Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Congratulations Baptized September 16 daughter of Bryan & Katherine Congratulations Re-Welcoming New Parishioners with Photo Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage With Sympathy We extend our condolences to the family and friends of our brother in the parish family and daughter Spending too much time caught up in the noise and clutter of the world can dull our spiritual senses. It can make us think that we are fulfilled and satisfied when we may be just bouncing from one distraction to the next September 22 & 23, 2018 who recently passed away. Take one (or more) of the info cards on the Welcome Desk and invite someone to join you at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish 2771 Oakwood Drive Green Bay, WI Sign up at the Welcome Desk in the hospitality area or on our website. For more info, visit or call Office Hours Monday-Thursday 8am to 4:30pm Friday 8am to noon

2 Can we pray for you? Contact Kathy Vandersteen at or (920) if you or someone you know would like prayers. The members of our Prayer Chain will pray for your sincere intentions. Sacrament of Baptism Baptism is celebrated within our weekend worship service at any of the Masses. Contact the parish office two months before anticipated date of Baptism. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3-4pm. Sacrament of Marriage Contact the parish office at least six months prior to the date of marriage. Join a Ministry or Committee If you would like more information or would like to join a particular ministry or committee, contact Gloria Nolan at gnolan@seasgb.org or (920) x 109. Ministry of the Sick Contact the parish office when members of your family are seriously ill, shut in, or hospitalized. Become A Member or Questions We welcome and register new members the second weekend of every month. You may also contact the parish office via at seas@seasgb.org or call (920) Parish Contacts Sr. Marla Clercx, Pastoral Leader, x108, mclercx@seasgb.org Bishop Bob Morneau, Priest Celebrant Deacon Steve Meyer, steve.meyer@etkg.com Gloria Nolan, Pastoral Minister, x109, gnolan@seasgb.org Kate Ruth, Evangelization & Faith Form. Coord., x111, kruth@seasgb.org Jill Cheney, Elementary Faith Formation Coord., x110, jcheney@seasgb.org John Popke, Liturgical Music Dir., x104, jpopke@seasgb.org Mass Intentions and Calendar Events Saturday, September 22 Blessed Virgin Mary 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8: :00am Picture Taking in Social Hall 3:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:15pm Mass Leonard Cramer Sunday, September 23 Wis 2:12, 17-20; Ps 54:3-8; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9: :00am Rosary 8:30am Mass Pearl Barrette Mass Mary & Norbert Gillis New Parishioner Mass 10:30am Mass Gene Beno 10:30am Little Church Monday, September 24 Prv 3:27-34; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday, September 25 Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8: :00am Mass Joan M. Smits 1:00pm Prayer Shawl Ministry, Knitting, and Crocheting Group 6:00pm Rosary 7:00pm Choir Practice Wednesday, September 26 Ss. Cosmas & Damian Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6 8:00am Mass Mary Ladick 8:45am The Prophet Bible Study 5:45pm Grades 1-5 Faith Formation Classes 7pm Middle & High School Faith Formation Classes Thursday, September 27 St. Vincent de Paul Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 7:00am Mass Elmer Christman 6:00pm Finance Council Meeting Friday, September 28 St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions; St. Wenceslaus Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9: :00am Mass Amy Thor Saturday, September 29 Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Dn 7:9-10, or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Confirmation Class Leadership Retreat 3:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:15pm Mass Ron Charles Sunday, September 30 Nm 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, Enroll online at using code WI571 or scan QR Reader. Online, automatic, electronic giving is the best way to make financial contributions to our parish family. 8:00am Rosary 8:30am Mass Emerdine Wesoloski 10:30am Mass Intention Available 10:30am Little Church 10:30am Marriage Blessing: John & Kay Benjamin 11:30am Baptisms: Sampson & Emily Goltz

