The Diocese of Covington has resumed the public celebration of Mass as of May 20.  We will follow the same schedule of Masses as before, observing social distancing. Please read our pastor’s letter, bishop’s letter, and watch our bishop’s video:

LETTER FROM FATHER MARTIN PITSTICK ON RESUMING PUBLIC MASS

WATCH OUR BISHOP’S VIDEO WELCOMING US BACK TO MASS

May 13, 2020 LETTER FROM BISHOP FOYS.

DIOCESAN PROTOCOLS FOR RESUMING PUBLIC MASS.

Our live stream Mass schedule will be greatly reduced as we begin public Mass. For now, it will be hard for us to have daily live streamed Masses.  We will try to live stream the 4:00 pm Mass on Saturday, May 23 and the 9:15 am Mass on Sunday, May 24, but the sound will not be as clear as before.  See our bulletin for when we will live stream in the future. Until we get a camera professionally installed in church and tied into our sound system, live streaming will be challenging to do when we have a congregation.

You don’t have to have a Facebook account to watch our live streamed Masses. Just go to:

https://www.facebook.com/BellevueCatholic/  or

https://www.facebook.com/DaytonStBernard/

If you do have Facebook, please “LIKE” our parish Facebook pages for notification of lived streamed Masses from Divine Mercy and St. Bernard. 

Previously Recorded Masses at St. Bernard and Divine Mercy

WELCOME!  Jesus Christ calls to every human heart to fulfill our deepest longing, heal our sins and bring us His peace, even when our world is in turmoil.  Although the public celebration of the sacraments are temporarily suspended, we are still here for you!  Our churches are open for private prayer, we have been live streaming Masses, our bulletin can be read online, and confessions are available by appointment. Although our parish offices are closed we are still returning phone messages and emails from home.  Divine Mercy and St. Bernard Catholic parishes are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.  Explore helpful information in the row of tabs above (or from the menu button for mobile devices).Parish information and Facebook links can be found in the side columns.  (For mobile devices, click on the parish name for parish information.)  Scroll down on this page for daily updates during the current pandemic.  May the Lord watch over you and keep you in His Peace.

PLEASE SUPPORT our parishes!  Now more than ever (during the Covid 19 pandemic) we need you to keep making your donations so that we can pay our bills! You can donate online to either parish (one-time or recurring) or mail in your contributions.  Thank you for your faithfulness in supporting our parishes!

.    DONATE TO DIVINE MERCY   DONATE TO SAINT BERNARD

Here is the redacted version of the live streamed Blessing of the City of Dayton from St. Bernard Church Roof  that was done on Monday April 27 at 12:30 PM, with a relic of the true cross of Christ. This blessing invokes God’s protection during this time of pandemic. This version includes shots from both the roof and ground during the event and also previously taken drone video. The text of the blessing is included in the post.

 

You can view our Divine Mercy Holy Hour on our Facebook page.  You may also want to read about the New Covid 19 Indulgences, which the Vatican has authorized.

 

Divine Mercy Parish is featured in the Easter edition of the National Catholic Register!  Copies are available in church or click on the picture of the paper to see the article online.

BLESSING OF BELLEVUE

On Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, I blessed the city of Bellevue at Noon from the top of the bell tower of Sacred Heart Church with a relic of the true cross of Christ.  You can watch the video.

How to PARTICIPATE IN MASS Online or on TV

PAST RECORDED MASSES at St. Bernard & Divine Mercy

COVID 19 Update as of 4/10/20 with Bishop’s letters

OUR LADY’S WARNINGS – Is the Corona virus a chastisement from God?

Join us in praying the Divine Mercy Novena for the needs of the world. It is normally prayed from Good Friday until Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter).  But it can be prayed anytime.

Or, just pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, while making a virtual tour of our beautiful church!

 

Confessions available by appointment.

 

Fr. Martin’s Courtyard Chats: Join Fr. Martin for nine days leading up to Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Fountain Shrine in Divine Mercy’s courtyard.  Pray with him the Novena of Trustful Surrender.

 

PARISH REGISTRATION: We warmly welcome new members!  If you would like to register as a member of either Divine Mercy or St. Bernard, just click REGISTER HERE.

Attention Young Adults (18-25 years old)   “Like” our Young Adults Facebook Page to be notified of future young adult socials. 

DOWNLOAD OUR PARISH APP on your smart phone, tablet or mobile device: my parish – Catholic Life.  Then select either Divine Mercy or St. Bernard, as your parish, to get our latest parish information, notices, bulletin, Mass times & readings, prayers & reflections, Mass times in other areas while you are traveling, Catholic news, and other resources.

WATCH MASS ONLINE & ENJOY FREE CATHOLIC MOVIES, BIBLE STUDIES, E-BOOKS, TALKS AND PROGRAMS  through our parish subscription to FORMED.ORG .

Bless the Threshold of your Home with Blessed Chalk

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DIVINE MERCY

All donations received to Divine Mercy’s DPAA over our goal this year will go toward our capital campaign to “Preserve our Sacred Heritage”

 

ST BERNARD

All donations received to St. Bernard’s DPAA over our goal this year will go toward needed repairs.

 

 

 

Check out these drone videos of Sacred Heart Church: