Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 24, 2013

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 24, 2013 The Sanctuary Candle will burn March 25 - April 7 for Joan Janssen at the request of her family. Mass Intentions Monday, March 25 7:30am (SFX) UHelen Pansier 12:05pm (SFX) ULouise VanDerWegan Tuesday, March 26 7:30am (SFX) UClyde Thomas 8:30am (SM) UAlton Van Rite 9:10am (SM) Stations of the Cross 12:05pm (SFX) ULouis & Nancy Aerts & Family 12:45pm (SFX) Stations of the Cross Wednesday, March 27 7:30am (SFX) UEleanore Glidden 8:30am (SFX) UPatricia VanVeghel (Notre Dame School Mass) 12:05pm (SFX) UMary Ellen DuQuaine Thursday, March 28 (Holy Thursday) 6:30pm (SFX) UMary Reedy 7:00pm (SM) For the Parishioners of Our Parishes Friday, March 29 (Good Friday) 1:00pm (SFX) Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion 3:00pm (SM) Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion Saturday, March 30 (Holy Saturday) 7:30pm (SFX) For all Catechumens and Candidates entering the Catholic Church 8:00pm (SM) UCarrie Schumacher Sunday, March 31 (Easter Sunday) 8:00am (SM) ULisa Clark 9:00am (SFX) UPatricia Holmes and the Living and Deceased Members of Grains of Wheat 10:00am (SM) URuth, Biff, John & Ollie Helf 11:00am (SFX) UKenneth VanGompel Triduum of the Death, Burial and Resurrection of the Lord Holy Thursday, March 28 St. Francis Xavier, 6:30pm-Fr. Getchel St. Mary, 7:00pm - Fr. Judah Good Friday, March 29 St. Francis Xavier, 1:00pm - Fr. Judah St. Mary, 3:00pm - Fr. Getchel Holy Saturday, March 30 St. Francis Xavier, 7:30pm - Fr. Judah St. Mary, 8:00pm - Fr. Getchel Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord March 31 St. Mary, 8:00am & 10:00am -Fr. Getchel St. Francis Xavier, 9:00am & 11:00am - Fr. Judah St. Mary / St. Francis Xavier News Thank you Mike & JoAnn Cotter Family The votive candles have been moved from the Daily Chapel to the windows outside the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. We thank the Cotter family for this beautiful and generous gift given on behalf of their parents Jim & Elaine Cotter, founders of the Cotter Funeral Home in 1962. Thank you for this beautiful gift. Pancake Porkie Thank You We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to the Kiwanis Club of De Pere for allowing us to use their griddle for our Pancake and Porkie Breakfast last weekend and the Van Deurzen s for donating the delicious maple syrup. We served more than 300 people! We would also like to thank all who attended the breakfast and special thanks to the Boy Scouts, Troop 1038 and the many volunteers who helped to make this event a success. It s wonderful to see our stewardship in action! We made a profit of $972.55! St. Mary Church Picnic St. Mary s We are in the beginning stages of planning the August 11 Bishop s church picnic and we need your help. If you are interested Appeal Goal: in being part of the planning, please call the Parish Office $69,262 (337-2330). Watch the bulletin for the next meeting date. 100% Bishop s Appeal Reaches Out Across The Ocean The Diocese of Green Bay supports a mission parish in the Dominican Republic. The parish is called Elias Pina; its parishioners have abundant faith but little water, electricity or money. Our Diocese helps the mission in Elias Pina. It provides necessary resources by tending to parishioners physical and spiritual needs. Please consider a gift to the Bishop s Appeal. For more information, please contact the Parish Office or visit the Bishop's Appeal website at www. CatholicFoundationgb.org/give. As of March 19, we have $51,545 in donations or 74% of our goal. Thank you! American Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, March 27, 12:30pm-5pm St. Francis Xavier Parish Center For an appointment call 1-800-448-3543 Lenten Reconciliation As we we enter into our holiest week of the Catholic faith, we invite you for Confessions and quiet prayer. St. Mary-Wednesday, 6:30-8:00pm For times in other parishes, visit www.gbdioc.org/lent. Your Financial Stewardship at St. Mary Freely Receive...... Freely Give Weekly Sacrificial Envelopes (March 16 & 17)...$7,683.50 Offertory Collection (March 16 & 17)...$728.75 Maintenance...$837.39 Envelope Budget for July 1,2012 - March 31, 2013...$560,000.00 Envelope Income thru March 17, 2013...$551,328.27 Amount needed to make budget thru March 31,2013...$8,671.73 Thank you for your continued generosity! 90% 80% 74% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% Bishop s Appeal 2013

