MAY 29, 2016 · THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

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: 10:30AM

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30PM

Fridays: 8:00AM

Wednesdays & Holy Days: Check bulletin

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)

Readings for the Week of May 29, 2016

Sunday: Gn 14:18-20/1 Cor 11:23-26/Lk 9:11b-17

Monday: 2 Pt 1:2-7/Mk 12:1-12

Tuesday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56

Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Mk 12:18-27

Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34

Friday: Ez 34:11-16/Rom 5:5b-11/Lk 15:3-7

Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8/Lk 2:41-51

Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:17-24/Gal 1:11-19/Lk 7:11-17

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2016: Most Holy Body & Blood of

Christ

10:30AM For all the parishioners

MONDAY, MAY 30, 2016 No Mass TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016: Visitation of Mary 5:30PM †Mary Ann Buehner WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016: St. Justin 8:00AM †Bob Repinski THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016: Sts. Marcellinus & Peter 5:30PM †Joseph Buehner FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 8:30AM Graduation prayer service/ceremony SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016: Immaculate Heart of Mary 1:00PM Garhart-Bottom wedding 5:00PM For all the parishioners SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30AM †Janet Lemke †Rita Burns †Alvin Winefeld

PARISH LIFE Sunday, May 29, 2016 - No Bingo Monday, May 30, 2016 - Happy Memorial Day: Their lives = our freedom - Parish and school offices closed - Mass at St. Catherine, 9:00AM - Memorial Day flag ceremony, 9:00AM at OLGH Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - June 5th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing - Knights of Columbus info meeting, 7:00 to 8:00PM in the cafeteria Thursday, June 2, 2016 - Parish staff meeting, 11:30AM in the parish office - Choir rehearsal, 7:00 to 9:00PM in the church Friday, June 3, 2016 - 8th grade graduation prayer service and ceremony, 8:30AM in the

church - June 4th pulpit announcements deadline: 12:00PM Saturday, June 4, 2016 - Garhart-Bottom wedding, 1:00PM - Sacrament of Reconciliation, 4:00PM - Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria - Boy Scout Troop 7 first aid kit sale, after Mass Sunday, June 5, 2016 - Blood pressure screening, after Mass, in the cafeteria - Boy Scout Troop 7 first aid kit sale, after Mass - Festival Committee meeting, 11:30AM in the cafeteria - Bingo, 6:00PM/7:00PM in the cafeteria

Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

May 29, 2016

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

First aid kit sale Please support tri-parish Boy Scout Troop 7 in their first aid kit

fundraiser sale. They will be selling many different types of first

response first aid kits that are Red Cross certified. The kits are

perfect for home, car, hiking, office, et cetera. Scouts will be taking

orders after Masses on June 4-5. The sale goes until June 6. Like the

Scout motto says: “Be prepared!”

Don’t miss the fun! Our Parish Festival will take place June 17, 18, and 19.

Go to the Festival page at www.stbweb.com to see all the

exciting things happening at this year’s festival. We need

your help. Please consider making a donation:

item for the auction

barrel sponsorship

clean out your rummage and bring it to Aunt Thrifty’s

Rummage Sale

gift cards (gas, food, etc.)

a case of water

12-pack of soda

Items can be left on the Rest-A-While bench or brought to the parish

office. Monetary donations can be dropped in the collection basket or

sent to the parish office. Thank you for your help!

Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick:

All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer

Please Remember in Your Prayers

Frank Reitl, 05-12-16 Donald Strelecki, 03-07-16

Mary Schwartz, 04-15-16 Robert Burns, 02-23-16

Peter Picciolo, 04-05-16 John Radtke, 02-03-16

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

Stewardship Report

Weekend Collection May 21 and 22, 2016 Envelopes ...........................................................$2,090.00 Offertory ................................................................ $256.00

Fiscal YTD ............................................. $218,207.00 Last Fiscal YTD ................................... $227,040.00

In today’s Gospel, the disciples suggest

that Jesus disperse the crowd so that they might

individually seek food and lodging. The miracle

of the feeding of the five thousand is Jesus’

powerful reminder that when we share our gifts

in His name there is always more than enough!

