tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45892790138146797902024-03-19T02:23:29.794-07:00Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of ClairvauxInstilling in children an appreciation of sacred liturgical & classical music within the Catholic traditionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252639343325148245noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-32587413709294969172015-09-24T18:45:00.002-07:002015-09-24T18:45:40.926-07:00One Step Closer to Pope Francis!Pope Francis is in the United States! It's an exciting time for Catholics (and all Americans) to see him in our home. PCSBC is even more excited because we are one step closer to seeing him in his home - Rome!<br />
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In only three short months, we will be on our way to the Vatican to sing for Pope Francis' New Year's Day Mass of Peace in Rome. We are part of the International Congress of Pueri Cantores, the official youth choir of the Catholic Church. With all the excitement of the Holy Father's visit to the United States, we realize we will be even closer to him on New Year's Day. We will be joined by 5,000 children from all over the world singing in the Church's language - Latin.<br />
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We still have so much to do! Our final payment for our 46 singers is due to the travel agency one month from now. The cost for each child is $3,500 and we have raised enough money to make the payments so far. However, we do not have enough money to make the last payment. NOW is the time to get the word out about our trip. We are the only choir from Arizona invited to sing at the International Congress and one of about 20 from the United States. It is a chance of a lifetime.<br />
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Please help support our mission to Rome! Go to our <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/mission-trip-fundraiser/pueri-cantores-st-bernard-of-clairvaux/187294"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">YouCaring page</span></b></a> and donate whatever you can! All amounts are appreciated. Click on the link to the right to get to our <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/mission-trip-fundraiser/pueri-cantores-st-bernard-of-clairvaux/187294"><b><span style="color: red;">YouCaring page</span></b></a> or just search for "Pueri Cantores". People are already starting to notice! Check out our rehearsal today with special guests from Fox10 Phoenix!<br />
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<br />straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-69779037627010659842015-04-24T22:38:00.000-07:002015-04-24T22:39:41.507-07:00At the Car Wash??If you are visiting this site while waiting for your car to be washed, we thank you! If you aren't at the car wash but are still visiting our website, welcome! Let us tell you a little about Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux (PCSBC).<br />
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PCSBC is the combined youth choirs of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. PCSBC members range in age from preschool through high school in three groups: Cherubs, Choristers and Teen Schola. (The kids washing your car are in Choristers or Schola.) We are members of Pueri Cantores, the official youth choir organization of the Catholic Church. Here is a little sample of us:<br />
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straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-24679632023882550432015-03-25T08:44:00.001-07:002015-03-25T22:34:23.388-07:00Poker Anyone?Are you a poker player? Love watching it on TV but afraid of playing in a casino? This is the weekend for you!<br />
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This Sunday, March 29 at 3:00 pm, our very own Music Director/Card Shark Kent Campbell will be your host for our second Texas Hold'em Tournament. The tournament will be held in the parish hall at St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 10755 North 124th Street in Scottsdale. The buy-in is $50 per person with unlimited $20 buy backs during the first hour. For those of you less familiar with the terminology, you enter the tournament by purchasing $50 in chips. If you lose all of your chips in the first hour, you can buy $20 more (and keep buying in $20 increments if you are very unlucky but game for more).<br />
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Ladies, this is not a "Men Only" event, so come on out and win some of the prize money! Invite your friends - the more players the bigger the prizes!</div>
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Come on out on Sunday and enjoy a fun afternoon of poker and March Madness without the loud, smoky and crowded "madness" of a casino. If you have any questions, please contact Kent at stbernardmusic@gmail.com.</div>
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straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-43188418434385743152015-03-24T09:16:00.001-07:002015-03-24T09:16:25.594-07:00Don't Forget Easter Dinner!<div><br></div>Once again Honeybaked Ham is working with Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux to make your Easter dinner more convenient while raising some money for PCSBC. You can order your Honeybaked Ham from the comfort of your home, pay online and pick it up at SBC the day before Easter! It doesn't get easier than that, and for those of you who have waited in the line at the Honeybaked Ham store in Paradise Valley, you know what a great convenience this is!<div><br></div><div>But here's the important part - you only have 6 more days to order online. The deadline is March 30. So count up the number of people who will be at your Easter table and order your delicious ham TODAY! You have never had a Honeybaked Ham? Then this is the year to treat yourself and give PCSBC 15% of the sales!