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1 Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Community welcomes all searching for God while growing together in faith by God s grace through prayer, service and sharing S. Oneida Str e e t G reen Bay, Wi s c on sin w w w. n a t i v i t y p a r i s h. c o m FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Pastoral Team Pastor Fr. John H. Harper Social Concerns Director Deacon Michael Schmidt Pastoral Associate Laurie Johnson Worship Director Wayne Efferson Faith Formation Director Jamie Whalen Faith Formation Coordinator Andrea Sabor Coordinator of Youth Ministry Peter Leitermann Parish Staff Faith Formation Secretary Charmaine Berchmans Office Assistant Danielle Berchmans Housekeeper Mary Greene Accountant/IT Specialist Vicki Matuszak Business Administrator Paul Muhs Early Childhood Coordinator Heidi Stubb Secretary Mary Troge Maintenance Supervisor Mike Wightman Confirmation Facilitator Christine Wolf Parish Office Hours... Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm Phone... (920) Fax... (920) natscene@nativityparish.com Faith Formation Office Phone... (920) Mass Schedule Monday & Thursday... 9:00 am... (Communion Prayer Service) Tuesday & Friday... 9:00 am Wednesday... 8:00 am Weekend... Saturday 5:00 pm; Sunday 8:30 am & 10:15 am Holy Day...Eve 6:30 pm, Day 9:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00 pm or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Mondays 9:30 am-3:00 pm

2 F E B R U A R Y 1 9, P A G E 2 REACHING OUT TO THE HOMEBOUND Imagine being homebound. You are unable to attend Sunday Mass. For some people within the Catholic Diocese, this is a reality. The Bishop s Appeal makes it possible for the homebound to celebrate God s Good News with thousands of Catholics across the airwaves. TV Mass provides them with the opportunity to participate in Sunday Liturgy while bringing comfort and joy to people in need. It is a sort of peace that one can only achieve through their relationship with God. Making a gift makes a difference in the life of someone else and is one way we are called to serve the Lord. Please give generously to Bishop s Appeal For more information on how to support TV Mass by giving a gift to the Bishop s Appeal, please contact your parish, visit the Bishop s Appeal website at or call Debbie toll-free at ext WOMEN S GUILD MEETING & LENTEN SPIRITUAL GATHERING Please join us on Thursday, March 1st, at 6:30 PM in Bona Hall. There will be a short meeting followed by the Lenten Spiritual Gathering, which will be a presentation of the Cross and meanings and variety of Crosses. A light lunch will follow. All are invited to our Lenten Gathering, which will start about 7:00 PM. If you have any Crosses, Rosaries or cross jewelry you would like blessed, please bring them with you. LOADS OF LOVE Sponsored by Nativity Social Concerns Commission Clean clothes are something many of us take for granted. For others, having the cash needed for a trip to a laundromat can be a strain. Please consider a donation that will allow us to provide vouchers to families in need for area laundromats. Thank you for your generosity. Parishioners - Please donate generously the weekend of February 18th and 19th Do small things, with great love. Mother Teresa SCRIP Now that winter has settled in, why not pick up a scrip gift card for Barnes & Noble, Starbucks or Crystal Coffee and cuddle up with a warm drink and a good book. Do you have prescriptions that need to be filled? We have Scrip for Target, Shopko, Walmart, Kmart, CVS, and Walgreens. Please stop in the narthex after mass and see what else we have available. Support Nativity by using scrip for your everyday needs. PARISH STEWARDSHIP February 11th & 12th 2012 Sacrificial Offering... $12, Loose Offertory Auto Bank Withdrawal... 1, Total... $14, To meet our budget, we need an average of $16, each week. Vision and Spirit... $26, Maint. & Improvement... $ Our Online Giving is now active. Thank you to those of you who have signed up. If you have not yet signed up please prayerfully consider this option. If you are already an automatic giver, we will only be initiating those gifts through February. You will need to set up a new account before your March withdrawal date. You can visit the parish website at to sign up or to receive more information. BAPTISMS: Parents may schedule their child s baptism after they have completed a two-part preparation program. Call the Parish Office at least 60 days before Baptism for interview and preparation session BAPTISM DATES: April 15th, May 13th, and June 17th. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK: (following 8:30 AM Mass See Dates Listed Below) This Sacrament is offered to anyone in need of Christ s healing touch. The Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament for those who are in need of physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. Think of friends and loved ones who may want to receive this sacrament and invite them to this Mass ANOINTING OF THE SICK DATES: March 25th, July 29th, September 30th, December 30th. RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Do you want to know more about the Catholic faith? Are you or someone you know interested in becoming baptized or confirmed as a Catholic? For more information about this process call Wayne Efferson ( , ext. 206) or natwe@nativityparish.com. MARRIAGE PREP WORKSHOP DATES: (These are preferred dates. Couples may sign-up for any of the workshops once you have had the first meeting with the priest). DATE April 28, 2012 WEDDINGS IN MONTHS OF: September, October, November, & December 2012, and January 2013 CRISIS CENTER PREGNANCY HOTLINE

3 S E V E N T H S U N D A Y I N O R D I N A R Y T I M E P A G E 3 Spiritual Growth through Lenten Practices Lent is a time for Catholics to seriously consider their call to holiness. The Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in the spirit of holiness and sacrifice. All the faithful are invited to join together as a people in common observance of daily prayer, works of charity, and attention to their responsibilities with love and devotion. Fast and Abstinence Catholics are to keep the Lenten fast and abstinence according to the following directives: Catholics who have celebrated their 14th birthday are bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday. On these days of complete abstinence, meat or soup or gravy made from meat are not to be eaten. Catholics who have celebrated their 18th birthday, in addition to abstaining from meat, are bound to fast as well on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting means eating only one full meal per day. Smaller amounts of food may be taken at two other meals, but no food should be eaten between meals. The obligation to fast ceases with the celebration of one s 59th birthday. In the spirit of Lent, the faithful will not lightly excuse themselves from these obligations. Penance and Good Works During Lent the faithful are encouraged to attend daily Mass with Holy Communion, to participate in penance services, and to receive Sacramental Absolution. It is also a time to take part, as frequently as possible, in public and private prayer and devotion, to give generously to the poor and those in need, to perform acts of kindness toward the sick and the aged, and to practice voluntary self-denial by moderation in food, drink, and all activities of life. Individual Reconciliation at Nativity: Saturdays 4:00-4:40 PM (not on April 7th) March 2nd & 13th (end of Mass until 10:30 AM) Saturdays, March 10th & 24th (3:30-4:40 PM) Penance Services w/individual Reconciliation at Nativity and other Westside Parishes: March 7th, 7:00 PM (St. John the Baptist) March 11th, 1:00 PM (St. Jude) March 14th, 6:30 PM (St. Elizabeth Seton) March 21st, 6:00 PM (St. Agnes) March 27th, 6:30 PM (Nativity Parish) Easter Duty for Holy Communion All Catholics, after they have been fully initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year. This precept is to be fulfilled during the Easter Season up to Trinity Sunday or anytime during all the weeks of Lent. For a just cause, this precept may be fulfilled at some other time during the year. Baptism The most appropriate time for Baptism is the Easter Vigil and the Easter Season until Pentecost. Baptism is also celebrated on Sundays of the year. Because the days of Holy Week, from Monday to Thursday inclusive, have precedence over all other celebrations, it is not fitting that baptisms or confirmations be celebrated on these days since they have their natural place in the Easter Vigil. Nativity of Our Lord Parish 2270 S. Oneida Street, Green Bay, WI, ~ This information was adapted from Dianne Wimmer s article on Lenten Practices for the Diocesan Office of Worship 3

