March 13, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Lent

Masses

Saturday 4:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am

Mon., Wed., Friday-8:30 am

Church Hours

Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm

Wednesday’s 10 am - 8 pm

Memorial Day –Labor Day

Friday’s-church closes after Mass

Confessions

Saturday’s 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Wednesday’s 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Eucharistic Adoration

Wednesday’s 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Devotions

Rosary before each Mass

Monday’s Perpetual Help Novena

Friday’s Sacred Heart Novena

Baptism

Call to make arrangements

Preparation session is required.

Marriages

Call parish office 9 months

before your desired wedding date.

Prayer Network

(920) 497-8060

Small Faith Groups

Call the parish office

Church Tours

Every Second Sunday after 9 am

Mass or by Appointment

920-432-4348

Museum Tours Every Sunday after 9 am Mass

or by Appointment.

(920)-432-4348

Mass Intentions

Saturday

4:00 pm March 12

†The Deceased Members of the

Johnson & Tenpas Families

Sunday

9:00 am March 13

The Living & Deceased Members of

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and

St. John the Evangelist Parish

Monday

8:30 am March 14

†Intentions of Tom Vorphal

Wednesday

8:30 am March 16

†Deanna, Beatrice and Harry Czechanski

Friday

8:30 am March 18

†Fr. Tony Dolski

Saturday

8:30 am 4:00 pm

March 19

†Joseph Novitski

†George Schwingle

Sunday

9:00 am March 20

†James & Ellen Karwedsky

(Anniversary of Death)

Readings for the Week of March 13, 2016 Sunday:…...Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11

Monday:....Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/

………………………...…………...Ps 23:1-6/Jn 8:12-20

Tuesday:……....Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-21/Jn 8:21-30

Wednesday:……...….Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52-56/

………………………………...………………Jn 8:31-42

Thursday:………...……Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-9/Jn 8:51-59

Friday:………………Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-7/Jn 10:31-42

Saturday:…….2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29/

Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Next Sunday:…..Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20,

…………...23-24/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49

Saint Francis Xavier

Cathedral Parish 139 S Madison St

Green Bay, WI 54301-4501

Office Hours

Monday-Friday 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Friday’s Memorial Day – Labor Day 9:30 am - noon

Parish Office: 920-432-4348

Fax: 920 435-5068

Email: sfxavier@sbcglobal.net

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Website

www.sfxcathedralgb.org __________________________________________________________________

The Most Reverend David L. Ricken

Rector and Pastor:

Reverend Joseph Dorner - Ext. 204

Deacons:

Rev. Mr. Thomas Mahoney - Ext. 201

Rev. Mr. Conrad Kieltyka - Ext. 201

Office Manager: Sonia Hitt - Ext. 201

Office Assistant:

Jan Phillips - Ext. 202

Pastoral Minister:

Patricia Westlund - Ext. 214

Music Director: Jody Strnad - Ext. 211

Maintenance Manager:

Pat Hoslet - 606-0252

Liturgist: Jenny Johns - Ext. 220

Bookkeeper: Vicki Matuszak

Faith Formation Coordinator:

Connie DeMeuse - 432-0820

Faith Alive Adult Faith Formation Coordinator:

Barbara Conder: 436-6380 - Ext. 206

Cathedral Trustees:

Kenneth Reigh, Secretary

Steve Senecal, Treasurer

Parish Council President:

Patrick Duchateau

Finance Council President:

John Mitchell

Green Bay Diocesan Museum open every Sunday

10 am until noon

ST. JOSEPH SPOUSE OF MARY!

Join us for Mass here at the Cathedral

on Saturday, March 19th at 8:30 am.

HOLY BAPTISM Congratulations to Grace Marie-Ann Everts Daughter of Aaron &

Cassandra Everts who was baptized here at the Cathedral on

Sunday, March 6th. God Bless You!

March 5th & 6th, 2016 Sacrificial Giving………………...………...$ 7,047.00

Offertory Collection………...…....…….......$ 511.44

On Line Giving………………………….….$ 1,976.00

Total…………………….…….................…$ 9,534.44

Building Maintenance……………...………$ 136.00

World’s Poor………………..…...…………$ 2,427.71

St. Vincent de Paul………………..………..$ 25.00

Holy Land/Good Friday…..………………..$ 25.00

An average of $9956.00 from the weekly collection is

needed to meet the budget of St. Francis Xavier

Cathedral.

