212 Church St. East Cologne, MN 55322 323 Reform St. North

Norwood Young America, MN 55368 Contact Information Fr. Gregory Abbott, Pastor Rectory & Parish Office ..952-466-2031 Fax ………………….…..952-466-3319 Parish Information E-mail: parishinfo@st-bernard-cologne.org Bookkeeper E-mail: bookkeeper@st-bernard-cologne.org Bulletin E-mail: bulletin@st-bernard-cologne.org School Building ………952-466-5917 Website ... www.st-bernard-cologne.org Convent ………………...952-466-5620

Parish Office Hours: Monday, Tues day & Wednesday 9am-1pm.

Trustees Leonard Hoen …...……...952-466-2088 Andrew Kleindl.……...…952-442-9282

Finance Council Chairperson Bernie J. Shambour…… 952-466-5928

Parish Council Chairperson

Carol Symanitz……….…651-331-8665

Faith Formation Coordinator FaithFormation@ st-bernard-cologne.org

Ladies Guild President Monica Kooiman ………952-466-5769

Prayer Chain Patsy Quinn….. …………952-466-3304 Lori Kasel ..lori.kasel@embarqmail.com

Adoration Coordinator Helen Nicklaus …………952-466-2000

Catholic United Financial Helen Hilgers ………..…952-466-5567

CHURCH OF

THE ASCENSION

ST. BERNARD CHURCH

Contact Information Fr. Gregory Abbott, Pastor Rectory & Parish Office-952-467-3351 Website ……www.ascensionnya.org Email:ascensionnya@embarqmail.com

Parish Office Hours: Mon. , Tues., Thurs., & Fri. 10 am—2pm. Trustees Gary Widmer ………….952-467-3082 John (Jack) Lano .……..952-467-3765

Parish Council Chairperson Brian Willems ….……...952-467-9654

Communion for Homebound Rita Fahey……………..952-467-6478

DRE for 6th—10th Grades Julie Kleindl…………...952-807-3522

DRE for Pre-k-5th Grades Kara Wickenhauser……952-466-4719

Prayer Chain Carol Donnay …………952-467-2183 Lucy Kostecka ………..952-467-2576 E-mail: Ascensionprays@aol.com Adoration Coordinator Jan Johnson……………952-412-4900 Music Liturgy Marilee Widmer ……..952-467-3082 Social Hall Bookings Parish Office …..………952-467-3351 Catholic United Financial Dennis Stoks …………952-240-5001 Knights of Columbus-Grand Knight Donald Whitaker 952-454-1611

Bulletin Co-editors Patricia Quinn……….……..952-466-3304 E-mail …bulletin@st-bernard-cologne.org

David Dettmann …………...952-467-2268 E-mail..daveannerichkarlemma@msn.com

Joint Bulletin published weekly at: www.ascensionnya.org &

www.st-bernard-cologne.org

SACRAMENTS Baptisms:

By appointment. Marriage Arrangements

The couple should contact the priest as soon as they become engaged.

They must meet with the priest twice before setting a marriage date. These two meetings need to be completed 6 months before the

proposed date. Sacrament of Reconciliation

Ascension—Sat. 4:15—4:45 pm.

St. Bernard —Mon. 8:30 am. Sat. 7:15—7:45 pm. Additionally by appointment.

Communion for Homebound Call parish office.

Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office at any time.

MASS SCHEDULE Ascension-Weekend-Sat. 5 pm. Sun. 8 am.

Weekday –Tuesday & Friday 7:15 am.

St. Bernard-Weekend-Sat. 8 pm. Sun. 10am. Weekday–Monday & Wednesday 8:00 am.

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – NOVEMBER 8, 2015

SCRIPTURE READINGS For the week of Nov. 8, 2015 –Nov. 14, 2015

11/8 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kgs 17:10-16 * Ps 146:6-7,8-9,9-10 * Heb 9:24-28 * Mk 12:38-44. 11/9 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 * Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 * 1 Cor 3:9c-11,16-17 * Jn 2:13-22. 11/10 St. Leo the Great: Wis 2:23—3:9 * Ps 34:2-3,16-17,18-19 * Lk 17:7-10. 11/11 St. Martin of Tours: Wis 6:1-11 * Ps 82:3-4,6-7 * Lk 17:11-19. 11/12 St. Josaphat: Wis 7:22b—8:1 * Ps 119:89,90,91,130,135,175 * Lk 17:20-25. 11/13 St. Frances Zavier Cabrini: Wis 13:1-9 * Ps 19:2-3,4-5 * Lk 17:26-37. 11/14 (BVM): Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9 * Ps 105:2-3,36-37,42-43 * Lk 18:1-8. Copyright 2014 by Creative Communications for the Parish. Used with permission.