</div><div><br></div><div>Visit www.honeybakedfundraiser.com and click on the "Support Your Fundraiser" tab at the top. It will take you to a search field. Enter "Pueri" and our name will appear just below the search box (in small print). Select us and start shopping! Information about pick up will be provided. If you have any questions or problems, contact Kim Skemp at kskemp90@gmail.com.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a Happy Easter!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvffaqBPZ36tGms0OvdRgB3UzS2P6WC451sxeTlFLFTKkf-zcO4aMDoeVygZAUhJlE7DenT2ro2IQTCdd4SMH3DWZLZelN-CEJK_K2XTfMxSb6zSc9hPAd3m7P_IUrZMiXGORQJAOmT_Q/s640/blogger-image--1363141405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvffaqBPZ36tGms0OvdRgB3UzS2P6WC451sxeTlFLFTKkf-zcO4aMDoeVygZAUhJlE7DenT2ro2IQTCdd4SMH3DWZLZelN-CEJK_K2XTfMxSb6zSc9hPAd3m7P_IUrZMiXGORQJAOmT_Q/s640/blogger-image--1363141405.jpg"></a></div><br></div>straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-69767743196105116992015-03-15T08:34:00.000-07:002015-03-15T08:34:00.677-07:00We Are Out There!!Last weekend some of our PC SBC youth (Choristers) participated in "Voices of the Valley," sponsored by Phoenix Children's Chorus. It was a full day of fun activities and rehearsals, which culminated in a short concert. It was a great opportunity for our PC SBC members to work with different directors and experience different teaching techniques. It was also awesome to sing with a choir of over one hundred children. Here's the combined group of all participants singing in the concert (PC SBC singers are in light blue shirts):<br />
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Also last weekend, a small group of PC SBC singers, mostly from Teen Schola, auditioned to sing the National Anthem for an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game at Chase Field. Auditioning experience is vital to every musician and whether we are chosen or not, we succeed every time we get an opportunity to sing in a new forum. Keep your fingers crossed!</div>
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We still need your support for our Mission to Rome in December. We have been invited to sing for Pope Francis at the New Year's Day Papal mass, along with over 2,000 other youth of Pueri Cantores from around the world! If you would like to support us, please see the YouCaring link on the right side of this page. Donating by credit card is very easy and we are happy to accept any size donation to support the expenses of traveling to Europe with 47 youth of Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux.</div>
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On February 15th, we are throwing a very special party. We are going to celebrate Kent's, our choir directors, birthday! If you know him, you know how special he is. You know that he has poured his life into the music ministry at St. Bernard's of Clairvaux. </div>
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He wrapped our family in welcoming arms and made sure we felt like we belonged here in Arizona.</div>
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I've watched friendships bloom and flourish. I've watched the choir grow and welcome people to our church. I've watched Kent pour hours into searching for the perfect music to go with Sunday's scriptures. I've watched thousands of copies of music be filed and sorted. I've watched Kent handle four year olds with unlimited energy. I've watched Kent play beautiful music for friends who have passed away.</div>
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straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-19033442461048846862015-01-14T10:24:00.001-07:002015-01-14T10:24:02.138-07:00Keep On Shopping!Even though the Christmas holidays are over, you can still shop to benefit Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Check out the "PC Mall" above to register for Dublii for all your online shopping. We also have specific items available under the Shopping tab above and new items are coming soon!<div>We have so many activities coming soon! Be sure to keep checking back here for more information and thank you for continuing to support us.</div>straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-50525111911436213852014-12-18T09:32:00.000-07:002014-12-18T09:32:10.782-07:00Do You want to go to Rome with us?<div style="text-align: center;">
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Have a blessed week everyone!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252639343325148245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-31255331371129967382014-11-06T22:47:00.002-07:002014-11-06T22:47:15.528-07:00Featured on Channel 10!A very big thank you to Rene for connecting us with Channel 10!<br />
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On Sunday, September 28 (that's two weeks from tomorrow!) Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux is having a fundraiser that will check off a big item on your holiday list. Photography Day!! For a $100 donation, you and your family can have 5 beautiful retouched photos taken by two professional photographers in Northsight Park in Scottsdale, perfect for Christmas cards, gifts or just that family portrait you have been needing for so long! Your kids are growing and changing so fast - are you going to miss an opportunity to record this age? Best part of this photo opportunity - you get your retouched digital photographs by the end of October for just $100.<br />
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While we won't know for a couple of weeks exactly how much we raised for our Mission to Rome, everyone agreed it was a super way to start the school (and choir) year.<br />
