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Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette,
Now that we have begun the season of Lent, I thought I would offer to you a perspective of the season that might be a little different from they way you have approached Lent in the past.
True, it is a penitential season: we do penance to make amends for the sins we have committed. We often use the word reparation -- a repairing or healing of the disorder we have caused in our own lives, the way we have impacted others, been unfaithful or indifferent to God, and his creation.
But this was not the origin of the season of Lent, it is what it became around the time of the middle ages when there was a growing obsession with sin itself and who we were becoming. We were not good people who did bad things, but just bad people. The Reformation took place, in part, because the Catholic Church was literally telling people they could buy their way out of hell through the Church. The divisions in Christianity which came later were often driven by different leaders outdoing each other over just how unsalvageable humanity was.
The ancient feast of the Pasch, or Easter, is the day of resurrection. It was the morning that the Church observed Jesus’ rising from the dead and the fullness of our hope. It was always the day of baptism as people converted from non-Christianity to be received into the Body of Christ. The Church celebrated it not only in one day, but grew into a series of days not really to reenact the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, but to actively, ritually remember it. It is the seamless transformation of the Passover given to Moses by God as a feast forever, given new fullness and meaning as Christ becomes the paschal lamb that delivers us from death by his own sacrifice.
The triduum, the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil/Day expanded as a time for preparation for those who were to be baptized. See the emphasis on preparation: the saving rites that deliver us were yet to come. It is only afterward that we turn it into a penitential time because we have acknowledged that
we have been unfaithful to God’s saving act.
So, those who had come into the Church in previous years soon began to seek a longer time to “put things in order” for the celebration of baptism at the Easter Vigil, when each year the Church renews those baptismal promises which were made in the past. For most of us, those promises were made for us as infants or children by our parents and godparents. We must own them more each year we are alive.
The Church already had, in the blending of Judaism and Christianity, the feast of Pentecost. The coming of the Holy Spirit 50 days after the resurrection, 10 days after the ascension of Jesus into heaven, seemed like a good development. The Church has always like symmetry in her celebrations and this is the classic example. The 40 days up to the ascension and the significance of the number 40 (years wandering in the desert being prepared by God for the promised land, Jesus’ own post-baptismal 40 days in the desert preparing for his public life, the purification of the world by the great flood’s 40 days and nights, the 40 days that Moses spent on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah), 40 being the number in the Bible and Talmud representing change, renewal and transformation made 40 days of preparation before the Triduum the perfect solution. We got Lent.
The season of Lent, then, is for those coming into the Church either by baptism or profession of faith the time of proximate preparation. You will see at Mass different celebrations. The parish Rite of Sending of catechumens Saturday, March 8 to the Rite of Election with Bishop Burbidge on Sunday, March 9. The Penitential Rite for those already baptized on the second Sunday of Lent (9am) for candidates to prepare for their profession of faith. The scrutinies on the third (Vigil 5pm), fourth (9am), and fifth (11am) Sundays of Lent, when the assembly prays over catechumens to open their hearts to fully receive the grace of the sacraments of initiation.
Not so much reparation as preparation: so much more than just giving something up out of sorrow for sin, it is a conscious walking into the new light of Jesus’ resurrection that brings us to life.
The Lord be with you.
Worship Aid for Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lenten Observances
Fasting: Food equivalent to one regular meal, one small meal – Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
Abstinence: No meat – ALL Fridays
Parish Soup Suppers: Fridays in Lent, 6pm
Stations of the Cross: Fridays, 7pm in English, 8pm in Spanish, in the church
Lent Confessions: Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, Saturdays, 3:30-4:30pm (as usual). Please plan confessions early in the season to avoid running out of time.
Parish Penance Service: Monday, April 4, 6:30pm
40 Hours and Parish Lenten Mission: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Sunday–Tuesday, March 16-18. Begins with 5pm Mass Sunday followed by adoration and mission talk by Fr. Bill Quigley, CICM, director of Missionhurst’s Mount Tabor Retreat House in Arlington at 6:15pm. Additional Masses on Monday and Tuesday evening at 6:30pm followed by Lenten Mission talks at 7:30pm. Close of 40 Hours with Benediction, Tuesday night after the talk.