Support Christianity in the Holy Land Christians around the world are united in a special way during Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Our parish, once a year on Good Friday, is called on to support Christians in the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection for their lives. The annual Good Friday collection offers a direct link for parishioners to be witnesses of peace and to help protect the Holy Places. Please be as generous as your abundance allows. Attention Care Ministers & Parish Pastoral Visitors The Living Faith booklets for March/April/May are available to pick up for those you visit. They are located on the countertop in the Children s Room at St. Francis Xavier, and in the Minister s Sacristy at St. Mary. Thank you for visiting your fellow parishioners! Catholic Relief Services Operation Rice Bowl This week, let s pray for the people in our community who struggle with poverty and hunger. 25% of all contributions to CRS Rice Bowl remain in our diocese, helping those less fortunate in our community. If you have not already done so, please return your Rice Bowls by Good Friday. Contributions can be placed in the large Rice Bowl in the back of church or mailed to the Parish Office. Thank you for your support! Ministers of the Eucharist We are in need of volunteers willing to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners of St. Francis Xavier and St. Mary parishes; also a few who could help with communion services at area facilities. Training is provided. If you would like to know more about serving in this ministry, please call Robin Therese at 337-2330 ext. 208. In accordance with diocesan guidelines, a background check and a Virtus training session is required for all volunteers prior to any training or volunteer activity. Religious Education & School News Religious Formation First Eucharist Celebration Mass St. Francis Xavier: Sunday, April 7, 1:30pm St. Mary: Sunday, April 14, 1:30pm May Crowning St. Francis Xavier: May 5, 9:00am St. Mary: 10:00am Mass Notre Dame of De Pere Football Meeting There will be an informational football meeting regarding the 2013 season for players going into grades 6-8 next year, and their parents, at the Notre Dame Middle School Gym. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 26 at 5:00pm. This meeting is for Notre Dame students and students who are parishioners of St. Mary or St. Francis Xavier parishes. Please email or call Lynn Wolfram with any questions: Lwolfram00@yahoo.com - 660-7603 Almsgiving by the Students at Notre Dame of De Pere Notre Dame students are collecting fleece jackets for Tank Elementary School in Green Bay. The goal is to collect 240 jackets, sizes youth sizes 5 through adult-small by Wednesday, March 27. All donations can be dropped off at the Notre Dame Elementary or Middle School offices. Please consider a small act of kindness. Totus Tuus- Totally Yours Save the date for this summer's version of Vacation Bible School! The program will be held July 14 - July 18, and will have a little different look. Fr. Dan Schuster and a team of volunteers will bring our parishes the Totus Tuus Program for youth, ages 1st grade through high school. It comes highly recommended. Please watch the bulletin for additional information. Visit: http://www.mttabor. net/totustuus.html for more information. St. Mary and St. Francis Xavier News GRACE Financial Aid Deadline If you plan to apply for GRACE financial aid for the 2013-2014 school year, please complete your application before the deadline of April 15, 2013. First complete the registration and tuition plan for your student, and then go to www.factstuitionaid.com to complete the financial aid application process. Notre Dame Academy News Coffee with the Principal is set for Tuesday, March 26 at 9:00am in the Commons North Conference Room at NDA. The NDA Annual Parent Service Group Rummage Sale is Saturday, April 20. Chapel of St. Norbert at NDA holds Mass each school day at 7:30am (Tuesday Mass will begin at 7:25am.). Eucharistic Adoration Mondays, 8am 12:45pm. Area News Elizabeth Ministry Retreat Center Free Natural Family Planning Introduction Classes Elizabeth Ministry Retreat and Resource Center at 120 West 8th Street, Kaukauna, now offers monthly NFP introductory sessions for those who want to learn more. For questions, email nfp@ elizabethministry.com or call 766-9380. See the church bulletin board for details. The next class is Monday, April 1, 6:30pm. Ss. Edward & Isidore Parish Annual Rummage & Bake Sale 3667 Flintville Road (Cty M), Green Bay Saturday, April 6, 8am - 2pm 2 huge indoor halls filled with bargains. Most Items $.50. Fill-A-Bag sale after 12:00pm (noon). Marriage Help Do you or someone you know need help in your marriage? Are you struggling? Do you need to reconnect? Has your marriage grown cold? Retrouvaille has helped tens of thousands of couples just like you. For confidential information about the program or to register for our program at St. Norbert Abbey April 5-7 call (800) 470-2230 or visit our website at www.helpourmarriage.com. Walk to Mary The first annual Walk to Mary will be held on Saturday, May 4. This 21 mile walking pilgrimage will start at the National Shrine of St. Joseph at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, and end at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion. There are several points along the way you can join in to make your pilgrimage shorter. Our Blessed Mother appeared to Sister Adele Brise on the site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help and gave her this message: Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation. Funds raised by the Walk to Mary will be used to support Catholic education. At the core of Catholic education is the realization that life, itself, is a pilgrimage, and we are called to prepare our children for their journey in the world. Learn more and SIGN-UP NOW at www.walktomary.com. Participation is limited to the first 1,000 registrants. Leonard Stadtmueller Financial Advisor Advertiser of the Week MorganStanley SmithBarney 111 N. Washington Street Retirement Planning Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301 College Savings Plans 920-436-5632 Comprehensive Financial Planning 2011 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Member SIPC

