Liturgy and Prayer

LITURGY


Liturgical Ministries: It takes many people to make our parish liturgies beautiful and prayerful. Commitment varies from once a month to occasionally. You are encouraged to participate in:

PRAYER

Eucharistic Prayer Chapel: Open daily for private prayer from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. It is located inside the parking lot side entrance to church. When entering, turn immediately to your right to enter the chapel.

The Rosary: The rosary is prayer, which, in its repetition, draws us into contemplation of the mysteries of our salvation. Each decade has traditionally been given to pondering one aspect of the Paschal Mysteries. Everyone is invited to participate in any or all of the following opportunities  to pray the Rosary:

  • The Rosary is recited Monday through Friday beginning approximately at 7:55 am before the morning liturgy. On Saturday the rosary is also said approximately 8:10 am before the 8:30 am Mass.
  • The Living Rosary Group was begun in May 1929 by fifteen women parishioners. Members pray a decade/mystery of the rosary each day. For information contact: Lorena Gordon.
  • On the 1st Friday of May and October, members of the Living Rosary Group gather at St. Bernard's to pray the rosary, sing and recite the Litany of Loretto.
  • Members of the Living Rosary and parishioners who can also come and pray the rosary at the funerals of all parish members who have died and their families. They meet a half hour before the beginning of the funeral in the Eucharistic Chapel. For information contact: Mary Wrzesinski or Lori Lonergan.
  • Parishioners from St. Bernard's Middleton, St. Mary's Pine Bluff and St. Francis Cross Plains have formed The Madonna's Rosary Makers. The group makes rosaries for the missions throughout the world and prays the Rosary at their bimonthly meetings. For information contact: Jo Meier, President.

Monday Evening Prayer Group: The group meets on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in the Chapel. For more details, please call the Parish Office, 831-6531 or contact, Pat Brumm.



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