4 N A T I V I T Y O F O UR L O R D P A R I S H G R E E N B AY P A G E 4 Marriage The Ritual Mass for Marriage is prohibited on the Sundays of Lent, Ash Wednesday, and during Holy Week and Easter Week. (Also on All Souls Day and all solemnities). When marriage is celebrated during the season of Lent, it is contrary to the Lenten spirit to request elaborate weddings with lavish decorations. Devotion and Prayer Opportunities Devotions provide a special opportunity for prayer, reflection, meditation, and contemplation. During Lent the faithful are invited to enter into the Way of the Cross, a pilgrimage recalling the sufferings of Jesus and the final Resurrection in glory. Daily Reflections for Lent Not by Bread Alone-2012 by Bishop Robert Morneau (available at Church entrances) Stations of the Cross Tuesdays, February 28th, March 6, 13, 20, 27th, April 3rd at 6:30 PM Lent Family Gathering Wednesday, March 28th, Bona Hall; dinner at 5:30 PM with presentation and activities from 6:10 to 8:00 PM. All parish members are invited. Taize Prayer Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 PM Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Mondays after 9:00 AM Mass to 3:00 PM Soup and Substance Thursdays, March 8, 15, 22, at 6:00 PM 2nd Fridays for Seniors March 9 at 9:00 AM (Topic: The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help-Shrine Caretakers) -at Nativity Parish) Blessing of the Oils The Holy Oils will be blessed by Bishop Ricken during the Mass of the Chrism on April 3. The Holy Oils are blessed in the presence of representatives from all the parishes of the diocese. After the Mass of the Chrism, the representatives take vessels of the Oil of Chrism, the Oil of the Sick, and the Oil of Catechumens to their home parish for presentation during the Holy Thursday Mass. Throughout the year, every Catholic is offered comfort, blessing, and power from the gift of the Holy Oils. The Paschal Triduum The central celebration of the core Christian message and the high point of the entire Christian year is the three day celebration of Holy Thursday, (April 5 at 7:00 PM), Good Friday (April 6 at 1:00 & 7:00 PM), and the Easter Vigil (April 7 at 8:00 PM). By dying, the Lord destroyed our death, by rising He restored our life. The Easter Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ is the celebration of the Paschal Mystery, our salvation. Easter Sunday, (April 8 Masses at 8:30 AM, Mass in Church (Nativity Choir) and in Bona Hall, 10:15 AM, Mass in Church (Children s Choir) and in Bona Hall). The Triduum is one single liturgical action that continues over three days: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. The Triduum is not a part of Lent, but in its entirety celebrates the Easter event. The spirit of the fast during the three days is not a Lenten Fast but the Paschal Fast. The entire focus of the Triduum is on the Triumph of the Cross and the Resurrection, not only in the life of Christ, but in our own lives as well. Therefore every Catholic is greatly encouraged and invited to join in the drama and action of The Three Great Days of Triduum. For every Catholic this is more than the story of Christ, it is the story of our own life, passion, death, and resurrection. 4

5 F E B R U A R Y 1 9, P A G E 5 RELIGION EDUCATION SESSIONS CONTINUE No Session This Week Classes Resume Tuesday and Wednesday, February 28 and 29 Looking ahead, Wednesday, February 22 is Ash Wednesday. There will be no Religion Education sessions Tuesday, February 21, or Wednesday, February 22. All families are encouraged to attend Mass at 8 AM or 6:30 PM on Ash Wednesday, or one of the Prayer Services with Distribution of Ashes (6:45 AM or Noon). Thank you for your generous donations to the Loads of Love collection for Laundromat vouchers! MEN AND WOMEN S NIGHT OUT Featuring Bishop Robert Morneau Thursday, March 1, 2012 Rock Garden Supper Club, Green Bay The Westside Green Bay Catholic Churches present the annual Men and Women s Night Out Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Rock Garden Supper Club, 1951 Bond St., Green Bay. Bp. Robert Morneau, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay and Pastor at Resurrection Parish, will be the featured speaker for this event. Join Bp. Bob as he examines the topic Spiritual Mentors: Guides for the Journey. Social hour with a cash cocktail bar begins at 5:00 PM, followed by dinner at 6:00 PM and Bp. Morneau s presentation. The cost is $16.00 per person; singles, couples, and groups are welcome. Registration forms are available at all church entrances. Preregistration is required by Thursday, February 23rd, MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Soup and Substance, our Lenten program, is scheduled for March 8, 15 and 22 at 6:00 PM We begin with a simple meal of soup, bread and dessert, followed by the substance, a speaker on a Lenten topic. Specific speakers and topics will be announced at a later date. BLAH-BEATER BUNCO HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED! Thursday, February 23rd, 6:00 PM in the Narthex Please call the office ( ) to sign up. We ll have fun, food, prizes and socializing! If you don t know how to play Bunco, we ll teach you! THANK YOU!!!...to all who worked to make the Wedding Anniversary Celebration a special event for married couples celebrating 25, 40, 50, 55 and over 55 years during Your help made this program go very smoothly. CATHOLIC HEART WORK CAMP Join Catholic Heart Work Camp or an EPIC SERVICE MISSION TRIP where you will LOVE, SERVE & CONNECT. Step out of your comfort zone, laugh out loud, sing to the Lord, interact with new people, play hard, pray hard, and work hard! Projects at this camp include: 3 summer bible school programs, neighborhood clean up, Soup Kitchen, Outreach East, Food Bank, fixing and painting homes and more! WHO: Youth currently in Grades 9-12 WHEN: July 14 21, 2012 WHERE: Davison, Michigan COST: $ (includes transportation, housing, meals, t-shirt & snacks) FUNDRAISING AVAILABLE! EXTREME FAITH CAMP Get ready for a summer to remember! Extreme Faith Camp offers a week of outdoor recreation, including, swimming, canoeing, archery, and fun recreational activities. Teens will also grow in their faith as they discover God s Love through dynamic speakers, awesome praise and worship music, daily Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament! WHO: Youth currently in Grades 6-8 WHEN: June 11-15, 2012 WHERE: Camp Tekawitha, Shawano, WI COST: $ FUNDRAISING AVAILABLE! STUBENVILLE NORTH YOUTH CONFERENCE There are still a few spots available for this dynamic youth conference! WHO: Youth currently in Grades 8-12 WHEN: July 27-29, 2012 COST: $ Please Contact Peter Leitermann for more information and Registration Materials St. Agnes Office (920) Nativity Office (920) NATIVITY BUS TRIPS Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Ft. Atkinson Fireside Dinner Theatre to see 9 to 5, The Musical. Cost is $85. For reservations please call the Nativity Parish Office Youth ages 14 & under can attend at a cost of $59. Winter 5

6 N A T I V I T Y O F O UR L O R D P A R I S H G R E E N B AY P A G E 6 TAKE A WHITE POINSETTIA HOME TODAY: This weekend, February 18/19 following Mass you are invited to take home a White Poinsettia plant. The WC is planning to decorate this Monday and will need to remove all flowers from church, in preparation for Lent. ASH WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 22ND) begins our Lenten Journey of 40 days as we prepare for Easter. Masses will be at 8:00 AM and 6:30 PM. Also, there will be two Liturgy of the Word with the distribution of ashes at 6:45 AM and at 12:00 PM. All Liturgical Ministers are requested to assist at these liturgies. Please sign up in the Sacristy and Ushers Room. 4TH 7TH GRADE STUDENTS How would you like to meet some other students your own age who attend Mass at Nativity Parish while volunteering? If so, here s a chance! The Worship Commission would like to remind you that our parish community needs more Altar Servers for all of our Masses. Any student 4th grade or higher (parents included) is welcome to attend an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 28th at 5:00 PM (Bona Hall). Also, all current Altar Servers are invited to attend so that those interested students can practice with our seasoned Servers. We will begin with a pizza dinner and then give you an overview of what an Altar Server does at Mass; we will end sharply at 6:25 PM so that students who have a religious Education session can attend their class. Won t you come and see what it is all about? RSVP to Wayne Efferson, Director of Worship at ext. 206 or