With the COVID-19 County alert elevated to Red, all public Masses are canceled until further notice. 

You can still pray with us with our recorded Vigil Mass.  Click below for worship resources.

June 26, 2020 Update from Fr. Bob:

We reopened our Church doors on May 17, taking every precaution possible to keep people safe.  We choose the PLC.  We chose to track attendance through a weekly sign up.   We enacted other protocols. We have, for these last weeks, been very careful to put safety first.  

Now that Harris County has moved the Covid 19 status to Red there is little choice but to continue the cautious and careful choices of the last few weeks.  We have been talking about it and preparing for it internally for a few weeks as we have watched the numbers.  The news is not new, just disheartening.  I have decided to move our own St. Bernadette Covid 19 status to Red.

Red means the following for St. Bernadette beginning today, Friday, June 16^.

• No public Sunday Eucharist or Daily Eucharist until further notice.
• Parish Office will now be closed until further notice.
• No on site parish meetings.
• We will record the Saturday Evening Eucharist and post it online by 8am Sunday.

Click below or tune in to our St. Bernadette Houston YouTube Channel to watch and pray our recorded Mass.

We have restocked the Christian Action pantry and are planning a Drive Through Food event in a few weeks.  We have enjoyed and been blessed with many virtual ministries and will continue to do our best to offer them.  Our Sunday to Sunday Bible Study offered online on Wednesdays will continue.  Check the website for updates.

It is disheartening.  We were on a good run.  We were beginning to approach our allotted 25% for Sunday Eucharist.  The Faith Formation Team has been meeting and planning the upcoming seasons.  We have been working on virtual Ministry Formation. Virtual VBS was a great success.  We were making some repairs to our facilities.  

Now we will do most of these things, again, from home.  We will spend a few weeks being even more cautious and helping others stay safe.  Lets spend a few weeks getting ahead of this thing and see what life looks like on the other side.  

Keep the faith.  Keep safe.  Love each other. 

Comfort us, O Lord, for we are like your disciples on the storm-tossed seas, unsettled by what lies ahead. We turn to You, our Healer and Guide, to still our hearts in our time of need and hear our prayer:

Heal those who are sick with the coronavirus and protect the elderly and most vulnerable. Give strength to all who tend to our health and wisdom to researchers who work toward a cure. Open our eyes and hearts, as you did during Hurricane Harvey, that we may look beyond our immediate needs to care for others who need help.

Through the Holy Spirit, guide our leaders to make wise decisions for the welfare of all the people they serve.

Grant eternal rest to those who have died from the virus. May Mary, Our Mother, who has heard our pleas in the storms of our lives, intercede to her Son, that we may find healing and a prompt end to this illness.

Mary, Star of the Sea, pray for us.

Jesus Christ, Our Lord, and Savior, heal us. Amen.