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  Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Wednesday, June 24, Saratoga Pizza and Grill, 4-8pm present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering!         Please join us as we bid a fond farewell for Fr. Jeb as he embarks on his new assignment as Pastor of Saint Philip…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, First, we wish Fr. Jeb all good things as he assumes his new responsibilities as pastor of Saint Phillip Parish. Also, we thank him for his contribution to the spiritual and communal life of Saint Bernadette. It is a daunting experience to be a pastor for the first time…

  Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, June 15, Silver Diner, Springfield Town Center, 5-8pm present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering!       Join us on Monday, June 15, for an evening of prayer and songs in the Taizé tradition beginning at 8pm. Bring a friend.  …

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, For many weeks I have been reprinting Pope Leo’s weekly Wednesday General Audience catechesis in Rome “Vatican Council II through its Documents,” a treasure of faith formation for all the world. He wrote in his initial introduction that the Council, whose original participants have nearly all died, needs to…

  Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, June 15, Silver Diner, Springfield Town Center, 5-8pm present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering!       Starting June 3, let us pray the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a parish. USCCB resources for the Novena are reprinted…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, As the different chapters in our lives are written, I recognize one thing that is consistent for myself. I always feel at home at the altar. I am grateful to gather around your beautiful altar with you. One of the first things I felt compelled to do when I…

9   Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Kickoff Thursday, June 4, Malek’s Pizza Palace, 4-9pm, Mention Saint Bernadette when ordering!       Starting June 3, let us pray the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a parish. USCCB resources for the Novena are reprinted in this bulletin starting…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, Something remarkable happened last weekend, in case you hadn’t heard. My brother Bob is now Father Bob at 60 years of age. Of course, there were jokes going around about how three time’s (going to seminary) a charm, but I had a lot of time to reflect on Bob’s…

Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Kickoff Monday, May 25, McAlister’s Deli, 4-8pm, Mention Saint Bernadette when ordering!       Our second collection this weekend supports the annual Mission Cooperative Plan Appeal for our diocese. Our parish mission organization is Order of St. Augustine Vicariate of Tanzania, to help those who…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, Be sure to carve out a little time from your schedule today to consider the significance of what we celebrate this Pentecost Sunday. On our parish website, at the bottom of the front page, is a line I wrote when I first came to Saint Bernadette. It was something…