212 Church St. East Cologne, MN 55322 323 Reform St. North Norwood Young America, MN 55368 Contact Information Fr. Gregory Abbott, Pastor Rectory & Parish Office ..952-466-2031 Fax ………………….…..952-466-3319 Website ... www.st-bernard-cologne.org Business Administrator Sherry Witte…………….952-466-2031 E-mail: [email protected]Parish Information E-mail: [email protected]Bookkeeper E-mail: [email protected]School Building ………952-466-5917 Parish Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 9am-2pm. Trustees Laura Templin .....……....952-994-9159 Andrew Kleindl.……...…952-442-9282 Finance Council Chairperson Ralph Laumann ….…… 952-466-3331 Parish Council Chairperson Vacant Ladies Guild President Monica Kooiman ………952-466-5769 Prayer Chain Patsy Quinn….. …………952-466-3304 Lori Kasel ……[email protected]Adoration Coordinator Helen Nicklaus …………952-466-2000 Catholic United Financial Helen Hilgers ………..…952-466-5567 CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION ST. BERNARD CHURCH Contact Information Fr. Gregory Abbott, Pastor Rectory & Parish Office-952-467-3351 Website ……www.ascensionnya.org Business Administrator Sherry Witte……………..952-467-3351 E-mail:[email protected]Parish Office Hours: Mon. , Tues., Thurs., & Fri. 10 am—2pm. Trustees Gary Widmer ………….952-467-3082 John (Jack) Lano .……..952-467-3765 Parish Council Chairperson Brian Willems ….……...952-467-9654 Communion for Homebound Rita Fahey …………...612-282-7030 Prayer Chain Carol Donnay …………952-467-2183 Lucy Kostecka ………..952-467-2576 E-mail: [email protected]Adoration Coordinator Jan Johnson……………952-412-4900 Music Liturgy Marilee Widmer ……..952-467-3082 Social Hall Bookings Parish Office …..………952-467-3351 Catholic United Financial Dennis Stoks …………952-240-5001 Knights of Columbus-Grand Knight Donald Whitaker 952-454-1611 Bulletin Co-editors Patricia Quinn……….……..952-466-3304 E-mail …[email protected]David Dettmann …………...952-467-2268 [email protected]Joint Bulletin published weekly at: www.ascensionnya.org & www.st-bernard-cologne.org DRE for 6th—10th Grades Julie Kleindl…………...952-807-3522 DRE for Pre-k-5th Grades Kara Wickenhauser……952-466-4719 SACRAMENTS Baptisms: By appointment. Marriage Arrangements The couple should contact the priest as soon as they become engaged. They must meet with the priest twice before setting a marriage date. These two meetings need to be completed 6 months before the proposed date. Sacrament of Reconciliation Ascension:Tues.5:40-6:05pm. Sat.4:15-4:45pm. St. Bernard:Mon.8:30am. Sat.7:15-7:45 pm. Additionally by appointment. Communion for Homebound Call parish office. Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office at any time. MASS SCHEDULE Ascension-Weekend-Sat. 5 pm. Sun. 8 am. Tuesday 6:15 pm. & Friday 7:15 am. St. Bernard-Weekend-Sat. 8 pm. Sun. 10am. Monday & Wednesday 8:00 am. SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – JULY 24, 2016 SCRIPTURE READINGS For the week of July 24, 2016 – July 30, 2016 7/24 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gn 18 :20-32*Ps 138:1-2,2-3,6-7,7-8*Col 2:12-14*Lk 11:1-13. 7/25 St. James: 2 Cor 4 :7-15*Ps 126:1-2,2-3,4- 5,6*Mt 20:20-28. 7/25: Mi 7:14-15,18-20*Ps 85:2-4,5-6,7-8*Mt 12:46-50. 7/26 Sts. Joachim and Anne: Jer 14:17-22*Ps 79:8,9,11,13*Mt 13:36-43. 7/27: Jer 15:10,16-21*Ps 59:2-3,10-11,17,18*Mt 13:44-46. 7/28: Jer 18:1-6*Ps 146:1-2,3-4,5-6*Mt 13:47-53. 7/29 St. Martha: Jer 26:1-9*Ps 69:5,8-10,14*Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42. Copyright 2015 by Creative Communications for the Parish. Used with permission.
