Catholic Church 7600 South 42nd Street, Bellevue, Nebraska 68147

PASTORAL DIRECTORY Masses

Tuesday- Friday…...……….…….....…. 8:00 am Saturday Evening . …………………... 5:00 pm Sunday ………....….....8:30 am and 10:30 am

Holy Day Masses Holy Day Eve……….6 pm

Holy Day………………. 8:00am, & Noon

Parish Office Hours………….. Weekdays 8:00am - 4:00pm Parish Office …...…….....…….(402) 731-4694 School Office ……...….….……(402) 731-3033 Bulletin……….………....stbbulletin@gmail.com Items for the bulletin must be submitted 9 days prior to the date of the Bulletin! Fr. Buse………......…..hjbuse@archomaha.org Terri Mac……...………....terriamac@gmail.com Subby Enzolera…….saenzolera@archomaha.org Sue Reed ………..…...…. sreedstb@gmail.com Tristen Riha ………….. tristenriha@gmail.com Web Site ……….www.stbernadetteparish.org

Pastoral Staff Fr. Harry Buse ….…………….…….………...Pastor Ron Casart …………………………...….…..Deacon Subby Enzolera ……………………..……...Deacon

Parish Staff Terri Mac……..………...….…Business Manager Tristen Riha ……………………………... Secretary Subby Enzolera ....Director of Faith Formation Sue Reed …………………….....PRE Coordinator Juan Jesus ……..…...….……..Pastoral Minister School Staff Lynn Schultz …..………………..…..…… Principal Primi Ochoa..……..………...…………....Secretary

Mission Statement We the parish family of St. Bernadette are called forth by our Baptism to be

empowered by the Holy Spirit and to follow the mission of Jesus to Worship, to Teach,

to Love and to Serve.

Registration New Parishioners may register on line www.stbernadetteparish.org, at the parish office or the back of church.

Matrimony Contact pastor at least six months in advance. (12 months for those under 19)

Sacrament of Reconciliation 3:30-4:30pm Saturdays or by appointment.

Baptism Every Sunday 11:30 am.

Baptism Classes Parents need to attend a pre-baptism class on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00pm in the Parish Office Meeting Room.

Please call the Parish Office to Register for the Class.

Communion For those homebound please call parish office.

Moving or Changes Please contact the parish office.

August 26, 2018 —Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Bernadette, Pray For Us

Fr Harry Buseness

As I write these lines, I have just returned from celebrating my first school Mass of the year with the children of St. Bernadette School. I am always uplifted and energized by this experience. Children enter a new school year with optimism and enthusiasm, ready to spend time with their friends again and to embark on a new journey of learning in a new class. Their energy and enthusiasm are contagious.

We are also preparing for our Wednesday evening PRE Classes for grade school children who do not attend Catholic School. If you have children in need of religious instructions, you may call Sue Reed to sign them up for this opportunity.

Recently, I have been interviewing a number of people who are interested in becoming Catholic. They are at various stages in their lives, but at this time, they feel the call to grow closer to God and to pursue this journey in the Catholic Church. They will begin a class and process to support their faith journey in a couple of weeks. If you know of anyone who might be interested in pursuing this journey along with us, please have them call me or Deacon Subby Enzolera to discuss their interest and to sign up.

Soon, we will begin our second session of the ChristLife program. I understand that over fifty fellow parishioners have decided to continue this journey into the second phase, Following Christ. We will repeat the first session, Discovering Christ, in January.

All of the above information says that there is a significant number of people who are very serious about continuing to grow in their faith as we begin this new academic year. I invite you to join them in some way. You can do this by recommitting yourself to practicing your faith by attending Sunday Mass, and trying to attend daily Mass during the week. Make a greater effort to include prayer in your family’s routine or set aside a specific time each day for your personal prayer. God is always calling us to a closer relationship. As we resume the more routine schedule of the school year, it is a perfect time to consider how you are responding to His continuing call.

~Fr. Harry Buse

August 26, 2018— Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Around The Parish

Faith Formation

$ Parish Financial Update $ Fiscal Year July 1, 2018—June 30, 2019

Donations August 19, 2018 Sunday Envelopes & Children's: $8,644.87

Sunday Plate: $313.00 Holy Days $2,526.00 Total: $11,483.87 Auto Pay & Mail in for a Week: $5,241.60

Weekly Total: $16,725.47

Our per Sunday goal is $15,500.00 Fiscal Year to Date: $63.88

Just a Reminder Our Back to School PRE Night will be held on Wednesday evening, August 29th at 6:15pm in the Social Hall. Every student and a parent are expected to attend. At this time, we will go over items for the year, there will be some paperwork to fill out and we will meet the teachers for this year. If you are interested in enrolling your child(ren) for this year’s classes, please contact the faith formation office for a registration form or with any questions (402-731-4694).