3 As of September 18 Upcoming Calendar Deadlines, Notifications, and Events October pm Seniors United in Christ October pm Alpha Course October pm Prayer Shawl Ministry, Knitting, & Crocheting Group October pm Choir Practice October :45am The Prophets Bible Study October :45pm & 7pm Faith Formation Classes October pm Holy Hour October :30pm Faith Sharing Group October :30pm Dignity of Life Meeting October am Knights of Columbus, Shrine Rosary Walk October pm Alpha Course October :30pm Women s Guild Meeting October pm Prayer Shawl Ministry, Knitting, & Crocheting Group October pm Rosary October :45am The Prophets Bible Study October :45pm & 7pm Faith Formation Classes October pm Parent Meeting for 1st Reconciliation & Eucharist October :30pm Faith Sharing Group October pm Knights of Columbus Meeting October pm Choir Practice October :30am 2nd Friday for Seniors October 13 & Welcome Desk Registering New Parishioners October :30am Follow Jesus Seminar October noon Rosary: End Abortion October :15pm Marriage Blessing October :45am Defibrillator Training for Ushers October th Anniversary Mass, Celebration and Luncheon October :45am The Prophets Bible Study October :45pm & 7pm Faith Formation Classes October pm NEW Meal Prep. October :30pm Faith Sharing Group October :30pm Buildings & Grounds Committee Meeting October :30pm Alpha Reunion Past giving tendencies have prepared us to anticipate that offerings will fall short of our operating expenses. Therefore, we use fundraisers to close the gap. Last fall, we had Football Frenzy. This fall we re doing. Please consider participating. Thank you. Offerings Actual vs Budget August 1, 2018, through August 31, 2018 August 2018 Actual $58,631 August 2018 Budget $61,300 YTD Actual $123,423 YTD Budget $125, August Actual $61, YTD Actual $130,388 Grander Prize: Retail Value $200 Lambeau Field 50-Yard Line Framed Picture 100 Seasons Aaron Rodgers Bobble Head 100 Seasons Commemorative Coin Grand Prize: Retail Value $150 Green Bay Packer Wood Block Art Sign Envelopes on the board are numbered with the number being the amount of money you would like to donate to our SEAS community. Each envelope contains either two or three raffle tickets for a chance to win three prizes being raffled off on October 14 at our 40 th Celebration (prizes listed above). Plus there are 17 envelopes on the board that contain a gift card to a restaurant. You can participate in this important fall fundraiser on weekends after Mass. for our More information coming soon.

4 Starts Friday, September 28. Join the SEAS team from 10am to 11am at Planned Parenthood, 2605 S. Oneida St., Ashwaubenon. Or join anytime during the next 40 days as this event is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please consider joining this peaceful prayer vigil that is around the clock for 40 days starting the end of this month. Our SEAS team will be praying and walking on Fridays from 10am to 11am starting September 28. Greg Partamian is our Of the 3,000 plus abortions performed in America every single day, virtually none are performed on women who are pregnant through rape or incest. team leader this year. Join the movement and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. If you can support this cause, please contact Greg at gregpartam@gmail.com. All are welcome to join this vigil any time throughout its duration at Planned Parenthood, 2605 S. Oneida St., Ashwaubenon. Resources are located on the info table in the hospitality area. Annual Rosary for an End to Abortion Saturday, October 13, 12 to 12:30pm Here at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton by the S. Point Rd. Driveway Every year parishioner Dennis Lawyer leads us in praying to our Holy Mother for an end to abortion. No need to RSVP. Bring a lawn chair and dress appropriately. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI Field Trip on Thursday, September 27 Depart 9:30am Return 2:30pm Coach bus from our parish. Free transportation. Mass at 11am, walk the grounds afterwards, and stop for lunch on the way back to our parish. The cost of lunch is on your own. There is a sign-up sheet on the Welcome Desk in the hospitality area. Invite your family and friends to join you. There was plenty of availability at the time this bulletin went to print. Knights of Columbus: October 7 Rosary Walk Sunday, October 7, starting at 10am. Cost $10. Register by October 1. Includes luncheon, speaker, and a rosary. Additional details are on the info table in the hospitality area. N.E.W. Shelter Meal Servers We are in need of parishioners to serve our once-a-month N.E.W. Shelter meal. The meal is served at the shelter every third Thursday of the month. The commitment would be once or twice a year. Singles, couples or families with children 13 years and older are welcome to serve a meal at the shelter. If you re interested, please contact Michelle Rosnowski, parishioner and our N.E.W. Shelter server coordinator, at The GRACE Annual Appeal is our annual giving campaign for the GRACE Catholic schools. Donations provide immediate support for the system and our 2,000 students. With your financial support and prayers, together we can achieve our goal of providing opportunities for our students to learn and grow in faith. Donations can be forwarded to the GRACE Development Office, 1087 Kellogg Street, Green Bay, WI, or online at gracesystem.org/donate S. Fisk Street Green Bay, WI (920) September 25: 1pm Reconciliation Service. September 25: 5:30pm Booster Club Officers meeting in the library. September 29: 6:30pm MS Dance at Notre Dame Academy. September 27: 8:45am All-School Mass at St. Agnes. September 28: Early release day for teacher in-service. HASA Halfsies Event starts at 11:15am, cost $10 per child. Register by 9/26. October 22: Scholastic Book Fair. More details to come. October 28: 1:30pm Packer Tailgate Party at Green Bay Distillery. $25 in advance. sachfs@gracesystem.org for more information. Annual magazine sale is ongoing. Contact a student for ordering or visit and enter our school code of The sale features magazines, cookie dough and gifts. Purchasing Scrip is a huge part of our third-source funding. The most convenient way to order is online. For details, go to

