June 22, 2014 The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) PARISH OFFICE 139 S. Madison, Green Bay, WI 54301-4501 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-4:00 pm Office: (920) 432-4348 Faith Formation: (920) 432-0820 Fax: (920) 435-5068 Email: sfxavier@sbcglobal.net Prayer Network: (920) 497-8060 Website www.sfxcathedralgb.org BISHOP OF GREEN BAY The Most Reverend David L. Ricken SUMMER ADMINISTRATOR Fr. Brian S. Belongia Deacons: Mr. Conrad J. Kieltyka & Mr. Thomas J. Mahoney Director of Administration: Rosemary M. Anshus Director of Music: Jody L. Strnad Maintenance Manager: Patrick R. Hoslet Event & Volunteer Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant: Sonia D. Hitt Pastoral Minister: Patricia J. Westlund Liturgist/Sacristan: Jennifer L. Johns Assistant Sacristan: Jan K. Phillips Bookkeeper: Vicki L. Matuszak Faith Formation Coordinator: Connie A. DeMeuse Cathedral Trustees: Kenneth C. Reigh, Secretary Charles L. Johnson, Treasurer Parish Council President: Andrew H. Opicka Finance Council President: John E. Mitchell
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish 139 South Madison Green Bay, WI 54301-4501 920-432-4348 Weekend Masses Saturday... 4:00 pm Sunday... 9:00 am Weekday Masses Monday, Wednesday, and Friday... 8:30 am Devotions One half hour before every Mass...Rosary Monday Perpetual Help Novena Friday.... Sacred Heart Novena Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am Monday 8:30 am Wednesday 8:30 am Friday 8:30 am Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am Mass Intentions June 21 Special Intention of Jerry Polasky June 22 Living & Deceased Members of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral & St. John the Evangelist Parish, Green Bay June 23 Alex & Betty Nier June 25 Fr. Charles Mocco June 27 Teresa Snorek June 28 Harold & Evelyn Kramer June 29 Louie Blaser (Anniversary of Death) JUNE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER Unemployed. That the unemployed may receive support and find the work they need to live in dignity. Faith in Europe. That Europe may rediscover its Christian roots through the witness of believers. Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday....9:00 am - 9:00 pm Confessions Saturday...... 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday.....6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Holy Days of Obligation Vigil... 5:15 pm Holy Day... 8:30 am Small Faith Groups Call the parish office for days and times. Baptism Call for arrangements. Preparation session required. Marriage Call the parish office at least 9 months in advance of your desired wedding date. Church and Museum Tours by appointment.... 920-432-4348 St. Thomas More School 650 S. Irwin Ave., Green Bay, WI 54301 Principal, Mr. Jeff Kaftan Phone: 920-432-8242 Did you know that the "Second Collections" that take place during the year are listed at our Online Giving website? Our parish will send your donations for these collections directly to the Diocese. Register for Online Giving and see how simple it is to start regularly giving to the parish, as well as, to the many charitable causes run through the Diocese of Green Bay. Visit our Cathedral Parish website for information on how to register today! Call the parish office if you have questions. Thank you for being good stewards of the gifts you have been given. Readings for the Week of June 22nd, 2014 Sunday:...Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 Monday:...2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18/Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17 Day:..Is 49:1-6/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 Wednesday:..2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/Mt 7:15-20 Thursday:..2 Kgs 24:8-17/Mt 7:21-29 Friday:.Dt 7:6-11/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 Saturday:..Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19/Lk 2:41-51 Next Sunday:.Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Gal 1:11-20/Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19
REMINDER: END OF FISCAL YEAR Just a reminder that the end of our parish fiscal year is Monday, June 30th. Do you have some catching up to do on your financial donations? Won't you help us end our fiscal year on a high note? Donations for your sacrificial giving to be credited by the end of the fiscal year must be at the parish office by 10am Monday, June 30th. Thank you. MONROE STREET CONSTRUCTION Now and through October, construction will be in progress on Monroe Street so there will be no access to the Cathedral parking lot from Monroe. Caution: Madison Street will remain a one-way street! Access to Cathedral parking lot will only be from Madison Street or the alley way from Walnut Street. Also, due to construction, Mondays through Fridays the Monroe and Doty entrances will not be opened. We ask everyone who attends morning Mass to please park in our parking lot and enter through the Bishop Wycislo entrance. DID YOU KNOW.? Duane Ebert, Joyce Jauquet, Mark Anshus, Ginny Winston, Ray Bares, and coordinator Ed Schuch rotate leading the rosary at Odd Fellows Nursing Home on Wednesday mornings. Our pastor celebrates Mass there one Friday a month and our deacon in formation, Greg Rotherham, does a Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion once a month in addition to his home visits. Your volunteering is a true blessing. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Douglas & Joan Feck & son Cody CATHEDRAL PRAYER NETWORK If you have any special prayer requests that you would like members of the Prayer Network Ministry to pray for, please call Kathy Baumann at 497-8060. Requests can also be submitted on the parish website: www.sfxcathedralgb.org. Call Kathy if you are interested in becoming a member of this ministry. ROSARY IN THE GARDEN Join us every Tuesday evening for a rosary in the garden behind the Cathedral Church. We begin at 6:30 pm through October 14th. (weather permitting). PEDALS, PIPES & PERFORMANCE Sunday, July 20th after the 9 am Mass, we will offer a one hour tour of the Cathedral Organs followed by a Pancake and Porky Breakfast in the Bishop Wycislo Center. If you ever wanted an up close encounter with the Cathedral organs this is your opportunity to do so. You will be able to look inside the organ chambers, which house the organ pipes and learn about the makeup of the different pipes. You may even have the chance to hang onto the organ cheeks and play the organ pedal board. Plus so much more!! Save the date! June 14th and 15th, 2014 Sacrificial Giving......$ 9,020.00 Offertory Collection..$ 427.63 Online Giving...$ 1,184.16 Building and Maintenance.$ 190.00 Our Own Needs.$ 738.00 Total......$11,559.79 We need an average of $9500.00 from the weekly collection to meet our budget.
