St. Bernard Catholic Church 248 South Harbor Drive - Holmes Beach, FL 34217 PHONE: (941) 778-4769 FAX: (941) 778-4644 E-mail: [email protected] - Website: www.stbernardcc.com Diocese Of Venice Website: www.dioceseofvenice.org Rev. Michael Mullen—Pastor MARCH 1, 2015 DIRECTOR OF FAITH FORMATION Matthew Nowicki 941-896-4842 or cell: 941-730-2995 OFFICE MANAGER Paulette Kaczor Notary Public (By Appt. Only) Office Hours Mon. 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Tues. - Friday- 9 AM - 4:00 PM LUNCH: NOON TO 1:30 PM MASS SCHEDULE Monday - Saturday……...……8:30 AM Confessions…See Pg. 3 in Lent 3:00 - 3:45 PM SATURDAY Saturday Vigil…4 PM Sunday Masses…………8:30 AM 10:30 AM 5 PM Holy Day Vigil……As Announced Holy Day Masses…As Announced FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE A RAMP FOR EASIER ACCESS, IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHURCH. SACRAMENTS OF OUR FAITH BAPTISM: Baptismal classes are required for parents. MATRIMONY: Contact the pastor at least six months before scheduling a wedding date. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Is celebrated on the first Saturday of the month after 4 PM Mass. WE PROMOTE CATHOLIC EDUCATION St. Joseph Catholic School (941) 755-2611 www.SJSFL.org PARISHIONERS ENTERING LOCAL HOSPITALS (Esp. Through Emergency Rooms) Please give your religious affiliation as: CATHOLIC - ST. BERNARD’S PARISH or you or a friend or family member can alert the Church office. ALSO, PLEASE CALL US IF YOU ARE HOMEBOUND AND UNABLE TO GET TO CHURCH Mass Intentions for week of March 1, 2015 MONDAY, March 2, 2015 Dn 9:4b-10/Lk 6: 36-38 8:30 AM † BETTY MOORE by Paulette TUESDAY, March 3, 2015 Is 1: 10, 16-20/Mt: 23:1-12 8:30 AM † ERIN McGUIRE ECKLUND & Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions For March “That those involved in scientific research may serve the well-being of the whole human person.” WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2015 Mission Prayer Intention “That the unique contribution of women to the life of the Church may be recognized always.” Jer 18:18-20/Mt 20: 17-28 8:30 AM LIVING & DECEASED MEMBERS ————————————–——- JOHN ECKLUND by family † PETER McSPARRAN by MaryJane OF MRAS/GAVIN FAMILIES by Zita † GERALD HOUPPERT, SR. by family THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 JER 17:5-10/LK 16: 19-31/ 8:30 AM † FIORE & LEAH LOMBARDI BY PAT & ALAN WEBSTER LIVING & DECEASED MEMBERS OF REICHELT FAMILY BY MARIE FRIDAY, MARCH 6. 2015—FIRST FRIDAY Your gift to the Catholic Faith Appeal helps support the education of our seminarians, as well as the work of the many religious men and women in the Diocese. GOAL: $119,000 PLEDGED: $50,599.10 % OF GOAL: 42% TOTAL PAYMENTS: $18,445.10 % of HOUSEHOLDS: 5.77 Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Mt 21:33-43,45-46 8:30 AM † DR. EMILE GRIBOVSKY By Cornelia SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 PARISHIONERS NEEDING GLUTEN FREE HOSTS: PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE. THANK YOU. Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Lk 15: 1-3, 11-32 8:30 AM LIVING & DECEASED MEMBERS OF GLASFORD FAMILY by M. Reichelt 4 PM VIGIL † ROSEMARY DORSEY By Meteyer Family SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2015 1 Cor 1:22-25/Jn 2:13-25 8:30 AM † SEAN CONNELLAN byMcBride fam 10:30 AM † DENNIS SABO by Min. of Hosp. 5 PM † ESTHER GEGAN by M.Monette Our Sanctuary Candle this week burns in loving memory of BETTY MOORE PLEASE PRAY For Our Sick: Shirley Horvath, Christopher Galvin, Beth Kelley, Jim Davenport, Lisa Alderson, Vinney & Joan Puccia, Joyce Swicegood, Helen Gaffney, Lynn Gorman, Sally Zydbel, Gerry Stair, Margaret Lombardi, Julie Morse, Gloria Reynolds, Paul VanderHoff, Betty Stanley, Earl Mowry, Kenneth Francis, Pam Stanek, Richard Pallinski, Emily Gross, Pieter Swart, Barbara Zilisch, Syver Klefos, Flo Mullen, Angela Martin, Lana Hearst, Fr. Robb Mongiello, MaryLou Hirsch, Rein Mueller, Cindy Stubbs, Dolores Jorgensen, Baby Tyler Bellisimo, Susan Dokey, Kevin Koelbel, Gerri Hestand, Jerry Sullivan, James Galvin, Carter Bandier, Don Cummins, Eleanor Goggin, Hans-Jorg Baumgartner, Betsy Wiegand, David Greenberg, Gabriel Vivero, Roger Proper, Sue Zackowski, Robert Possehl, Ronald Lahner, Richard Weingart, Lynn Roeges, Joan Creighton, Leo Rasmussen, Tom McCoy, Anne Meteyer Lord, hear our Prayers Rest in