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    Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, 28 September, McAlister’s Deli, Rolling Rd present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering! ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 26th Week in Ordinary Time         Don’t forget, if you haven’t, to return your commitment card for parish ministry – Pray, serve…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, Week before last I got to spend a few days in Jackson, Wyoming, where my friends Mary Kay and John live. They have the oldest dude ranch in the valley, Triangle X, actually predating Grand Teton National Park which surrounds them. If you want a good dose of the…

    Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, 21 September, Silver Diner, Springfield Shopping Center present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering! ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 25th Week in Ordinary Time         This is Commitment Sunday! Review our Parish Renewal Handbook, Ministry Catalog and Annual Report and…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, As I reflect on the bishop’s letter which we read at all the Masses last weekend and the responses some members of our parish family had in reaction to it, I have a few reflections. First, it wasn’t a condemnation of anyone. It is not up to us to…

    Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, 14 September, El Paso, Commerce Street, All Day present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering! ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 24th Week in Ordinary Time        Watch your mailbox! All registered parishioners will be receiving our Parish Renewal Handbook, Ministry Catalog…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, As we come to Parish Life Weekend again this year, I have a couple of reflections which come to me with urgency. Maybe this is me fulfilling my Baptism with a prophetic message! I don’t think we as Church understand our roles according to the dignity and responsibility of…

    Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, 14 September, El Paso, Commerce Street, All Day present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering! ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time        Watch your mailbox! All registered parishioners will be receiving our Parish Renewal Handbook, Ministry Catalog…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, Labor Day every year gives us a chance to review Catholic Social Teaching which views work as a participation in God’s creation and insists that the economy must serve people rather than people serving the economy. There is “no time like the present,” as my mom used to say,…

    Rise Against Hunger / Saint Bernadette Dining Nights Out Monday, 31 August, McAlister’s Deli Rolling Road, 4-8pm present our flyer or mention Saint Bernadette when ordering! ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 21st Week in Ordinary Time       Mark your calendars! Our parish multicultural observance of the bishops’ National Prayer Service “Honoring the many…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, A couple of things this week. You’ll be seeing a lot from the Church during the next few weeks about the upcoming election in which the people of Virginia will vote about three constitutional amendments. You are welcome to read Bishop Burbidge and Knestout’s letter on pp. 8-9 of…