CALENDAR FOR ASCENSION AND ST. BERNARDS’ PARISHES

Today--At Ascension-CUF Turkey Bingo in the social hall from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Nov. 12 -Thurs.-8:00 am -8:00 pm-Eucharistic Adoration at Ascension. Nov. 13-Fri.-10:15 am: Mass at the Harbor. All are welcome. Nov. 15-Knights of Columbus council 2506 breakfast is set for Sunday, November 15th at St. Joseph parish Center in Waconia. Serving time is 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The council supports St. Bernard, St. Victoria, and St. Jo-seph. Nov. 19–EARLY DEADLINE FOR THE BULLETIN FOR THE WEEKEND OF NOV. 28/29. ALL ITEMS MUST BE IN BY NOON. Nov. 20—At St. Bernard's-Come and bring your family for an hour of Family Adoration on November 20 at 6:00 pm. Laid back and family friendly; all are welcome to come. Nov. 21, Sat. At St. Bernard-Christmas Ba-zaar Luncheon 11:00am to 1:00pm. Crafts, baked goods, Christmas Candy, Christmas Cookies, Quilt Raffle. Thanksgiving is November 26th. Please pur-chase an extra item or two while you are gro-cery shopping to donate to the West Carver County Food Shelf. Items urgently needed: Canned Vegeta-bles (especially corn), Canned meats, Tuna, Rice, Noodles, Beans (all kinds), Pasta, Spa-ghe sauce, Soups, Jell-O, Puddings, Diapers (size 3, 4, & 5), Tooth Paste, tooth brushes, Toilet Paper, Paper towels.

Prayer of Thanksgiving Thank you Lord for the gift of our family. We love and treasure our time together

for we see how fast the days fly by. Please be with us in our eating and sharing this day

and everyday so we may come away nourished in body and soul.

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Lord. Amen.

Thank You

On behalf of our parishes I offer thanks to all who planned and assisted at our annual Anointing Mass on October 24th at Ascension and our annual All Souls Memorial Mass on November 2nd at St. Ber-nard. Between the two Masses about 150 people attended with a good number enjoying fellowship and refreshment after each Mass. At the October 24th Mass about 40 parishioners received the Sacra-ment of Anointing of the Sick. We were blessed to have The Harbor van operated by Dean Johnson of-fer rides to some of the elderly. Parishioners also assisted the elderly who came in wheelchairs or with walking aids. On November 2nd we remembered, gave thanks to God and prayed for our departed loved ones, especially for the 14 individuals who were buried and/or had funerals celebrated at our parishes, including Fr. Gerald Keefe, the former Pas-tor of St. Bernard. I received numerous responses of gratitude from those who attended these Masses. I am grateful for the assistance of so many parishioners without whom it couldn’t have happened. You were the hands and feet of Jesus reaching out to the elderly, ill, bereaved, and souls in purgatory. Jesus says to you: ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40

Thanks for helping strengthen our parish family through these family prayer opportunities!

THE 3 LEGGED STOOL Family Meals + Family Prayer + Sunday Mass = Stronger Families AND Stronger Marriages

LEG #2 FAMILY PRAYER

Smile e, Jesus loves U, Fr. Gregory

Church of St. Bernard Cologne, MN

We are looking for someone to do snowplowing this winter. For more information contact

the parish office. 952-466-2031 Ext 241.

CSA Update Your donations to the Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) are greatly appreciated! We are well on our way, with 79 donors giving $9388. The pledges continue to be counted and added to our parish goal as they come in. As a parish, we will receive 25% back for parish min-istries when we meet our goal, which is $10,716.00. Thank You. Fr. Gregory

News to share about Sister Jancy and Sister Parnitha Sister Jancy is a Pastoral Minister at Mary Mother of the Church in Burnsville. The parish has about 1700 fami-lies, so is quite a bit larger than St. Bernard's. She brings Communion to people in several nursing homes, and to people in Fairview Hospital, and she loves her job. Sister Pranitha works at the Augustana Health Care Cen-ter. Sister went to school nursing assistant degree, so that is able to work in a nursing home. and just loves it. They both live in a home owned by the church and they are very comfortable there. They have their own rooms, a kitchen, sitting room, bathroom, dining room and a chapel. The home is not right on the church property, but pretty close, so they can get to work and to church easily.

The Church address is: 3333 East Cliff Road, Burnsville, MN 55378

Sister Jancy's phone #: 952-890-0045 ext. 234

Prayers: Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Lorraine Wickenhauser, mother of Bob Wickenhauser who passed away recently. May she rest in peace.

The St. Bernard's Ladies Guild Christmas Bazaar and luncheon is scheduled for Saturday Nov. 21st. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm. In the school Cafeteria. Start getting your craft items together and looking thru your recipes for baked goods, candy and other Christmas goodies. Your support is great appreciated. In today’s bulletin is an insert of Quilt raffle tickets. Please sell/purchase a sheet of tickets for the beautiful quilt. Raf-fle tickets can be turned in to the collection plate in a separate envelope marked “Quilt Raffle”.

Church of the Ascension Norwood Young America, MN

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 4:15-4:45 pm

MASS AT THE HARBOR Mass at The Harbor will be held the second Friday of

each month at 10:15 am. All are welcome.