Save the date for Keeping the Faith! Please join us Saturday October 27, 2018 following the 5:00 mass. You will enjoy a sit down dinner catered by Eddies as well as raffles, silent and live

auctions. We will gladly take any empty baskets you have for us to use for the auction as well as any auction items, gift cards or cash! Please contact Cathie Pajnigar (990-5745) or Cathy Earnest (812-7018) to arrange for donation pick up.

Eucharistic Adoration Sunday, Aug 26th @ 7:00pm – Session 3 with Bishop Barron video on the Eucharist followed by Evening Prayer and Eucharistic Adoration in the Church ChristLife Tuesday, Sept 4th – Our first session of the ChristLife ‘Following Christ’ series. This is open for all those who participated in the Discovering Christ Series this past year. We do plan to kick off the next Discovering Christ series in January for new participants in the ChristLife Program. FORMED – Parish Subscription with Full Access for Parishioners St. Bernadette has a parish subscription for ‘FORMED’. All parishioners and school families have free access to a wide array of programs available at this site. For access: Go to https://formed.org/ Directly under the scrolling video select the ‘Enter Code’ option on the Get Started line. Enter our parish access code which is 6J43ZT (Letters must be in CAPS) Enter your information to create your personal account Click on the ‘CREATE ACCOUNT’ and begin to explore the many great offering you have at your fingertips.

August 26, 2018— Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekly Mass Intentions

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

8:00 am + Terry & Patty Randone

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

8:00 am + Bob Stanek

Thursday, August 30, 2018

8:00 am + Terry Olsen

Friday, August 31, 2018

8:00 am + Ron & Lisa Gibilisco

Saturday, September 1, 2018

5:00 pm + Charles S. Monico

Sunday, September 2, 2018

8:30 am Parishioners of St. Bernadette

10:30 am + Jack Egermier

St. Bernadette, Pray For Us

Liturgy Schedule

Saturday, September 1 5:00 pm Lector: Juan Jesus EMHCs : Agnes Flowers, Jeff Mapes, Tonya Mapes, Rosary Sorensen Servers: Colin Varney, Daniel Wilson, Jackson Wurgler

Sunday, September 2, 8:30 am Lector: Tom Ackley EMHCs: Bill Veys, Jean Mill, Lloyd Mill, Robert Macaitis, Theresa Yost, Deb Rice Servers Ellen Veys, Anna & Ben Rice

Sunday, September 2, 10:30 am Lector: Patricia Quinn EMHCs Dick Strauss, Robert Monaco, Servers: Vincent & Lucy Linder, Dezirae Hunter

Gift Cards

Sept 1 & 2 Parish Group Sept 8 & 9 Home & School Sept 14 & 15 Altar Society Sept 22 & 23 Men’s Club

Monday, August 27 Vic Trudeau, Jim Setlak, Rich Kmiecik, Joe Stein Juan Jesus, Sal Zoucha

Heavenly Dusters

Sept 1 Colleen Jeck & Helene Ficenec Sept 8 Mary Ann Caveye, Betty Rezek, Mary Sporcic Sept 15 Ellen Stuva & Marge Egermier Sept 22 Liz Zoucha & Kelly Linder

Rosary Leaders

Sept 1 John Holst Sept 8 Donna Dailey Sept 15 Dorothy Nelson Sept 22 Rosemarie Davis

Money Counters

Mowers

Vern Krysl, Gary Krysl, Doug Krysl, Al Zimmerer

Monday Evening at 6 pm Friday Morning at 7:15 am

Saturday Evening at 4:20 pm

Rosary

Please remember in your prayers all those who have been born into eternal life. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

In Loving Memory

Prayer Line

Please call Phyllis at 402-733-3042 or Mary Lu at 402-679-3688 to request instant prayer for those in need. Special Prayers needed for all military personnel.

Vocations

THE FIRST SEMINARY IS IN THE HOME - Fostering a vocation starts from your child’s earliest years, in the atmosphere you and your spouse create in the home. Saint Pope John Paul II wrote, "Christian parents, demonstrating a loving care for their children from their earliest years, communicate to them, by word and example, a sincere and lived-out relationship with God, made up of love, fidelity, prayer and obedience. In the light of this horizon of divine grace and human responsibility, the family can be considered a "garden" or a "first seminary" in which the seeds of vocation, which God sows generously, are able to blossom and grow to full maturity.” This week pray for Seminarian Jared Ludwig read his vocations story and biography at https://archomaha.org/ministries/vocations/seminary/Jared-Ludwig/ “As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” These words form the last words that Joshua leaves the people of Israel; let us also embrace these words that we, too, may live in freedom. (Joshua 24:15) If you are feeling called as a priest, religious, or deacon, call Father Harry Buse at 402‐731‐4694 or email: hjbuse@archomaha.org.

