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ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Merry Christmas 10755 N. 124th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85259
ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Merry Christmas
10755 N. 124th St . Scot tsdale , AZ 85259
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Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, AZ
Fr. Brian Bell, Pastor
Faith Formation News
Page 3 December 25, 2016 Christmas Day
C H R I S T M A S M A S S S C H E D U L E 2 0 1 6
Saturday, December 24* Christmas Eve
4:00 PM Church Children’s Mass & Choristers Choir 4:15 PM Parish Center Family Mass
6:00 PM Church Teen Schola
11:00 PM Church Adult Choir
Sunday, December 25* Christmas Day
There will be no 7:30 AM Mass
9:00 AM Church Organist Rollie Hudson
11:00 AM Church Veritas 124 Band
Saturday, December 31 5:00 PM Mass
January 1, 2017— 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
Holy Day of Obligation
* Shuttle busses will be available to and from the High School
parking Lot to accommodate Church overflow parking.
Dear Parishioners,
I wish you peace and blessings as we celebrate the birth of the Christ child. I am happy to be able to once again offer each of you a family gift.
This year we are offering Matthew Kelly's book entitled, Resisting Happiness. Each of us seeks happiness and yet sometimes it seems so elusive. In Resisting Happiness, Mr. Kelly explains how what we are doing may be standing in the way of true happiness. He identifies key questions and practices that may help to change our habits. Changing to form new habits can lead to true happiness! Resisting Happiness is a personal and disarmingly transparent look at why happiness eludes us and what we can do about it.
A few examples of the easy-to-follow chapters are: "Your Quest for Happiness," "Life is Messy," "Get Busy Living," "Breaking the Cycle," "Let Your Light Shine." The short chap-ters are only 2 to 8 pages and end with a key point and an action step. The gift book will be distributed after each of the Christmas liturgies.
Finally, and as a reminder, Mr. Kelly is coming to speak at St. Bernard's on Sunday Jan. 29, 2017. Tickets may still be available at dynamiccatholic.com.
As we gather with loved ones and friends at this very special time of year, I wish you peace, happiness, and blessings.
May the Lord bless you and all those you hold dear.
Yours in Christ,
Father Brian T. Bell
St. Bernard’s Parish Office will be closed
the week of Christmas...Friday December
23 through to January 2.2017. Have a
very Blessed and Holy Christmas.
Fr. Brian and Staff..
2 0 1 6 Y E A R E N D T A X S T A T E M E N T S
ALL YEAR END TAX STATEMENTS WILL BE MAILED
BY JANUARY 30, 2017
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO GENEROUSLY
TO ST. BERNARD’S
The catechists and I wish all of our Faith Formation families a very blessed Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!
The first semester of classes has closed. Classes will resume on Monday, January 9th. All Catholic School students in second and third grade seeking sacraments this spring need to register for classes now to begin the week of January 9th.
Sacrament classes are closed for the 2016/17 school year. This includes 2nd, 3rd, Confirmation and Heritage. All other classes, Kindergarten, First Grade, Fourth and Fifth Grades remain open all year. Please make sure your children are in class on time and picked up on time.
Confirmation and First Communion for all third graders and above that are not being baptized at the Easter Vigil will be on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2pm.
As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns about Elementary Faith Formation, Sacrament Preparation (Elementary, Middle or High School) or Adult Confirmation please contact me at [email protected] or call me at the Parish Office, 480-661-9843, Ext.309.
God’s Blessings,
Kathie
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Remember in Your Prayers
Family and Friends who are ill….
