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.

    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: 

    This Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a major feast that commemorates the lives and contributions of the two apostles. Saint Peter is the “rock” on which the Church was built. He was our first pope. Saint Paul had a great conversion and helped in establishing the early Church. One of the best way to celebrate this special feast is to go to Mass and say a special prayer for our Pope Leo XIV, priests, and bishops. Another thing you can do with your kids is by making Saints Peter and Paul cupcakes. Instruction and decorations can be found at this link. https://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2011/06/saints-peter-and-paul-cupcakes.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 month

YOUTH MINISTRY

    Middle School Summer Drop-Ins

    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