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St. Bernadette and the Red Palm restaurant (3020 W. 95th St.) are working together to bring the Queen of Hearts raffle to Evergreen Park! This parish fundraiser is a 50/50 raffle, held every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. beginning May 24. Drawings are held until there is a winner, which could take up to 54 weeks. Tickets are available for purchase at the Red Palm and at the parish rectory. For a complete list of rules, and an explanation of how the raffle works if you are unfamiliar, please click the link above.

The Annual Flower sale this year will be Mother’s Day Weekend, May 12-13, 2018. Pre-orders may be picked up on Friday, May 11 from 4:00-6:30 p.m. in the Quonset Hut and cash & carry sales are Saturday-Sunday, May 12 & 13 from 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon. Please return your orders by Sunday, April 29.

This year we will continue our tradition of visiting area Churches on Holy Thursday. Our pilgrimage will depart after Holy Thursday Mass (approx. 8:30 p.m.) and visit parishes in Bridgeport. We'll have the opportunity to pray at each of our stops - six in all. Sign up after Masses if you are interested.

On Thursday, January 25, you can support St. Bernadette's Religious Education Program with Buona Beef. The Buona Beef restaurant in Beverly (10633 S. Western) will donate 20% of sales from your purchase to our RE Program. You must, however, present them with the flyer provided through the link above when ordering. Stop by Buona and support St. Bernadette!

Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) is a weekend retreat program that gives women a chance to get away from daily pressures and provides an opportunity for reflection and spiritual renewal through prayer, Scripture, personal reflection and connecting with others. CRHP has proven to be a faith-deepening and life-changing weekend for many. Most who have participated in the weekend experience say that "you can't explain what happens; you have to experience it". This is your invitation to that "experience".

You are invited to join Fr. Benedykt and other parishioners on an 11-day pilgrimage to Italy from February 11-February 21, 2019. Italy's timeless art and architecture, history and symbols representing 2,000 years of Christian faith have fascinated travelers for centuries. Our pilgrimage will take you to Venice, Florence, Assisi, Rome, and Vatican City.

Because the 4th Sunday of Advent falls on Christmas Eve, December 24, we will have only one Mass on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday Mass at 4:00 p.m. on December 23 will be celebrated as usual. Masses for the celebration of Christmas are: Christmas Eve at 4:00 p.m., Christmas Day at 12:00 midnight, 8:30 a.m., and 10:30 a.m.

The video we played, with clips and pictures from the 70 year history of St. Bernadette, is now available on YouTube!

Our pastor, Fr. Benedykt, is participating in a Catholic Leadership Review process. This process is part of the Archdiocese’s policy that every priest be evaluated every five years to provide an opportunity for him to recognize his talents and to grow to become a better priest and pastoral minister. This evaluation survey can be found by clicking the heading above. The evaluation is open to all parishioners and we encourage you to participate.

Our 70th Anniversary Mass and Celebration is fast approaching. We're creating an ad book to mark the occasion. Perhaps you'd like to consider placing an ad to help us commemorate this event? You can place on ad on behalf of your family or, if your an alumni, perhaps on behalf of your class? If you are a business owner, business ads are also welcome. And, of course, photographs are also welcome!

Our Religious Education Program will have a time change for classes this year! Classes will run from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. We hope that this time change will be better for families with younger children who felt we were getting out a little too late for them last year. We will also be adding a Family Mass on the second Sunday of every month at our 10:30 Mass that students and their families will be asked to attend. Regular Religious Education classes begin Monday, September 11! See you then!

The weekend of August 19 and 20, as part of our annual summer mission appeal, we will welcome Fr. Show Reddy Allam to St. Bernadette. Fr. Allam is the Mission Coordinator for the Diocese of Guntur in southeast India. He will speak at all of our Masses about the needs of the people in Guntur and the work of the Diocese in serving the needs of the poor.

Theology on Tap, a summer speaker and lecture series for young adults in their 20s and 30s, is back with improvements for 2017! This year, two different locations on the South Side are hosting Theology on Tap this summer. St. Catherine of Alexandria in Oak Lawn will host four sessions on Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m., beginning July 12. And Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m., beginning July 13, St. George, St. Michael, and St. Elizabeth Seton will co-host four sessions at alternating locations - Durbin’s Pizza in Tinley Park (on July 13 & 27) and Square Celt in Orland Park (on July 20 & August 3).

Thanks to a partnership between Word on Fire, Bishop Robert Barron's media ministry, and eCatholic, the company that hosts our website, we are able to stream Volume 1 of Bishop Barron's new Catholicism series "The Pivotal Players", which features some of the most influential individuals in the history of the Church.

If you are a parent of a child in our Religious Education, or are interested in enrolling your children in Religious Education, we need your opinion! We are considering changing the date and time of our Religious Education classes. Classes have been held on Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The change we are considering would move classes to Sunday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., giving the students the opportunity to attend 10:30 a.m. Mass in additional to regular classes. The link above will lead to a survey on Surveymonkey.com. Please let us know what you think!

Of course, no one ever plans on being in an accident, or falling sick with a serious illness. But these things do happen and it's important to designate a power of attorney (or health care agent) in case they do. This agent can then speak for you and make health care decisions for you in the event you are unable. The link above will take you to a power of attorney form from the Department of Public Health. There you can find more information about designating a health care agent and what decisions they can make on your behalf.

Come and join us for music, food, video, and conversation about how it’s possible to discover God’s will for us from the seminarians who feel God is calling them to the priesthood. Everyone is invited to come on April 22 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in O’Brien Hall.

We're bringing Chicago's premier dueling pianos show to the South Side on Saturday, April 29. St. Bernadette plays host to the world-famous Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos Show. Dance, sing, have a few drinks, and HOWL with us. Show is in O'Brien Hall from 8:30-11:30, doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20, or you can reserve a table for 8 for $120. Must be 21 or over to attend.

Join us for our annual parish mission on Monday, March 20 through Wednesday, March 22. This year's mission, "Christian Living: An Owner's Manual", will be presented to us by Deacon Jim Furey. Deacon Jim is a member of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Steamwood, IL. He was ordained deacon for the Archdiocese in 1997, and worked as a teacher for several years before retiring. Each night of the mission will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the church.

Don't give up chocolate for Lent! Do something different, something creative, something memorable! Sign up for Best Lent Ever, a FREE, video-based email program featuring internationally acclaimed speaker and New York Times bestselling author Matthew Kelly. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, Matthew will help you identify what stands between you and happiness . . . and what to do about it. Are you ready for your best Lent ever?