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<br />straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-53647552365304157552014-08-09T23:08:00.000-07:002014-08-11T09:59:05.629-07:00What We're All About<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><span style="color: #444444;">What is Pueri Cantores St. Bernard of Clairvaux? </span><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Simply put, PCSBC is the combined children and youth choirs at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.</span></i></b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Cherub Choir, ages 4 through 1st Grade</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Choristers, 2nd through 8th Grades; </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Teen Schola, 6th Grade through High School (middle schoolers by audition only). </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">But we are so much more than parish children's choirs.</span></i></b></span></div>
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Pueri Cantores is the student choral organization of the Catholic Church. It is an international federation, founded in 1944 in France. It has been recognized as a Church movement since 1965. It exists as "an element of musical beauty in the Church, as a work of Christian education and apostolic activity serving liturgy." <br />
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Likewise, PCSBC exists as a way to instill in our children an appreciation of sacred liturgical music. Children are challenged with quality music that not only advances their musicianship, but also their understanding of Catholic liturgy. Children learn a repertoire of traditional Latin liturgical and polyphonic classical music. Children gain an appreciation of the uniquely sacred nature of this music and in turn become partners in the New Evangelization. There is no better demonstration of the universality and unity of the Catholic Church than seeing children from every continent singing together in the common language of the Church - Latin.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>It is with this vision in mind that we seek donors:</i></b></span><br />
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<li>to continue their tours of local parochial schools and, in December 2015</li>
<li>to attend the International Congress in Rome to sing in the New Year's Day mass with Pope Francis. </li>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">These are tremendous opportunities to grow in faith through music and no child should be denied the opportunity based on financial constraints.</span></i></b><br />
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In a culture in which many young Catholics drift away from the Church due to a lack of understanding of the centrality of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, PCSBC seeks to instill a love of the sacredness of the mass. This will keep our children close to the heart of Jesus and become a new generation of Catholics who can be part of the New Evangelization while appreciating the tradition of the Catholic Church.<br />
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If you would like to support our mission to propagate the faith and musicianship of our children, please visit our page on <b><a href="https://www.youcaring.com/mission-trip-fundraiser/pueri-cantores-st-bernard-of-clairvaux/187294/donate?utm_source=widget#pp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">YouCare</span></a></b> and make a donation.<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"></span></b>straddling the gaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608415102992068481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-77616223206211703102014-08-05T05:00:00.000-07:002014-08-05T05:00:03.179-07:00Our next event - Back to School Family Lunch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252639343325148245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589279013814679790.post-67359142752176964192014-07-26T22:09:00.001-07:002014-07-28T21:42:05.583-07:00Thank you for coming out to Trivia Night! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night we hosted our second trivia night fundraiser. It was a huge (and delicious) success! Thank you so much to all who came out and supported the choir. We were so grateful to see so many of you there! </div>
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Cindy and Kent - the pace was wonderful and the games in between the rounds were so fun!</div>
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Diane and Betty - as always, you put on an amazing event! Thank you for your time and talent! </div>
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Friends - we advertised on 'Scottsdale Mom's Blog', 'Have You Heard, Arizona', Catholic radio, and Facebook. If you heard about it through one of these places, would you let us know in the comments? It would really help us to know! Thank you! </div>
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A special thanks to our visitors from St. Louis and the North Valley Chorale for coming out to support Pueri Cantores! </div>
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We can't wait to see everyone at our next event - Back to School Family Lunch at Peter Piper Pizza located at 15745 N. Hayden Rd. It will be on Sunday, August 24th at 1:00.. We'll be posting more details soon! </div>
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Thank you to everyone who came out for the Father's Day Mustache Bash! We sincerely appreciate your support. It was wonderful to see everyone and their smiling faces.</div>
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A special thanks to Kathy Stine for promoting this event with VBS. Betty and Diane, you did a fabulous job putting this event together!</div>
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