Bishop’s Lenten Appeal in-pew pledge weekend is this weekend, or you can give at: www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner here and it will count toward our parish goal of $560,000.
Now accepting applications for PRE-Kindergarten in our school. Interested in joining our school community? We focus on faith formation, academic excellence, and community service. Visit our website: www.stbernschool.org/admissions-process/
All Saints Church (Manassas) has invited our parishioners to participate in their Multi Car Raffle. Tickets are being mailed to households in the next week A portion of the proceeds raised are granted back to our parish school. See today’s bulletin for more information.
Inclement Weather Delays and Closures
Saint Bernadette Parish and School follows the Fairfax County School System regarding closings for snow and other inclement weather. If public schools are closed, our school is closed and all activities on the campus for that day and evening are canceled. Please take this policy into account when scheduling use of Parish facilities during winter months.
Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette,
There was something incredibly right about our Evening Prayer for Hope and Healing, as we seek to accompany anyone who is worried or scared, or anxious right now over employment and recent events. As I said with my opening comments, this was not intended to be another opportunity for polarization or judgment or even opinion about current events. It was a moment for us to come together as a community to let everyone know that they are not alone but in the embrace of this community, to pray for healing and renewed hope, to listen to the word of God, to be healed through the beauty of music, and receive a teaching from Father Cedric on living with anxiety.
His message was really good. Anxiety is, of itself, not a desired emotion. It has many causes, and many effects on our bodies and our minds. But it is also, in that classic Catholic way of stating the unlikely obvious, an opportunity to experience our powerlessness and tune our hearts to God and grow closer to him. We know, as Father said, that God did not create the situation that faces us, but he is nevertheless sovereign over it. In that reassurance we can confidently confront whatever worries us knowing that, not only is he victorious over all passing things, he actually entered into the experience itself in Jesus Christ, who has gone before us and experienced it all already. Wherever we go, he has been there before, from the danger his family faced at the time of his birth all the way up to his agony in the garden and subsequent execution on the cross.
Anyway, I wish I had had the presence of mind to record his talk, and I could have added it to the website where I post my weekly homily... but I didn’t. Many people came away from our prayer service on Monday night with a renewed peace, spoke of a consolation and healing that they felt restored them and better readied them for whatever may happen. One person told me that she was reminded that our lives are so much more uncertain than certain, and you can convince yourself in moments of difficulty that the world probably isn’t going to go according to my plan for it. There is only One whose plans are big enough for the world to take notice, and the world would have to desire his plan. We are currently in a season when it does not seem to be interested in him.
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I have been meaning to announce in the last couple of weeks that our parish – as well as the Catholic community of our area – has been invited by the Muslim community to two iftars.
The season of Ramadan, much like our season of Lent, is February 28 - March 29 this year. They observe a mandatory fast from food and water every day of the season from dawn to sunset. Imagine if we Catholics had such requirements! When Ramadan falls in the summer months there is serious concern about hydration, especially for those who have outdoor jobs. Still they do not break the fast until sunset. The meal they gather to celebrate after sunset prayers is called the iftar.
Saint Bernadette has been especially invited to the iftar celebrated in the context of the Interreligious Community Project Sharing Sacred Spaces initiative which we have been active in for the past two years. It is being hosted by the Rumi Forum at Temple Rodef Shalom on March 6 (this week!) at 5:30pm, at 2100 West Moreland St., Falls Church. RSVP by March 2(!). If you would like to go, contact me before the end of this weekend! I will tell them how many of us are coming.
We are also invited to the Northern Virginia Faith Communities’ Iftar on March 9 at 6:30pm, hosted by Rumi Forum’s American Turkish Friendship Association (ATFA) at their center in Chantilly, at 16120 Newbrook Drive in the Westfields area on Hwy 28. Again, if you would like to attend, please let me know and I will tell them how many of us will be coming.