natwe@nativityparish.com. STATIONS OF THE CROSS Two Styles Offered Traditional and Contemporary Traditional (scripture based) and Contemporary (reflections by Sr. Joan Chittisler Gateway to Resurrection). Note dates vary: Tuesday, February 28th, (Contemporary) Tuesday, March 6th, (Traditional) Tuesday, March 13th, (Contemporary) Tuesday, March 20th, (Traditional) Tuesday, March 27th, (Contemporary) Tuesday, April 3rd, (Traditional) Stations of the Cross are held at 6:30 PM in Church. HYGIENE LENTEN DRIVE MARCH 1-27 Shelters and various programs for emergency needs are in need this time of year for cleaning and personal care products. The need is for items you would need if you were without - laundry soap, deodorant, dental needs, toilet paper, toweling, cleaning products, diapers. trial size products, shaving products. etc. Seeking new items. If your worksite would like to have a box or you want to do a one day collection at a meeting, please contact Doro at We can do pick up for 6 OUR LENTEN JOURNEY February 22nd When we come Ash Wednesday to be marked with an ashen cross on our foreheads and hear the words, Repent and believe in the gospel, again we will be reminded of the reality of our dying and rising with the Lord that we celebrated through the waters of baptism. Lent is a time to look within our hearts to find why we chose and continue to be a follower of Jesus. During Lent you will notice the water remaining in our Baptismal Font and in the holy water bowls at the entrances. It will serve as a reminder of our call to live our baptismal commitments. We invite you to bless yourself with the sign of the cross as you enter/leave each liturgy. With this Water of Life, all other seasonal decorations remain subtle. However, our simple Cross [the Tree of Life; more than symbol of death, but rather a place and the experience in which death is transformed into life ( beta crux, the blessed cross)] is accented with purple cloth which leads the eye to the Font. And our bare church environment conveys a sense of being emptied out and being sustained by God alone. This journey to Easter is not just for us Catholics who have received the sacraments of initiation but also for those who want to join us: the Catechumens (the un-baptized who will be fully initiated into our faith at the Easter Vigil through the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation & Holy Communion) and Candidates (baptized non-catholics who want to be fully initiated into our faith through the sacraments of Confirmation & Holy Communion). It is our hope that during these 40 days each of us will be renewed in faith through the dying and rising of our Lord (the Paschal Mystery). Though the most appropriate time for baptism is the Easter Vigil and the Easter Season until Pentecost, baptism is also celebrated on Sundays of the year. Because the days of Holy Week, from Monday to Thursday inclusive, have precedence over all other celebrations, it is not fitting that baptisms or confirmations be celebrated on these days since they have their natural place in the Easter Vigil. LENTEN FASTING Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd By itself, fasting is probably not very useful spiritually. But along with prayer, fasting can help us to recognize our deep need for God. Physical hunger can help awaken our spiritual hunger. Fasting can help us realize how attached we are to superficial comfort and pleasure, challenging us to rethink our priorities. Fasting can be an act of solidarity with those who regularly experience hunger, giving us a brief glimpse of their daily struggle. During your fasting this Lent, you might want to learn more about hunger and its causes. Here are just a few of the many web sites you could visit to learn more about or to get involved in solving the problem of hunger: America s Second Harvest Bread for the World Heifer International The Hunger Project Operation Rice Bowl Poverty.com

7 F E B R U A R Y 1 9, P A G E 7 NEW LIFE CHOIR Is preparing to sing at the 5PM Mass on February 25th. Come join us for a fresh contemporary musical experience. Other New Life Masses will be: April 6 th (Good Friday) at 7:00 PM and Saturday, May 19 th. For more information contact Elissa Lucas Richardson at or elissa_richardson@hotmail.com. OLD PALMS From Palm Sunday Can be brought to Church and deposited in the baskets at the entrances. Some of these will be used as ashes on Ash Wednesday. If you wish to dispose of your old palms simply burn and then bury them. WHAT S HAPPENING IN RCIA? (RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS): At the 8:30 Mass on the First Sunday of Lent (February 26 th ) you will hear these words... Fr. Jack and members of Nativity Parish, since the First Sunday of Advent, you have witnessed each week as our Candidate (Alan Young) was sent from the assembly, after the homily, to further reflect upon the Word of God. Now, after prayerful discernment, along with family, with his Sponsor, and with parish Catechists, he is asking our parish community to affirm his faith formation by sending him to participate in the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion at Our Lady of Lourdes, DePere. Alan will sign and take the Book of Elect with him to present to Bishop Ricken, along with the hundreds of Catechumens and Candidates throughout the Diocese. We ask that you continually keep him in your prayers so that he will be ready to join us around the altar at Easter. Located in the narthex you will find Alan s photo on an easel and basket with his name on slips of paper. We invite you to take his name so that you can keep him in prayer during his journey in becoming Catholic. MAKE A BED FOR A HOMELESS PERSON Do you have any old blankets, quilts, and/or mattress pads (no electric blankets please) that you would like to donate for making portable sleeping bags for the homeless in Milwaukee. My sister-in law, Ann Birr -Ruelle, is one of many volunteers who make the sleeping bags for the outreach work of Repairers of the Breach, downtown Milwaukee. Last Lent you provided over 200 pieces and Ann was able to sew 30 sleeping bags (7 blankets sewed together; back strap included!). You can drop off your old blankets in the Narthex or Parish Office anytime during Lent. ~Wayne Efferson WORLD S POOR COLLECTION March 17th/18th This annual diocesan collection serves the Campaign for Human Development, an anti-poverty program which helps people help themselves by addressing the root causes of poverty; Overseas Appeal, which assists in the efforts of Catholic Relief Services, Migration and Refugee Services, Department of Social Development, and World Peace; and Peter s Pence, the Pope s Personal Relief Fund which enables him to continue his pastoral care of the church and to spread the Gospel message. BISHOP MORNEAU S REFLECTION BOOKLET AVAILABLE First Sunday of Lent February 25/26, 2012 Find spiritual sustenance for the season of Lent in Bishop Morneau's reflections on the daily Mass readings. Not by Bread Alone offers a short collection of insightful meditations that focus on Lenten themes of repentance and redemption, sacrifice and salvation as well as the Easter promise of resurrection and new life. With Scripture as the foundation for each day's brief entry, readers will find the guidance they need to become closer to God s word during this holy time of year. The short yet significant reflections in this pocket-sized book make it simple for even the busiest person to make prayer a priority throughout the Lenten journey. Parish members can find these books available at church entrances. Cost: Free Will Offering. February 22 April 1 24 hours per day / 7 days per week Prayer Vigil on public sidewalk in front of OB-Gyn Associates of Green Bay Medical Arts Building 704 S. Webster St., Green Bay, WI 10:00- Noon on all Fridays has been designated as the prayer vigil time outside the clinic for St. Agnes, Seton & Nativity Parishes You are welcome to join other groups at any time! For more information or to volunteer, contact: Laurie Albers For inclement weather you may pray inside St. Vincent s Chapel. YOU RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES OPERATION RICE BOWL This Lent, our faith community will be joining millions of Catholics across the country by participating in CRS Operation Rice Bowl. The Rice Bowl and Lenten/Holy Week Schedule is located in your bulletin for you to follow your powerful Lenten practice. Catholic Relief Services Operation Rice Bowl invites us to pray with our families and faith communities, fast in solidarity with those who are hungry, learn about our brothers and sisters around the world, and give sacrificial contributions to help those in need. Visit orb.crs.org for additional resources to use at home. 7