FYTD Budgeted Receipts…………………...$358,407.72

FYTD Actual Income…………………….….$362,840.66

$ 4,432.94

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Tuesday………..............…….……..…......…..March 15th

5:30 pm ……………………………....…Tour-Altrusa Club

Wednesday………................….……..…........March 16th

6:00 am ……………...…“That Man is You” Session-BWC

Thursday………..............…..……..…......…..March 17th

9:00 am……....“Teach My People to Pray” Holy Hour-SJE

6:00 pm..“Fully Alive” Adult Faith Formation Session-SJE

Friday……….............….………..……......…..March 18th

5:30 pm…………….…………….Stations of the Cross-SJE

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 5:30 pm Friday March 18th at St. John

CHURCH TOUR If you haven’t toured your Cathedral yet, you will have an

opportunity this Sunday, March 13th. Meet in the center

aisle after the 9 am Mass. See you there!

Let the Northeast Wisconsin Passion Play strengthen your

spirit and lift your soul through Holy Week and beyond!

This profoundly moving production, can be shared by the

entire family.

7 pm March 17th, 18th & 19th

1 pm March 19th & 20th

Xavier Fine Arts Theatre

1600 W. Prospect Ave, Appleton

The March 19th matinee will be interpreted for the hearing

impaired. For more show information or to purchase tickets,

please visit: www.newpassionplay.org or call the Xavier

box office at 733-8840.

PASSION PLAY BUS! Join Green Bay East Serra Club, Knights of Columbus,

and Resurrection Parish on a trip to the Passion Play on

Saturay, March 19th for the 1 pm Matinee. The bus

will leave Green Bay at 11:45 am and return at 4 pm. Bus

and choice seating $25. For tickets or more information

call Jim at 869-7611 or Mike at 339-7890.

HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE

Holy Thursday, March 24th

6 pm at St. John the Evangelist

7 pm at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

Good Friday Service, March 25th

12:30 pm at St. John the Evangelist

3 pm at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

7:30 pm Service of Shadows at Cathedral

Easter Vigil Saturday, March 26th

8 pm St. John the Evangelist

8 pm St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

Easter Sunday, March 27th

9 am at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

11 am at St. John the Evangelist

RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE Wednesday evenings 6 pm- 8 pm

Saturday’s 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

NOTE:

Three priests will be available for Confessions on

Wednesday of Holy Week, March 23rd, however there will

be NO Confessions on Saturday of Holy Week March 26th.

HOLY WEEK CHURCH HOURS Due to preparations for Holy Week,

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral will be closed on:

Tuesday, March 22nd all Day

Wednesday, March 23rd after 8:30 am Mass

until Confessions from 6 - 8 pm

Holy Thursday, March 24th all Day until 6 pm

church will then remain open until midnight

Good Friday, March 25th all day until 2 pm and will

remain open until after the Service of Shadows

Holy Saturday, March 26th until 11:45 am for

blessing of food then closed again until 7 pm

SERVICE OF SHADOWS Join Bishop Ricken in a service of shadows, a choral

tenebrae meditation on the Passion, here at St. Francis

Xavier Cathedral on Friday evening, March 25th at

7:30 pm. Let the Gospel readings, the music and the

environment envelop you as we again recall the saving

work of Jesus Christ.

NO ROSARY REMINDER!! Due to Palm Sunday there will be no rosary prayed before

Mass on Sunday March, 20th. Mass will begin in the

Bishop Wycislo Center.

GOOD FRIDAY HOLY LAND COLLECTION

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Have You Felt the Merciful Gaze of Christ? Our Gospel this week begins on the Mount of Olives and finishes in the

Temple, both important sites that pilgrims visit in Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives

faces the Old City of Jerusalem and is the location of several Christian churches

maintained by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. Today, the Temple Mount

is all that remains of the Temple of Jesus’ time and is considered a very holy place

by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

As Jesus arrived in the Temple area, He was confronted by a crowd

bringing him a woman caught in the act of adultery. Her partner had probably faded

into the crowd. The woman was not really important, but she was the bait in a trap

to catch Jesus. If he said stone her, they could taunt him about not being merciful; if

he said let her go, they could accuse him of not fulfilling the law. But, once again,

Jesus saw their true intentions and turned the tables on their unscrupulous motives.

St. Augustine described such a scenario when he said, “Notice how deceitful toward

God the tongue is.”

We see the same deceit today in ourselves and in others, everywhere in the

world where there is strife and hatred. We want to accuse “the other guy” – “Look,

there is the problem; there is the sinner” – and never con-front the sin in our own

heart that is part of the hatred that feeds fear and violence.

