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     This year, the parish’s "Snack Pack Blessings” program, which provides weekend food for Middleton Cross Plains Area School District students, begins Oct. 7. We are very short-handed on volunteer drivers. We are looking for a minimum of five more drivers to schedule on a four– to five-week rotation. Please email georgine.jacobs@gmail.com or call/text 608-698-1455 by Oct. 3.

Stephanie Adamski, an account sales executive with Liturgical Publications, Inc., which publishes our weekly bulletin and our quarterly newsletter, will be here Sept. 19-21 to generate some new advertising revenue for our parish.

St. Bernard’s Human Needs Commission will hold a food drive for Middleton Outreach Ministry (MOM) on the weekends of Sept. 17-18 and 24-25.

We are looking for people to be catechists for all age groups in our religious education program. Please contact Jenna Ripp at jenna@stbmidd.org or Geno Finn at geno@stbmidd.org if you have questions or want to learn more. Thank you for considering!!

Calling young adults! This fall, we will have men’s and women’s groups reading and discussing “Discerning the Will of God: An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making” by Fr. Timothy Gallagher. If you’re interested, reach out to Laura Angle at laura@stbmidd.org.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a way of welcoming new members in the Catholic Church.   Contact Kevin Laufenberg at 608-831-6531 or kevin@stbmidd.org.

Family of Faith nights will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m., on the second Wednesday of the each month, September through May. The first class will be held Sept. 14. To register, go to www.stbmidd.org/familyfaith.

We are seeking to hire a part-time position responsible for performing maintenance duties on parish facilities.

As part of our parish “welcoming” focus, we are looking to create a greeter ministry to welcome those coming to Mass and help answer questions from visitors or new parishioners.

We are in need of a few volunteers for the picnic to assist with set-up, greeting those attending and clean-up.

The Catholic Multicultural Center needs a group of volunteers from St. Bernard Parish to work from 9:30-11:30 a.m., Aug. 12 at the Emmett Schulte Garden.

The Human Needs Commission and Creation Care have partnered for our annual school supply drive. This year, we will also collect gently used school supplies for our religious education program in an attempt to recycle items no longer needed at home.

Family of Faith families and those with school-aged children are welcome to attend. There will be lunch and yard games to celebrate summer.

To stay connected during the summer, OLHG will host informal park playdates Tuesday mornings throughout the summer at various area playgrounds.

Emily Ruplinger is the recipient of the Fr. Pat Higgins Memorial Scholarship for the class of 2022.

St. Bernard has six adults, who will participate in a Confirmation liturgy celebrated by Bishop Donald J. Hying at 2 p.m., Pentecost Sunday, June 5 at St. Bernard Parish, 2450 Atwood Ave., in Madison. Please remember them in your prayers!

The Madonna Rosary Makers will have free rosaries available on May 21-22 at all entrances to the church. Please feel free to take one for yourself, a family member, friend or neighbor. 

To see the Disciple Maker Index results from our parish, come to the Religious Education Center lower level after any of the Masses on May 14 and 15 for a presentation on key findings.

This scholarship hopes to support young men and women 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.