Svehla 06-18-2021 $75.00 Mary Weiss 06-20-2021 $25.00 St. Bernard Parish St. Bernard Catholic Church Weekly Bulletin | 11th Week in Ordinary Time | June 13, 2021 2 SUNDAY’S READINGS All Shall be Well Conference! Homeschooling for your family, learning June 13, 2021 from each other. All interested are welcome! First Reading: And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree, wither up the green tree, July 9th and 10th, 2021 and make the withered tree bloom. (Ez 17:24) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Omaha Psalm: Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. (Ps 92) or Alleluia. Equip yourself to build up your Domestic Church! Visit www.chaohome.org for info and registration. Second Reading: We are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk Reminder: by faith, not by sight. (2 Cor 5:6-7) There is still time to contribute to EPS Mother’s Day fundraiser. If you haven’t already, pick up a baby Gospel: “It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is bottle at one of the entrances, add your donation and the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the return in the bin located near the confessional. birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.” (Mk 4:31-32) Thank you for helping these mothers and babies. Gospel Meditation—Encourage Deeper Understanding of Everyday Stewardship—Recognize God In Your Ordinary Moments Scripture St. Anthony Can Find Anything—Even You A favorite motto of St. Teresa of Calcutta was, “do small things with great love.” This is how it works in the kingdom of God. God can do tremendous things with the smallest “Tony, Tony, come around! Something is lost and it must be found.” gesture, especially when it is done in love. We can clearly see that our world is suffering greatly. People are struggling to find peace, navigate through conflicts, earn a sustainable Did you learn this one when you were a kid? In my experience there are living, find security and enough food to eat, and work through political tensions and even a lot of lapsed Catholics—or people who were never Catholic at all— conflicts. In the light of the magnitude of the difficulties that exist around us and even who know that when you lose something, St. Anthony becomes your best within us, we can find ourselves floundering to discover practical, effective solutions. How friend. Missing keys? Pray to St. Anthony. Can’t find your favorite sweater? can something so large be helped by someone as small and seemingly insignificant as St. Anthony. Forget where you parked your car in the mall lot? St. Anth— me? While whole systems and structures may be out of the league of our personal okay, you get the idea. Whatever it is, large or small, important or trivial, influence, are we really that helpless in the midst of all the turmoil, sadness, and Tony has a reputation for finding the lost things. suffering? It’s a devotion that can seem a little like superstition– witchcraft, even? - if If we believe that God is with us and that God is still working to bring about the glory of you don’t really understand it. Mumble an incantation to a dead guy and God’s kingdom, then the answer is no. We are never helpless or without hope. Armed you’re guaranteed to find your sunglasses. But as with most traditions that with a strong life of prayer, we can always flee to God and ask for inspiration, wisdom, are old, beloved and effective, looking a little closer reveals the truth of the and especially love. We are all blessed with unique gifts and talents and it often seems matter. that considering all that the world lacks, love and charity remain at the top of the list. Life can easily become a battleground of hostility. Because life is challenging and difficult, When we lose something really important, what do we do? We make the anger is not far away. We see it on people’s faces and hear it in their voices. There is a whole household stop what they’re doing to join the search. Having St. measure of frustration that permeates all avenues of life. It is even felt in the air. As Anthony as a friend means you ask him to stop what he’s doing to help, people of faith, we know that what we see here is not the end but only a part of too. And how he helps is by taking the matter exactly where all matters something far greater to come. We know that God’s kingdom is where we are ultimately need to go—straight to the feet of Christ. meant to be, and the Gospel is the way to get there. If love and charity can prevail in us, then God will be able to do what God does best.