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212 Church St. East Cologne, MN 55322
323 Reform St. North Norwood Young America, MN 55368 Contact Information
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – JULY 24, 2016
SCRIPTURE READINGS For the week of July 24, 2016 – July 30, 2016
7/24 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gn 18 :20-32*Ps 138:1-2,2-3,6-7,7-8*Col 2:12-14*Lk 11:1-13. 7/25 St. James: 2 Cor 4 :7-15*Ps 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6*Mt 20:20-28. 7/25: Mi 7:14-15,18-20*Ps 85:2-4,5-6,7-8*Mt 12:46-50. 7/26 Sts. Joachim and Anne: Jer 14:17-22*Ps 79:8,9,11,13*Mt 13:36-43. 7/27: Jer 15:10,16-21*Ps 59:2-3,10-11,17,18*Mt 13:44-46. 7/28: Jer 18:1-6*Ps 146:1-2,3-4,5-6*Mt 13:47-53. 7/29 St. Martha: Jer 26:1-9*Ps 69:5,8-10,14*Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42. Copyright 2015 by Creative Communications for the Parish. Used with permission.
CALENDAR FOR ASCENSION AND ST. BERNARDS’ PARISHES
Sat. July 23rd -After 8pm Mass & Sun. July 24th-9am & after 10am Mass. Mon. July 25 & Tues. July 26th 9am to 7pm. -At St. Bernard School-Bring your items to the school cafeteria for the Catholic United Financial Rum-mage Sale. Mon. July 25th-6:55pm-Ascension Parish Council Meet-ing Tues. July 26th-7:00 pm-At Ascension-Ministry Leaders Meeting-FF Classroom Wed. July 27– 8am –7pm—At St. Bernard School—The St. Bernard Branch of Catholic United Financial is hosting its annual Rummage and Bake Sale. Wed. July 27th-9:30 am-Tennis with Father at Friendship Park Thurs, July 28-At St. Bernard School-Rummage and Bake Sale from 8am until 7pm. Thurs. July 28 - At Ascension—8:00 am-8:00 pm-Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Fri. July 29-At. St. Bernard School-Rummage and Bake Sale form 8am until noon. Bag Day. Wed. Aug 3rd-9:30 am-Tennis with Father at Friendship Park Polka Service on July 24th at 10:30 AM at Zion Luther-an Church in Cologne. Lunch will be provided following the service. Come join us!
Assumption Mass August 15th The Solemnity of the Assumption is a holy day of oppor-tunity--obligation. But because it falls on a Monday this year the obligation to worship at Mass is lifted for this year. In the hope that more can celebrate the awesome mystery of God assuming Mary body and soul into Heav-en, Mass will be in the evening at 6pm at St. Bernard with the praying of the Rosary at 5:40pm. This will be the only Mass for the Assumption. Where Mary has gone before us, we with burning hope long to go. Come cele-brate that God's love dwarfs our sin for all who like Mary are open to it!
“IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE.” Dear Parishioners,
We begin a series of reflections by parishioner catechists who have invested/are in the process of investing 90 hours of training to more effectively lead our children to Jesus in our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) Program. Some have already taught and some will begin teaching this year. It’s inspiring!
“The Atrium is a place of prayer, in which work and study spontaneously become meditation, contempla-tion, and prayer.” (Characteristics of CGS, #3)
One of my favorite moments as a catechist in the Level I Atrium happened last year while teaching the 3-6 year olds. All of the children had chosen a work, and there was a beautiful peace and stillness throughout the Atrium. Then little Sophia looked up from her work, smiled happily, and with a contended sigh whispered, “It is so good to be here.”
I’ve been a Guide for the 3-6 year olds in the Level I Atri-um for the past 2 years and have loved every moment and am currently in training for Level II. I’m so excited for the children to experience a Level II Atrium!
Level I children have an openness to hearing about God’s love for them. They absorb this reality and respond to it with genuine and heartfelt enthusiasm. Everything in the Level I Atrium is created for them to further deepen this bond, to inspire the children to fall even deeper in love with Jesus.