The Temple Mount is the site of some of the worst confrontations between the major religions in the Holy Land.

The Christians in the Holy Land are often caught in the middle of the political, cultural, and religious conflicts in this

region. The conflicts arise from the sins that make us critical of the other and blind to the faults in ourselves. Let us pray this

Lent that we all will begin to follow Jesus’ command to “Go and sin no more” (Jn 8:11) and to remember our Christian

brothers and sisters who live with this strife and conflict on a daily, ongoing basis. We can all help preserve the Holy Sites

and the Christian presence in the Holy Land by making a generous contribution on Good Friday to the Franciscan Custody

of the Holy Land.

SEROOGY SALE The Cathedral’s Dignity of Life

Committee will once again sell Easter

chocolates to raise funds to support the Homeless Shelter

Meal Programs on the weekends of:

March 12th and 13th and

March 19th and 20th

On sale will be:

9oz Boxes of Chocolates $12/box

8oz Chocolate Fudge Trays $5/each

7oz Chocolate Butter Fudge Eggs $5/each

4oz Milk Chocolate Bunny’s & Lamb’s $3.50/each

Enjoy great chocolates and Support a great cause!

FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

Sunday, April 3, 2016

St. Agnes Parish

1484 Ninth Street, Green Bay

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 1pm - 2:50 pm

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: 3 pm

Mass: 3:30 pm

The Most Reverend David L. Ricken – Main Celebrant

and Fr. Patrick Beno, Pastor

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

before and after Mass.

LENTEN MASS Join the St. Thomas More Society with BISHOP RICKEN

on FRIDAY, March 18th at 7:30 am. at St. MATTHEW

PARISH, 130 St. Matthews Street, Green Bay. Bishop

Ricken will share a short reflection following Mass.

Coffee and donuts will be provided!

THANK YOU! A Thank you goes out to those who helped out with the

White Mass this past Sunday! I know you went the extra

mile to help sing! Thank you Maggie Melchior for the

nourishment of the wonderful beef stew so we could get

thru another beautiful Mass! In the second reading St. Paul

spoke about being ambassadors for Christ! That is what you

were! We had many visitors from around the Diocese and

beyond and you added so much to the Mass!

Thank you for your ministry! God bless!

NEW SHELTER MEAL The next NEW Shelter Meal is scheduled for Monday,

March 29th. We are in need of canned corn, applesauce and

desserts. Call Monica at 425-3191.

POPE FRANCIS’

MONTHLY PRAYER INTENTIONS Universal Intention: That families in need may receive the

necessary support and that children may grow up in healthy

and peaceful environments.

Evangelization Intention: That those Christians who, on

account of their faith, are discriminated against or are being

persecuted, may remain strong and faithful to the Gospel,

thanks to the incessant prayer of the Church.

131 S. Madison Street, Green Bay, WI

Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 5 pm;

Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm

920-432-0078

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Still looking for some good reading for Lent?

Stop in to browse our variety of resources.

Bring in this ad for $5 off your purchase of $25 or more.

Good until March 26th.

Stop in today!

We truly appreciate your patronage

and your friendship!

PRAYER CORNER """""Would that I could persuade all men to be devoted to this

glorious Saint [St. Joseph], for I know by long

experience what blessings he can obtain for us from God.

I have never known anyone who was truly devoted to him

and honored him by particular services who did not

advance greatly in virtue: for he helps in a special way

those souls who commend themselves to him. It is now

very many years since I began asking him for something

on his feast, and I have always received it. If the petition

was in any way amiss, he rectified it for my greater good.

~St.Teresa of Avila

Saint Joseph's feast day is March 19th. Entrust these final

days of Lent to his paternal protection. Saint Joseph, pray

for us!

BISHOP RICKEN’S

MONTHLY PRAYER INTENTION That all families work to strengthen their relationships and

promote reconciliation within their households, especially

between those who have long been separated by division.

WORLD’S POOR COLLECTION The 2016 Collection for the World's Poor (includes CCHD,

Catholic Relief Services and Peter's Pence) last weekend

March 5th & 6th.You can still give. Please be generous!

Peter’s Pence, we unite with the Holy Father as he reaches

out to our brothers and sisters suffering the effects of war

and violence, natural disasters, and religious persecution.

Catholic Campaign for Human Development who is

dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and give support

that is needed to make lasting changes.