LETTERS FROM OUR SEMINARIANS To the parishioners and visitors of the Cathedral, This past year at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, Minnesota has been a very busy and fruitful time of prayer, study and fellowship among my fellow seminarians and classmates. Over the year I felt as if I grew a great deal in my prayer life and grew closer to the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. On top of that my studies in philosophy are going well, to learn about a lot of the top tier thinkers in history can be quite a difficult task, but I know that all of your prayers are what is keeping me going strong. This past year we were blessed to witness a priesthood ordination for the Diocese of Winona and to go to the Chrism Mass for Winona where all the holy oils for the sacraments are blessed by the bishop. With the end of the school year though comes the summer assignment, and this summer I am at the Institute for Priestly Formation, otherwise known as I.P.F. It is a 10-week program that takes place in Omaha, NE on the campus of Creighton University. It is a program for seminarians and priests to come together and learn spirituality that leads to a deeper love for our Lord. Please continue to pray for me during the summer and the school year, and know of the great gratitude in my heart for your prayers for me. Know of my prayers for you as I keep on my journey to the priesthood. God bless, Mike Picard (Our own seminarian) Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings. I pray that this note finds you well. I would like to share with you a bit about what I have been doing in seminary and what I will be doing this summer. I enjoyed my first year of seminary. I completed philosophy studies and will begin theology studies this fall. Other studies this year included metaphysics, epistemology, Greek, Holy Scripture, and American Church history. Mundelein Seminary is a beautiful place to study and pray and I enjoy getting to know the seminarians and faculty. It was great to be around a group of young men with a common purpose: to grow in holiness and discern the Lord s Will. I look forward to continuing the journey with my them as we discover God s perfect plan for our lives. This summer I will attend the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha, Nebraska. This is a two-month program that teaches seminarians the spirituality of diocesan priests. We take classes that focus on methods of prayer, and we will complete a retreat modeled on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Other focuses include apostolic outreach within the local community and fraternity with our brother seminarians. I have heard many good things about IPF, and I am looking forward to the summer. Thank you for your prayers for me and for all the ways that you support me. Please know of my prayers for you, in praise and gratitude to God for your generosity and sacrifice. With thanksgiving and best wishes for a blessed summer, I am Sincerely yours in Christ, Kyle Sladek (Our own seminarian) Dear Cathedral Parish, I would like to start this letter by thanking you for all of your prayers and support that you have offered me the past several years of my seminary formation. The past year was my first year of theology at St. Francis de Sales Seminary and was filled with many examples of God s love. The community at St. Francis is small, but it allows us to form authentic friendships and help each other out on the road to (God willing) ordination. This summer I am attending a program called the Rome Experience where we will start off with a silent retreat in Ars, France where the tomb of St. John Vianney, who is the patron saint of parish priests, is located. Then we will go to Rome to take classes on the spirituality of the priesthood, art and architecture. We will also have the opportunity to visit some of the sights while we are in the heart of the Church. I am very excited to be on such a program and learn more about the Universal Church. I will pray for all of the parishioners of Cathedral Parish at the tomb of our new St. Pope John Paul II. God bless, Adam Bradley (Our adopted seminarian)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Monday.June 23rd 4:30 pm...ocds (Carmelites) Tuesday.June 24th Saturday June 28th 9:00 am Natural Family Planning: Marriage in the Lord Monday.June 30th 4:00 pm.tour: Sisters of Sinsinawa Tuesday July 1st Tuesday July 8th BOWLING WITH FR. BRIAN SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, July 29th Arrive at 6 pm, bowling at 6:30 pm Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley FATIMA DAYS The World Apostolate of Fatima will be hosting Fatima Days at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good on the 13th of each month, May through October. On Sunday, July 13th, Fatima Days will begin at 10:00 a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m. The day will consist of Mass, Confession, Adoration, Rosary, and two talks on the Fatima message. For further questions call Karen at 920 866-2571. Saturday July 12th 8:00 am..esto Vir Monday..July 14th 5:30 pm...natural Family Planning - BWC Tuesday..July 15th Sunday...July 20th 10:00 am...pedals Pipes & Performance...