This has become a wonderful way that Christians and Muslims gather, as they say, to connect heart to heart, break bread, and enjoy a conversation. It has long been my experience that we just need to get to know one another to ease the anxiety of stereotypes and false information.
The Lord be with you.
Worship Aid for Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
The 2025 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal mailing was recently sent to parishioners. The 2025 theme is “Abounding in Hope,” which reminds us of this great theological virtue that is rooted in Jesus Christ and the victory he won for us. The in-pew pledge weekend is March 1 - 2, or you can make a gift at: www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner here and it will count toward our parish goal of $560,000.
The second collection is weekend is for the Black and Indian Missions.
The diocese just announced dates for eucharistic ministry training and they are soon. If you are interested in serving in this ministry, please contact Fr Don as soon as possible.
Please join us on Monday evening 24 February at 7pm. for an evening of prayer for healing and hope. Fr. Cedric Wilson, Osa will present “Anxiety and the Spiritual Roadmap Forward
Concerts at Saint Bernadette presents the first concert of the 2025 season, welcoming the US Navy Band Chamber Ensemble on Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm, in the church.
All Saints Church (Manassas) has invited our parishioners to participate in their Multi Car Raffle. Tickets are being mailed to households in the next week A portion of the proceeds raised are granted back to our parish school. See today’s bulletin for more information.
Knights of Columbus Springfield Council 6153 will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner and Trivia Contest Saturday, March 1 in the school cafeteria. Dinner is from 6–7:30pm followed by trivia until 9pm. Please join us, more details in today's bulletin.
Congratulations on a successful St. Lucy Food Drive last weekend. Through your generosity Saint Bernadette parish collected 4 tons! (8,055lbs) of food and an additional $ 850 in cash donations. It a huge help to the start of their month! The team at St. Lucy extends their sincere appreciation for the support from our parishioners.
Inclement Weather Delays and Closures
Saint Bernadette Parish and School follows the Fairfax County School System regarding closings for snow and other inclement weather. If public schools are closed, our school is closed and all activities on the campus for that day and evening are canceled. Please take this policy into account when scheduling use of Parish facilities during winter months.
Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette,
Every once in a while things will come up in conversation that reveal misunderstandings of things that I believe are central to life in the Church. Often they are things that are the product of misinformation (maybe well-intended) that cause people to stay away from the sacraments or develop a bad self-image with regard to beliefs. I keep a list and, every once in a while, try to publish corrections. Here are a few major ones:
1) Being divorced does not forfeit your dignity in the eyes of God or make you any less a member of the Church. It does not exclude you from Holy Communion. Of course, Catholics must be married sacramentally in the Church, a civil marriage is not valid, only legal. So if you are a divorced Catholic who never married in the Church, civil divorce ends civil marriage, and a good confession is sufficient. If you were married in the Church and intend to remarry or start dating again, talk to one of the priests about the annulment process, because civil divorce does not end the sacramental bond. You are still married to that person sacramentally. We investigate the former marriage and determine if it was really sacramental, done for the right reasons with all the necessary intentions of fidelity, permanence, or openness to children, or if there might be any psychological incapacity on the part of either spouse. Once the former marriage is declared null (didn’t happen), you are free to seek marriage again for the first time.
2) The Rite of Christian Burial has three parts: the Vigil (commonly called a “wake” to make sure the person doesn’t merely seem to be deceased), The Funeral Mass, and the Rite of Burial. There is a current trend to move away from these Rites which the Deceased, if they were a person of faith and would have wished it, deserves. This happens for several reasons. Sometimes, surviving family members no longer practice Catholic faith and don’t understand the full impact of what a Funeral Mass is for. Much more than a “celebration of life” or tribute to the Deceased, it is actually a uniting of the Deceased’s earthly life in thanksgiving to the bread and wine of the sacrifice of Jesus to the Father in the Mass. This final communion is the commencement of that perfect communion which is the beauty of eternal life. More importantly, if the Deceased may not have been ready to enter the embrace of God needing further purification, they rely entirely on our prayers and the intercession of the saints to achieve that eternal life. The Mass is the greatest prayer we can offer for them, as well as the greatest act of charity we can do for them. Not to do so would be wrong.
