M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Saint Bernard’s is a Roman Catholic parish providing vital services to the diverse North End community of St. Paul.

As we extend the hand of welcome to all, our mission is to learn, love, and live the challenging Word of Jesus Christ, offering parishioners and neighbors direction and support at every phase of their faith journey.

CHURCH OF

Mass Schedule

Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am

Weekday Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am

Confessions

Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass

Parish Staff

Pastor Reverend Ivan Sant

Associate Priest Reverend Joseph Kureh

Parish Administrator Karen Cronin Secretary Gloria Nava RCIA and Missionary Internship Program Alonna Mertz Refugee Liaison Hsawreh Sharpoehtay Refugee Liaison Assistant Julia Marksue Music Director Mary Beth Redmond Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson

Parish Office

Phone: (651) 488-6733 Fax: (651) 489-9203 Website: www.stbernardstpaul.org

Facebook Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Saint Bernard’s is a Roman Catholic parish providing vital services to the diverse North End community of St. Paul.

As we extend the hand of welcome to all, our mission is to learn, love, and live the challenging Word of Jesus Christ, offering parishioners and neighbors direction and support at every phase of their faith journey.

CHURCH OF

Mass Schedule

Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am

Weekday Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am

Confessions

Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass

Parish Staff

Pastor Reverend Ivan Sant

Associate Priest Reverend Joseph Kureh

Parish Administrator Karen Cronin Secretary Gloria Nava RCIA and Missionary Internship Program Alonna Mertz Refugee Liaison Hsawreh Sharpoehtay Refugee Liaison Assistant Julia Marksue Music Director Mary Beth Redmond

Parish Office

Phone: (651) 488-6733 Fax: (651) 489-9203 Website: www.stbernardstpaul.org

Facebook Page: Parish Life at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN

CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARD

1160 WOODBRIDGE STREET • SAINT PAUL, MN 55117

One block west of Rice Street on Geranium Avenue

MARCH 18TH, 2018 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT

Parish Staff Pastor

Reverend Ivan Sant

Associate Priest

Reverend Joseph Kureh

Parish Administrator Karen Cronin

Secretary Gloria Nava

RCIA and Missionary

Internship Program Alonna Mertz

Refugee Liaison Hsawreh Sharpoehtay

Music Director Mary Beth Redmond

Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson

Parish Office Phone: (651) 488-6733

Fax: (651) 489-9203

Website: www.stbernardstpaul.org

Facebook Page: Parish Life at

St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN

Mass Schedule Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm

Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday

Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am

Confessions Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass

Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Saint Bernard’s is a Roman Catholic parish providing vital services to the diverse North End community of St. Paul.

As we extend the hand of welcome to all, our mission is to learn, love, and live the challenging Word of Jesus Christ, offering parishioners and neighbors direction and support at every phase of their faith journey.

Parish Staff Pastor

Reverend Ivan Sant

Associate Priest

Reverend Joseph Kureh

Parish Administrator Karen Cronin

Secretary Gloria Nava

RCIA and Missionary

Internship Program Alonna Mertz

Refugee Liaison Hsawreh Sharpoehtay

Music Director Mary Beth Redmond

Assistant Music Director Grace Thompson

Parish Office Phone: (651) 488-6733

Fax: (651) 489-9203

Website: www.stbernardstpaul.org

Facebook Page: Parish Life at

St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN

Mass Schedule Saturday 8:30 am & 4:00 pm

Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 am

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday

Monday-Saturday - Mass at 8:30 am

Confessions Mondays after the 8:30 am Mass

Saturdays 3:30 and after the 4:00 pm Mass

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A WORD FROM FR. IVAN

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

What’s going on in our Parish.

Catechesis of the NeoCatechumenal Way. I continue to invite you to come and listen to the

preaching of the Good News on Mondays and Thursdays in the Grade School Building at 7pm.

Holy Hour Adoration. Come and spend time of silence with the One who knows you and wants to speak to your

heart. Prayer is the oxygen of our soul. Adoration is held every Thursday during Lent at 6pm in the church.

Stations of the Cross. Every Friday of Lent at 5pm (English), 5:30pm (Karenni) and 7pm (Spanish). Come and

live the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Healing Mass. A Mass of the Anointing of the Sick, will be held Tuesday, March 20th at 10:30am. The

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick strengthens our soul and body in the midst of sickness and old age.

Fish Fry. The Lenten Fish Fry is back again at St. Bernard’s, on Friday, March 23rd from 5-7pm. Please be sure

to RSVP in the back of the Church if you would like to attend. You can also use the last page of the bulletin to

RSVP.

Men’s Club Spaghetti Dinner: Saturday, March 24 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Please see the bulletin insert for

more details.

