March 29 2015 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 Mass Intentions Saturday March 28 4:00 pm †Daniel Frisch Sunday March 29 9:00 am Living & Deceased Members of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and St. John the Evangelist Parish Monday March 30 8:30 am †Cedric Snorek Wednesday April 1 Saint Francis Xavier 8:30 am †Meta Preslaski (Anniversary of Death) Cathedral Parish Thursday April 2 139 South Madison 7:00 pm Priests of the Diocese of Green Bay Green Bay, WI 54301-4501 920-432-4348 Holy Friday April 3 Weekend Masses 3:00 pm Intentions of Holy Father Saturday ................................................................ 4:00 pm Easter Vigil April 4 Sunday .................................................................. 9:00 am 8:15 pm †Loren Cismoski, †Jack Mitchell Jr. and †Michael Duffy Weekday Masses Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ......................... 8:30 am Easter Sunday April 5 9:00 am †Dominic & Leona Alt Devotions One half hour before every Mass ………………...Rosary Monday ……………….…………Perpetual Help Novena Friday. .............................................. Sacred Heart Novena BANNS OF MARRIAGE II Katie Neta and John Tilleman Eucharistic Adoration “This couple wishes to be married at the Cathedral. Wednesday ………………….…….….9:00 am - 8:00 pm If anyone is aware of any serious reason why this marriage should not take place, he or she has a moral Confessions Saturday... ............................................ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm obligation before God to make the pastor aware of Wednesday ........................................ ..6:00 pm - 8:00 pm these concerns.” Holy Days of Obligation See Bulletin Readings for the Week of March 29, 2015 Small Faith Groups Sunday:…………....Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/ Call the parish office for days and times. …………...….…..Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1--15:47 or 15:1-39 Monday:……………………………..Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 Baptism Tuesday:………...………….Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Call for arrangements. Preparation session required. Wednesday:……………………...Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 Marriage Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper:…………. Call the parish office at least 9 months in advance of your …………….Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 desired wedding date. Friday:………….…...Is52:13--53:12/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/ ………………………….…………….…...Jn 18:1--19:42 Church and Museum Saturday: Vigil:……….……...Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/ Tours by appointment. ................................ 920-432-4348 ………………….Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/ ………………...….Ex 14:15--15:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/ St. Thomas More School ………………..Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/ 650 S. Irwin Ave., Green Bay, WI 54301 …………………………………...Rom 6:3-11/Mk 16:1-7 Principal, Mr. Jeff Kaftan Next Sunday:………………………...Acts 10:34a, 37-43/ Phone: 920-432-8242 ………………………………..Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/ …………………..Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or Lk 24:13-35 Green Bay Diocese Museum is open for viewing every Sunday after 9 am Mass ST VINCENT DE PAUL Donations Appeal! CALENDAR OF EVENTS With spring right around the corner now would be a great time to clean out those closets, the garage or the basement. St. Vincent de Paul is in need of your gently used clothing, shoes, books, household items, linens and furniture. Items can be dropped off at our east side location 1529 Leo Frigo Way or our west side location 940 Hansen Road. You Sunday……………..……..……...….….…….March 29th may even call to arrange a pick up time for your larger 10:30 am………….…..…..Confirmation Class-Gehl Center furniture items by calling 435-4040. Help us help others!! HOLY WEEK Monday……………..……..……...…….…….March 30th NEW SHELTER MEAL 8:30 am………….………………………………...…..Mass The next NEW Shelter Meal is scheduled for Monday, New Shelter Meal Today! March 30th. We are in need of canned corn, applesauce and Tuesday……………..……..……...….….…….March 31st desserts. Call Monica at 425-3191. Church Closed Today HOLY LAND COLLECTION Wednesday……………..……..……..…….…….April 1st Support Christianity in the Holy Land. Christians around Church Closed Today After Mass the world are united in a special way during Lent, Holy 8:30 am………….