Sometimes people make these decisions for economic reasons. Cutting out the Funeral Mass (the most important part) might be offered as a good option by the funeral home when, in fact, it costs the least. Our parish costs are only $100 for the church (which can be waived in difficult circumstances) and stipends for the musicians, if desired. The Church teaches that it is preferred to have the Funeral Mass with the body of the Deceased present and that cremation, if planned, be done after the Mass, but not required.
3) It seems that many people were taught as children that you may not receive Holy Communion unless you have been to the sacrament of Reconciliation. This seems to have had two results. On the one hand, too strict a rule can cause people to disregard it; on the other, scrupulosity can result as a response to the idea that I must find sins to confess. People can have unhealthy approaches to confession.
The official teaching: if you have committed grave (mortal) sin, you need to go to confession before receiving Eucharist. A regular practice of confessing is good, even if you don’t have mortal sin, because the grace of the sacrament deepens your relationship with God and brings about spiritual growth, but venial sins may be forgiven in many other ways: a sincere act of contrition, penance, fasting, almsgiving, works of mercy, the Penitential Rite at the beginning of Mass, even receiving Communion itself. Do you feel nervous going to confession? I have found focusing on the unconditional love and mercy of God is such a greater reflection than focusing on my sins. It brings about greater contrition.
The Lord be with you.
Worship Aid for Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The 2025 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal mailing was recently sent to parishioners. The 2025 theme is “Abounding in Hope,” which reminds us of this great theological virtue that is rooted in Jesus Christ and the victory he won for us. The in-pew pledge weekend is March 1 - 2, or you can make a gift at: www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner here and it will count toward our parish goal of $560,000.
The second collection is weekend is for the Black and Indian Missions.
The diocese just announced dates for eucharistic ministry training and they are soon. If you are interested in serving in this ministry, please contact Fr Don as soon as possible.
Please join us on Monday evening 24 February at 7pm. for an evening of prayer for healing and hope. Fr. Cedric Wilson, Osa will present “Anxiety and the Spiritual Roadmap Forward
Concerts at Saint Bernadette presents the first concert of the 2025 season, welcoming the US Navy Band Chamber Ensemble on Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm, in the church.
All Saints Church (Manassas) has invited our parishioners to participate in their Multi Car Raffle. Tickets are being mailed to households in the next week A portion of the proceeds raised are granted back to our parish school. See today’s bulletin for more information.
Knights of Columbus Springfield Council 6153 will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner and Trivia Contest Saturday, March 1 in the school cafeteria. Dinner is from 6–7:30pm followed by trivia until 9pm. Please join us, more details in today's bulletin.
Congratulations on a successful St. Lucy Food Drive last weekend. Through your generosity Saint Bernadette parish collected 4 tons! (8,055lbs) of food and an additional $ 850 in cash donations. It a huge help to the start of their month! The team at St. Lucy extends their sincere appreciation for the support from our parishioners.
Inclement Weather Delays and Closures
Saint Bernadette Parish and School follows the Fairfax County School System regarding closings for snow and other inclement weather. If public schools are closed, our school is closed and all activities on the campus for that day and evening are canceled. Please take this policy into account when scheduling use of Parish facilities during winter months.
Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette,
We have a few topics to consider this week.
1) First of all, I want to express my profound gratitude not only to the many volunteers who continue to serve our parish ministries where our parish finds its mission and purpose. Education, both in the school and religious education programs, provides a foundation for the future of our children. Our youth prograns, our adult formation programs, outreach to the poor -- all are necessary for our parish family to live into the Gospel which is so fulfilling not only for those we serve, but for ourselves, too.
All those who volunteer to enhance the quality and authenticity of our worship: musicians, choirs, altar servers, ministers of Holy Communion and lectors who deliver the Word of God whenever we gather. Just imagine what it would be like without you!
