December 7, 2014 Second Sunday of Advent

December 7, 2014 Second Sunday of Advent 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 RECTOR AND PASTOR Reverend Joseph E. Dorner E-Mail: ctr78789@centurytel.net Deacons: Mr. Conrad J. Kieltyka & Mr. Thomas J. Mahoney Office Manager: Sonia D. Hitt Office/Sacristan Assistant: Jan K. Phillips Director of Music: Jody L. Strnad Maintenance Manager: Patrick R. Hoslet Pastoral Minister: Patricia J. Westlund Liturgist/Sacristan: Jennifer L. Johns 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 Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday....9:00 am - 8:00 pm 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 December 6 Jan Mellberg December 7 Linda Opicka December 8 Teresa Hoffman December 10 For the Return of Fallen Away Catholics December 12 Shirley Cherney December 13 John & Doris Vanness and Lavern Deterville December 14 Most Rev. Mark Schmitt (Anniversary of Death) WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Joe Goodreau God Bless You! Confessions Saturday...... 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday.....6:00 pm - 8:00 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 NO SUNDAY SOCIAL Due to Christmas set up and to allow for extended family celebrations, there will not be a Sunday Social after Mass on Sunday, December 21st and Sunday, December 28th. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! Readings for the Week of December 7, 2014 Sunday:....Is 40:1-5, 9-11/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 Monday:...Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday:........Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday:.Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 Thursday:....Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 Friday:....Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,.......10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 Saturday:.Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Next Sunday:.Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/1 Thes 5:16-24/........Jn 1:6-8, 19-28

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION December 8th, The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass times are as follows: 8:30 am St. Francis Xavier Cathedral 5:30 pm St. John the Evangelist FRIDAY ARTIST SERIES St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 140 S Monroe Avenue, is having a Friday Artist Series, December 5th, 12th and 19th, from 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm. The Concerts will feature members of the Green Bay Symphony. If you are in the area and would like a short respite from the hustle and bustle of the season, come and enjoy some beautiful Christmas music. A free will offering will be accepted. CHILI NIGHT Mark your Calendars for Saturday, January 24th, 2015. Pete Warden will be making his famous chili. Watch bulletin for further details. CATHEDRAL KEEPERS NEEDED Beginning January 5th, we will need Cathedral Keepers from noon-2 pm every Wednesday and from 10-noon on the 1st and 4th Fridays of the month. Cathedral Keepers commit to 2 hours a week greeting people, answering questions and being available on site so we can have the Cathedral open during the day. Training is provided. If interested, please call Sonia at 432-4348. SECOND COLLECTION There will be a second collection Saturday and Sunday December 13th and 14th for the Religious Retirement Fund Please be Generous! PANCAKE PORKIE The Pancake Porkie breakfast was enjoyed by many. We raised $373.00. Thank you to those who supported and to those who helped make it possible by volunteering as dishwashers, pancake grillers and to the set-up and clean-up crews. Your help and generosity was very much appreciated. Jan Warden Kitchen Coordinator RECONCILIATION Three priests will be available for confessions on Wednesday, December 17th from 6-8 pm. Green Bay Diocese Museum is open for viewing every Sunday after 9 am Mass DIGNITY OF LIFE Giving Tree! Beginning Saturday, November 29 th through Sunday, December 21 st the Cathedral Giving Tree will be decked out with ornamental stars with attached gift suggestions. Gifts will be for the Love Life Program, St. John s Homeless Shelter guests and two adopted families (a single mom with an 11 year old son and a single mom with a 17 year old daughter). You need not wrap these gifts just put the star ornament in the bag with the gift and place under the tree. Thank you for caring. Christmas Chocolate Sale! Seroogy s Fine Chocolates will be sold immediately after all Masses on the weekends of December 6th and 7th and December 13th and 14th. All profits will benefit St. Francis Xavier Cathedral s homeless shelter meal programs. Available for purchase: 9 oz. Boxes of Assorted Chocolates-$11.50/box Chocolate Fudge Trays-$5.00/tray Chocolate Santa s and Snowmen-$3.00/each Thank you for helping us help others! November 29th and 30th, 2014 Sacrificial Giving......$ 5,420.00 Offertory Collection....$ 707.10 On-Line Giving... $ 1,657.53 Total........$ 7,784.63 Building Maintenance.. $ 10.00 Music Ministry..... $ 468.00 *FYTD Budgeted Receipts.....$211,538.36 *FYTD Actual Income.......$186,326.97 $ 25,211.39 *Fiscal Year to Date An average of $9600.00 from the weekly collection is needed to meet the budget of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.