………….....Mass-No adoration today! Week and Easter. Our hearts, minds and prayers are also 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm……..Confessions-Two Priests Available especially aware of the Holy Land. Our parish, once a year Holy Thursday……….…..…..……...…….…….April 2nd on Good Friday, is called on to support Christians in the Church Closed Today Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on 5:30 pm ……………….…...Mass at St. John the Evangelist the collection for their lives. The Holy Land Collection, as 7:00 pm ……....……...Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral affirmed by Pope Francis to the Franciscans, “without exaggeration we can say that the Holy Land is alive. There Good Friday..……..……...…………….….…….April 3rd are Christian communities in the Holy Land, thanks to Church Closed Today you!” Thank you for supporting the Pontifical Good Friday Holy Land Collection at Good Friday Service! collection as encouraged by Pope Francis. 12:30 pm…………….…..Service at St. John the Evangelist Please be as generous as your abundance allows. 3:00 pm…….……...Service at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral 7:30 pm………….………..Service of Shadows at Cathedral March 21st and 22nd, 2015 Easter Vigil…………..…………….….…...…….April 4th 12:00 pm……………………………….....Blessing of Food Sacrificial Giving……………………...........$ 6,449.00 8:15 pm…………..…..Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Offertory Collection……………….……......$ 557.74 8:15 pm………….………...Mass at St. John the Evangelist On-Line Giving……………………………..$ 1,659.09 Easter Sunday…………..……...….….…...…….April 5th Total…………………………..…...........…..$ 8665.83 9:00 am…………..…..Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral An average of $9600.00 from the weekly collection is 10:45 am……..….………....Mass at St. John the Evangelist needed to meet the budget of St. Francis Xavier HAPPY EASTER!! Cathedral. FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY Building & Maintenance……………...……..$ 55.00 CELEBRATION Easter Flowers…………………........…...…..$ 609.00 Sunday, April 12, 2015 St. Agnes Church – 1484 Ninth St, Green Bay World’s Poor……………..……...…….…….$ 152.00 Sacrament of Reconciliation 1:30-3:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul…………………………..$ 5.00 Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3:00 pm Mass 3:30 pm *FYTD Budgeted Receipts…………….....…$365,384.44 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament before and after Mass, celebrated by Fr. Patrick Beno. For more information call *FYTD Actual Income……..……….....….…$378,846.04 Val Bessert, 866-9988. $ 13,461.60 Palm Sunday is an intriguing and powerful celebration. It starts out with a Gospel reading, filled with triumph and victory. Jesus enters his capital city, Jerusalem, to be enthroned King of the Jews. People lay down palms before him, a sign of respect for royalty and recognition that he is the expected Messiah. Yet, in the second Gospel, he is crucified. It isn't that he wasn't enthroned or that he never reigned, rather the manner in which he would rule was something unimaginable! He defeats death through his death. He mounts the cross as his throne. He was the innocent lamb. Satan had no right to touch him. When Jesus was unjustly humiliated by his minions, it was Jesus who then received power, power to open the gates of heaven. Any of us who choose to take the path of the cross, will also now reign with him, leaving the Kingdom of Darkness and entering the Messiah's domain. There is something else to keep in mind. As we hear the story of the passion and death of Jesus, there is the temptation to see it as an overwhelmingly sad story. But actually, it is powerful and moving! It's an expression of the depth of the love of Jesus. One can tell how much one is loved by how much the one who loves, suffers for us. And Jesus didn't just suffer physically. He suffered his people's betrayal, the betrayal of a close friend, Judas, an Apostle. Even St. Peter, the rock, denied him three times to save his neck. These were great emotional wounds. Let us not get so caught up with the suffering that we fail to see the incredible love thus manifested. As St. Paul wrote, "While we were yet sinners, he died for us." Who has ever heard or witnessed something like this. Whose god is like our God! Why are we afraid of anything, with such a triumphant leader, going before us, defeating even death itself! He truly does reign. And that reign for him and for us, begins with the Cross. We are not afraid of it. Fr. Joe SERVICE OF SHADOWS BLESSING OF FOOD Join Bishop Ricken in a service of shadows, a choral Bishop Ricken will bless food for your Easter Celebration tenebrae meditation on the Passion, here at St.