& Pancake & Porky Breakfast Tuesday.July 22nd Saturday & Sunday.July 26th & 27th Missionary Cooperation Appeal Monday..July 28th 4:30 pm...ocds (Carmelites) Tuesday..July 29th 2:00 pm Tour: Catholic Life Center, Sheboygan Falls 6:00 pm..bowling with Fr. Brian Thursday July 31st 12:00 pm...rosary in the Garden Visit the store for books and gifts for Baptism, First Holy Communion, Ordination, and Weddings! 131 S. Madison Street, Green Bay, WI Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 5 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm 920-432-0078 LIKE us on Facebook. FOLLOW us on Twitter. info@cathedralbookandgift.com St. John the Evangelist Parish 413 Saint John Street, Green Bay, WI 54301 920-436-6380 Liturgical Schedule Tuesday: 8:30 am - Mass Thursday: 8:30 am - Mass 5:15 pm - Vigil Mass Sunday: 10:45 am - Mass
CREDO FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION FOR 2014-2015 Registration for the 2014-15 Credo Faith Formation for Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral and Saint John the Evangelist Parish Families is now underway! ***If you have not already registered, please do so immediately as there will be no registration in August. Registration fees are due at the time of registration. This includes any child or teen who will be receiving the sacraments of First Confession, First Holy Communion, or Confirmation this year. First Confession and First Holy Communion are received in second grade. Registration is open for children and teens from Pre-k through Grade 12. The pre-k/kindergarten class is for 4 and 5 year olds (child must be 4 by September 1st or 5 by September 1st, 2014: 4 yr olds are in the class for 2 years). To find out more about the Credo Faith Formation Program visit www.sfxcathedralgb.org (click on Ministries; Credo Faith Formation). Classes meet Wednesday evenings: Pre-k through 6th grades from 4:30-5:45 pm and 7-12th grades from 6:45-8 pm. Confirmation classes meet on Sundays. The 2014-15 Credo Faith Formation year begins Wednesday, September 3rd. Call Connie DeMeuse at the Credo Faith Formation Office with questions, 432-0820. YOUTH RESOURCES Looking for resources for your middle school child(ren) and/or your teen(s) in high school to help them grow in their Catholic faith? Check out the link on the Youth page of the Cathedral website at www.sfxcathedralgb.org; click Ministries; click Youth. There you can view the Diocesan Resource portal for the offices of Youth Ministry and Religious Education. CREDO FAITH FORMATION 2014-2015 PARENT MEETING A mandatory parent meeting will be held for all families registered for the 2014-15 Credo Faith Formation year. Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 9th, at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Bishop Wycislo Center at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. At least one parent must attend the meeting. This meeting is for parents only. If you are a newly registered family in the Credo faith formation program, it is especially important that you attend. Our new pastor, Fr. Joseph Dorner will be present to address all families. Credo faith formation registration is in progress and if you have not registered for the upcoming 2014-15 year, please do so immediately by calling the office at 432-0820. For those who have yet to make payment, please send payment (made payable to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral - Credo) to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 139 S Madison Street, Green Bay, WI 54301 Attention: Credo. FAITH ON THE FOX JULY 4th 5 P.M. MASS WITH BISHOP AT NICOLET NATIONAL BANK PLAZA 111 N. Washington St., Green Bay Music by Building Permit. Collection for St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter. Meet and greet with Bishop will follow Mass. Refreshments provided. Parking available at Cherry Street Ramp. Rain or Shine, bring lawn chairs and umbrellas. City fireworks at 9:45 p.m. This event is being held as part of Fortnight for Freedom, June 21st - July 4th. For more details, visit www.gbdioc.org/faithonthefox. GOING TO COLLEGE? KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS? Do you know someone who is heading off to college this fall? Would you like to help them connect with people of faith when they get there? A new website sponsored by the Serra Club can help. At www.newmanconnection.com, click Get Connected and your students coming to campus can sign up to receive information about campus ministry at prospective schools across the nation, as well as an invitation to get involved. The college years can be an important time for faith development. Don t miss out on the opportunities to meet great people and experience the prayer, service, and social events that campus ministry offers. If you know someone going to college, make sure they visit www.newmanconnection.com!