December 25, 2016 Christmas Day
Sandy Adducci Stephen David Bell Kay Berens Baby Teddy Bing Kim Bisel Dany Boisvert Rose Bonfiglio Gerald Bristen Alfred Brown, Jr. Bill Brown Richard Brown Kayci Carson Agatha Chung Ed Connell Carolyn Dicercksmeie Mercedes Duarte Natalie Farington
Ryan Foley Evan Gallant Sandeep George Biju George Linda Hamilton The Harris Family Roy Haverstroh Kyle Hutchinson Elizabeth Jensen James Kennedy Lauren Kettell Tracey Krueger Parrish Lewin Mel Latimer Penny Latko Mary K. LaTempa Esther Maher Joan McKeon
Kathy Mignin Josephine Moore Karen Navas Peggy (Margaret) Prostko Edwin Rivera Joel Rivera Dawn Sabato Cathy Schira Corinne Shahid Theresa Sielicki Joel Smith Family Shelli Snethen Baby Reesa Stutzman Sharon Toenj Nedene Tucci Nina Vinnanve Carol Weber Michelle Williams Luciano Zaidizar
This week the Sanctuary Light will be lit for
Richard Manzi In loving memory
Pat Manzi
In order to keep the prayer list current, we need to remove names listed more than six months. Please advise the parish office 480-661-9843 if any of the above names need to be removed. Thank you for your understanding.
Monthly Padre Pio Mass at 7pm January 2, 2016 in church.
Dear Parishioners, If you will be making a contribution to the parish for your Sunday tithe or for debt reduction, go online to Faith Direct or drop a check off at the parish
office. Please try to make your donations by Thursday, December 29, 2016 to make sure your contribution is credited to the
2016 calendar year. Our staff must process these donations and many would like to
take time off to celebrate the holidays with their family, So we will have reduced staff-ing. We cannot guaranty December 31st transactions and settle in time for a 2016
deduction. Thank you as always for your generosity to the parish.
Magnetic Nativity Scene Car Decals
The LADIES AUXILIARY is selling NATIVITY SCENE
magnetic reusable car decals as part of
The Knights of Columbus
“KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS” campaign They make great stocking gifts too!
My best wishes for a Merry Chrismas 2016
to all of you, with beautiful words of the Holy Father Francis for the
Holy Family. Prayer to the Holy Family*
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate
the splendour of true love, to you we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth,
grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer,
authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again
experience violence, rejection and division: may all who have been hurt or scandalized
find ready comfort and healing. Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
graciously hear our prayer. *Angelus, 29 December 2013
Sanctity of Life Ministry "America you are beautiful and blessed. The ultimate test of your
greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life". – Saint John Paul II
Saint John Paul II noted that the structure of man’s sin is characterized or manifest on a universal scale in our Culture of Death. He pointed out that the powerful are easily able to manhandle the weak (e.g. abortion and euthanasia).
Reference: www.pro-lifearticles.org
Sanctity of Life
1st Saturday of every Month we meet in the church to pray the rosary.
Next time will be January 7, 2017 at 4:20
Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, Arizona Page 5 Christmas Day
December 24 2016 through January 1, 2017
24 Saturday 4:00 PM † Angelo & Anne Bressani 4:15 PM The Brown-Krueger Family 6:00 PM St. Bernard Parishioners 11:00 PM Father Brian T. Bell 25 Sunday 9:00 AM St. Bernard Parishioners 11:00 AM Christmas Novena 26 Monday 8:30 AM Christmas Novena 27 Tuesday 8:30 AM Christmas Novena 28 Wednesday 8:30 AM Christmas Novena 29 Thursday 8:30 AM Christmas Novena 9 Friday 8:00 AM Christmas Novena 31 Saturday 5:00 PM Christmas Novena 01 Sunday 7:30 AM † Sena Kapetanovic 9:00 AM † Patrick Olmsted 11:00 AM † George Rupert Bell
Readings for the Week of December 25, 2016
CRYS–Catholic Ministry for Young Singles Catholic? Single: Widowed, divorce or separated? Over 35? Join us for some special time together and great fellowship. For information check our website
cscarizona.org or call Dan 480.941.5952.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Arizona Income Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualify-ing Charitable Organizations for the working poor (also
known as the working poor credit) entitles you to reduce your Arizona income tax dollar for dollar for contributions to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Joint income tax filers can obtain up to $800 in re-duced AZ income taxes (for single filers the amount is $400). You do not need to itemize to obtain the credit. When you make a cash do-nation to SVdP through this special appeal or in regular Church en-velopes in 2016, you will receive a letter by next February from the Vincentians of SVdP at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference. This letter will serve as your receipt and verification that you have made the contribution to enable you to complete AZ form 321 to file with your 2016 AZ Income Tax Return.