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ As we celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, let us

congratulate the children of our parish who have received First

Communion this year:

Rebekah Geier, at St. Bernadette, 04/30/16

Brady Jozwiak, at St. Agnes, 05/01/16

Vincent Knapp, at St. Bernadette, 04/30/16

The Joy of Love book study If you would like to take a closer look at Pope

Francis’s latest book, The Joy of Love, consider joining

the Tuesday morning study group (8:30-9:30) or the

Wednesday evening study group (6:30-7:30). The

groups will meet each Tuesday and Wednesday in

June. The Joy of Love and a study guide by Bill

Huebsch will be provided for your small group use or

they may be purchased for $10. Contact Lorrie Maples

at 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or MaplesL@archmil.org

for more information or to sign up.

Keeping children, teens, and vulnerable

adults safe If you are a parent or a friend of someone whom you want to keep

safe from people who seek to harm him/her, you will want to know

the warning signs of abuse and the steps you can take to prevent it

and protect the people you love. Please come to a workshop on

Saturday, June 11, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM in the Granville Room at

St. Catherine. Contact Lorrie Maples at 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or

MaplesL@archmil.org for more information or to sign up.

Human Concerns Year of Mercy Tours At the tri-parish Lenten retreat, Bishop Sklba encouraged us to reach

out into our own community to show compassion and care. This

summer, the Tri-parish Human Concerns Committee is sponsoring

tours of three charitable organizations that we currently support so

that more of us can understand their ministries.

On June 18, we will see the work of the Christ Child Society’s resale

shop, 4033 West Good Hope Road. Park in Our Lady of Good Hope’s

front lot. Meet at the store at 10:00AM for a presentation and shopping

opportunity. Contact Linda Nugent (414-526-5510) with questions.

Our newest Eagle Scout Congratulations to Evan Bruss, of tri-parish Boy

Scout Troop 7, who earned his Eagle Scout rank in

March. He is the 51st Eagle Scout from Troop 7.

Congratulations to our

Calendar Raffle winners 05/18/16 Jason Brown

05/19/16 Cathy Fenhouse

05/20/16 Linda Nugent

05/21/16 Carmen Rivera

05/22/16 Pam Muencheberg

05/23/16 Jeff Frailing

05/24/16 Donna Lipski

Wedding Banns

Sonya Marie Garhart & Andrew Ernest Bottom

June 4, 2016

Summer Action Retreat Saint Lawrence Seminary High School in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin,

is offering a Summer Action Retreat for boys in grades 7, 8, and 9 on

June 20-23. This year’s retreat focuses on “Loving Like Jesus.” In the

spirit of St. Francis, the retreat reflects on the role of service,

community living, and personal prayer with Jesus in order to learn

to love like Him. The $50 registration fee will be paid for any parish

youth who is interested. Contact the parish office by June 13.

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A newsletter devoted to the Archdiocesan Synod ignite • renew • energize • ignite • renew • energize • ignite • renew • energize

By now many of you know my 3 priorities for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, but just in case, here they are again – Catholic Identity, Evangelization, and Stewardship.

Our fundamental identity is Catholic. It is the perfect and fullest expression of who we are. Evangelization is what we do. We proclaim the Good News of Jesus and his Church to a lost and wounded world. And Stewardship is how we do it. In thanksgiving and sacrifice, we place our God-given resources at the service of living as Catholic evangelists at home, work, and in society.

These are my 3 priorities as your Archbishop, not because they are of my own making, but because they are the priorities of Jesus and the Church that he founded. By advancing these priorities, we stand on the shoulders of the many prophets, saints, and martyrs that have gone before us, and assure the continuing growth of the Catholic Church in our own day and in the life of future generations.

Indeed these three are the timeless and true priorities of the Church that Jesus founded, but we must be careful not to view them as abstract concepts relevant only to our institutional history, or assume they are primarily the work of those in formal Church leadership roles. The priorities of Catholic Identity, Evangelization, and

Stewardship are to be embodied deeply and personally by each one of us.

To put it another way, we can assert that Catholic Identity, Evangelization, and Stewardship are not simply “labels,” but actually an active and integrated personal “lifestyle.” Ultimately they should define our identity and motivate our lives. They are the recipe for lives of holiness. They are the hallmarks of that lifestyle to which all of us are called by Jesus – a lifestyle of “intentional discipleship.”

