Reiser Relief Inc announces that Reiser’s Ramblings by Fr. Bernard Reiser has been shortlisted in the Spiritual category nationally and internationally for the 2011 the San Francisco & 2011 Paris Book Festivals. The book was published in 2010 and Reiser's Ramblings won “honorable mention” in Spiritual category at the 2011 San Francisco Book Festival, and “runner-up” at the 2011 Paris Book Festival. In, January 2011, Fr. Reiser was honored by the local NBC affiliate Kare 11 Television with a 2011 “Eleven Who Care award”

All profits from the sale of Reiser’s Ramblings go to Haitian relief efforts sponsored by Reiser Relief Inc.


About the book: Fr. Reiser brings together a wonderful collection of “ramblings” that all of us can take home and take to heart. Father is a master in the art of spiritual storytelling; he engages, entertains, and challenges with undeniable hope. He has a gift and he shares it generously in this lovely book. Included are stories with the deep conviction that our human journey and our spiritual journey are intrinsically linked. He shares observations that are sometimes so wondrously obvious and visible, and he does it in a way that feels like you’re hearing from a close friend.

The book is 268 pages, 6″ x 9″ on white paper and is available in softcover (SRP $16.95) U.S. wholesale distribution is through Reiser Relief Inc Online availability through Reiser Relief and Minnesota retail locations: St. Maximilian Catholic Books, Elk River; Epiphany Catholic Church Gift Center, Coon Rapids; St. George Catholic Books, Blaine; Heaven Bound Catholic Books, St. Michael; and St. Nicholas Church, New Market.; Saint Patrick's Guild St. Paul.

ISBN: 978-0-615-36478-0
Publisher: Reiser Relief Inc.
Author: Fr. Bernard Reiser
Editor: Jacqueline Hilgert
Cover Artist: Mark Sanislo

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About the author: Fr. Bernard Reiser is a long-time resident of Coon Rapids, Minn. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1949 after attending the St. Paul Seminary. Fr. Reiser was first assigned to Saint Mary of the Lake, White Bear Lake, as Associate Pastor. He served that community for fifteen years. In 1964, Fr. Reiser was selected to start a parish in Coon Rapids. Fr. Reiser bought seventy acres of farmland on which to build this parish and the Church of the Epiphany was formed. Epiphany parish grew from 150 families in 1964 to 5,000 families today. Along the way, Fr. Reiser added to the Epiphany campus an elementary school, a Perpetual Adoration chapel, a senior housing complex, an assisted living facility, a cemetery, and several outdoor shrines. He also led the parish to construct a spacious sanctuary. Epiphany is now one of the largest Catholic communities in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and in Minnesota.


Reiser Relief Inc. is a volunteer run non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded by Father Bernard Reiser, who has been involved with Haiti outreach programs for over 13 years; Bringing Hope To Haiti. Reiser Relief is based in Coon Rapids, MN and its mission is to help the impoverished people of the Caribbean country of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Operating with the mission statement “to help the impoverished people of Haiti with a focus on children and families – providing clean water, food, housing and education,” “The number one need is food and clean water,” said Fr.Reiser.