This Lent, let's stay awake with Jesus. Women, join us in prayer with Blessed is She's Lent Devotional, Under the Olive Tree. We will go to the Mount of Olives where we'll console the Heart of Jesus in His suffering and be consoled in ours. To receive the devotional and join our weekly small group for prayer and discussion, contact Caitlin Welsh at [email protected].
Our Parish Mission will be held on Sunday through Tuesday, February 16, 17, and 18. Our guest speaker will be Father Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap. Mark your calendars!
Come to the Parish Hall for Coffee & Donuts after the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday, February 9. Get your Super Bowl Subs that morning from the Men of St. Joseph!
We will celebrate Mass on Candlemas next Sunday, February 2, at 7:30 PM at St. Bernadette. It will start in the gym with the blessing of church candles and your own candles. We will then process with lit candles to the church.
You are invited to the Lancaster Pregnancy Decision Health Centers Open House on Thursday, January 30, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Ribbon cutting at noon.
3030 Columbus-Lancaster Road NW.
Parents of students in our PSR (Parish School of Religion) Program are always invited to meet with each other during their children’s classes, which take place at 8:45 AM every Sunday. The presentations are timely and all other adult parishioners are welcome to attend.
Pro-life Ministry Meeting
All parishioners are invited to join our newly formed pro-life ministry, Pro Vita (for life), that encompasses all three Catholic parishes in Lancaster – St. Bernadette, The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, and St. Joseph. Our first meeting for the year is on Tuesday, January 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Bernadette Mary Good Center, 1343 Wheeling Road NE. We will be discussing our combined parishes pro-life initiatives for the year and giving out information on how parishioners can get involved! For more questions, please contact Cindy at [email protected].
The church office will be closed December 24 through December 27, and also on New Year’s Day. Emergency phone calls will be answered.
There will be no Adoration at St. Bernadette on Christmas Day. Also, there will be no Adoration on Thursday, December 26, or on Friday, December, 27. Adoration will resume as usual on January 1. Consider signing up for a Holy Hour in the New Year!
OCIA (The Order of Christian Initiation for Adults) meets on Sundays in the Mary Good Center at 11:30 AM. OCIA will take a break for Christmas, and return on January 5.
The Lancaster Catholic Youth Group will reconvene in January.
Let His light shine through you this Advent. Choose a “gift star” from our Giving Tree to help support local families in need. Boxes are located at church entrances. Please return your UNWRAPPED gift to the boxes by Sunday, December 15, and pray that the recipients will see the light of Christ through your gift. Complete lists of suggested items are on the bulletin board by the Giving Tree. For questions, contact Angie Kerns at (740) 654-1893 or [email protected].
Have you enjoyed reading “Joy to the World” by Scott Hahn during this Advent Season? Come to the Mary Good Center at 6:00 PM on Monday, December 16, for a joyful book discussion led by Deacon Jeff Carpenter. Some delicious Advent treats will be available also! See you there!
At St. Bernadette:
Christmas Eve at 4 pm,
Midnight Mass at 11:30,
Christmas Day at 10 am;
At St. Joseph in SG:
Christmas Eve at 8 pm,
Christmas Day at 8 am
For the December 15th St. Joseph and St. Bernadette bulletin, we will include an insert recognizing Active Duty Military within the parish families. If you have family members in active duty (including Reservists and National Guard as well as the conventional branches) please send a military photo, name, family name, branch of service, and a few words about that person. We pray for them at every Mass, so let's get to know them a little better. This is not limited to your immediate family. Nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, parents, kids, cousins, all are welcome.
Email your information to Ray Hayes at [email protected] before Sunday, December 1, to have your family member included in this insert.
Family Catechesis Sunday
We will come together as families to learn all about the Jesse Tree as we draw near to the Advent season.
Enjoy lunch as a family and then breakout sessions by age group to do activities and have age appropriate lessons. We will come back together to create our own Jesse Tree ornaments and share how we can add this wonderful tradition to our Advent season.
Living liturgically is a great way to keep our Catholic faith alive. Please join us this Sunday. Let us know your family is coming by calling the parish office.
St. Bernadette and St. Joseph have endowment
funds that The Catholic Foundation manages.
These funds are longer-term, sustained
investments designed to provide our parish
with a perpetual source of income outside of
the weekly offertory. As 2024 draws to a close,
now is the time to consider contributing cash,
appreciated stocks, IRA rollovers, and other
assets to this Fund, which can lower your tax
exposure while significantly impacting St.
Bernadette and St. Joseph. Some assets take
longer to process, so now is the time to start
your year-end giving to benefit St. Bernadette
and St. Joseph. For more information, please
contact Jim Hahn at (614) 443-8893 x 1120 or
[email protected].
With the desire to support the ongoing
formation of seminarians and future priests in
the Diocese of Columbus, the Office of
Vocation has established a new annual second
collection. The Seminarian Support Fund
collection, which marks the beginning of
Vocation Awareness Week, will be held
November 2-3, 2024. Bishop Earl K. Fernandes
is grateful for your ongoing support of the
future priests of our Diocese.
The Knights of Columbus, in conjunction with
St. Mary School, are holding their Annual Coat
Drive from October until November 7. If you
have new or gently used and washed coats,
hats, gloves and scarves to donate, you will
find collection boxes in the main vestibules at
St. Mary and St. Bernadette.