As the children progress to Level II, they are now ready to start asking the big questions and exploring the beautiful truth of our Faith. They begin to think about God in rela-tion to time and space and as the Creator of all of creation and to ponder their role in His creation. Intense prepara-tion for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion takes place during Level II, a time where the children delve deeply into the infinite mystery of God and His great gifts of love for us.
In my training, I’ve learned that it’s ideal to have the “help of a priest who is attentive to the children…and works in harmony with the spirit of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.” (Characteristics of CGS, #31) How blessed we are to have Fr. Gregory, who is so involved, committed, and passionate for not only CGS but for our entire faith for-mation program. What a gift! We are so blessed!
Please do pray for our St. Bernard and Ascension Faith Formation Program. For the children and their families. For the catechists, volunteers, and for Father Gregory. For all of us as a community to fall deeper in love with the Good Shepherd and then to share His love with others.
In the love of the Good Shepherd,
Tamara Lemmer
S r into flame the gi of God that you have . . . - St. Paul’s le er to Timothy, Ch.1, v.6
This past weekend Fr. Gregory invited us to sign-up to make a difference in the lives of our young people by sharing the gi s that God has given us. Has He given you the gi of hospitality? Do you enjoy talking with people, making them feel welcome? Then share this gi ! Come, be a greeter at Faith Forma on. The training (it will be easy!) for St. Bernard and Ascension Parishioners will be at Ascension's social hall on Tuesday, August 23, at 7:05 PM to 8:30, a er the Tuesday Outreach Mass that is at 6:15 PM. Pray about it – Come – Share the gi of God in you!
Church of St. Bernard Cologne, MN
St. Bernard Branch of Catholic United is sponsor-ing a Rummage and Bake sale during Glad Days. Bring your Rummage sale items this week-end, Saturday after the 8pm. Mass and Sunday at 9am and after the 10am Mass. Monday, July 25th and Tuesday July 26th from 9am until 7pm. Bake Sale items can be brought on Wednesday, July 27th at 7:45am. Rummage Sale: Wednesday, July 27th at 8am until 7pm. Thursday, July 28th at 8am until 7pm. Friday, July 29th 8am until noon. Friday is Bag day. Large Items we have received for the sale so far: Sofa and 2 chairs in good condition.
“Do you wear a Miraculous Medal? The Association of the Miraculous Medal located in Perryville, Missouri, has a goal of sharing one million Miraculous Medals throughout the United States by the date of our Lady’s birthday, Sep-tember 8. If you would like to share in this excit-ing goal for the Year of Mercy, please call 1-800-264-MARY or visit us online at www.amm.org.”
Welcome Welcome to the newest member of St. Bernard Church, Roman Michael Hoen, son of David and Melissa, who was baptized into Christ on July 10, 2016. Let us pray a Hail Mary for them.
We are excited to share our plan for the St Bernard’s Booth at Glad Days! This year’s event is Friday and Saturday, July 29th and 30th at the City Square Park. We will be pre-sent during KidFest on Friday night and dur-ing the day on Saturday. At this time, we are looking for some volunteers to help us with fun activities in our booth! Could you help for an hour or two—with face painting on Friday night? On Saturday we need help with the soft serve ice cream/toppings and plan to have a fun activity for kids/families. Stop by and enjoy some ice cream. St Bernard’s Catholic United Financial continues to support our efforts! Contact: [email protected] if you are able to help an hour or two on Friday or Sat-urday.
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SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 4:15-4:45 pm
July 24th Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
For those facing serious illness: May they be comforted by God’s love through the support of
family, friends, and the local community; We pray to the Lord:
JUBILEE OF MERCY Pope Francis asks us to “live this Year in the light of
the Lord’s words: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful (cf. Lk 6:36)’”.
Participate throughout the year by making a pilgrimage to a Holy Door at the Cathedral of Saint Paul or Basilica of Saint Mary, regularly receiving
the sacrament of Reconciliation, performing corporal and spiritual works of mercy, and participating in the
#Mercy Works video challenge. Find additional ways to pray, learn and act at
www.archspm.org/Mercy.
Would you like to serve the Lord by assisting with Mass preparation?
