St Bernard's Church Levittown


SACRAMENTS AT ST. BERNARD'S CHURCH

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
SATURDAYS: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm and 7:30 PM TO 8:00 PM WEEKDAYS: 7:30 am


MARRIAGES
Church arrangements must be made at least six months before the marriage and before making any contracts with restaurants or caterers
please call the rectory to set up interviews with a priest. 731-4220
Marriage Banns :


BAPTISMS
Baptisms are held every Sunday at 1:30 PM ( for exceptions see the schedule). Pre- Baptismal Registration and Interview are required. Both parents, if Catholic, are required to attend a Pre-Baptismal Instruction held in the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 7:00PM to 9:00PM in the Parish Center. Appointments made at the time of registration. Please call the Rectory. 731-4220

Baptism Notes - Some Practical Concerns
The Day of Baptism
TIME: Please be on time. Try to be at the church fifteen minutes before the ceremony. ( i.e. at 1:15 PM for a 1:30 ceremony).

GUESTS: We gladly welcome your guests to the Baptism to pray and to celebrate. We ask that you remind your guests about the need to be thoughtful and reverential regarding the use of cameras, video equipment and cell phones before and after the ceremony.
We do not permit professional photographers and/or videographers during the baptismal ceremony
LITTLE ONES: They are especially welcome! But remember : toddlers and young children are sometimes difficult to control. Please ask your family to take special care that young people do not "upstage" the main guest of honor. It may be helpful to designate someone to look after the little ones.

You are invited to keep the baptismal candle given to your child during the ceremony. Along with the child's white baptismal garment ( which is really sacramental), this candle may be kept in a special place in your home and taken out on your child's birthday or anniversary of Baptism.It is a beautiful way of teaching your child the meaning of Baptism, and the gift and responsibility of living Catholic Faith.

BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE: A certificate of baptism will be delivered to your home by a member of the St. Bernard Parish Community as a sign of our communion with the Lord and one another. If there is a misspelling or error on the certificate, please notify the Rectory. 731-4220

We welcome into the parish the following new members:
Gabriella Esquivias Gabriella Carmen Matteo

Congratulations to the new parents!

MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND AGING
If you are, or know of someone who is homebound and would like to receive Communion, please call Sister Christine at 731-6074.

If you would like to have a loved one mentioned in our
prayers for the sick of our parish family
which appears in our Sunday bulletin and also here on the website.
Please call the rectory before 5:00 pm on Monday.
Requests for the person in need of prayers should be called in each Monday,
for as long as the person needs prayers, since their names are not automatically
repeated. Any name called in after Monday will appear in the following week's bulletin

For the sick of ourparish family
and those who care for them

James Boyle	Rudie Braithwaite	Joan Cassidy
Joseph Cosenza	Roberta Curran	John Deptuch
Michael Essig	Jim Finlan	Regina Gelormino
Christopher Ginther	Bob Kelly	Betty Lalonde
Ruth Lozaidis	Maryann Loeschner	James McArdelle
Johnny Purdue	Helen Pfiefer	Natalie Pickett
Catherine Pipinou	Luke Rosato	Thomas J. Saint
Michael Sanchez	John Rotondo, Sr.	John Rotondo, Jr.
Jeanette Sepe		Patricia Shand


pray for our beloved deceased
and those who mourn for them
Stacey Lynne Lavoie Frances Matarazzo Margaret (Sugar) Murphy