O CTOBER 18, 2020 · T WENTY -NINTH S UNDAY I N O RDINARY T IME 8200 West Denver Avenue · Milwaukee, WI 53223 BERNADETTE ST. PARISH FACILITIES 8200 West Denver Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53223 E-mail: [email protected]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: [email protected]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)
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OCTOBER 18, 2020 · TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY T IME
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020: Sts. John de Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues & companions
No Mass TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020: St. Paul of the Cross 4:00PM (Zoom Mass) †Jane Bongard WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 No Mass THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020: St. John Paul II 4:00PM (Zoom Mass) †Arsenio Siy FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020: St. John Capistrano No Mass SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020: St. Anthony Mary
Claret 4:00PM Mass at OLGH: †Roxanne Benson †Susan Gesell †Ann Wadlund SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020: 30th in Ordinary Time 10:30AM For all the parishioners
PARISH LIFE Sunday, October 18, 2020 - Fr. Greg out of the office through October 19 (vacation) - Mass at St. Bernadette, 10:30AM - High School Christian Formation, 12:00 to 1:00PM via Zoom Monday, October 19, 2020 - October 25th bulletin deadline: 12:00PM in writing Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - Bible Basics: Book of Genesis, 9:30AM at St. Catherine-Granville Room - Mass via Zoom, 4:00PM - Scripture Study: Gospel of John, 6:00PM via Zoom Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - Sacrament of Reconciliation, 3:00-5:00PM, at St. Bernadette - Grade School Christian Formation, 6:00 to 7:00PM via Zoom Thursday, October 22, 2020 - Mass via Zoom, 4:00PM Saturday, October 24, 2020 - Mass at OLGH, 4:00PM Sunday, October 25, 2020 - Mass at St. Bernadette, 10:30AM - Confirmation Class, 12:00 to 1:00PM via Zoom
Schedule of Masses and Special Intentions
St. Bernadette Parish, Milwaukee
October 18, 2020
IN OUR PARISH COMMUNITY
Curbside dinners schedule All dinners are 4:00 to 7:30PM and we ask that you
pre-order. Go to www.stbweb.com for the link to
pre-order. The link becomes active two weeks prior to the dinner.
You can also call the parish office to pre-order.
Lasagna Dinner: October 30, $15
Includes salad, Italian dressing, homemade garlic bread,
Dessert available for $1 each: chocolate éclair torte
Fish Fry Dinner: November 20, $13
Includes fries, coleslaw, rye roll, butter, tartar sauce
Dessert available for $1 each: German chocolate cake
Pork Tenderloin Dinner: December 4, $15
Includes stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans
almondine
Dessert available for $1 each: caramel apple cake
Fish Fry Dinner: December 18, $13
Includes fries, coleslaw, rye roll, butter, tartar sauce
Dessert available for $1 each: red velvet cake
Free services for seniors Eras Senior Network continues to provide services to Milwaukee
County seniors age 60 and over, such as rides to medical
appointments, seasonal yard work (fall dates available), and
wellness calls. Please call 414-488-6500 to access these free services.
Eras is also looking for volunteers. We currently have three
volunteers from St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Good Hope
volunteering at Eras and would love to have more. If you are
Which public policies help families? “Policies on taxes, work, divorce, immigration, and welfare should uphold the God-given meaning and value of marriage and family, help families stay together, and reward responsibility and sacrifice for children. Wages should allow workers to support their families, and public assistance should be available to help poor families to live in dignity. Such assistance should be provided in a manner that promotes eventual
financial autonomy.” (FCFC, 70)
What rights do children have? “Pope Francis has stressed, ‘Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child’s development and emotional maturity’ (Address on the Complementarity Between Man and Woman, Nov. 17, 2014). Children who may be placed in foster care or with adoptive parents have a right to be placed in homes with a married man and woman, or if not possible, in environments that do not contradict the authentic meaning of marriage. Child welfare service providers, consistent with their religious beliefs, have a right to place children in such homes rather than in other environments. We oppose contraceptive and abortion mandates in public programs and health plans, which endanger rights of conscience and can interfere with parents’ right to guide the moral formation of their
children.” (FCFC, 71)
FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP 2020 This series has been prepared by the Wisconsin Catholic Conference as a guide for those who wish to inform their consciences in order to participate more fully in the political process. To learn more about the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (FCFC), visit www.faithfulcitizenship.org and www.wisconsincatholic.org.
Fifth in a five-part series
Marriage & Family
George Martell (cropped/shaded)
OVER
Why are marriage and family essential? “The family founded upon marriage is the basic cell of human society. The role, responsibilities, and needs of families should be central national priorities. Marriage must be defined, recognized, and protected as a lifelong exclusive commitment between a man and a woman, and as the source of the next generation and the protective haven for children. The institution of marriage is undermined by the ideology of ‘gender’ that dismisses sexual difference and the complementarity of the sexes and falsely presents ‘gender’ as nothing more than a social construct or psychological reality, which a person may choose at variance with his or her biological reality (see Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, no. 224). As Pope Francis has taught, ‘the removal of [sexual] difference creates a problem, not a solution’ (General Audience, April 22, 2015). … This affirmation in no way compromises the Church’s opposition to unjust discrimination against those who experience ‘deep-seated homosexual tendencies,’ who ‘must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no.
2358).” (FCFC, 70)
To learn more about the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (FCFC), visit
www.faithfulcitizenship.org and www.wisconsincatholic.org.
Care for Creation
Carlos ZGZ (cropped/shaded)
ALONG WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF
LITTLE EVERYDAY GESTURES, SOCIAL
LOVE MOVES US TO DEVISE LARGER
STRATEGIES TO HALT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND
TO ENCOURAGE A ‘CULTURE OF CARE’ WHICH PERMEATES ALL OF SOCIETY.
(Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, 231)
What about ensuring that fewer people
are born into poverty? As Pope Francis explains, “Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times, developing countries face forms of international pressure which make economic assistance contingent on certain policies of ‘reproductive health’…. To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues. It is an attempt to legitimize the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such consumption. Besides, we know that approximately a third of all food produced is discarded, and ‘whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor’. Still, attention needs to be paid to imbalances in population density, on both national and global levels, since a rise in consumption would lead to complex regional situations, as a result of the interplay between problems linked to environmental pollution, transport, waste treatment, loss of resources and
quality of life.” (Laudato Si’, 50)
What can we do to protect the
natural environment and to assist
the poor? “Protecting the land, water, and air we share
is a religious duty of stewardship and reflects our responsibility to born and unborn children, who are most vulnerable to environmental assault. … There are many concrete steps we can take to assure justice and solidarity between the generations. … Our Conference offers a distinctive call to seriously address global climate change, focusing on the virtue of prudence, pursuit of the common good, and the impact on the poor, particularly on vulnerable workers and the poorest nations. The United States should lead in contributing to the sustainable development of poorer nations and promoting greater justice in sharing the burden of environmental blight, neglect, and recovery. It is important that we address the rising number of migrants who are uprooted from their homeland as a consequence of environmental degradation and climate change. They are not currently recognized as refugees under any existing international convention and are thus not afforded legal protections that ought to be due to them.”