Anyone in need of Mercy?? There is an image of Jesus as Divine Mercy in the entryway. Nearly 100 years ago, Jesus appeared to

St. Faustina with this request: tell the world of My love & mercy. He gave her some short prayers to accompany

the image. We are making this image and its prayers available parishioners to have in your homes for a week

or two, whatever works for you. The chaplet prayer takes only 6 minutes, and we would ask you to pray it daily before the image as a family/couple/individual. The phone number is there with the image for you to

arrange to get it. It is especially appropriate for the

upcoming Year of Mercy. For more info or to sign up to have the image in your home,

please call Mary Kelly at 952-353-2633.

STEWARDSHIP Last weekend was our Stewardship Commitment

Weekend. You should have received a letter, an As-cension Ministries Brochure, and a Time and Talent

Response Form in the mail this week. Please take time to consider how you can offer your time, talent and

treasure. Then, fill out the Time and Talent Response Form and bring it to Mass next weekend. Completed

forms can be placed in the “Stewardship Basket” in the back of church or can be placed in the collection bas-

ket. Thank you for being a part of this parish and offering your gifts to God!

For any questions please contact the Stewardship Committee.

Sue Tellers 952-467-3274, Jan Pouliot 952-467-2259, Marlene Robinson 952-467-3990, Wendell & Joan Stuewe 952-467-2964, Sherry Witte 952-467-3998,

Gary & Marilee Widmer 952-467-3082

“CCHD is one way that we as faith communities can live our faith and work together to end poverty. I have learned that the people of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Min-

neapolis have always been generous supporters of CCHD, and many local anti-poverty groups have benefited from that generosity. Please continue that tradition by supporting this year’s CCHD collection.”

(Archbishop Bernard Hebda) This collection will be taken on Nov. 21-22nd

Ladies Lunch Wednesday, November 18th. Desti-nation to be determined. Call Patsy Wells at 952-466-2000 if you plan to attend, also if you need a ride and where to meet for lunch. Hope to see you there.

CHURCH OF ST. BERNARD STEWARDSHIP OF TIME

AND LITURGY SCHEDULE November 9, 2015 through November 15, 2015

LECTORS: Saturday 8:00pm. Roger Storms Sunday 10:00am. Rob Wickenhauser SERVERS: Weekdays: Weekday Mass servers Saturday 800pm. Amy Wickenhauser & Corin Schwartz Sunday 10:00am. Ben & Brandon Wickenhauser EUCHARISTIC MINISTER Saturday 8:00 pm Carol Hoen Sunday 10:00am Bernie Shambour USHERS: Saturday 8:00pm Ralph Laumann & Bob Rademacher Sunday 10:00 am. Vern Elke & Bob Wickenhauser GREETERS: Saturday 8pm. Marcy Wickenhauser Sunday 10:00 am. Brian Vos GIFT BEARERS: Saturday 8:00 pm. Volunteers Sunday 10:00 am. Volunteers MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS: Saturday Nov. 7 8:00 pm. People of the Parish Sunday Nov. 8 10:00 am. †Donald Beckrich Monday Nov. 9 8:00 am. Theresa Zlotkowski Tuesday Nov. 10 No Mass Wednesday Nov.11 8:00am. A, C & G Thursday Nov. 12 No Mass Friday Nov. 13 8:00 am. No Mass Saturday Nov. 14 8:00 pm. †George Storm Sunday Nov. 15 10:00 am. People of the Parish

Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday 8:30 a.m.; Saturday: 7:15-7:45 p.m.

Stewardship of Treasure Budget for Week 3,408.60 Contributions 10-28-27 through 11-3-15 3,643.40 Total Actual Collection YTD 54,183.56 YTD Collection Over (Under) Budget (11,284.04)

Forward in Faith Envelope Income 207.00 Electronic Donations 50.00 Forward in Faith Total 257.00

CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION STEWARSHIP OF TIME

November 9 through November 15 SERVERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Karl Dettmann, Joe Simons Sun. 8:00 am: Ben and Zach Gallus LECTORS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Ann Dettmann Sun. 8:00 am: Jan Pouliot EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Steve Lemmer Sun. 8:00 am: Lucy Kostecka COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND Nov. 8: Anita & Michael Harrison Nov. 15: Tim & Rita Fahey USHERS FOR NOVEMBER Sat. 5:00 pm: Larry& Mike Simons Sunday 8:00 am: Steve Coyle & Eugene Dvorak SACRISTAN: Sat. 5:00 pm: Tamara Lemmer Sun. 8:00 am: Kathy Kloempken GREETERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Sheila Hart Sun. 8:00 am: Lisa Whitaker MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS Monday Nov. 8 No Mass Tues. Nov. 10 7:15 am Sandy Landis † Wednesday Nov. 11 No Mass Thursday Nov. 12 No Mass Friday Nov. 13 7:15 am Jerome Fischer† Sat. Nov. 14 5:00 pm Clarence Green † Sunday Nov. 15 8:00 am All Parishioners

Weekly Collection Report Totals for November 1, 2015

Weekly Operating Budget: $2,963.00 Contributions: $1,872.00 E-Giving: $ —- Weekly Budget YTD: $53,334.00 Actual Collection YTD: $47,020.40 YTD Collected Over (Under) Budget ($6,313.60) Capital Improvement Envelopes: $70.00 Capital Improvement-E-Giving: $ —- Capital Improvement YTD: $3,220.00