Peace: Deacon Al Gaspari SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015 Please see previous page for Mass Schedule MONDAY—March 2 2015 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass MISSION TALK AFTER MASS 7 PM MISSION TALK TUESDAY– March 3, 2015 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass MISSION TALK AFTER MASS 10:30AM AA 3:30 PM PSR K—5 7 PM MISSION TALK WEDNESDAY—March 4, 2015 7:15 AM Rosary on the Beach at Manatee Public Beach 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass MISSION TALK AFTER MASS 7 PM MISSION TALK THURSDAY—March 5, 2015 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass Morning Prayer after Mass FRIDAY, March 6, 2015 - FIRST FRIDAY—MEATLESS FRIDAY 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOLLOWING MASS 10:30 AM AA 5-7 PM CONFESSIONS SATURDAY—March 7, 2015—FIRST SATURDAY 8:00 AM Rosary before 8:30 Mass Morning Prayer after Mass 9-11 AM CONFESSIONS SACRAMENT OF THE SICK FOLLOWING 4 PM MASS ` IN AND ABOUT THE DIOCESE IMPORTANT CHANGE TO THE TELEVISED MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND Beginning Sunday, January 4, 2015, the Diocese of Venice Sunday Televised Mass will air at 9:30 AM on the CW Network (Channel 4 or 9) in Manatee, Sarasota and other counties. The Mass is also available on the Diocese of Venice website at dioceseofvenice.org/tvmass. St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Rummage Sale— Early Bird sale Friday, March 6, Noon—4 PM, $5.00 admission Regular Sale Saturday, March 8, 9 AM—1 PM—Free admission 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key Paul Todd and Paul Todd, Jr. Concert to benefit St. Joseph Catholic School—Saturday, March 7 at St. Joseph Church Parish Center. Tickets $20—Concert begins at 6 PM. Call St. Joseph’s School at 755-2611 for more details. SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Along for the ride When you choose to follow God, amazing things can happen. The journey, though, takes faith. It requires listening and surrender; it means recognizing you’re not in charge. You follow in the are encouraged to make an examination of conscience, asking which thoughts, words, and actions that day you are most proud of and which you regret. Each day, an important tradition is stressed, but always focusing on the life and healing power of Francis Xavier. You can do this without a novena, but this devotion might jump start a deeper life of faith. footsteps of a God who leads. Moments of transfiguration give guidance, while sacrifice challenges and fosters trust along the way. Life isn’t a journey straight to the top. You can find yourself led to the highest of heights by the most unusual of paths. Being able to honestly declare, “Here I am, Lord,” you give God the liberty to take you higher than you ever imagined possible. MONDAY, MARCH 2 LENTEN WEEKDAY Gift that keeps on giving Jesus said: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” A version of this Golden Rule exists in all the major world religions—Judaism, THURSDAY, MARCH 5 LENTEN WEEKDAY Growing tips for faith Trees figure prominently in the Bible and often serve as symbols of our faith. Those who first heard the words of scripture—being people living on the edge of the desert—were quite aware of the special care trees require to grow strong and bear fruit: Droughts and floods, weeds and critters, and even the occasional curse from an angry messiah can kill a tree in short order. Care for your faith as you would a sapling. Weed and water and protect it against the elements. And be mindful of the seeds of faith you plant in others. Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism—and the ethical idea dates back to antiquity in Babylon, Greece, China, Egypt, India. In psychology, it is the healthy ability to empathize, necessary to experience compassion—a truly universal rule that each person is required to universally apply. And the more it’s practiced by you, the more it might be practiced toward you. TUESDAY, MARCH 3 FEAST OF KATHARINE DREXEL, VIRGIN, RELIGIOUS FOUNDER; LENTEN WEEKDAY THE LEADER OF THE PACK Her family called her Kate. In girlhood she felt a vocation to the church but balked at obedience. She just couldn’t take orders from a superior who might be “stupid,” she told her spiritual di- FRIDAY, MARCH 6 LENTEN WEEKDAY; DAY OF ABSTINENCE Let us pray Today’s World Day of