We are in need of Sacristans (especially for the Saturday evening Mass). The roll of the Sacristan is to prepare the church environment, mark the li-
turgical books for the appropriate readings and pre-pare the Eucharistic vessels before each liturgy. The willingness to serve behind the scenes and
reverence for handling sacred vessels are necessary for carrying out this role. Sacristans should arrive at church 30 minutes prior to the start of Mass and will need to stay 5-10 minutes after Mass to store
the Eucharistic vessels. Training will be provided. If you would like more information or are
interested in serving in this roll, please contact Sherry Witte at
MINISTRY MEETING On Tuesday, July 26that 7:00 p.m. at
Ascension Church, there will be a meeting for all Ministry Leaders of both parishes to discuss the
current requirements for Essential 3 training for vol-unteers. If you are a Ministry Leader, your attendance at this meeting would be greatly
appreciated.
CHURCH OF ST. BERNARD STEWARDSHIP OF TIME
AND LITURGY SCHEDULE July 25, 2016 through July 31, 2016
LECTORS: Saturday 8:00pm. Tom Wickenhauser Sunday 10:00am. David Hoen
SERVERS: Weekdays: Volunteers Saturday 8:00pm. Jared Kleindl & Jim Monsen Sunday 10:00am. Brenna & Cassidy Jones
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER Saturday 8:00pm Andy Kleindl Sunday 10:00am Pam Kunkel
USHERS: Saturday 8:00pm Ralph Laumann & Danny Hoen Sunday 10:00am Vern Elke & Bob Symanitz
GREETERS: Saturday 8:00pm. Doreen Walter Sunday 10:00am. Brian Vos .
GIFT BEARERS: Saturday 8:00pm. Volunteers Sunday 10:00am. Volunteers
MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS:
Saturday July 23 8:00pm. People of the Parish Sunday July 24 10:00am. †Bob Gillett
Monday July 25 †Francis Zimmer Tuesday July 26 No Mass at St. Bernard Wednesday July 27 8:00am. †Rev. Gerald Keefe Thursday July 28 No Mass at St. Bernard Friday July 29 No Mass at St. Bernard Saturday July 30 8:00pm. †Dolores Schrempp & Linda (Schrempp) Alberg Sunday July 31 10:00am. People of the Parish
Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday 8:30 a.m.; Saturday: 7:15-7:45 p.m.
Stewardship of Treasure Budget for Week 3,686.60 Contributions 7-13-16 through 7-19-16 3,909.54 Total Actual Collection YTD 9,875.35 YTD Collection Over (Under) Budget (1,184.45)Forward in Faith Envelope Income 570.00 Electronic Donations 611.67 Forward in Faith Total 1,181.67
Did you know you can have your contributions automati-cally deducted from your checking or savings account? For more information call the parish office 952-466-2031 ext.241, or visit www.st-bernard-cologne.org
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION STEWARSHIP OF TIME July 25 through July 31
SERVERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Lucas Urness, Tony Simons Sun. 8:00 am: Bennet and Hayden Molva READERS: Sat 5:00 pm: Joe Lemmer Sun. 8:00 am: Beth George EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Steve Helget Sun. 8:00 am: Past Clark COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND July 30 8:00 am: Team A: Tim & Rita Fahey Team B: Teresa & Dick Fehr USHERS FOR JULY: Sat. 5:00 pm: Jim Mulville, Tom Lano Sun. 8:00 am: Florian Schindler, Paul Lano SACRISTAN: Sat: 5:00 pm: Sherri Witte Sun. 8:00 am: Kathy Kloempken GREETERS: Sat. 5:00 pm: Volunteer Sun. 8:00 am: Jan Pouliot MASS SCHEDULE INTENTIONS Monday July 25 No Mass Tues. July 26 6:15 pm Fr. Paul C. Ardolf † Wed. July 27 No Mass Thursday July 28 No Mass Friday July 29 7:15 am Rev. Robert F. Dobihal † Sat. July 30 5:00 pm All Parishioners Sunday July 31 8:00 am Stanley Becker †
Weekly Collection Report Totals for 07/17/2016
Weekly Operating Budget: $3,166.35 Contributions: $2,855.20 E-Giving: $250.00 Weekly Budget YTD: $9,499.05 Actual Collection YTD: $8,237.32 Total Collected Over (Under) YTD ($1,261.73) Capital Improvement Offering: $100.00 Capital Improvement-E-Giving: $0.00 Capital Improvement YTD: $520.00
