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MAILING INDEX March 13, 2019 Fr. Dan’s Top Three March 25-30, 2019 | Masses for Healing with Bishop David Ricken & Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga April 19, 2019 | Bishop Ricken’s Holyland Letter and Lenten Resource Weblink Chancery Bulletin #383 Events April 6, 2019 | Retreat for Adults with Cognitive Disabilities Brochure April 6, 2019 | Care Ministry Volunteer Training Weblink Operations Mass Stipends Request Parish Software Replacement Project Update Quarterly Reporting Bulletin Inserts | English & Spanish Ministry Deadline April 19, 2019 | CRS Rice Bowl Grant CRS Rice Bowl Promotion Opportunities from The Compass Administrative Professionals Day Flyer National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Flyer Web Page: www.gbdioc.org PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IN YOUR PARISH. THANK YOU! Join the Most Rev. David L. Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay, and Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga MASSES for HEALING Bishop David L. Ricken and Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga will host five, two-day parish missions around the Diocese of Green Bay. Day One: A member of Fr. Ubald’s team will present a screening of the documentary Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace, which covers the life and work of Fr. Ubald, a Catholic priest from Rwanda. Day Two: Bishop Ricken and Fr. Ubald will celebrate Mass, followed by Adoration and prayer for healing. LOCATIONS and DATES Please contact the host parish for questions about each event. St. Francis of Assisi (Waldo Site) - Manitowoc • Day One (Video): Monday, March 25; 6:30 p.m. • Day Two (Mass & Adoration): Tuesday, March 26; 6:30 p.m. Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace features a compilation of stories of the devastating St. John Parish (Antigo Area Catholic Churches) horrors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and • Day One (Video): Tuesday, March 26; 6:30 p.m. the efforts of Fr. Ubald to bring healing and • Day Two (Mass & Adoration): Wednesday, March 27; 6:30 p.m. hope to the nation in the aftermath. St. Bernard Parish - Green Bay During a time when we feel more divided than • Day One (Video): Wednesday, March 27; 6:30 p.m. ever, be it socially, politically, and economically, • Day Two (Mass & Adoration): Thursday, March 28; 6:30 p.m. the work of Fr. Ubald in facilitating forgiveness and peace could not be more timely and more Most Blessed Sacrament Parish (St. Peter Site) - Oshkosh important for our global community. • Day One (Video): Thursday, March 28; 6:30 p.m. • Day Two (Mass & Adoration): Friday, March 29; 6:30 p.m. To learn more about the documentary and the work of Fr. Ubald, please visit St. Gabriel Parish - Neenah secretofpeace.com and • Day One (Video): Friday, March 29; 6:30 p.m. frubald.com. • Day Two (Mass & Adoration): Saturday, March 30; 4:30 p.m. WWW.GBDIOC.ORG/FRUBALD DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY P.O. Box 23825 • Green Bay, WI 54305-3825 • 920-272-8194 • FAX 920-435-1330 OFFICE OF THE BISHOP March 6, 2019 Dear Pastors, Pastoral Leaders and Parish Administrators, As we travel the path of missionary discipleship together, I think it is only fitting that we remember the grave challenges faced by Christians today in the Holy Land. Unfortunately, life for our brothers and sisters in the Middle East is of great trial, as war and terrorism claim the lives and livelihoods of innocent Christians. I write to you today to ask you to inspire awareness and charitable generosity among your parishioners toward the severe hardships Christians face in the Holy Land and the Middle East. This time of year provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on the trials of these families by encouraging your congregation to offer their Lenten prayers and sacrifices for them. Once again we will be conducting the Good Friday Holy Land Collection. This is another way to offer assistance to the Christians in the Holy Land. The monies raised from the Good Friday Collection go to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land who oversee the preservation of the Holy Sites and assist the Christians who have lived in the Holy Land since the time of Christ. Just as last year, the Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem have offered to help promote this collection in our diocese during the upcoming Lenten season. They have developed promotional materials, including posters, weekly reflections, bulletin and Mass announcements, which are included in these Parish Pages. In parishes that have members of the Equestrian Order, they may ask for permission to give a short announcement at the weekend Masses prior to the collection and perhaps request assistance in facilitating it. I want to express my sincere gratitude to you in advance for any and all assistance that you offer them to help promote awareness of the devastating plight of Christians in the Holy Land. Your inspiration and pastoral encouragement will help increase the donations collected during