Posts by Rick Caporali

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, We look around today and are bewildered by the intolerance that people have for one another. It would be naive to expect everyone to agree, but is it naive to expect people to at least try to agree? And we’ve seen a lot of protests in recent years and…

Happy Father’s Day!       Registration for Religious Education classes for the 2025-2026 school year have begun.     Please plan to join us for an evening of sung prayer in the Taizé tradition. All are welcome. Monday evening, 16 June 8-8:45m the church.     Parish offices will be closed on Friday 20…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, You might think that Christmas or Easter might be the busiest times of the year for the parish. They are busy, for sure, especially when you think of all the confessions leading up to them and preparations of the church and liturgies. But this year, I think the last…

      Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church. The Novena to the Holy Spirit began Friday, May 30. You will find the text of the prayers in a handy pull-out…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, One sad effect of moving Ascension Thursday to Sunday is that we don’t hear the Gospel from the Seventh Sunday of Easter, when Jesus’ last prayer to the Father before his arrest is that we be one as they are one. Pope Leo gave a beautiful homily about it…

      Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church. The Novena to the Holy Spirit began Friday, May 30. You will find the text of the prayers in a handy pull-out…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, This past week, after spending a week at my home parish in Kansas for my brother Bob’s ordination celebration, I have had time for a thoughtful reflection of community and its value. Being home was a powerful experience of community and memory. Wea, Kansas is a very small farming…

      Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church. The Novena to the Holy Spirit begins Friday, May 30. You will find the text of the prayers in a handy pull-out…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, “Well, the archdiocese of Kansas City Kansas finally got one of the Rooney brothers,” said Archbishop Naumann at the beginning of his homily at my brother’s ordination to the transitional diaconate last weekend. We were asked a lot: why? First, if you don’t know already, my brother Bob is…

    Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church.     The Filipino Catholic Community, with the diocesan Multi-cultural Ministries Office, invites you to join in celebrating the Flores de Mayo…