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

JUNE 10, 2018 10TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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

CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARD

1160 WOODBRIDGE STREET • SAINT PAUL, MN 55117

One block west of Rice Street on Geranium Avenue

AUGUST 12, 2018 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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

Director of Faith Formation David Neira

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,

I want to thank Karen Cronin for her service and excellent work in the administration of

our parish. She will be leaving us by the end of this month. She has accepted a position at

Catholic Finance Corporation which works with parishes in the Archdiocese and in other diocese in the country.

Karen’s presence has made my first years at St. Bernard’s easier. Her advice and suggestions to me and in our

finance meetings were always a value for the parish. Apart from the normal administrative work of the parish,

Karen worked hard to fund our Karenni outreach program. She managed to form an alliance with Ramsey

County to have two of their employees come to St. Bernard’s to serve our Karenni families. The financial help we

receive from the parishes of St. Ambrose and Assumption is through her ability to build relationships. Her input

to have a successful capital campaign to repair the church bell towers was very important. She has been involved

in dealing and negotiating with the school leases including CSE, Prodeo and Yeah Academy. Her ability to work

on all the details with our new tenants was another major task she accomplished. She loved teaching the Good

Shepherd Catechesis to the children in our faith formation class. These are just some of her important

contributions at St. Bernard’s. There are many other things that she did behind the scene. I just want to thank

Karen. I know we will all miss her. I wish her well at her new job.

Kathy Pojar, one of our parishioners, will be taking on the administrative responsibilities for the parish. She has

started and is already learning the details of the position. Also Jim Rice will do the accounting work of our parish.

I want to thank both of them for taking on these new positions.

David Neira is back as our DRE and RCIA director and will be leading Faith Formation Program, RCIA and

Cors Internship which is part of our Karenni outreach work. Welcome back!

Please pray that this transition will be as smooth as possible.

God bless! Wishing you a good Sunday.

Fr. Ivan Sant FrIvanSant@churchofstbernard-stp.org

Wednesday August 15

Solemnity of the Assumption

of the Virgin Mary

Holy Day of Obligation

Masses 8:30am & 6pm

7pm Spanish

Mass Readings for the

Week of August 12th:

Sunday: 1Kgs 19:4-8/Eph 4:30-5:2/Jn 6:41-51

Monday: Ez 1:2-5,24-28c/Mt 17:22-27

Tuesday: Ez 2:8-3:4/Mt 18:1-5,10,12-14 Wednesday: Rv 11:19a,12:1-6a,10ab/1Cor 15-20-27/

Lk1:39-56

Thursday: Ez 12:1-12 /Mt 18:21– 19:1

Friday: Ez 16:1-15,60-63/Mt 19:3 – 12

Saturday Ez 18:1-10 /Mt 19:13 –15

Sunday: Pro 9:1-6/ Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58

Mass Intentions

Saturday August 11 St. Clare

8:30am Tom & Mary Kneissel

4:00pm † Irene Moris

Sunday August 12 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am † Dolores Mollner

10:30am † Tony & Catherine Steffel

1:30pm (Spanish) Parish

Monday August 13

8:30 am † Barbara Neudauer

Tuesday August 14

8:30 am † Barbara Neudauer

Wednesday August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:30 am † Mario Sant

6:00pm Laurie Skoglund

7:00pm Spanish

Thursday August 16

8:30 am † Tom & Ann Fitzgerald

Friday August 17

8:30 am Lucille Phillips

Saturday August 18

8:30am † Bob Pfalz

4:00pm † Dolores Weiler

Sunday August 19 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Linda Johnson

10:30am † Jeanne Weiss

1:30pm (Spanish) Parish

Prayer Line

Please call Shirley at (651) 488-6330

Capital Campaign Update

Our total needed to complete both bell tower

repairs is at $7,545.

Thank you for your ongoing financial support

of this repair. The scaffolding is up on the south bell tower

and down on the north bell tower. You will

notice a yellow band around the north bell tow-

er which is in place for when the interior work

starts.

.

Weekly Collection

Weekly-Sunday 8/5/18

Actual Budget

Envelope Income $4,771 $4,666

Plate & Spanish Mass

896 631

Gas/Lights 227 127

Campus Repair 102 69

Year to Date:

Envelope Income $24,018 $27,996

Plate & Spanish Mass

3,979 3,786

Gas/Lights 982 762

Campus Repair 569 414

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Parish News & Events

Please pray for the sick and homebound:

Rosie Lynch Mary Nordine

Lloyd Anderson Lorraine Eheim

Devra Shepherd Yur Reh

Lucille Biron

PARISH PICNIC – September 9 at Como

Park. The picnic will begin with an outdoor mass at

10AM followed by picnic style food, new games and

entertainment.

