JULY 12, 2020 · F IFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY T IME

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: suspended

Sundays: 10:30AM

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 4:00PM via Zoom

Holy Days: Check bulletin or contact the

parish office

CONFESSION

Contact the parish office or see our

website for schedule

ST. BERNADETTE WELCOMES

NEW PARISH MEMBERS

New membership registration is

generally held after each Mass the

weekend of the fourth Sunday of each

month, but it has been temporarily

suspended. However, we would be

thrilled to have you join our parish

family! Just contact the parish office.

To live for God only, for God

everywhere, for God always!

­ St. Bernadette (1867)

Readings for the Week of July 12, 2020

Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 Monday: Is 1:10-17/Mt 10:34—11:1 Tuesday: Is 7:1-9/Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Mt 12:14-21 Next Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19/Rom 8:26-27/Mt 13:24-43

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020: 15th in Ordinary Time

10:30AM †Bernice Buttitta

MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020: St. Henry No Mass TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020: St. Kateri Tekakwitha 4:00PM (Zoom Mass) †Arsenio Siy WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020: St. Bonaventure No Mass THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020: Our Lady of Mount

Carmel 4:00PM (Zoom Mass)†Erich Stapelfeldt FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 No Mass SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020: St. Camillus de Lellis 4:00PM Mass at OLGH: †Carl & Marie Kohlschmidt SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020: 16th in Ordinary Time 10:30AM For all the parishioners

PARISH LIFE Sunday, July 12, 2020 - Mass at St. Bernadette, 10:30AM Monday, July 13, 2020 - July 19th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - Mass via Zoom, 4:00PM Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - Sacrament of Reconciliation, 3:00-5:00PM, at St. Bernadette Thursday, July 16, 2020 - Mass via Zoom, 4:00PM Friday, July 17, 2020 - Office closed Saturday, July 18, 2020 - Mass at OLGH, 4:00PM Sunday, July 19, 2020 - Mass at St. Bernadette, 10:30AM

Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

July 12, 2020

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

Summer scripture study Six Weeks of Scripture Study: The Psalms ~ July 14-August 18

Choose a time and contact Lorrie Maples for your Zoom link,

414-365-2020, ext. 14, or Lmaples@stcatherinemke.org.

Tuesday Morning Bible Study: every Tuesday morning at 9:30AM

Tuesday Evening Scripture Study: every Tuesday Evening at 6:00PM

Grotto repairs fund has anonymous donor When we have reached donations of $27,500 toward our $37,500

goal for grotto repairs, an anonymous donor will donate the final

$10,000 needed for the repairs. The amount donated as of June 28 is

$22,044. If you are financially able, please consider donating toward

our goal so we can get our beloved grotto fixed and safe for all to

enjoy once again.

Please Pray for Our Long-term Sick:

All those listed in the Book of Assembly Prayer

Please Remember in Your Prayers

We commend to God Pearline Watkins, whose funeral

was celebrated on June 20. May her soul and the souls of

all our faithful departed rest in eternal peace. Please

remember Pearline and her family in your prayers.

Celebrating the Sacraments NMCP First Communions that were postponed due to

COVID-19 and the Safer at Home Order will be

celebrated on the weekends of August 1-2 and

August 8-9 at St. Catherine of Alexandria. Please

contact Lorrie Maples to reserve a date for your child’s

First Communion, 414-365-2020, ext. 14, or

Lmaples@stcatherinemke.org. Please keep our young children and

their families in your prayers.

NMCP Confirmation will be celebrated at the

4:30PM Mass on September 19 at St. Catherine of

Alexandria Parish. Please keep our Confirmands in

your prayers.

IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

Stewardship Report

Weekend Collection June 27 and 28, 2020

The figures for the weekly contributions were not available at time of publication.

May our stewardship of time, talent, and treasure show us to be among those who have

heard the message of Christ and taken it in, yielding a hundred—or sixty—or thirtyfold!

St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Best wishes Michelle Paris, NWCS principal It is with mixed emotions that we announce the departure of our

principal, Michelle Paris. Michelle has served as principal of our

school for the past ten years. During that time, she created a warm

and welcoming school community and committed herself to ensuring

academic success for our students.

Michelle has accepted a leadership position at another school. We

have been blessed by her service to our students and families. Her

last day with us was June 30.

Please join me in wishing Michelle all the best as she takes the next

step in her educational career!

~ Fr. Greg Greiten

Congratulations to our

Calendar Raffle winners 06/20/20 Robert Brengosz

06/21/20 John Doering

06/22/20 Al Stern

06/23/20 Angel McEvilly

06/24/20 Dave Tishim

06/25/20 Cathy Roxas

06/26/20 Donna Lipski

06/27/20 David Haase

06/28/20 Dennis Ludwig

06/29/20 John Valla

06/30/20 R. C. Simangan

07/01/20 Jamie Koepke

07/02/20 Dennis Rogowski

07/03/20 Mark Kundert

07/04/20 Gayle Land

07/05/20 John Farrell

07/06/20 Joe Thorn

A Warm Welcome … to the following new

members who recently registered in St. Bernadette

Parish:

☺ James & Cynthia Golembiewski

We extend an invitation to all who regularly worship

with us to become registered members of our parish.

Catholic Q&A Question: Why do Catholics baptize babies?

Answer: For adults who want to be baptized, the celebration only

takes place after a long, guided, and thoughtful process through the

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. This is also true for many

Protestant Christians, who are baptized later in life, often after a

personal, transforming religious experience. So, it seems fair to ask

why our Catholic tradition includes infant baptism. After all, if we

make adults who want to become Catholic wait months and even

years as they grow in their understanding of Christ and His

teachings, why should babies—who “do nothing”—be baptized?

Our custom of infant baptism dates back to the earliest days of the

Church, when St. Paul baptized entire households, including, we

presume, children (see Acts 16:15, 33; 18:8). That had become

common practice by the second century. When Christianity was

legalized 200 years later, infant baptism became the normal practice

throughout the Church.

We recognize that in Baptism, we are given the grace to overcome

original sin—the human tendency to choose ourselves and our own

wills over God—and to become members of the Church. This is the

gift we give to infants in Baptism.

In its essence, the baptism of infants also reminds us adult Christians

that the gift of salvation and membership in the Church (i.e., the Body

of Christ) is God’s initiative. It is freely offered to us, regardless of

where we might be in life’s journey. Salvation isn’t something we earn.

Instead, we see that Baptism is the beginning of a lifelong process of

growing into the kind of disciples that Jesus wants us to be.

To learn more, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 1250-

1252 and 1262-1270). ©LPi