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Pregnant and parenting moms in need are in our parishes and our neighborhoods. As Pope Francis reminds us, our parishes need to be “islands of mercy in the midst of a sea of indifference.” To learn more about Walking with Moms in Need, please click here!

Drazen Dupor, a master iconographer, will host an icon "writing" (i.e., painting) workshop at St. Bernard October 13-15. Please click here for more information about registering! Beginners are welcome!

St. Bernard Human Needs Commission’s annual food drive for Way Forward Resources (formerly known as MOM) will be held Oct. 14-15.

St. Bernard is a new collection site for Babies and Beyond of Wisconsin, Inc., whose mission is to provide resources and support at no cost to women and families in Madison and the surrounding area.

All pastorate parishioners are invited to join St. Bernard members of the Living Rosary as they gather to pray the rosary and adore Christ in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Encounter Jesus in the Eucharist! The Madison Diocesan Eucharistic Congress is September 29 - October 1 at St. John the Baptist in Waunakee. Come for a weekend of faith, fellowship, and family. Beautiful Masses, talks, spiritual direction, Confession, workshops, Adoration, and more. Please click here for more info!

Holy Day Mass Schedule for Pastorate 19

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is a way of welcoming new members to the Catholic Church.

A new Mass schedule has been announced for Pastorate #19, which includes St. Bernard, St. Francis Xavier in Cross Plains, St. Peter in Ashton, St. Martin of Tours in Martinsville and St. Mary in Pine Bluff. It will go into effect on July 1, 2023.

In honor of Father’s Day, the Human Needs Commission will collect disposable diapers for Babies and Beyond on June 17-18.

     The Prayer Shawl group is now making “Worry Worms” for children in need of some sort of comfort.

     The Care for Creation team has started a garden that will produce fresh vegetables for local food pantries, including Middleton Outreach Ministry.

This scholarship hopes to support young men and women from St. Bernard Parish, who give witness to their faith, particularly in acts of charity and service to the community.

Here is a list of those being remembered and prayed for during the Easter liturgies.

Knights of Columbus Council #4549 will hold its annual Tootsie Roll Drive after all Masses on April 15-16. Proceeds will go to Special Olympics and ARC-Dane County.

     On May 5, members of the Living Rosary will gather at 1:30 p.m., to pray the rosary and adore Christ in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. A social will be held in Msgr. Higgins Hall immediately following the event.

This year's event will be held at 11 a.m., April 8 at Lakeview Park in Middleton.

The Totus Tuus parish summer catechetical program is a week-long parish mission for Catholic youth in the first through 12th grades.

Knights of Columbus Council #3924 will host the Men of Christ conference this Saturday, March 11 at St. Francis Xavier in Cross Plains.

The council is still in need of a recorder, who is responsible for keeping and maintaining a true and permanent record of all actions of the council and maintains all correspondence of the council.