Human Foosball makes a return and a kids inflatable

obstacle course will make an appearance! Other car-

nival games include fishpond, frog hop, hole in 1,

trunk toss, quarterback toss, tic-tac-toe bottle toss.

Other planned entertainment to include spin art, face

painting and magic show.

PENNIES FOR THE PARK – This is the last

weekend for collections. To date we have raised

$647.50 that will be used to help offset picnic costs.

Thank you for your generosity and support! We

are looking for volunteers to help running games at

the picnic. Please see sign up sheet in back of

church or contact Angie Vargas at

varg2011pack@yahoo.com for more information.

FALL SWEEPSTAKES – You should have or

will be receiving sweepstakes tickets. Enter

for your chance to win some great prizes!

Place completed sweepstakes tickets in an

envelope and place in collection basket or

drop off at the parish office. Drawing will be

at the parish picnic September 9.

Friendship Sunday

Next Sunday August 19

after the 8am Mass

and 10:30am Mass

All Are welcome!

Holy Hour

Every Thursday from 6—7pm

In the Church

First Day of Class: Sunday, September 16

Registration Days: Sundays August 19 & 26 &

Sept 2

At the Parish Office: Office time 9am-3pm

If you or anyone you know would like to be baptized, receive first Holy Communion, first Reconciliation, and/or be confirmed (and are more than 14 years old), RCIA orientation classes will start Sunday, Septem-ber 16. Classes will be every Sunday from 11:30am-1:15pm on the third floor of the parish office building at 1160 Woodbridge St. Lunch will be provided. Please contact David Neira at (651) 488-6733 if you would like to enroll or would like more information.”

“Free Store” Information

St. Vincent de Paul "Free Store" will be held this Sunday, August 12 from 11:30 to 12:00 in the gym. Items to be given out include: clothing for the family, personal care items, toys, household items and food. Any help for setting up is appreciated. Please be there at 10am onwards.

Important Note: The Free Store for the Month of September is canceled.

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From the Parish Administrator

Fr. Ivan has shared the news about my upcoming departure from St. Bernard’s. I have really

grown to love this parish and all the people who are a part of it. I was here during the painful time

that the schools closed in 2009 and 2010. I helped, as a volunteer, to implement the Catechesis of

the Good Shepherd (faith formation program) which kept me here until 2015 when I took on the

parish administrator role. Finding ways to share my faith with others is important to me and

working with mostly refugees from a non-Christian part of the world has opened my eyes to how

the Lord works wonders.

The Lord has been so good to this parish! I cannot begin to tell you how He has blessed this

place. Although the parish is small, it seems that everyone takes part in keeping this place vibrant

in whatever way they can.

You opened your doors to the Karenni and they have blossomed under your embrace of them.

They truly are a vital part of this parish now. The capital campaign has been one way that has

helped to bring the parish together. The parish response to the needs of repairing the bell towers

has been phenomenal. More has been raised with fewer families than the campaign back in 2005-

2008. Finding resources outside of the parish to help with our outreach has been a good way to

share the work that is being done here. Hopefully, this will bear great fruit in the larger

community.

I am thrilled that Kathy Pojar and Jim Rice have agreed to take on administrative roles here. They

are part of this parish and it is wonderful that the Lord prepared the way for them to become part

of the parish staff. I will miss this place very much but am hoping to find a way to do some

volunteer work here after I leave the staff. I have learned and grown from my time here.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve! Karen Cronin ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Bible Study

Two Bible Studies Begin in September

Our Parish is starting two bible studies in September: the Thursday night study is The Book of

James, Pearls for Wise Living, and will meet every other Thursday from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Parish

Office, starting on Sept. 6. The Sunday morning study is The Acts of the Apostles, and will meet

most Sunday mornings, 9:15 to 10:15 am, in the Parish Center, starting on Sept. 16.

Sign up is easy! If you’d like to purchase the study materials, the cost is $25 for James, and $30 for

Acts. This price includes the study guide and access to all videos for the study online at Ascension

Press.

Please see the display in the church vestibule for more information and instructions on signing

up. Contact Elizabeth Doherty at 651-387-9500 or at steelikat@polsons.net with questions.