this Good Friday Collection. In this Lenten season, I am grateful for your continued efforts on behalf of Christ and His Church as I remain Sincerely yours in Christ, The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, DD, JCL, KC*HS Bishop of Green Bay eptember - October 2013P.O. Box 23825 1825 Riverside Drive Green Bay, WI 54305-3825 Tel: 920-437-7531 DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY Fax: 920-435-1330 e-mail: [email protected] CHANCERY BULLETIN # 383 March – April 2019 MISSION STATEMENT A specific means of communicating to parishes those matters of significant information used in the pastoral care of the faithful. An annual index will be sent. I. THE PASCHAL FAST Sundays or when possible at the Easter Vigil. Besides being a day of abstinence from meat for Church law does not prohibit Baptisms during Catholics 14 years of age and older, as are all Lent. The Catechism of the Catholic Church the Fridays of Lent, Good Friday is also a day outlines that infants should be Baptized “shortly of fast (one full meal, two smaller meals) for after birth” (No. 1250) and Canon No. 867 Catholics who are 18, but not yet 59. Where specifies “parents are obliged to take care that possible, the Paschal Fast should continue infants are Baptized in the first few weeks” after through Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil. birth. On Holy Saturday, the Church abstains strictly from the celebration of the Sacrifice of the In addition, if the infant is in danger of death, Mass. Holy Communion may only be given in the Baptism should take place immediately the form of Viaticum. The celebration of (Canon 867). Marriage is forbidden, and also the celebration of the sacraments, except those of Penance and If you have questions, you may direct them to the Anointing of the Sick. Funeral Masses are Tammy Basten, Chancellor, at (920) 272-8175, prohibited throughout the Paschal Triduum, or Father John W. Girotti, Vicar for Canonical Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday. On Services, at (920) 272-8124. these days, the Funeral Liturgy outside Mass is ______________________________________ used. (cf, Order of Christian Funerals, nn. 177- 203). III. CHRISM MASS ______________________________________ The Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. at II. BAPTISM DURING LENT St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay. For We have received several inquiries from the convenience of all parishes and institutions, parishes relating to Baptisms during Lent. a new and simplified standing order system will In response, since it includes the salvation of begin this year. Please see upcoming Parish souls, Baptisms may never be delayed solely Pages for further information from the Office of because of the season of Lent. Thus, Baptisms Divine Worship regarding ordering Holy Oils may be requested and celebrated during the and Dinner tickets. Contact Michael Poradek at Lenten season. [email protected] with any immediate questions. Canon 856 of the Code of Canon Law states that Baptisms should ordinarily take place on 1 Thank you to all priests and pastoral leaders 1288 stipulates that parishes or other who participated in the 2017-2018 survey diocesan corporations may not undertake regarding the date for future Chrism Masses. An civil legal action without the written overwhelming majority affirmed maintaining approval of the Ordinary. With so many the celebration of the Chrism Mass on Tuesday competent and helpful legal people involved in of Holy Week (as has been the custom in our parish leadership, this may be a requirement Diocese). Thank you to all who provided that can be accidentally overlooked in some feedback and perspectives on the question. situations. Please be aware of this provision of _____________________________________ canon law. IV. CATHOLICS AT THE CAPITOL Our standard operating practice is that a parish Please join us for Catholics at the Capitol this or school should first contact the appropriate year as we celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of diocesan office for discussion and counsel the Wisconsin Catholic Conference. Catholics prior to any contact with a legal firm. For at the Capitol will take place on Tuesday, April example: 30, at the Monona Terrace and Convention Center in Madison. This event, which occurs Facilities & Properties - Director (920) 272- every two years, brings Catholics together from 8260 around the state for prayer, formation, and • Matters relating to properties, advocacy. Catholics at the Capitol is sponsored leases, and cemeteries by the Wisconsin Catholic Conference in cooperation with Catholic Charities, Diocesan Human Resources - Employee Relations Offices of Social Action and Respect Life, and Coordinator (920) 272-8216 other Catholic organizations throughout the • Matters relating to terminations for state. parish and non-contract school employees To register or to find more information about the event, please go to Education - Superintendent of Catholic Schools http://www.wisconsincatholic.org/catholics_at_t (920) 272-8273 he_capitol.cfm.