Holy Week Schedule

Chrism Mass March 22: At the Cathedral at 7pm

Holy Thursday March 29: Morning Prayer at 8:30am (in the Church)

The Lord’s Supper Mass at 7:30pm

Good Friday March 30: Morning Prayer at 8:30am (in the Church)

Passion of Christ (Adoration of the Cross) 3pm

Passion of Christ (in Karenni) 5pm

Passion of Christ (Spanish) 7pm

Holy Saturday March 31: Morning Prayer at 8:30am

Easter Vigil starts at 7:30pm

Easter Sunday April 1: Masses at 8am & 10:30am & 1:30 (Spanish)

God bless! Wishing you a blessed Sunday.

Fr. Ivan Sant FrIvanSant@churchofstbernard-stp.org

Mass Readings for the

Week of March 18th:

Sunday: Jer 31:31-34/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 12:20-33

Monday; 2 Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16/Rom 4:13,

16-18,22/Mt 1:1—16,18-21,24a

Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30

Wednesday: Dt 3:14-20,91-92,95/Jn 8:31-42

Thursday: Gn 17:.3-9/Jn 8:51-59

Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42

Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jn 11:45-56

Sunday: Mk 11:1-10/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/

Mk 14:1-15:47

Mass Intentions

Saturday March 17

8:30am † Leonard Diorne

4:00pm † Linda Johnson

Sunday March 18 5th Sunday of Lent

8:00 am Bob Stiever

10:30am Jim LaClair

1:30pm (Spanish) †

Monday March 19

8:30 am † Bonnie Swanson

Tuesday March 20

10:30 am Louanne Phillips Healing Mass

Wednesday March 21

8:30 am † Carol Rice Thursday March 22

8:30 am Connie Larivee

Friday March 23

8:30 am Louis Wetting

Saturday March 24

8:30am †

4:00pm † Linda Johnson

Sunday March 25 Palm Sunday

8:00 am †

10:30am † Caroline Klein

1:30pm (Spanish) †

Capital Campaign Update The remaining balance needed to repair both bell

towers this spring is $63,709 . New Pledge/Payments

James Michna

Brian and Carrie Weisman

Bradshaw Funeral and Cremation Services Additional Pledges/Payments

Your Reh and Baw Meh

James and Elizabeth Leach

Robert Sheehan

Leslie and Judy Sheehan

Pauline Thompson

Jacquelyn Harringer

Mary Jo Kitto

James and Mary Jo Rehberger

Janice and Donald Bunde

Conrad Preiner

Virginia Reinhardt

John and Mary Thoemke

Mary Kujawa

Angie Vargas

Terry and Jeanne Palmer

Hsawreh and Saymeh Sharpoehtay Please continue to consider adding to your pledge or

making a first time pledge/payment. We are so close

to what we need. Hopefully, we will hear the bells by summertime!

Prayer Line

Please call Shirley at (651) 488-6330

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Parish News & Events

Please pray for the sick and

homebound: Rosie Lynch

Lloyd Anderson Lorraine Eheim

Devra Shepherd Bob Rauen

Lucille Biron Yur Reh

George Kramlinger Joan Loya

Stations of the Cross Every Friday of Lent at: 5pm English 5:30pm Karenni 7pm Spanish

Lenten Holy Hour

Every Thursday of Lent

at 6pm

COME AND LISTEN ALL ARE INVITED (12 years & up)

Every Monday and Thursday @

7:00 PM

In St. Bernard’s Grade School

Building

FREE BABYSITTING AVAILABLE

Palm Sunday

Procession

Will take place on Sunday,

March 25 starting at 9:30am in

the parking lot of the Parish Center.

Procession will go through our neighborhood and ar-

rives in the church for the 10:30am mass.

Healing Mass

Anointing of the Sick

within Mass

On Tuesday March 20th

@10:30am

There will be no 8:30am Mass on that day

Communal Lenten/Easter

Penance Celebration

Sunday March 25 @ 4pm

In the Church

This Sunday Second Collection For

Global Solidarity Combined collection for Catholic Relief Services. Soli-

darity with Africa, Aid to the Church in Central and

Eastern Europe and the Church in Latin America.

The Festivities committee will be hosting a

“Back To Sugar” bake sale April 7th and 8

th fol-

lowing all masses. Bakers - we will gladly accept

your sweet goods before all masses to sell after

masses.

Friendship Sunday is canceled for this Sunday only.

Due to the activities going on this Sunday in the Parish

Center, we are cancelling the doughnuts and coffee for

this Sunday only.

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Friday, March 23

Parish Center – 5PM to 7PM

Cost - $12/person (presale, limited walk- in)

Dinner menu includes: 5oz. breaded cod filet, roasted pota-

toes, green beans, coleslaw, dessert, beverage

Detach and return this slip along with payment in

the weekly collection basket no later than

March 18:

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Name _________________________

Phone _______________

Number of guests _____

Payment enclosed $ __________