MARCH 23, 2014 · THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

8200 West Denver Avenue · Milwaukee, WI 53223

BERNADETTE ST.

PARISH FACILITIES

8200 West Denver Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53223

E-mail: stbernadette@archmil.org

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: info@nwcschool.org

Website: www.nwcschool.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturdays: 5:00PM

Sundays: 8:30 & 10:30AM

Tuesdays-Fridays: 8:00AM

Holy Days: Check bulletin (also available

online) 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)

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

March 23, 2014

Readings for the Week of March 23, 2014

Sunday: Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42

Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab/Lk 4:24-30

Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38

Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19

Thursday: Jer 7:23-28/Lk 11:14-23

Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Mk 12:28-34

Saturday: Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14

Next Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Eph 5:8-14/

Jn 9:1-41

SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014: 3rd Sunday of Lent

8:30AM Tom Modl

10:30AM For all the parishioners

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014

No Mass

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014: Annunciation of the Lord

8:00AM Carmella Coleman

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014

8:00AM Intention of June Warner & Family

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014

8:00AM Intention of Eleanor Buehner

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014

8:00AM Irwin & Therese Zacharias

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014

5:00PM Clint Griswold

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2014: 4th Sunday of Lent

8:30AM For all the parishioners

10:30AM Intention of Bernadette Timm & Family

PARISH LIFE Sunday, March 23, 2014 - First Scrutiny at the 10:30 Mass - New Member Registration after Masses - Continental Breakfast, after Masses, in the cafeteria - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria - High School Rel Ed, 6:30 to 8:00PM at St. Catherine Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - March 30th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - Upper Campus Mass, led by Gr. 4, 8:00AM - Dartball vs. St. Dominic, 7:00PM in the cafeteria - Stations of the Cross, 7:00PM in the church Thursday, March 27, 2014 - Eucharistic Adoration, 8:30AM to 3:30PM in the chapel - Benediction, 3:30PM in the chapel - RCIC formation class, 6:00PM in the CFC - Choir rehearsal, 7:00PM in the church Friday, March 28, 2014 - Parish staff meeting, 9:00AM in the CFC - Upper Campus Stations of the Cross, 11:00AM in the church - March 30th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM Saturday, March 29, 2014 - Wisconsin Catholic Youth Rally at Mount Mary - Communal Penance, 10:00AM at St. Catherine Sunday, March 30, 2014 - Second Scrutiny at the 10:30 Mass - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria

Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions

Submit Easter Memorials Donations for Easter Memorials, in whatever amount you

choose, may be placed in the collection basket or sent to the

parish office anytime before April 14. Please include the

legible name(s) of your departed loved one(s) to be held in

memory and your name to receive credit for the donation. Identify it

as “Easter Memorial.” The names of your departed loved ones will be

posted in the Gathering Area during the Easter Season, and they will

be remembered in a special way at the Easter Vigil Mass. Please Remember in Your Prayers

We commend to God Colleen Cetnarowski whose

funeral was celebrated here on March 18. May her

soul and the souls of all our faithful departed rest in

eternal peace. Please remember Colleen, her husband

Bruno, and all their family in your prayers.

Common Ground of Grief—Creative Healing

Approaches: Moving from Talk to Action Tuesday, April 1

11:00AM-12:30PM and repeated 5:30-7:00PM

San Camillo (10200 West Bluemound Road)

Patrick Dean, Director of Grief Education Services with Catholic

Cemeteries, will present this free grief program. The session will consist

of photographic images and grief education content followed by a

period of questions and answers. This program is for anyone who has

been affected by the death of a loved one. Common Ground of Grief

is sponsored by the John Paul II Center and Catholic Cemeteries of the

Archdiocese of Milwaukee. For further information, visit

www.cemeteries.org or contact Patrick at 414-438-4420, ext. 302, or

patrickdean@griefwork.com.

Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick:

Kathy Casey

All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

Third Sunday of Lent

Five synod resources Here are five resources you will find at

www.archmil.org/synod that may be helpful.

1. Synod at a Glance: Here you will find the

who, what, when, where, and why of the 2014

synod.

2. Background papers: These are in-depth writings

by Catholic leaders in our archdiocese on key

topics—Catholic social teaching, cultural diversity,

evangelization, formation, leadership, liturgy,

marriage and family, and stewardship. These

writings touch all facets of our Church and will

inform our district gatherings.

3. Synod prayers and intentions: If you have not

prayed for the synod in your weekly intentions, it

is not too late to start. You will find a number of

prayer intentions to choose from.

4. Synod videos: You will find a number of videos to

quench your multi-media thirst. Most recently, two

videos were added to this section of the

website—”Alive and Well: The Faithful Affirm the

Church,” which captures the essence of the parish

sessions, and “Intentional Discipleship: Our

Fundamental Catholic Identity,” which highlights

Bishop Hying’s call to all the faithful.

5. Synod logo: You can learn about the special

meaning of the logo.

