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ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Happy New Year
10755 N. 124th St . Scot tsdale , AZ 85259
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Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, AZ
Fr. Brian Bell, Pastor
Faith Formation News
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2 0 1 6 Y E A R E N D T A X S T A T E M E N T S
ALL YEAR END TAX STATEMENTS WILL BE MAILED
BY JANUARY 30, 2017
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO GENEROUSLY
TO ST. BERNARD’S
MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."
Supernatural communication was noth-ing new for Mary. The angel Gabriel had already appeared and spoken to her when she agreed to bear God's Son. Her husband Joseph also had a kind of divine intervention in the dream where the angel told him to go ahead and marry her. When she was first pregnant, her cousin Elizabeth had been led by the Holy Spirit to know the secret that Mary was "the mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43). Now, Jesus has just been born and a crew of earthy shepherds appears at her door with a message from heaven: that the Savior has been born. And Mary believed them. She did not doubt their sincerity or the authenticity of their message. She took the words to heart, and meditated upon the meaning of it all.
What might strike us as peculiar in all of this is that God chose to speak to Mary in a variety of ways. This holy and immaculate woman, this Mother of God, did not always receive direct communication from on high. Sometimes, God chose to speak to her through other people. Some-times, he revealed himself to them in order to reveal himself to her. And God does the same with us.
It's easy to daydream about having our own personal reve-lation from God, to hear his voice loud and clear, directing, encouraging, and supporting us in our times of need and confusion. But this isn't the standard pattern of God's operation. Mary was tuned in enough to hear God's voice all around her instead of expecting it to always sound the same. We can imitate this same kind of openness by seek-ing to discover how God may be speaking to us through the voices of others. LPI Arts & Media
Yours is Christ Father Brian T. Bell
Happy New Year to all our Faith Formation families!
Classes will resume on Monday, January 9th. All Catholic School students in second and third grade seeking sacraments this spring need to register for classes now to begin the week of January 9th. Sacrament classes are closed for the 2016/17 school year. This includes 2nd, 3rd, Confirmation and Heritage. All other classes, Kindergarten, First Grade, Fourth and Fifth Grades remain open all year. Please make sure your children are in class on time and picked up on time.
Confirmation and First Communion for all third graders and above that are not being baptized at the Easter Vigil will be on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2pm.
As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns about Elementary Faith Formation, Sacrament Preparation (Elementary, Middle or High School) or Adult Confirmation please contact me at [email protected] or call me at the Parish Office, 480-661-9843, Ext.309.
God’s Blessings, Kathie
High School Teens! Come and join us for the following Life Teen Events:
1/8 - "The Bible Challenge" (After the 11am Mass in the Teen Room) - This will be our kickoff event for our semester on "Scripture." Looking forward to kicking off a great Spring semester with everyone!
1/22 - "Fullness of Time" (After the 11am Mass in the Teen Room) -How did God reveal Himself in Scripture? What did He do for us? What does it all mean for you?
2/5 - "Say What?" (After the 11am Mass in the Teen Room) - What is the purpose of language? How do you use language in your life? What can you do to be more Christ-like with your language?
Shannon Hards - Director, Youth Ministry 480-661-9843 x310 or [email protected]
Middle School Youth! Come and join us for the following Edge Events:
1/9 - "What’s the Catch?" (Monday from 6pm to 7:30pm in the Parish Hall) - This will be our kickoff event for our semester on the "Sacraments." Come find out what the catch is!
1/23 - "Marked by God" (Monday from 6pm to 7:30pm in the Parish Hall) - What was life like before original sin? What happened to us after? What does it mean to be marked by God?
1/30 - "Serenity Please" (Monday from 6pm to 7:30pm in the Parish
Hall) - What kind of stress do you deal with as a middle schooler? How
do you handle it? How can you be more peaceful in your life?
Shannon Hards - Director, Youth Ministry 480-661-9843 x310 or [email protected]
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Remember in Your Prayers
Family and Friends who are ill….
