March Newslettter

St. Bernard’s Men’s Club


And

Holy Name Society



March 2011











UPCOMING DATES



March 9 – Ash Wednesday



March 13 – St. Vincent DePaul

Free Store



March 14 – Young at Heart

Anointing Mass



March 16 – Regular Meeting



March 19 – Spaghetti Dinner



March 20 – Parish Friendship

Sunday



April 6 – Board Meeting



Catholic Aid Fish Dinners every Friday from March 11 until April 15



This month’s meeting will be March 16th at 7PM in the Parish Center.



2011 Club dues are due. This year there is no Men’s Club envelope in the weekly contribution envelopes. Please just use a separate envelope plainly marked as being for the Men’s Club and put it in the offering basket on Sunday or mail them to the Club at 1160 Woodbridge, St. Paul MN, 55117.



Our 25th Spaghetti Dinner is being held on March 19th from 4PM until 7PM in the Parish Center. Volunteers will be needed for cooking and set-up by 10AM. We are also asking everyone to bring in 1-2 dozen cupcakes that can be used for dessert.



The Holy Name Spring Banquet is being held on May 21st at St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis. Cost is $17.00 per person. The details on the menu and a sign-up sheet will be available at the meeting.



The Archdiocesan Men’s Conference is being held March 12th at the Cathedral. Cost is $20 per person and registration opens at the Cathedral at 7AM with Mass at 8AM. Please call Bill Dill at the Archdiocese if you would like to attend. His number is 651-291-4553. Sorry about the short notice on this but we did not get notification until Feb 28th.



The March and April meetings take place during Lent, and as has been our custom, we will not be serving a meal at either meeting. We are asking that everyone attending bring in a food shelf donation instead.



Catholic Aid will be hosting its’ Fish Dinners every Friday during Lent beginning March 11th. Watch the weekly bulletins for more details.



An Anointing Mass will be held on Monday March 14th. The Rosary will be said at 9:45AM followed by Morning Prayer with Mass starting at 10:30AM. There will be a luncheon afterwards put on by Young at Heart. The menu consists of meatloaf and all the trimmings. Cost will be $9 and a reservation is required. Contact Fran Blatzheim at 651-770-0138 if you are interested.



We will be discussing several Amendments to our Constitution and Bylaws at the meeting. As required by the Constitution, these proposed amendments have been delivered to the Secretary prior to the Regular Meeting. Also required by the Constitution, a brief reference regarding the proposed amendments is being mailed to all Club Members through this newsletter. They are as follows: (1) Article X of the Constitution and Article XI of the bylaws regarding the process for handling amendments are inconsistent. The proposed change would have Article XI mirror Article X. (2) Article V, Section 2 of the Bylaws would add verbiage regarding the monthly review and certification of all expenses and checks written for the previous month. (3) Under Article VII of the Bylaws, the Telephone Committee would become the Communications Committee and change the word “calling” to “contact”. The exact wording for all changes will be provided to everyone attending the meeting for review and discussion.



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See you Wednesday.



Dick Kortekaas