Catholic Relief Services (CRSC) funds six Catholic

agencies that serve the disguised Jesus in our suffering

brothers and sisters around the world.

“TEACH MY PEOPLE TO PRAY”

HOLY HOUR Join us for “Teach My People to Pray” Holy Hour

as we continue to pray together as a church of the

Diocese of Green Bay, at St. John on Thursday,

March 17th from 9 am - 10 am.

BLESSING OF FOOD Bishop Ricken will bless food for your Easter celebration

meal on Saturday, March 26th at 12 pm.

THANK YOU! A thank you goes out to all those who bought chili and to

those who gave so generously of their time to help make

the chili dinner become the success that it was.

You are much appreciated!

St. John the Evangelist 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

40 DAYS FOR LIFE Join members of the Cathedral to pray near Planned

Parenthood at 2605 S. Oneida Street on Friday’s

4 pm - 6 pm through March 18. For information or if

you plan to take part, contact Vonda at 371-0839 or visit

40daysforlife.com.

LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC CD Seven Last Sayings of Christ

Spoken as He suffered the agony of the cross, the seven

last sayings of Christ recorded in the gospels have been

the subject of prayer and inquiry by Christians for two

thousand years. In this revealing

presentation, Dr. Scott Hahn unlocks for us

the deeper significance of Our Lord's last

words, carefully chosen so that we might

better understand the immense love of God

for every person and His plan of salvation. Learn how

Jesus' words are as profound and gripping today as when

He uttered them on that first Good Friday.

Join us this Thursday for a St. Patrick’s Day party! There

will be Mass, an Irish supper, music, prizes and more.

Reservations required, see the Flocknote for more details!

Join our Flocknote to receive email updates and text alerts

about upcoming events, times, and locations:

www.flocknote.com/CathedralYoungAdults or text

“cathedral” to 84576. If you have any questions or ideas,

please contact Sarah at sarahelizbradford@gmail.com.

Cathedral & St. John’s Young Adults is a collaboration

between St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and St. John the

Evangelist Parish, open to all young adults (18-39) in the

diocese.

FULLY ALIVE

ADULT FAITHFORMATION Our next Fully Alive Adult Faith Formation session is

March 17th at St. John the Evangelist from 6 pm - 7:30 pm.

Joe Tremblay, Adult Faith Formation Coordinator for the

Diocese of Green Bay will offer a presentation on

St. Joseph.

Fully Alive is so grateful for those that offered to assist

with a meal prior to the monthly session. More volunteers

are needed to help organize this. To volunteer please call

St. John the Evangelist office at 436-6360. In the mean time

a volunteer has come forward who is willing to provide

child care during the sessions. The volunteer is a certified

teacher. Hope to see you March 17th.

2016-17 CREDO FAITH FORMATION

AND SACRAMENTAL PREPARTION

REGISTRATION Registration for the 2016-17 Faith Formation year and

sacramental preparation classes has begun. Enrollment is

open to Catholic day school, home school, and public

school students in grades 1-12. We are no longer offering a

kindergarten class. If a student will be preparing for the

Sacrament of First Confession, First Holy Communion or

Confirmation in 2016 or 2017, he/she must register at this

time. All registrations are due no later than May 15, 2016.

To register, go to www.sfxcathedralgb.org or

www.stjohngb.org. download and send registration form

with payment to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral,

139 S. Madison Street, Green Bay, WI 54301. For questions

or more information contact the Faith Formation Office

at 432-0820.

TOTUS TUUS YOUTH MISSION Registration is now open for the 2016 Totus Tuus Summer

Youth Mission, June 12-17th. All Faith Formation Families

should have received information and registration forms for

the mission. Totus Tuus is open to all children and teens in

grades 1-12 (parishioners and non-parishioners).

Registration forms, flyers, and brochures can be found in

the kiosk outside the Bishop Wycislo Center and can also

be downloaded from the parish websites,

www.sfxcathedragb.org or www.stjohngb.org. Please

include payment with registration. Deadline is June 1st.

The Themes for this year’s youth mission are, Prayer ( The

Our Father) and the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary.

IMPORTANT REQUEST

WE ARE IN NEED OF 2 HOST FAMILIES TO HOUSE

OUR 2 MALE AND 2 FEMALE TOTUS TUUS

LEADERS FOR THE WEEK. ON: (Saturday evening,

June 11 through Friday afternoon, June 17), CONTACT

THE FAITH FORMATION OFFICE AT 432-0820.