Your Contributions Help People The Vincentians of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference serve per-sons, all of whom live within the Parish boundaries. SVdP provides resources to people including helping them feed their families, obtain medicines, access transportation, avoid evictions and prevent utility shut-offs. These resources are not just financial but referrals to other agencies that also provide help with medical, legal, financial, employ-ment and other essentials. The Vincentians also pray with the people at their time of need asking for God’s blessings for them and those who support SVdP.
Other Credits The working poor credit is in addition to other credits for Arizona income tax filers. For example, you can also claim credits for cash contributions for private school tuition and public school extracurricu-lar activities. Several other charitable organizations qualify as donees for the working poor tax credit an all such contributions must be ag-gregated in calculating the credit.
Making a Donation to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Please make your check payable to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and mail it to SVdP, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference, 10755 N. 124th St., Scottsdale, Az 85259.
Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Night: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Monday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31/Mt 10:17-22 Tuesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:5--2:2/Ps 124/Mt 2:13-18 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96/Lk 2:22-35 Friday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Ps 128/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96/Jn 1:1-18 Next Sunday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21
Observances for the Week of December 25, 2016 Sunday: Nativity of the Lord Monday: St. Stephen, the First Martyr Tuesday: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist Wednesday: The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Thursday: St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr Friday: Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Saturday: St. Saint Sylvester I, Pope Next Sunday: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; Octave of Christmas; New Year's Day; World Day of Peace ©Liturgical Publications Inc
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH POPE FRANCIS
ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 27 December 2015
… Our Lady and Joseph teach us to welcome children as a gift of God, to beget them and raise them, cooperating wonderfully in the work of the Creator and giving to the world, in each child, a new smile.
It is in a united family that children bring their existence to maturity, living out the meaningful and effective experience of freely given love, tenderness, reciprocal respect, mutual under-standing, forgiveness and joy.
I would like to pause above all on joy.
The true joy which is experienced in the family is not something random and fortuitous. It is a joy produced by deep harmony among people, which allows them to savour the beauty of being together, of supporting each other on life’s journey. However, at the foundation of joy there is always the presence of God, his welcoming, merciful and patient love for all. If the door of the family is not open to the presence of God and to his love, then the family loses its harmony, individualism prevails, and joy is extinguished.
Instead, the family which experiences joy — the joy of life, the joy of faith — communicates it spontaneously, is the salt of the earth, and light of the world, the leaven for all of society. May Jesus, Mary and Joseph bless and protect all the families in the world, so that in them may reign the serenity and joy, the jus-tice and peace which Christ by his Birth brought as a gift to hu-manity.
Prayer to the Holy Family* Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love, to you we turn with trust.
