THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. BERNARD 615 H St. Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 442-6466 Parish Staff Rev. Thomas Diaz, Pastor Ext.2104 Rev. David Galeana, Parochial Vicar 443-8429 Deacon Frank Weber 442-5615 Cathy Finney, Office Manager Ext.2101 Illeen Knapp, Bookkeeper Ext.2102 Fritz Sorensen, Maintenance Ext.2105 Debbie David, Pastoral Advisory Chair 443-1143 Dianne Luzzi, RCIA 442-8812 Issa Stemler, Music Director 840-9514 Amanda Rutledge, Children & Youth Faith Formation 601-8585 Office Hours Monday – Friday 9am. - 3pm. E- Mail: [email protected]FAX: (707) 443-0914 www.saintbernards.org Mass Schedule at St. Bernard Sundays: 10:30 am. Weekdays: 12:15 pm. Mon, Wed, Fri Holy Days: Vigil 7:00 pm, 12:15pm Confessions: Wednesdays 1-2 pm. & by appt. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Wed. 1-9pm. St. Joseph Mission Church Mass Schedule (Located on the corner of C & Henderson St.) Saturdays: 4:00 pm. (vigil), Sundays: 7:30 am. Weekdays: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 am. Holy Days: 7:30 am Confessions: Saturdays 3:15-3:45 pm. & by appt.
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THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. BERNARD
615 H St. Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 442-6466
Parish Staff
Rev. Thomas Diaz, Pastor Ext.2104 Rev. David Galeana, Parochial Vicar 443-8429 Deacon Frank Weber 442-5615 Cathy Finney, Office Manager Ext.2101 Illeen Knapp, Bookkeeper Ext.2102 Fritz Sorensen, Maintenance Ext.2105 Debbie David, Pastoral Advisory Chair 443-1143 Dianne Luzzi, RCIA 442-8812 Issa Stemler, Music Director 840-9514 Amanda Rutledge, Children & Youth Faith Formation 601-8585
www.saintbernards.org Mass Schedule at St. Bernard
Sundays: 10:30 am.
Weekdays: 12:15 pm. Mon, Wed, Fri
Holy Days: Vigil 7:00 pm, 12:15pm
Confessions: Wednesdays 1-2 pm. & by appt.
Expo sition of the Blessed Sacrament: Wed. 1-9pm.
St. Joseph Mission Church Mass Schedule
(Located on the corner of C & Henderson St.)
Saturdays: 4:00 pm. (vigil), Sundays: 7:30 am.
Weekdays: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 am.
Holy Days: 7:30 am
Confessions: Saturdays 3:15-3:45 pm. & by ap pt.
March 1, 2015 2nd Sunday of Lent Sacrifice In the First Reading, Abraham offers his beloved son as a sacrifice to God. The Gospel Reading identifies Jesus as God’s beloved Son. The two readings together remind us that God offers his beloved Son as our sacrifice to God. Christ, our Passover lamb, is sacrificed for us. (I Cor. 5:7). And so the First Reading and the Gospel invite us to reflect on sacrifice. What is a sacrifice? And why would God want one, from Abraham, or from us through Christ?
The first thing to see is that a sacrifice is a peculiar kind of gift. In the case of ordinary gifts, which aren’t sacrifices, the person who gets the gift is the one who benefits from the gift-giving. That person has the thing given; and if that thing was good enough to give, it is a good thing to get too. So the gift-receiver is the primary beneficiary of ordinary gift-giving. But a sacrifice is a different kind of gift. When one person gives something as a sacrifice, however great his gift is, in the giving of it he himself receives something of very great value. The gift-giver is the primary beneficiary of gift-giving in sacrifice.
Kolbe became a person in whom the beauty of love shone so brightly that his story now illumines all who hear about it. To see this point, consider Maximilian Kolbe, who sacrificed his life for Franciszek Gajowniczek at Auschwitz.
The Nazis had randomly selected 10 prisoners to die, and Franciszek Gajowniczek was one of them. When he was picked, he cried out, “Oh, my poor wife! My poor children! I will never see them again!” But Maximilian Kolbe stepped forward and offered to take Franciszek’s place. Kolbe knew that the selected prisoners would be slowly starved to death in a dark and airless bunker. But Kolbe offered his life for that of his fellow prisoner anyway. Witnesses reported afterwards that Kolbe prayed and sang hymns until the end when his voice failed.
In his sacrifice, Kolbe became a person in whom the beauty of love shone so brightly that his story now illumines all who hear about it. He gave his life to give life to Franciszek, but he himself received far more than he gave. Who would not want to be as lovely a soul as Kolbe was?