All those who serve on committees and councils -- you help us in our pastoral ministries to make the right decisions in seeking the will of God in our service.
Last weekend we had a wonderful celebration for you, but I also must express my gratitude to those who made it happen. Parish Staff all turned out to thank you for supporting our vocations and careers. Dr. Burgess and some teachers from the school came to serve our volunteers, reversing the roles at least in this hope that we can bring you joy with our Night of Gratitude celebration. We can’t do our jobs without your help. A few photos from our Night of Gratitude can be found on pp. 10-11.
2) I have the happy role of reporting in on the success of our Parish Center. We have met with the architects and our schematic drawings are underway. Design drawings will follow that will need to be finalized before they are given to engineers who will figure out how to make the building happen, that careful balance between watching the budget and ensuring we receive what we need. Once that step is done and, with the next okay from the Diocese, we begin to secure our GC, the bid process, construction drawings followed by applying for permits. This is one of those steps that you can never guess how long the process will take. The construction drawings scope can run over 100 pages which detail every wall, doorknob, technology and fixture. But with drawings we know will work, we can look forward to determining an estimated start of construction. There are probably steps I’ve left out, but you have the idea. The great news is we have begun!
3) Our country has joined the rest of the world’s problems in earnest now, and there is a great deal of uncertainty many of you have about employment, economy, security and our republic. I have spoken with many of you who speak about you or your friends experiencing a downward spiral of anxiety and stress.
We have decided to have a prayer service a week from this Monday, February 24, an Evening Prayer for Healing and Hope. It is an evening prayer, so families with members observing different Christian traditions can come together and truly pray together. It will include Scripture and prayers based on the Liturgy of the Hours, but will include additional reflections, as well as a talk by our own Fr. Cedric Wilson who has a PhD in psychology and has practiced as a therapist, “Anxiety: a Spiritual Roadmap Forward.” Many don’t know about Fr. Cedric’s professional life which he as served as an Augustinian priest.
This prayer service is intended for everyone, especially our many members who are employed by the federal government and its many agencies as well as those in the military who are facing uncertainty at this time. Please pass the word about this prayer service as you are able, it is intended to provide pastoral help to all of us who are wondering what is coming next. Please see p. 9 for details.
No matter what, know that you are loved and your first vocation as a follower of Jesus is, as Saint John of the Cross said, “Where there is no love, let me put love. Then, there I will find love.”
The Lord be with you.
Worship Aid for Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The 2025 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal mailing was recently sent to parishioners. The 2025 theme is “Abounding in Hope,” which reminds us of this great theological virtue that is rooted in Jesus Christ and the victory he won for us. The in-pew pledge weekend is March 1 - 2, or you can make a gift at: www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner here and it will count toward our parish goal of $560,000.
The second collection is weekend is for the Parish and Facilities Maintenance.
The diocese just announced dates for eucharistic ministry training and they are soon. If you are interested in serving in this ministry, please contact Fr Don as soon as possible.
Concerts at Saint Bernadette presents the first concert of the 2025 season, welcoming the US Navy Band Chamber Ensemble on Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm, in the church.
All Saints Church (Manassas) has invited our parishioners to participate in their Multi Car Raffle. Tickets are being mailed to households in the next week A portion of the proceeds raised are granted back to our parish school. See today’s bulletin for more information.
Knights of Columbus Springfield Council 6153 will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner and Trivia Contest Saturday, March 1 in the school cafeteria. Dinner is from 6–7:30pm followed by trivia until 9pm. Please join us, more details on page 9 in today's bulletin.
Congratulations on a successful St. Lucy Food Drive last weekend. Through your generosity Saint Bernadette parish collected 4 tons! (8,055lbs) of food and an additional $ 850 in cash donations. It a huge help to the start of their month! The team at St. Lucy extends their sincere appreciation for the support from our parishioners.