Prayer is an ecumenical movement begun in the 19th century by Christian women so that they may “meet and pray with each other and [be] reminded to live a reconciling and forgiving life with others. . . . Anyone who wishes to join this movement makes a commitment to spend time in prayer whenever she has a strained relationship with another person and to uphold in prayer others who are victims of jealousy, hatred, violence, and injustice.” This offers a focused and practical way of holding yourself to faith “in deed and not only in word.” Find out more at www.wicc.org/world-day-of-prayer/history-prayer/. rector frankly. Also, life would be dreary if the community consisted of a bunch of “old maidish dispositions.” Kate concluded religious life wasn’t for her: “I hate never to be alone.” The solu- SATURDAY, MARCH 7 FEAST OF PERPETUA AND FELICITY, MARTYRS A DIARY DEAR TO ALL BELIEVERS tion was simple. Katharine started her own vigorously active order with a rich contemplative lifestyle, hand-selecting the women she would lead. Follow wise leaders—or become one yourself. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 LENTEN WEEKDAY Let an exam of conscience be your guide Today is the first day of a novena in honor of Saint Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Jesuits. The novena is modeled on the Spiritual Exercises, and each day includes a focus on your relationship with God as it is really lived. For example, on Day 6, you In the third century, Felicity and Perpetua were imprisoned in Carthage because of their faith. While there, Perpetua kept a diary. It is one of only a few extant works written by martyrs in the early church who were women. The account conveys Perpetua’s deep trust that the Spirit had not abandoned her and Felicity, but offered strength in the face of hardship and death. The story is part of the long Christian narrative about our God— always present, with us in all circumstances. Pray today with Felicity and Perpetua, reflecting on God’s faithfulness in your life. THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU This Lent, the Diocese of Venice is again undertaking “The Light is On for You” campaign. The primary purpose of this campaign is to encourage Catholics to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Each week, priests in every parish of the Diocese will be available to hear Confessions from 5 PM to 7 PM on Fridays and 9 AM to 11AM on Saturdays. A website dedicated to this campaign can be found at www.thelightisoncatholic.org. Summary of Collections Collection for Ash Wednesday, 2015……..$3,833.78 Feb. 22 collection….$13,801.12 We are a seasonal parish, but unfortunately our expenses are not. We thank you for your generosity. IF YOU ARE NEW OR A FREQUENT VISITOR TO OUR PARISH FAMILY, WE WELCOME YOU. PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE WEEKLY CHURCH OFFERTORY ENVELOPES AND REGISTER IN THE PARISH. REGISTRATION IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ASKED TO BE A SPONSOR FOR FRIEND/FAMILY AND WE HAVE NO RECORD OF YOU. Save the Dates REV. THOMAS P. IVORY PRESENTS What you Always Wanted to Know About the Second Vatican Council (But were afraid to ask!) THREE THURSDAY SESSIONS AT 9:30 AM MARCH 12, 19, AND 26 Pancake Breakfast Schedule for March 2015 St. Bernard’s Women’s Guild will host an afternoon of Fun and Games which will include bridge, bunco, bingo, mahjong, cards, board games etc. with many prizes awarded on Wednesday, March 18 at 1 PM in the Activity Center. Join the group or bring your own game. Homemade desserts and beverages will be served. Donation is $10. For tickets and info call 7925983 or 792-7433. Enjoy an afternoon with old friends and come make new ones!! —————————————————————-ANNUAL EASTER MIGRANT SHOE DISTRIBUTION It’s time again for the annual Migrant Children’s Easter Shoe Campaign. Your donation of $10 will provide a gift certificate that will give a migrant or needy child the opportunity to select the style and size of the shoes he or she would like to wear for Easter this Spring. Your donation may be sent to: SHOES, c/o Stillpoint House of Prayer, PO Box 619, Bradenton, FL 34206 NEED YOUR TAX INFORMATION??? To request your offertory statements for 2014, please fill out this form, and return it to the Church office or drop it in the offertory basket. 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