A NOTE FROM OUR PASTOR It is good to be back. I want to briefly share two thank you notes I received. The first one is from Fr. Ron Mrozinski who was grateful for your kindness as he spoke on the Cross Catholic Outreach. We will be hearing from them every year or two. I think they do some excellent ministry. He was grateful for your support. Secondly, we received a thank you note from the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay in regards to World Mission Sunday, where we raised $2,373 dollars. These monies are split between three collections that have been consolidated: The Propagation of the Faith Collection, the Latin America Collection and the Eastern Europe Collection. Thank you for your generosity. Finally, I want to encourage all of us to enter into the "Teach my People to Pray" first phase of the "Disciples on the Way" six year spiritual journey. This first phase will last two years which prepares us for being better evangelists. We want to share the good news that "God is with us." But we can not do that well if we do not experience him with us personally. This happens only through a strong prayer life. Please take time to look at your prayer life. Is there anything that needs to change or could improve. Let's strive to do that. As one tool in this endeavor, I encourage you to join us for one of the monthly holy hours before the Blessed Sacrament. Please watch the bulletins for specific times and places. We have deliberately chosen an evening time at the Cathedral and a midday time at St. John's to try and make this opportunity as available as possible. I would love to see a strong turn out for this special devotion. SAINT CECILIA CONCERT Events for the celebration of the Year of Consecrated Life December 7, 2014 Solemn Vespers (Evening Prayer) with Bishop Ricken St. Francis Xavier Cathedral at 4:00 pm A reception/social to follow Religious and Laity are welcome to attend. February 8, 2015 Consecrated Life Day RETIREMENT COLLECTION Give Thanks for religious! A parishioner writes, We thank God today and every day for every religious sister who taught us in school, not only our ABCs, but also to love God. Share your gratitude for the senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests who made a positive difference in so many lives. Please give generously to next week s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious. Wrap up! First, I want to thank everyone who came to our third annual Saint Cecilia Concert held on Tuesday, November 18th! It may have been an extremely cold night outside but the musicians provided much warmth and beauty in their performance inside our beautiful Cathedral! If you were expecting Bishop Ricken to attend, he was scheduled to attend, but was in Chicago for the installation of the new Archbishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago. As you know the feast of Saint Cecilia is November 22 nd. She is the patron saint of music. This concert is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to give praise and worship to God through the gift of music. Thank you Saint Cecilia for your intercession! And please Saint Cecilia, continue to pray for us who work in God s Music Ministry. In His Service, Jody Strnad, Music Director.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Saturday...............December 6th 5:30 pm Fr. Joe Installation Mass at SJE Sunday..............December 7th 4:00 pm. Consecrated Life & Advent Vespers With Bishop Ricken Reception to follow-bwc Monday................December 8th Feast of Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation) Mass 8:30 am St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Mass 5:30 pm St. John the Evangelist DECEMBER APOSTLESHIP PRAYER Christmas, hope for humanity. That the birth of the Redeemer bring peace and hope to all people of good will. Parents. That parents may be true evangelizers, passing on to their children the precious gift of faith. FEATURED LIGHTHOUSE CD Journey Through Advent: Liturgical Cycle B 3:00 pm....st. John Evangelist Shelter meal prep-bwc 6:00 pm... Fidei Defensor Apologetics-Gehl Wednesday.............December 10th 7:00 pm.... Teach My People to Pray Holy Hour Thursday..............December 11th 6:30 pm..... Oremus small groups-bwc Friday.............December 12th 12:15 pm..... Friday Artist Series-Church Saturday...............December 13th 8:00 am.. Esto Vir Mens Group Mass & Gehl Saturday and Sunday December 13th and 14th Second Collection-Retirement Religious Fund Sunday............December 14th Welcome Sunday! Get the most out of Advent by following along with Fr. Robert Barron's homilies as he unpacks these profound scripture readings. The homilies presented on this CD will correspond to the Scriptures for Sunday Masses throughout Advent and Christmas 2014. MARY S MINISTRY Thank you to all of those who are visiting our homebound or nursing facilities. We are in need of more volunteers to visit and/or to bring the Holy Eucharist. The commitment is about once a month for thirty minutes. No experience is necessary however a short training session is available. If you are interested or have any questions call Patty Westlund at 432-4348. Thursday..............December 18th 6:30 pm.. Oremus small groups-bwc-(last Class) Friday.............December 19th 12:15 pm... Friday Artist Series -Church FIDEI DEFENSOR Fidei Defensor is a parish, lay apostolate, dedicated to evangelization, apologetics and teaching people how to explain the Catholic Faith with clarity, kindness and gentleness. Anyone may join; no previous experience needed. The only things you need are a love for Jesus Christ and His Church as well as a desire to increase your knowledge. Sessions will be held every second Monday evening from 6-7:30 pm in the Gehl Center located behind St. Francis Xavier Cathedral For information call Nate Stevens at 435-1723. 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. info@cathedralbookandgift.com Visit Cathedral Book & Gift for Books, DVDs, and music to enhance your Advent journey. In addition: we have a selection of Bishop Ricken s favorite books on prayer. Thank you for your patronage!

YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRADES 9-12 The following is a list of opportunities for teens in grades 9-12 to grow in one s Catholic faith. If you are interested in any of the youth opportunities, want to register, or have questions, call the Credo Faith Formation office at 432-0820. Pray about where God may be calling you! Registration forms are available in the Credo Faith Formation Office. Catholic Youth Expeditions Door County Expeditions depart from CYE base camp in Appleton, 7pm, Friday evening and return 4pm, Sunday. Dates for high school expeditions: December 26-28, 2014 January 23-25, 2015 April 10-12; April 24-26 visit www.cyexpeditions.org for more summer dates. 2015 Annual March for Life in Washington D.C. January 20-25 th, 2015 Teens Encounter Christ Retreat (TEC) in Green Bay January 2-4, 2015 and March 20-22, 2015 High School Mission Trip to Hancock, Mississippi (Hurricane Katrina Relief) June 13-21 st, 2015 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 Saturday: 5:30 pm - Mass Sunday: 10:45 am - Mass St. John the Evangelist is offering an Advent reconciliation service on Thursday, December 11th at 6:30 pm. The Micah Center, a sister organization of St. John s Homeless Shelter, is a daytime resource center for the homeless and has been welcoming around 30-35 guests each day, and the number keeps growing. We provide warmth, a place to relax, educational resources, arts and crafts, computer access for jobs, and a friendly welcoming environment for our daytime guests. To accomplish our mission we rely on the generosity of the community to help us with some basic needs for our guests. Currently we find ourselves in need of paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies such as antibacterial spray cleaner, comet cleanser, antibacterial wipes, and Pine Sol or Mr. Clean. We are also short on warm gloves and hats. As we approach this wonderful season of giving and sharing, we are hopeful you can help us out. Thank you in advance for your generosity. We are located at 700 East Walnut Street. Open from 8:30-4:40 pm Monday through Friday. Steubenville Youth Conference Saint Louis, Missouri July 8-14 th, 2015 Registrations are on a first come, first serve basis. Steubenville North Youth Conference Saint Paul, Minnesota July 24-26 th, 2015 Registrations are on a first come, first serve basis. Camp Wojtyla Summer Youth Camp Colorado Rocky Mountains For more details, visit www.gbdioc.org/youth-ministry/opportunities.html Registration is now underway. For additional information pricing, transportation, etc. on all opportunities, visit www.gbdioc.org/youth-ministry/opportunities.html GRACE SCHOOL SYSTEMS Annual Appeal Every dollar raised through the 2014-2015 GRACE Annual Appeal goes directly to support the 225 students receiving tuition grants for the current school year. This year, students joined Fr. Dane to thank you for your support in a video that can be viewed at www.gracesystem.org. Monetary gifts for the Appeal can be made online or by mailing to the GRACE Office at 1087 Kellogg Street, Green Bay, WI 54303. Early Registration Parents interested in enrolling in St. John Paul II Classical School have an opportunity to enroll early in order to guarantee a seat. Classes for PreK-Grade 3 will begin in the fall of 2015. For further information contact Donna Sommers at 499-7330, ext 303. Grace Schools to Celebrate The Feast of The Immaculate Conception Each GRACE school will celebrate an all-school Mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Monday, December 8, 2014.