And how do we grow into this calling and lifestyle of intentional discipleship? As has always been the case, this can only happen in and through the Church whose primary mission is to “make disciples.” The Church invites us to encounter Jesus and grow as disciples through her rich sacramental life. As a “school of discipleship,” she then sends out intentional disciples to proclaim Christ and make new disciples. As Pope Francis and his predecessors remind us, the Church is “permanently in a state of mission,” calling and forming intentional disciples who are sent to go and make new disciples (Joy of the Gospel, #25). This is the Church fulfilling her missionary identity – calling, forming, and sending Catholics who evangelize through their God-given gifts.

The Church is “permanently in a state of mission”

Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki

Proclaim ChristSacramental Life of the Church.

and Make Disciplesthrough the

Echoing the teaching of Jesus and his Church, Archbishop Listecki calls us to lives of intentional discipleship. But what is that exactly? Put simply, it is the call to be 24/7 Catholics who share the Good News of Jesus through our God-given gifts.

But Intentional discipleship doesn’t just happen. It’s a lifetime journey of conversion and commitment. There are many twists and trials along the way. Luckily, Jesus and his Church give us a simple five-part roadmap for finding our way.

The Departure Point: Meet Jesus

Our first step is to encounter Jesus personally and see how he is the answer to all of our needs. This is meeting Jesus and discovering that he, and he alone, is the Lord and Savior of our lives. This encounter reorders our priorities and changes the trajectory of our lives. We hear and decide to follow his call.

The Journey Point: Know Jesus

Next we walk with Jesus in his Church to get to know him. We stay close to him and let him teach us the words

and ways of his Father’s Kingdom. Desiring to know him more and more, we intentionally seek out encounters with Jesus through prayer, scripture, Mass, Reconciliation, service and community.

The Surrender Point: Become Jesus

Now the big change happens! We go from knowing Jesus to surrendering our lives to him. We begin to die and he rises in us. Our lives become his life and our goals become his mission. We move into deep union with him and let him use us for

his purpose and will. Through the Spirit, we become Jesus.

The Mission Point: Give Jesus

As mature intentional disciples, we now let Jesus send us to proclaim his Name and his Good News to the people in our lives.

We are evangelizers who give him away. We reach and call people to meet, know, become, and give Jesus. The cycle of discipleship repeats and expands.

The Destination Point: See Jesus

What directs, sustains, and completes our journey is the Beatific Vision – seeing Jesus face-to-face. Gazing eternally upon the Trinity in heaven is our ultimate destination.

Evangelization resources such as the Catholic ID pass-along cards are available free of charge for Catholic parishes, schools and organizations in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Simply visit www.archmil.org/iEvangelizeMKE to place your order.

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Growing as a Catholic Intentional Disciple:A Roadmap for the Journey

I a m a n I N T E N T I O N A L D I S C I P L E

o f J E S U S C H R I S T

CATHOLIC ID

PRAYER – Spend time with Jesus in prayer dailySCRIPTURE – Listen to Jesus speak through Scripture dailyMASS – Encounter Jesus in the Eucharist at Mass oftenRECONCILIATION – Seek Jesus’ mercy in Reconciliation oftenSERVICE – Serve Jesus in the poor and outcast oftenPARISH FAMILY – Share your gifts and talents with your parish

The six habits ofCatholic Intentional DiscipleshipPracticing Your “Catholic I.D.”

Did YouKNOW?

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Following the Synod, which was held almost two years ago on Pentecost weekend (June 6-8, 2014), Archbishop Jerome Listecki appointed the Archdiocesan Synod Implementation Commission (ASIC) to advise him and guide the Synod implementation process.

Since then “Pastoral Priority Teams” have been formed to develop implementation strategies in the five main areas that came out of the Synod:

• Mission and Leadership

• Evangelization and the Sunday Mass

• Multigenerational Catholic Identity Formation

• Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelization

• Social Justice Issues

These teams have begun to plan initiatives that address the main Synod priorities. The initial focus has been on Evangelization and the Sunday Mass – the area that received the most number of votes at the Synod. The other teams are developing plans that will be introduced in the future.

A list of the pastoral priority team members can be found by on the archdiocesan website. Visit www.archmil.org and search “Synod Implementation Teams.”