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7 We live in a fallen and disjointed world. What will keep us from unraveling? Our relationship with Jesus. What good is it to gain the world but lose our soul? Program for Inactive Catholics October 16 - November 13 St. Bernard Catholic Church 2040 Hillside Lane, Green Bay, WI Do you know of anyone who considers themselves a Catholic but hasn t been to church in a while? Do they have questions about the Church s position on an issue? Invite them to attend this program and offer to go with them and accompany them on their journey. For more information, or call: tina@stbernardcong.org; Are you searching for a Church to call your own? Do you, or someone you know, want to learn more about our Catholic faith? Do you, or someone you know, want to join our Church? Are you Catholic but not Confirmed and desire to be closer to Christ and better prepared to face the daily challenges of living a Christian life? Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is open to adults from other faiths or denominations, those who have not been baptized in any particular tradition, and to those who were baptized Catholic, but have had little background or practice of the faith thereafter. If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, invite them to contact the parish office or let the parish office know if we can reach out to them. Contact us at seas@seasgb.org or Adult Faith Sharing Group Starts Thursday, October 4, 1:30pm This group will meet in the family room at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish and will go until November 8. If you are interested in attending, please Christine at christine.smits@bellincollege.edu. Jesus, as our life, is calling us to this moment of conversion, cleansing and purification in our church so that disgrace may be transformed into the grace of a new heart, new beginnings and, especially to those harmed by sexual abuse, abundant life We ask the assistance of the Holy Spirit to bring healing to victims and survivors, and to bring health to the entire church. ~Bishop David Ricken Our bishop, The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, issued a letter to all of us on August 16 about the accusations of sexual abuse from the state of Pennsylvania and reaffirmed his full-hearted commitment to ensuring that all people will be safe within our church. The letter was read at all Masses, a copy of which is posted in the blog section of our website. Copies of the letter are also in the hospitality area. In follow up to that, he has issued Action Steps to Accountability plus several departments of the diocese have followed up with their procedures and processes, i.e. Vocation Director, Safe Environment Coordinator, Chair of the Independent Review Board, and Victim Assistance Coordinator. The Bishop s letter is included with this bulletin on the following page. Copies of the other reports are in our hospitality area and posted in the blog section of our website at In addition, Bishop Ricken is holding throughout the diocese. Your thoughts, questions and suggestions regarding the sexual abuse crisis we are currently facing are very important to him. As part of his action steps for accountability, Bishop is inviting anyone interested to one of the following listening sessions: Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, De Pere Tuesday, September 25 from 6-7:30 p.m. St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood Wednesday, September 26 from 9-10:30 a.m. St. Francis and St. Mary Parish, Brussels Thursday, September 27 from 10-11:30 a.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Newton Thursday, October 4 from 6-7:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend one of the sessions, but would like to speak with someone, please call Ted Phernetton at

8 Action steps to accountability You may have heard my statement read publicly at Masses in the Diocese on Sunday, Aug. 19, or read it as an insert in your parish bulletin. As a follow-up to my up plan to the challenges to the present crises that are facing the church. I realize that changes need to be made in the which I commit myself. 1: I will increase and improve our pastoral care, concern and toward healing. 2: I will provide as many ways as possible for those who have been victimized to come forward without fear and to share their story of Bishop David Ricken to know as fully as possible the harm that was done, so that we victims and ensure no perpetrators remain in ministry. 3: I will listen to your concerns and suggestions. I, and others, will be reaching out through a number of listening sessions throughout the few weeks, including anyone who has been impacted by recent reports and events. I will also read and take to heart letters and other correspondence sent to me. sible for complete review by the Independent Review Board, which is made up primarily of tion on how to handle cases of abuse. to establish a national lay independent review board to provide a forum to handle complaints of misconduct provide increased accountability for bishops. 6: I will continue the practice of turning over all substanti- authorities for investigation and continue a zero tolerance policy of any abuse reported. 7: I will direct that the diocesan mission campaign, One by One, be paused for some time in order to focus my time and energy on addressing the issues and actions at hand at this time. In this issue of The Compass, you will see a report out of some issues. I will continue to report to you in regard to other developments so that you are kept in the loop of communications locally. While we have been working vigorously for many years to be vigilant in these matters and to show loving pastoral care for victims, I am committed to making whatever improvements are necessary to help us reform, learn and grow from this experience. Bishop David Ricken have been working vigorously for many years to be vigilant in these matters and to show loving pastoral care for victims, I am committed to making whatever changes are necessary to I also wish to speak to you as a pastor. This moment in time is an invitation to deepen our commitment to Christ. As missionary disciples we are called to believe and proclaim Jesus Christ as the way, the truth and the life. As we and the society in which we live, we must turn unabashedly to Jesus as our way, our truth and our life. Jesus had the uncanny ability to name disgrace and sin in the personal lives of the people he encountered, in the community of faith that he embraced and in the society in which he lived. He named and called out all that was evil, sinful, corrupt and immoral. Jesus, as our way, is calling us to name all that is evil and sinful in our time and in this their brokenness, to name the sin of abuse and the evil that has been rendered by some priests and bishops who have preyed upon (directly or indirectly) those who are entrusted to them. Jesus said, I am the Truth. To name sin, Jesus spoke the truth, a truth that was not afraid to confront the religious leaders of his time, a truth that went to the truth, is calling us to do whatever it takes to get to the bottom of the truth when it comes Truth needs to come to the light. A truth that has been at times intentionally covered up or distorted to wrongfully protect priests and bishops instead of protecting the victims must be revealed. Jesus pricks our conscious with the reality that only the truth will set us free. Jesus said, I am the Life. Jesus came into this world to give life and to give it abun- life of hope, mercy and grace is restored. Jesus not only had the uncanny ability to name disgrace, but even more so, to name grace. Jesus, as our life, is calling us to this moment of disgrace may be transformed into the grace of a new heart, abuse, abundant life. As missionary disciples, we are called to believe and pro- ask the assistance of the Holy Spirit to bring healing to victims and survivors, and to bring health to the entire church.