Supporting Our Parish Mission

STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Weekend Collection March 15 and 16, 2014

Envelopes (53) .................................................................................... $2,477.50

Offertory ................................................................................................ $269.67

Income Received for 07/01/13 - 03/16/14 ........................ $186,627.17

Income Budgeted for 07/01/13 - 03/16/14 ...................... $220,576.98

...a deficit of $33,949.81

The disciples on the road to Emmaus walked and talked with Jesus

all day long, but it was not until they offered Him hospitality

and He blessed and broke the bread that they recognized Him. Simple

acts of loving kindness still reveal the presence of God in our midst.

Northwest Catholic School News Northwest Catholic Lenten Journey: Prayer,

Almsgiving, Fasting ~ Our students are learning

about Lent. Lent is a time when we slow down and

think about how our life is going and how we can become closer to

Jesus. During this time, we focus on prayer, giving to others, and

making small sacrifices. Our students will be praying the Stations of

the Cross and their almsgiving service project is to provide Easter

meals for deserving families. Each class/grade level has been

assigned one item. Together we will make a difference.

Stations of the Cross will be held in the church at 10:00AM at the Lower

Campus and at 11:00AM at the Upper Campus Fridays March 28,

April 4, and April 11. We welcome you to join us.

Bulletin Deadline ChangesBulletin Deadline ChangesBulletin Deadline Changes

Weekend Deadline

April 12-13 April 4, 11:00AM

April 19-20 April 9, 11:00AM

New membership registration will be held after each

Mass this weekend. There is a table in the Gathering Area where you

can sign up and have your photo taken. Please join our parish family!

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Today’s gospel says, “Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never

thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water

welling up to eternal life.” Come experience the life-giving water of

Christ at a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are April 4-6 in Crystal

Lake, Illinois; May 16-18 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and June 20-22 in

Rockford, Illinois. For more information, visit www.alifetimeoflove.org

or call 888-574-5653.

Alzheimer’s support group Do you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s? Do

you wonder how best to care for your loved one

and yourself while you are caregiving? There is

an Alzheimer’s support group held at Our Lady of

Good Hope. The meeting takes place on the

second Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM in

Room 3. If you have any questions, please call the

OLGH parish office at 414-352-1148.

Bingo helps the parish Bingo turned over a $12,000 check to the parish

at the All-Parish Meeting in February. Thank you

to all volunteers for donating your time to help

make bingo a success, and thank you to all

patrons who come and play! If you are interested

in helping at this vital parish fundraiser, please

contact Sue Morgan at 414-353-5543 or Mary

Kucharski at 262-253-6577.

ADJUSTING THE SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Throughout this past year, there has been discussion among parishioners, parish council

members and staff members about addressing the number of people attending each Sunday Mass.

In fact, one parishioner after an 8:30 a.m. Mass asked me, “Father, when are you going to address the

Sunday Mass issue?” The same conversation is also happening at Our Lady of Good Hope Parish (OLGH)

where they are changing to only one Sunday Mass beginning on Easter Sunday. The time has come for us

to move forward as well. As parish leaders, we are fully aware how difficult it is to change. We are all in

this together desiring to make decisions which are beneficial to our parish community as well as within

our cluster and the larger Archdiocese.

Over 25 years ago, the standard used in our Archdiocese for combining Sunday Masses was basically:

any Mass less than half full (to capacity of the church building) was to be combined with another Sunday

Mass. Over the past number of months, our 8:30 a.m. Mass has averaged 60-80 people and the 10:30

a.m. Mass has averaged 125-150 people, give or take. Officially, we report the numbers twice a year to

the Archdiocese. The reality is that we do not have the numbers to sustain our two Sunday Masses.

While OLGH will be instituting their Mass change on Easter Sunday, I am looking to change St.

Bernadette’s Mass schedule on Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2014, seeing that our numbers are

affected even more by summer traveling. Therefore, going forward we would offer one Saturday evening

Mass and one Sunday morning Mass.

The question remains, “What is the best time for our Sunday morning Mass?” Please offer us your

suggestions within this coming week. I have been discussing this change with Fr. Mike, the Pastor of

OLGH, and Debbie Hintz, the Parish Director of St. Catherine Parish. The greater wisdom surrounding this

change may be to decide this together with OLGH – having a Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. at OLGH and a 10:30

a.m. Mass at St. Bernadette, so that in the not too distant future, both Masses could be served by one

and the same priest. Realizing that the future plan for our cluster of parishes in 2020 is to have one priest

serving all three parishes, I believe that we need to move in the direction of greater collaboration within

our parishes. After consulting the Parish Council and other parish leaders at OLGH, Fr. Mike informed me

that they are willing to shift their morning Mass to 9 a.m. if we are willing to keep our Sunday Mass at

10:30 a.m. If we were to decide at this moment to have our Sunday Mass at another time such as at 9:30

a.m. or 10 a.m., it would then mean that the Mass schedule would have to be readjusted once again

whenever there is a further reduction in the number of priests serving our three parishes. In summary, it

seems most logical to align our Sunday Mass together with that of OLGH Parish.

In life, there are times and moments when it is necessary to address the reality that is before us, and

ultimately be called upon to make tough decisions. It is most important that we focus our efforts on

praying well, remaining welcoming and hospitable to all who come through our doors, offering fellowship

gatherings and continuing outreach in Christ’s name to those around us. May the Holy Spirit always

guide and sustain us in caring for the mission of the greater Church!