January 1, 2017 New Year’s Day
Sandy Adducci Stephen David Bell Kay Berens Baby Teddy Bing Kim Bisel Dany Boisvert Rose Bonfiglio Joyce Borges Gerald Bristen Alfred Brown, Jr. Bill Brown Richard Brown Kayci Carson Agatha Chung Ed Connell Carolyn Dicercksmeie Mercedes Duarte Natalie Farington
Ryan Foley Evan Gallant Sandeep George Biju George Linda Hamilton The Harris Family Roy Haverstroh Kyle Hutchinson Elizabeth Jensen James Kennedy Lauren Kettell Tracey Krueger Parrish Lewin Mel Latimer Penny Latko Mary K. LaTempa Esther Maher Joan McKeon Kathy Mignin
Josephine Moore Patricia Moore Karen Navas Peggy (Margaret) Prostko Edwin Rivera Joel Rivera Dawn Sabato Cathy Schira Corinne Shahid Theresa Sielicki Joel Smith Family Shelli Snethen Baby Reesa Stutzman Sharon Toenj Nedene Tucci Nina Vinnanve Carol Weber Michelle Williams Luciano Zaidizar
This week the Sanctuary Light will be lit for
Ruth Ann Van Hyfte In loving memory
By: The Maslowski Family
In order to keep the prayer list current, we need to remove names listed more than six months. Please advise the parish office 480-661-9843 if any of the above names need to be removed. Thank you for your understanding.
A Time of Peace… Ecclesiastes 3:11
Michelle Russell
Monthly Padre Pio Mass at 7pm January 2, 2016 in church.
Dear Parishioners, If you will be making a contribution to the parish for your Sunday tithe or for debt reduction, go online to Faith Direct or drop a check off at the parish
office. Please try to make your donations by Thursday, December 29, 2016 to make sure your contribution is credited to the 2016 calendar year. Our staff must process
these donations and many would like to take time off to celebrate the holidays with
their family, So we will have reduced staffing. We cannot guaranty December 31st transactions and settle in time for a 2016 deduction. Thank you as always for your
generosity to the parish.
Sanctity of Life
1st Saturday of every month we meet in the church to pray the
rosary. Next time will be January 7, 2017
Sanctity of Life Ministry
Pro-Life Answers to False Pro-Choice Arguments
"Every child a wanted child". Prior to the legalization of abortion over 40 years ago, advo-cates for abortion held out the panacea of the elimination of "unwanted children" if only abortion was legal. In fact, it was Planned Parenthood, which led this charge, coining the fa-miliar slogan, "Every child a wanted child”. Despite the fact that some 57 million "unwanted" babies have died in the in-tervening period, the pro-choice lobby still uses this argu-ment to justify abortion. In the 1960's and 70's the pro-choice position was that legalizing abortion would drastically reduce child abuse. America legalized abortion and during the next 40 plus years, child abuse has skyrocketed (from 167,000 cases in 1973 to 1,694,756 cases in 2002). Yet, despite this stagger-ing increase in child abuse, the pro-choice lobby continues to tie itself in knots by now arguing that making abortion illegal would cause an increase in child abuse!!! How many more millions of children do we have to kill before their scheme starts to work? Reference: www.pro-lifearticles.org
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Angel Tree Gift Drive 2016
543 children had their Christmas gift wish come true. On behalf of the children of the parishes of St. Catherine of Siena, St. Martin de Porres, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Mark and the Aguila School in Wickenburg, we would like to thank you once again, our generous parishioners, for being wonderful Christmas Angels.
May your families continue to be blessed throughout the new year.
The Vencentians of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference
Altar Society: Please check the pews for your belongings . Trash receptacles are located outside each church door. Lost & found is located in the Hospitality Room.
Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, Arizona Page 5 New Year’s Day
December 31, 2016 through January 1, 2017
31 Saturday 5:00 PM Christmas Novena 01 Sunday 7:30 AM † Sena Kapetanovic 9:00 AM † Patrick Olmsted 11:00 AM † George Rupert Bell St. Bernard Parishioners 02 Monday 8:30 AM Christmas Novena
03 Tuesday 8:30 AM † Edward Branski 04 Wednesday 8:30 AM † Annie Petrone King 05 Thursday 8:30 AM † Annie Petrone King 06 Friday 8:00 AM † Peter Dipiro 07 Saturday 5:00 PM † Shawn Ostrum 08 Sunday 7:30 AM † Mary Mulligan St. Bernard’s Parishioners 9:00 AM † John Karl Munninger 11:00 AM † Marie Milillo
Readings for the Week of January 1, 2017
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul The Arizona Income Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualifying Charitable Organizations for the working poor
(also known as the working poor credit) entitles you to reduce your Arizona income tax dollar for dollar for contributions to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Joint income tax filers can obtain up to $800 in reduced AZ income taxes (for single filers the amount is $400). You do not need to itemize to obtain the credit. When you make a cash donation to SVdP through this special appeal or in reg-ular Church envelopes in 2016, you will receive a letter by next Feb-ruary from the Vincentians of SVdP at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Con-ference. This letter will serve as your receipt and verification that you have made the contribution to enable you to complete AZ form 321 to file with your 2016 AZ Income Tax Return.
Your Contributions Help People The Vincentians of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference serve per-sons, all of whom live within the Parish boundaries. SVdP provides resources to people including helping them feed their families, obtain medicines, access transportation, avoid evictions and prevent utility shut-offs. These resources are not just financial but referrals to other agencies that also provide help with medical, legal, financial, employ-ment and other essentials. The Vincentians also pray with the people at their time of need asking for God’s blessings for them and those who support SVdP.
Other Credits The working poor credit is in addition to other credits for Arizona income tax filers. For example, you can also claim credits for cash contributions for private school tuition and public school extracurricu-lar activities. Several other charitable organizations qualify as donees for the working poor tax credit an all such contributions must be ag-gregated in calculating the credit.
Making a Donation to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Please make your check payable to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and mail it to SVdP, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Conference, 0755 N. 124th St., Scottsdale, Az 85259.
Super funny and squeaky clean! Come to Laugh4Hope, the 4th annual comedy
night benefiting local, non-profit, low-cost, Catholic healthcare for women and families in greater Phoenix.
Saturday, Feb 25 @7p.m. in the Xavier Performing Arts Center.
Get tickets: Laugh4HopePhx.com. Group Sales: (480) 448-5600
Sunday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98/Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29--3:6/Ps 98/Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Ps 98/Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21/Ps 100/Jn 1:43-51 Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Ps 147/Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Ps 149/Jn 2:1-11 Next Sunday Is 60:1-6/Ps 72/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12
Observances for the Week of January 1, 2017 Sunday: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; Octave of Christmas; New Year's Day; World Day of Peace
Monday: Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops
and Doctors of the Church Tuesday: Most Holy Name of Jesus Wednesday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Thursday: St. John Neumann, Bishop Friday: St. André Bessette, Religious Saturday: St. Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
Next Sunday: Epiphany of the Lord; National Migration Week
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PLEASE NOTE: St. Bernard’s Parish Office will be closed the week of Christmas, Friday December 23 through to January 3rd, 2017. Have a very blessed and Holy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
2017….Fr. Brian and Staff
ANOINTING OF THE SICK January 1, 2017 after 11:00 AM Mass
Please remain in the church as anointing will be after Mass.
Please Note: The Hispanic Ministry
Monthly Mass will be on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. in the church. All are welcome.