Home & School News

Healing Prayers Needed for the Sick If you have someone in need of Prayers, contact the Parish Office

Lucille Bilek, Annabelle Berrera, Ann Marie Boukal, Nancy Courtney, Rosemarie Davis, Michelle Diehm, Mike Digilio, Dorothy Dube Margaret Eipperle, Norma Flores, Bob Flowers, Frank Gaeta, Trudy Gomez, Amy Hamm, Lisa Hargis, Jeanette Hauptman, Joyce Higgins, John Holst, Ron Knoblauch, Carol Kozicki, Donna Krysl, Michael Macdonald, Joan Maeder, Mick & Pat Marsicek, Jason Mathews, Carol McDaniel, Leonard Meier, Joel Rivera, Russell Mitchell, Theresa Mitera, Blanche Murphy, Liz Neal, Sue Novotny, Craig Olson, Maryn Page, Ellen Pankievicz, Catherine Palinski, Wanda Parlin, Grayson Peters, Ella Peters, Keelan Phillips, Joe Pitman, Mary Ann Pisci, Kathleen Prince, Clarence Reinig, Jann Reinig, Mary Scammacca, Dennis Schafer, Kelley Burkhardt Sheard, Debbie Schumacher, Todd Sears, Dane Sinnott, Isabella Sterba, Pam Stein, Peggy Sullivan, Bill Veys, David Virgilito, Jim Vondra, Annabella Zyla

August 26, 2018—Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please Remember St. Bernadette Parish In Your Will

Family Fare/Super Mercado Receipts: We are currently at $123,000 towards the $150,000 goal! Please continue to send in your receipts. Spartan Nash donates $1000 every time Home and School collects and tabulates the goal. This money will be used for new whiteboards in a few classrooms that are in need of new ones. Baker's Plus Card: Thank you to all of our Baker's shoppers! The past three months have collected us $306.04! If you shop at Baker's, just swipe your Baker's Plus card and a portion of your purchase comes right to Home and School! Be sure to assign St. Bernadette as your chosen organization online or at the service desk. This money was used for teacher's gifts for Back to School.

Family Food Nights: Please support our school on Tuesday, August 28th at Pizza West in LaVista from 4-8pm. Please mention SBS when ordering. September Family Food Night is scheduled forThursday, September 20th at Don & Millie's in Bellevue from 5-9pm.

Spirit Wear: Interested in St. Bernadette gear? Email Home and School at sbshs@yahoo.com for an order form and show your pride! Order forms are due Friday, August 31st.

Items to Save: Box Tops, Our Family UPCs, Coke/Powerade caps, HyVee store receipts (starting Sept. 1), Family Fare and Super Mercado store receipts, and Tyson Project A+ labels. Thanks for your cooperation and support! Place these items in the pink mailbox near the school office window. Facebook: Please be sure to like St. Bernadette Home and School on Facebook for information, updates, reminders, and fun!

August 26, 2018— Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

RCIA Study Program •Are you an adult interested in becoming a Catholic or in

learning more about the Catholic Faith? •Do you need to receive one or more of the Sacraments of

Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist or Confirmation)? •Do you know someone who might be interested in

becoming a Catholic or who would like to learn more about the Catholic church?

If your answer to any of these questions is “yes”, we invite you to join us for this year’s RCIA Study Program. To learn more or to enroll, please call Fr. Harry or Deacon Subby at the parish office 402-731-4694

Prayer Shawls Our beautiful prayer shawls are crocheted and knitted by parishioners. They are available for anyone who is going through a serious illness, has lost a loved one, or you just want to give them a special gift for a special occasion, please consider a prayer shawl. There is no charge for the shawls. They are located behind the scrip table. If you would like to donate to cover the cost of the yarn, you may do so. There are many touching stories about recipients of the shawls. For more information call Mary Benak, 402-733-8451, or Rosary Sorensen, 402-733-7721. To learn more about the ministry visit www.shawlministry.com.

Parish News

Prayer Shawl Ministry Our prayer shawl ministry needs knitters and crocheters to keep up with the demand for prayer shawls. We meet the second Friday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. in the RCIA/Meeting Room. We would like to have you join us, but you don’t have to attend the session in order to contribute. If you would like to help by making shawls on your own time, please let us know and we can make sure you have enough patterns, yarn, needles, hooks and encouragement. For more information call Mary Benak, 402-733-8451, or Rosary Sorensen, 402-733-7721. To learn more about the ministry vis-it www.shawlministry.com.

AWAKEN GREATNESS IN THE COMMUNITY- CATHOLIC SCHOOL

STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST

Announcing the 2018 "Awaken Greatness in the Community" Challenge... Starting September 1 through September 30, currently enrolled students at any Catholic school within the Archdiocese of Omaha can create and submit videos outlining what they would do in our collective community to help others. One ambitious student winner will receive up to $1,000 to bring the idea to life, as well as a $200 Amazon gift card for his/her submission and dedication to serving others. Visit lovemyschool.com/awakengreatness for the rules and how to enter. Winner will be announced in early October.