Adoration: Irene Hausmann 480-860-0502
Altar Servers: Richard Rutkowski 480-836-0568 Altar Society: Cheryl Roehm 480-236-5688 Linda Echsner 480-767-5285 Al-Anon: 602-249-1257
Baptism Preparation: Parish Office 480-661-9843 Bereavement: Ellen Florea 480-816-3551 Cancer Support Ministry Lynn Johnson 480-778-0618 Charismatic Prayer Mtg: Elena Konerko 602-741-8259
Christ Renews His Parish: Mara Collazo 480-636-7124 “Renewal” (Women) Christ Renews His Parish: Paul Sanger 480-219-6848 “Renewal” (Men)
Edge (6th to 8th Grade) Shannon Hards 480-661-9843 Life Teen (High School Teens) Shannon Hards 480-661-9843 Faith Formation: Kathie Stine 480-661-9843 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade)
Finance Council: Tom Echsner 480-767-5285 Hispanic Ministry: Carmen Sotelo 480-860-6753 Hospitality: Jerry & Yvonne Grover 480-614-5429 Knights of Columbus: Rob Mastro 480-661-9843 or
[email protected] Ladies Auxillary Lesa Harris-602-300-0545 [email protected] Lectors (Min. of Word): John Seliga 480-946-2361
Legion of Mary: Loretta Curfman 602-545-6664 Liturgy Committee: Parish Office 480-661-9843 Marian Movement of Priests Prayer Group: William & Elsie Gohl 480-249-8105
Men's Ministry & Service Bob Gomez 480-695-3229 Projects: [email protected] Ministers of Holy Communion: Tom Echsner 480-767-5285 Ministry of Care: Cristina & Bruce Dixon
480-816-1889 Music Ministry: Kent Campbell 480-661-9843 Padre Pio Prayer Group: Nancy Rossiello 480-391-1257 Pastoral Council: Chris & Ann Foley 480-661-9843
Prison Outreach: Parish Office 480-661-9843 RCIA Dcn. Alan Hungate 480-661-9843 Sanctity of Life Committee: Shirley Towers 480-661-9843 Senior Social Club: Eileen Schioppa - 480-451-1658
St. Vincent de Paul: On-Call cell phone 480-332-8742 Stewardship/Development: Mike Huesman 480-661-9843 That Man Is You: Kent Campbell 480-540–8850 Women’s AA Susan Lupo 602-919-1312
Women’s Ministry: Sandy Muszkiewicz 480– 314-5386
Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, Arizona
St. Bernard’s Ministries
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MASS SCHEDULE
Weekend: Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM; Sunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM
Weekday: Monday—Thursday 8:30 AM Friday– 8:00 AM SPECIAL MASSES
Divine Mercy Devotion after Mass Wednesday 8:30 AM
With exposition Of the Blessed Sacrament.
Rosary, Padre Pio Novena, Mass and Benediction: First Monday of the Month at 7:00 PM
In Spanish: First Saturday of the Month at 8:30 AM SACRAMENTS
Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00pm to 4:30pm
Baptism: Contact Parish Office 3 months in advance
Weddings: Contact Parish Office 9 months in advance
Parish Office
Telephone: (480) 661-9843 Fax: (480) 614-8092 Website: www.StbernardScottsdale.org E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours:
Mon—Thurs 9 AM— 4 PM (Closed 12:00 PM—1:00 PM) Fri 9 AM—12 PM (NOON) (Summer Mon-Thurs 9 AM-2 PM)
Pastoral Staff
Pastor: Father Brian T. Bell Assisting Priests: Fr. Fred Adamson, V.G., Fr. Tom Doyle,C.S.C; Fr. Chris Letikirich, C.S.C. Fr. Stephen Sedlock, C.S.C. Deacon Alan Hungate
Administration Pastoral Assistant—Nancy Boettcher extension 300 Administrative Assistant-Bette Brown extension 301
Faith Formation –Kindergarten thru Middle School Director — Kathie Stine extension: 309 or 314 Youth Group—Edge & Life Teen
Edge (6th-8th grade) — Shannon Hards extension: 310 Life Teen (High School Teens) Shannon Hards extension: 310
Music Director—Kent Campbell extension: 311
Stewardship and Development Director—Michael Huesman extension: 302
Facility Managers Steve Cassar 480-309-9443 (after office hours only),
Hernando Cifuentes
Parish Center Manager Director– Art Stine 602-866-7900, Events Coordinator Linda Wisniowski 602-369-4068
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
December 18, 2016 Sunday Collection (Information not available at time of printing)
Sunday Collection envelopes: $
electronic giving: $
(Building/Debt Reduction Fund)
envelopes: $
electronic giving: $
Thank you for your ongoing generosity
ADORATION CHAPEL HOURS
Monday thru Thursday 7 am to 9 pm
Friday 7 am to 12:00 pm
Saturday 1 pm to 6 pm
Sunday 7 am to 12:30 pm
Save the Date
“
SHOWER OF LOVE”
January 22, 2017 For more information call Claudia at 480-560-3435