Easter Flower Donation 2013 Please place the bottom half of this form and your donation in the collection basket or mail to: St. Mary Parish P.O.Box 70 De Pere, WI 54115 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Easter Flower Donation 2013 Given By: In Memory of: Amount Enclosed: $

HOLY WEEK 2013 Newsletter Date Volume 1, Issue 1 I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. John 13:34 Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name. Philippians 2:8-9 JOIN US FOR The Easter Triduum begins with the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, reaches its high point at the Easter Vigil and closes with Prayer on Easter Sunday. HOLY THURSDAY March 28, 2013 St. Francis Xavier 6:30pm St. Mary 7:00pm In the history of the Church, Holy Thursday has always been a solemnly joyful day; it is the first day of the Triduum journey. Lent is over before sunset and the Triduum begins with the Mass of the Lord s Supper. Holy Thursday commemorates the Institution of the Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of Penance and the consecration of the Holy Oils. Holy Thursday celebrates the agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, events that took place on the night before Jesus' crucifixion; Jesus ultimate supper and sacrifice. It was and is the meal that he gives to us until he comes again in glory. The Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday begins the Triduum, a three-day celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ. Various traditions and customs associated with Holy Thursday, the washing of feet, reconciliation of penitents, and the consecration of holy oil (chrism). Holy Thursday service has an option for the blessing of chrism and the washing of feet. After the Holy Thursday evening Mass the altars are stripped bare, crosses are removed from the church or are veiled, and the Blessed Sacrament is carried through the church in procession to a place of reposition. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for an extended period of time is then encouraged. The consecrated hosts are then used for Good Friday services. GOOD FRIDAY March 29, 2013 St. Francis Xavier 1:00pm St. Mary 3:00pm Why is Good Friday "good"? That question puzzles not only children but many adults as well. How can Good Friday be good when it commemorates the day on which the sins of mankind brought about the death of our Savior? Good Friday is good because the death of Christ, as terrible as it was, led to the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, which brought new life to those who believe. The Church, stripped of its ornaments, the altar bare, and with the door of the empty tabernacle standing open, is as if in mourning. In the fourth century the Apostolic Constitutions described this day as a 'day of mourning, not a day of festive joy,' and this day was called the 'Pasch (passage) of the Crucifixion.' Traditionally, the organ is silent from Holy Thursday until the Alleluia at the Easter Vigil, as are all bells or other instruments, the only music during this period being unaccompanied chant. No Mass is celebrated on this day, but the service of Good Friday is called the Mass of the Presanctified because Communion, which had already been consecrated on Holy Thursday is given to the people. We can see that the parts of the Good Friday service correspond to the parts of the Mass: Liturgy of the Word; Reading of the Passion; Intercessory prayers for the Church and the entire world, Christian and non-christian; Veneration of the Cross and Communion.

Holy Saturday March 30, 2013 On this most sacred night, in which our Lord Jesus Christ passed over from death to life, the Church calls upon her sons and daughters, scattered throughout the world, to come together to watch and pray. But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. HOLY SATURDAY March 30, 2013 St. Francis Xavier 7:30pm St. Mary 8:00pm On this quiet day we accompany the Blessed Virgin Mary as she sorrowfully stood at the tomb of our Lord waiting for the Resurrection. In the evening, we participate in the Easter Vigil, the highlight of the Catholic liturgical year. In order to better understand the Easter Vigil, we should focus on four fundamental elements of the Easter Vigil: fire, word, water and bread. The Easter fire is blessed by the priest celebrant. The Easter candle, representing Christ, is brought into the dark church. The light of Christ dispels the darkness of sin. We then listen to the chanting of the Easter Proclamation, the Exultet. "Exultet, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King's triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness." We then attentively listen to the history of salvation through the readings of the Old Testament. These readings lead us to the fulfillment of the Old Testament with the New Testament readings from the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans and the Gospel narrative of the Resurrection. Following the homily, the liturgy of Baptism takes place. The Catechumens are baptized and we renew our baptismal promises. We are sprinkled with the waters of baptism as the joy of Easter begins. After the liturgy of the Baptism, we then enter into the liturgy of the Eucharist as we normally do during each Mass. The Bread of life fills our souls with the peace that only the Risen Jesus can give us. EASTER SUNDAY March 31, 2013 St. Mary 8:00am & 10:00am St. Francis Xavier 9:00am & 11:00am Easter is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. On this Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For Catholics, Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving known as Lent. Through spiritual struggle and self-denial, we have prepared ourselves to die spiritually with Christ on Good Friday, the day of His Crucifixion, so that we can rise again with Him in new life on Easter. "Why seek you the living with the dead? He is not here, but is risen" (Luke 24:5-6). With those words, the angels greeted the women who had come to Christ's tomb with spices and ointments, to care for His body. They had found the stone rolled back, and the tomb empty, and they did not know what to make of it.