8 S E V E N T H S U N D A Y I N O R D I N A R Y T I M E P A G E 8 Sunday, February 19, 8:30 Elsie & Henry Graikowski 10:15 John Schumerth & Sam Albers (Fathers of Jim & Laurie Albers) Monday, February 20, 9:00 Communion Prayer Service Tuesday, February 21, 9:00 George Farley Wednesday, February 22 (Ash Wednesday), 6:45 Word Service with Ashes 8:00 Gertrude Ihlenfeldt 12:00 Word Service with Ashes 2:00 Members of the Parish (San Luis) 2:00 Loddie Mleziva (Woodside) 6:30 Members of the Parish Thursday, February 23, 9:00 Communion Prayer Service Friday, February 24, 9:00 Elsie Mullen Saturday, February 25, 1:00 Wedding of Danielle Verbanac & Ross Harter 5:00 Ruby & Ken Mathews (Living Intention) Sunday, February 26, 8:30 Marie Billodeau 10:15 Tony Gracyalny SUNDAY MORNING HOSPITALITY There will not be coffee and donut holes served after the 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM Mass this Sunday. NATIVITY PARISH RUMMAGE SALE 2nd annual Nativity Parish Rummage Sale sponsored by the Women's Guild will be on April 20th 8:30 to 4:00 PM and the 21st 8:30 to noon. We will be in need of your rummage items and books, bakery will be an added feature this year. Clean usable items only, clothing accepted, no electronics. Please drop off your items in Bona Hall marked Rummage Sale. Questions, call Mary at or Marge at SUN: 8:15 AM RCIA-Lounge 8:30 AM Songleader/Organist 10:15 AM Songleader/Organist 10:15 AM Early Childhood Church Time MON: 9:30 AM Eucharistic Adoration-Chapel 12:00 PM Quilting Group-Lounge 6:30 PM Family Life Commission Meeting-Library 6:30 PM Church Decorating-Church TUE: WED: NO RELIGION SESSIONS 6:00 PM Finance Council Meeting-Room 99 6:15 PM Social Concerns Commission Meeting-Library NO RELIGION SESSIONS 4:30 PM Children s Choir-Lounge 7:30 PM Youth Group-JP2 Room THU: 6:00 PM Blah Beater Bunco-Narthex 7:00 PM Nativity Choir-Church SAT: 12:00 PM Room at the Inn-Kitchen 5:00 PM New Life Choir SUN: 8:15 AM RCIA-Lounge 8:30 AM Nativity Choir 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Hospitality-Bona Hall 10:15 AM Children s Choir 10:15 AM Early Childhood Church Time Welcome Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether visitors, long-time residents, or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to join Nativity of Our Lord Parish please call the Parish Office at ( ) or go to our website for a registration form. If you are already a registered Parish member and need to make changes, you may use this form to update your records. Please complete this form and place in the collection basket or return to the Parish Office. Thank you. Name Phone Address City New address Zip Code New phone number Moving, please remove from membership list 8

9 N A T I V I T Y O F O UR L O R D P A R I S H G R E E N B AY P A G E 9 CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNERS!!! February 8th Celeste Deneneffe... $ th Ben & Linda Selner... $ th Blaney Funeral Home. $ th Knights of Columbus... $ th Gary s Signs/Gary Paul$ th Jerome Ratajczak... $ th Jim & Lee Traeger... $25.00 Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing payment. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 19TH Sunday Is 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25/2 Cor 1:18-22/ Mk 2:1-12 Monday Jas 3:13-18/Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20 6:2/Mt 6:1-6, Thursday Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25 Friday Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15 Saturday Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32 Sunday Gn 9:8-15/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15 Featuring Tony Orlando Christmas Show, The Miracle of Christmas, Pierce Arrow, Yakoff Smirnoff and Danny O Donnell, visit Stone Hill Winery, and time for shopping!. In St Louis visit the Gateway Arch and tour the Budweiser Brewery. NOVEMBER 4 9, day tour $ Per Person (Double Occupancy) This is a Nativity Parish Fundraiser; Bay Bus will donate $50.00 per person to Nativity Includes: Motor Coach Transportation, 3 Dinners and 4 Breakfasts, Branson Shows and St. Louis, Mo. Tours Deposit of $ due at time of reservations, Final payment due 60 days prior to departure Trip insurance is available call Bay Bus at (920) or (920) Questions call Nativity Parish at (920) Reservation forms available in the Parish office.