Synod Implementation TeamsLeaders on a Mission, for a Church on a Mission

Prayer for the Mission of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Almighty and ever living God, we praise you and we bless you, for you are great indeed!

Grant, we pray, as on that first Pentecost, that tongues of fire may descend upon us, and that the driving wind of your Holy Spirit may blow boldly into our hearts.

Loving God, we ask you, make us effective and holy witnesses of the death and resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, increase our faith through the sacramental life of the Church, grant us courage to follow you as faithful disciples.Embolden us, O God, so that we may go forth to proclaim your Gospel and renew the face of the earth.

In this Archdiocese of Milwaukee, we humbly pray for strength and fortitude to follow your great commission: to go and make disciples of all people, living our faith through word and deed.

Through the intercession of St. John the Evangelist, patron of the archdiocese, and Mary, Mother of the Church, we ask all this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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Me parece que ya muchos de ustedes conocen mis tres prioridades para la Arquidiócesis de Milwaukee, pero por si acaso, aquí están de nuevo – la

Identidad Católica, la Evangelización, y la Corresponsabilidad.

Nuestra identidad fundamental es católica. La Identidad Católica es la expresión perfecta y plena de quienes somos. La evangelización es lo que hacemos. Proclamamos la Buena Nueva de Jesús y su Iglesia a un mundo perdido y herido. Y la corresponsabilidad es cómo lo hacemos. En agradecimiento y sacrificio, colocamos nuestros recursos otorgados por Dios al servicio de vivir como evangelizadores católicos en el hogar, el trabajo y en la sociedad.

Estas son mis tres prioridades como su Arzobispo, no porque son de mi propia creación, sino porque son las prioridades de Jesús y la Iglesia que él fundó. Al avanzar estas prioridades, nos apoyamos en los hombros de muchos profetas, santos y mártires que nos han precedido, y aseguramos el continuo crecimiento de la Iglesia Católica en nuestro día y en la vida de las generaciones futuras.

De hecho son las tres prioridades eternas y verdaderas de la Iglesia que Jesús fundó, pero hay que

tener cuidado de no verlas como conceptos abstractos relevantes sólo para nuestra historia institucional, o asumir que son principalmente el trabajo de quienes tienen roles de liderazgo formal de la Iglesia. Las prioridades de la identidad católica, la evangelización y la corresponsabilidad deben ser encarnadas profundamente y personalmente por cada uno de nosotros.

Para explicarlo de otro modo, podemos afirmar que la identidad católica, la evangelización y la corresponsabilidad no son simplemente “marcas”, pero en realidad un “estilo de vida” personal activo e integrado. Al fin de cuentas, deben definir nuestra identidad y motivar nuestras vidas. Las tres prioridades son la receta para una vida de santidad. Ellas son las marcas del estilo de vida a la que todos nosotros somos llamados por Jesús - un estilo de vida de “discipulado intencional”.

¿Y cómo podemos crecer en este llamado y estilo de vida de discipulado intencional? Como siempre ha sido el caso, esto sólo puede suceder a través de la Iglesia, cuya misión principal es de “hacer discípulos”. La Iglesia nos invita a encontrar a Jesús y crecer como discípulos a través de rica su vida sacramental. Como una “escuela de discipulado,” ella entonces envía discípulos intencionales para proclamar a Cristo y hacer nuevos discípulos.

Como nos recuerdan el Papa Francisco y sus predecesores, la Iglesia vive “permanentemente en un estado de misión”, llamando y formando discípulos intencionales que son enviados a ir y hacer nuevos discípulos (La Alegría del Evangelio, # 25). Esta es la Iglesia cumpliendo con su identidad misionera - llamando, formando, y enviando a católicos que evangelizan a través de sus dones otorgados por Dios.

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La Iglesia vive “permanentemente en un estado de misión”

Arzobispo Jerome E. Listecki

Proclamar el Evangelio de la muerte salvadora y resurrección de Jesucristo a través del llamamiento, formación y envío de discípulos para ir y hacer nuevos discípulos. Como pueblo, estamos llamados a encontrarnos con Jesús y crecer como discípulos a través de la vida sacramental de la Iglesia.

Declaración de la misión

de la Arquidiócesis de Milwaukee