9 Disciples on the Way is an ongoing invitation from Bishop David Ricken to become missionary disciples. This seminar will introduce us to Jesus method of discipleship, the habits of discipleship and the necessity of focusing on healing within the missionary discipleship process. This is a free seminar through our diocese, and is being held on various dates throughout the diocese. Below a couple of locations are listed. Seminars are 8:30am to 3:45pm. Lunch, refreshments, and resources are included. October 13: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton October 25: KI Center, Green Bay A list of all of the locations of the seminars in the diocese is on the info table in the hospitality area. If you would like to attend one of the seminars, please contact Shelly in the parish office at svann@seasgb.org or x 106. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, September 30 after 8:30am Mass at Nativity of Our Lord, 2270 S. Oneida St., Green Bay. For those in need of physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. Our Love Affair with Technology: Some (Inconvenient) Truths, Thursday, September 27, 7pm, Walter Theatre, St. Norbert College Campus. Free event. RSVP not needed. Presented by Carol Bruess, Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas. For more info, go to Care of Creation Ecumenical Prayer Service, September 27, St. Francis of the Holy Cross, 3110 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay. 6:15pm tour of sustainable practice, 7pm prayer service, social to follow. A Walk to Remember Pregnancy and Infant Loss, October 13, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, 1660 East Shore Dr., Green Bay. Registration $12 ($15 at the walk), free for 17 and under. 10am ceremony, bubble release, and walk follows. 11am kids run. For more info and to register, go to Proceeds benefit grieving families. Scott & Kimberly Hahn present Understanding and Defending Your Faith, October 20, 7:45am to 1pm, St. Raphael the Archangel, 830 S. Westhaven Dr., Oshkosh. Tickets $20. Get tickets at squareup.com/store/ straphael. What Do You Mean, There is Not Enough Room for Joy? : A Retreat with Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson, October 26, 4:30pm, to October 28, 10am. Commuter cost $150. Online registration and fee due October Norbertine Center for Spirituality at St. Norbert Abbey, 1016 N. Broadway, De Pere. Serving Dairy Farms Since Be Kos We Care About Our Residents, Our Communities... and Our Future. Paul Kosmoski Parish Member INTENSIVE DAIRY CARE Mike Biese Nutrition Consultant Parish Member (920) 429 Pre-Planning: Save Your Family From Difficult Decisions in the Future ALL CHRISTIAN FAITHS WELCOME The Most Complete Online National Directory of Catholic Parishes CHECK IT OUT TODAY! BLINDAUER S Sheet Metal - Roofing Dean Englebert 1227 S. Broadway TERRY J. GERBERS Parishioner Holmgren Way, Suite A Estate Planning. Real Estate Law. Business Get this weekly bulletin delivered by - for FREE! Sign up here: Courtesy of J.S. Paluch Company, Inc. Grow in your faith, find a Mass, and connect with your Catholic Community with OneParish! Download Our Free App or Visit MY.ONEPARISH.COM St Elizabeth Ann Seton Church (B) or Ads: J.S. Paluch Co., Inc

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