Inclement Weather Delays and Closures
Saint Bernadette Parish and School follows the Fairfax County School System regarding closings for snow and other inclement weather. If public schools are closed, our school is closed and all activities on the campus for that day and evening are canceled. Please take this policy into account when scheduling use of Parish facilities during winter months.
Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette,
WASHINGTON - In response to last week’s Executive Orders signed by President Trump, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offered the following statement:
“Many of the issues President Trump addresses in his recent Executive Orders, along with what may be issued in the coming days, are matters on which the Church has much to offer. Some provisions contained in the Executive Orders, such as those focused on the treatment of immigrants and refugees, foreign aid, expansion of the death penalty, and the environment, are deeply troubling and will have negative consequences, many of which will harm the most vulnerable among us. Other provisions in the Executive Orders can be seen in a more positive light, such as recognizing the truth about each human person as male or female.
“I wish to reiterate that the Catholic Church is not aligned with any political party, and neither is the bishops’ conference. No matter who occupies the White House or holds the majority on Capitol Hill, the Church’s teachings remain unchanged. It is our hope that the leadership of our Country will reconsider those actions which disregard not only the human dignity of a few, but of us all.
“Following the ancient tradition, Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a Jubilee Year of Hope. As Christians, our hope is always in Jesus Christ, who guides us through storm and calm weather. He is the source of all truth. Our prayer is one of hope that, as a Nation blessed with many gifts, our actions demonstrate a genuine care for our most vulnerable sisters and brothers, including the unborn, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and migrants and refugees. The just Judge expects nothing less.”
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Thanks, Archbishop Broglio, for your voice. These are confusing times and the diocese has provided materials with regard to immigration and the constitutional rights of undocumented immigrants. I was so glad to receive a policy with corresponding instructions, and everyone should know the procedures. I didn’t know them...
For this reason I have put “Know Your Rights” as well as Bishop’s letter in English and Spanish in the bulletin this week (pages 10-17), and on the church bulletin boards. If you know people who are at risk, please share this information with them.
Whatever we do, we must not answer hate with hate, or the cycle will only worsen. Jesus must have seen similar challenges in the context of his own day, and this is what he preached to his disciples:
“To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
“To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
“Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount.
“But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
“Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give, and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
The Lord be with you.
Worship Aid for Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Our next St. Lucy Project food drive is THIS WEEKEND, February 1–2 after all Masses. Please bring your blue Saint Lucy food bags filled this weekend.
The 2025 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal mailing was recently sent to parishioners. The 2025 theme is “Abounding in Hope,” which reminds us of this great theological virtue that is rooted in Jesus Christ and the victory he won for us. The in-pew pledge weekend is March 1 - 2, or you can make a gift at: www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner here and it will count toward our parish goal of $560,000.
This weekend’s second collection is for the Arlington Catholic Herald. Please consider supporting the official, award-winning newspaper of the diocese and its mission to evangelize through news from a Catholic perspective. Our $ 46,312 assessment is based 80% of our registered households.
2024 year-end Contribution Statements were mailed this week. Please contact the parish office if you have any questions.
Concerts at Saint Bernadette presents the first concert of the 2025 season, welcoming the US Navy Band Chamber Ensemble on Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm, in the church.
All Scouts are invited to wear their uniforms to 9am Mass on Sunday, February 2 in recognition of Scout Sunday.
All 6th-8th graders are invited to our Middle School Youth Ministry this Wednesday, 5 February. Join us for games, snacks, and fun from 6:45-8pm in the Gym. All middle schoolers are welcome, bring a friend!
All Saints Church (Manassas) has invited our parishioners to participate in their Multi Car Raffle. Tickets are being mailed to households in the next week A portion of the proceeds raised are granted back to our parish school. See today’s bulletin for more information.
Inclement Weather Delays and Closures
Saint Bernadette Parish and School follows the Fairfax County School System regarding closings for snow and other inclement weather. If public schools are closed, our school is closed and all activities on the campus for that day and evening are canceled. You may also call the Parish Office for a recorded message. Please take this policy into account when scheduling use of Parish facilities during winter months.