PARISH EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer is here!
Registration for Religious Education classes for the 2025-2026 school year have begun. Please visit our link on the parish website.
Plan to stay a little after the 5pm Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, for a eucharistic procession, devotions, and benediction.
Please keep our Saint Bernadette Youth Workcamp participants and volunteers in your prayers as they witness Christ’s love for others while serving those in the community of Winchester this upcoming week.
ECHO is looking for volunteers 13 years old or older to help stuff 1300 backpacks with school supplies. These will be distributed before school starts to families in need of assistance. Please see today’s bulletin for more information.
Thank you to all who have responded to our request to reduce our parish envelope costs. If you are receiving offertory envelopes but don’t use them or no longer wish to receive them, please contact our parish office so that we can remove that service from your registration file. Remember Second and Special Collections can be done electronically through Faith Direct.
FAITH FORMATION
Living the Liturgical Year:
Happy Feast of Corpus Christi! We celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi the Second Sunday after Pentecost. This Feast commemorates the gift of the Eucharist in our lives, celebrating the real presence of Christ in the bread and wine. One thing you can do to celebrate is attend our parish’s Corpus Christi procession after the 5pm Sunday Mass. With the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Saint John Paul II National Shrine, or the Shrine of St Elizabeth Ann Seton within driving distance, you can go on a Eucharistic Pilgrimage with your children. You can find a bucket list, Eucharistic Pilgrimage Passport and Stamps here. https://www.looktohimandberadiant.com/2023/05/eucharistic-pilgrimage-resources-for.html
Registration for 2025-2026 ~ Registration is now open. Continue your child's growth in the faith by signing them up for classes in 2025-26! Our class sessions will be on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and we will again offer our Special Religious Development class on Saturday mornings for students with special learning needs and our Family Faith Formation classes once a month on Sunday afternoons (for grades K-5) where parents take a larger role in their child's faith formation. You can register through the link on the parish website on the Religious Education page. You will also see the QR Code in the bulletin board in the narthex and outside the church.
Who should register? All currently registered students, including all Confirmation 2025, Confirmation 2026, and students preparing to receive First Eucharist next school year.
Questions about your child's registration? Call the Religious Education Office or contact the staff via email.
Volunteers for 2025-2026 ~ As we prepare to plan for the upcoming Religious Education school year, please discern if you would like to help. We are in need of Lead Catechists and aides. If interested, please contact the Religious Education Office or fill out the Volunteer Form on the website. You will also find the QR Code at the bulletin board.
WOMEN'S MINISTRY
Come and enjoy warm fellowship and great food. No need to RSVP. For more information, please email us at women@stbernpar.org.
Monday, July 7, is our next Dinner with Friends at 5pm, at Saratoga Pizzeria, 8050 Rolling Road. This casual meal in addition to our normal dinner on the 1st and the 3rd Monday of every monthYOUTH MINISTRY
All rising 6th through 8th graders are invited to our Summer Drop-Ins! Join us July 2nd, July 16th, and July 30th for fun, games, friends, and of course, ice cream! We will meet from 6:45-8pm in the gym.
All rising 9th - graduated 12th graders are invited to join us! • July 8 - Game Night - Ice cream sundaes and fun in the youth room - 7-8:30pm, • July 23 - King’s Dominion Day - $39/ticket, volunteers and drivers needed!,
• August 5 - End of Summer Social - bonfire, s’mores, and games on the rectory patio - 7-8:30pm.
To learn more about our middle and high school ministries, please contact Grace Mee, gmee@stbernpar.org