And so God, who lacks for nothing, is glad to have the gift of our sacrifices, not because he gets something great from them, but because we do. Sunday Readings Next Sunday’s Readings
Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 Gospel: John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42
An Adult Faith Formation and Certification series is being offered through the Diocesan Office at St. Bernard Catholic School. This series is designed for our Catechists, Teachers and Principals. Although others may attend. We are advertising the class in our North Coast Catholic Newspaper. I have attached the schedule and the applications for Basic Catechist certification. Please note that the series will also be offered in Spanish for those Catechists that have bilingual classes. If you plan to send any of your catechist to the Catechist program at St. Bernard Catholic School, please have them RSVP by March 6th. This will help with knowing how much hand out material is needed. The parish will take care of the cost if needed. Please look for information in the church vestibule
WEEKLY MASSES & INTENTIONS
St. Joseph Church 02/28 Sat 4:00 pm + Daniel Seekins 03/01 Sun 7:30 am +Clarence Enos 03/03 Tue 7:30 am +Lowell Allen 03/05 Thu 7:30 am +Joe Bronchetti 03/07 Sat 4:00 pm +Daniel Seekins 03/08 Sun 7:30 am Mass for the People St. Joseph Hospital 03/03 Tue 11:30 am +Clarence Enos 03/05 Thu 11:30 am +Fr. Eric Freed
St. Bernard Church
03/01 Sun 10:30 am Mass for the People 03/02 Mon 12:15 pm +Ben Rios & +Michael Rios 03/04 Wed 12:15 pm +Clarence Enos 03/06 Fri 12:15 pm +Rick Casanova 03/08 Sun 10:30 am +Agnes & Clarence Prouse
This Week’s Meeting & Events
03/02 Mon 6:00 pm Religious Ed
03/03 Tue 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus
03/03 Tue 7:00 pm Lenten program at SH Church
03/05 Thu 7:00 pm RCIA
03/06 Fri 6:00 pm Soup Supper
7:00 pm Stations & benediction
03/07 Sat 11:00 am Choir Practice
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Chet Branum, Helen Dick, Stanley Fosnaugh, Deacon Frank, Fr. Greg, Barbara, Jackie and Jim Hill, Chad Kryla, Margaret McCaskill, Joan McDowell, Cathy McCormack, Betty Mitchell, Riley Moran, John F. O’Neill Anita Pera, Brett Perrone, Donna Selsor, Nancy Tompkins, Ramon Torres, Mary Wood and all our weak and ill.
Finance Corner The collection last weekend was $3,788 and Religious Education was $1,336.
St Bernard Parish Pancake Breakfast Prepared by
the Knights of Columbus will be held March. 1st in St
Bernard Parish Hall. Time 8:30 am till 12:00 pm.
Cost $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12.
Check out Lenten material in the pamphlet rack.
Tuesday’s at 7-8 in Rm 8 at Sacred Heart Parish
Center: St. Ignatius presents a way of imagining
in his Spiritual Exercises. He asks us to “enter
into the vision of God.” We place ourselves fully
within a story from the Gospels. We become
onlooker-participants and give full rein to our
imagination. This coming week the Gospel will
be” the Samaritan Woman at the well.”
Humor This guy found a bottle on the ocean, and
he opened it and out popped a genie, and he gave
him three wishes. The guy wished for a million
dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars. Then
he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a
convertible. And then, he wished he could be
irresistible to all women... poof! He turned into a box
of chocolates.
Fr. David is inviting all young people who want to
become Altar Servers to sign up for training. If you
are interested in this service please call Sacred Heart
Church at 443-8429.
The Knights of Columbus will have the Annual Corned Beef Dinner on Saturday March 14, 2015 at 6:00 p.m., in the St. Bernard Parish Hall. The menu will includes corned beef, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, salad, Irish soda bread, coffee, punch & dessert. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Price is $15.00 for Adults, & $7.00 for children (12 yrs.old & under. Tickets will be available after Sunday Masses, or can be purchase at the parish offices. You can contact Stiivi Aguilar at (707)499-7845, or Frank Giacomini (707)599-6843.
To sign up to bring a meal to Deacon Frank and Judy Weber while they recover from Frank's cancer operation, go to mealtrain.com/nggk1q for all
information. Next Sunday, March 9 th Daylight Saving Time Begins! Set your clocks forward one hour.
Pastor’s Corner As we journey deeper into Lent how are you doing? So
often we want to take the easy way out but during Lent
we need to get to work.
To assist us in this journey there are at least two masses a
day in Eureka except only one on Mondays. We have on
Tuesdays at 7-8 at the parish center we have a reflection
with imagination on the coming Sunday Gospel. We have
the Way of the Cross with Exposition and Benediction at
7pm at St. Bernard’s and 7pm in Spanish at Sacred Heart.
Reading materials are free in the vestibule. You might
want to volunteer to help at the St. Vincent de Paul
Kitchen, help out with the 40 Days of Lent Program, walk
through a convalescent home to just say hello for those in
wheelchairs in a hallway, be more generous of the giving of
your treasures, help the elderly, etc.
A special “Thank you” to all who made the 1st Annual Crab
Feed a success: crab fishermen, cooks, cleaners, money
takers, dessert makers, servers, and organizers, bartenders
and more! It looks like S. Bernard’s and Sacred Heart
cleared approximately $4,800 which will be split between