Coming again February 3, 2017
Adoration: Irene Hausmann 480-860-0502
Altar Servers: Richard Rutkowski 480-836-0568 Altar Society: Cheryl Roehm 480-236-5688 Linda Echsner 480-767-5285 Al-Anon: 602-249-1257
Baptism Preparation: Parish Office 480-661-9843 Bereavement: Ellen Florea 480-816-3551 Cancer Support Ministry Lynn Johnson 480-778-0618 Charismatic Prayer Mtg: Elena Konerko 602-741-8259
Christ Renews His Parish: Mara Collazo 480-636-7124 “Renewal” (Women) Christ Renews His Parish: Paul Sanger 480-219-6848 “Renewal” (Men)
Edge (6th to 8th Grade) Shannon Hards 480-661-9843 Life Teen (High School Teens) Shannon Hards 480-661-9843 Faith Formation: Kathie Stine 480-661-9843 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade)
Finance Council: Tom Echsner 480-767-5285 Hispanic Ministry: Carmen Sotelo 480-860-6753 Hospitality: Jerry & Yvonne Grover 480-614-5429 Knights of Columbus: Rob Mastro 480-661-9843 or
[email protected] Ladies Auxillary Lesa Harris-602-300-0545 [email protected] Lectors (Min. of Word): John Seliga 480-946-2361
Legion of Mary: Loretta Curfman 602-545-6664 Liturgy Committee: Parish Office 480-661-9843 Marian Movement of Priests Prayer Group: William & Elsie Gohl 480-249-8105
Men's Ministry & Service Bob Gomez 480-695-3229 Projects: [email protected] Ministers of Holy Communion: Tom Echsner 480-767-5285 Ministry of Care: Cristina & Bruce Dixon
480-816-1889 Music Ministry: Kent Campbell 480-661-9843 Padre Pio Prayer Group: Nancy Rossiello 480-391-1257 Pastoral Council: Chris & Ann Foley 480-661-9843
Prison Outreach: Parish Office 480-661-9843 RCIA Dcn. Alan Hungate 480-661-9843 Sanctity of Life Committee: Shirley Towers 480-661-9843 Senior Social Club: Eileen Schioppa - 480-451-1658
St. Vincent de Paul: On-Call cell phone 480-332-8742 Stewardship/Development: Mike Huesman 480-661-9843 That Man Is You: Kent Campbell 480-540–8850 Women’s AA Susan Lupo 602-919-1312
Women’s Ministry: Sandy Muszkiewicz 480– 314-5386
Welcome to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scottsdale, Arizona
St. Bernard’s Ministries
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MASS SCHEDULE
Weekend: Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM; Sunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM
Weekday: Monday—Thursday 8:30 AM Friday– 8:00 AM SPECIAL MASSES
Divine Mercy Devotion after Mass Wednesday 8:30 AM
With exposition Of the Blessed Sacrament.
Rosary, Padre Pio Novena, Mass and Benediction: First Monday of the Month at 7:00 PM
In Spanish: First Saturday of the Month at 8:30 AM SACRAMENTS
Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00pm to 4:30pm
Baptism: Contact Parish Office 3 months in advance
Weddings: Contact Parish Office 9 months in advance
Parish Office
Telephone: (480) 661-9843 Fax: (480) 614-8092 Website: www.StbernardScottsdale.org E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours:
Mon—Thurs 9 AM— 4 PM (Closed 12:00 PM—1:00 PM) Fri 9 AM—12 PM (NOON) (Summer Mon-Thurs 9 AM-2 PM)
Pastoral Staff
Pastor: Father Brian T. Bell Assisting Priests: Fr. Fred Adamson, V.G., Fr. Tom Doyle,C.S.C; Fr. Chris Letikirich, C.S.C. Fr. Stephen Sedlock, C.S.C. Deacon Alan Hungate
Administration Pastoral Assistant—Nancy Boettcher extension 300 Administrative Assistant-Bette Brown extension 301
Faith Formation –Kindergarten thru Middle School Director — Kathie Stine extension: 309 or 314 Youth Group—Edge & Life Teen
Edge (6th-8th grade) — Shannon Hards extension: 310 Life Teen (High School Teens) Shannon Hards extension: 310
Music Director—Kent Campbell extension: 311
Stewardship and Development Director—Michael Huesman extension: 302
Facility Managers Steve Cassar 480-309-9443 (after office hours only),
Hernando Cifuentes
Parish Center Manager Director– Art Stine 602-866-7900, Events Coordinator Linda Wisniowski 602-369-4068
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
December 18 & 25, 2016 Sunday Collection (Information not available at time of printing)
Sunday Collection envelopes: $
electronic giving: $
(Building/Debt Reduction Fund)
envelopes: $
electronic giving: $
Thank you for your ongoing generosity
ADORATION CHAPEL HOURS
Monday thru Thursday 7 am to 9 pm
Friday 7 am to 12:00 pm
Saturday 1 pm to 6 pm
Sunday 7 am to 12:30 pm
Save the Date
“SHOWER OF LOVE”
January 22, 2017 For more information call Claudia at 480-560-3435