Upcoming Events
First Sunday of Every Month
St. Bernardine of Siena
Sandwich Sunday
Bagged meals, cases of bottled water, blankets and new socks for the homeless will be collected at all of the Masses.
Click here for more details.
Email sandwichministry@earthlink.net to volunteer.
Third Sunday of Every Month
Food Gathering Sunday
for the Guadalupe Center
Canned and non-perishable food donations are collected after all of the Masses,
including the Sunday Night Youth Mass. Food may be dropped off anytime Saturday or Sunday.
Volunteers are needed to transport donations to the Guadalupe Community Center.
If you would like to become a regular volunteer, please call John Reeves at (818) 883-7413.
Please Join Us!
Third Monday of Every Month
The men and women of the St. Bernardine Justice and Peace Committee meet every third Monday in the Hall at 7:00 p.m.
Click here to read the minutes of a recent meeting.
Click here to see photos of recent activities.
Interested in St. Bernardine's Justice & Peace Ministry?
Call Teri at 716-7773
or Kathy at 883-4238.
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Los Angeles Archdiocese
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St. Paul & Minneapolis
United States Conference
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Current Events
HEALTH CARE REFORM
The St. Bernardine Justice and Peace Committee meets monthly to address social justice issues and sponsor Christian service opportunities for our parish community. The Committee would like to provide information regarding websites to assist parishioners in becoming educated about the issues in the national debate over health care reform. In addition to the websites listed below, the website for your favorite news organization likely has a section devoted to health care reform. Some websites that may be of interest include:
(http://www.usccb.org/healthcare) (the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops)
(http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm) (sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation)
(http://factcheck.org) (sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/health/policy/10facts.html)
(http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/8_myths_about_health_care_reform.html)
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/)
Catholic Social Justice Teaching
Learn more about NETWORK, a national Catholic Social Justice lobby, a progressive voice within the Catholic community calling for peace and economic justice in our nation and the world.
Click here for more details.
Are you interested in what the Catholic Church teaches about Social Justice?
Click here to learn more.
Homelessness & Hunger
REAL WORDS FROM POVERTY, USA
The State of American Poverty
What does it mean to be poor in America? For the past two years, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has posed this question to people in poverty across the nation, through its annual Low Income Survey. Read some of their answers below, and remember: for every one you read, there are 33 million more Americans still living in poverty, still waiting to be heard. (http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/povfacts.htm)
"It means having to do without basic needs. It means being last, forgotten, judged wrongly by others."
Male, 44, Delaware, household of three, income less than $8,860
"Struggling to pay bills, constant disconnection notices, not having money to wash and purchase clothing to work in because bills and household needs have to come first. Listening to your children say they are hungry, but not knowing what you are going to be able to give them before your foodstamps come."
Female, 32, Missouri, household of five, income of less than $8,860
"Being unseen and unheard."
Female, 70, Washington, household of one, income of $8,860 to $11,939
What Can You Do?
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