SAINT ELIZABETH CATHOLIC PARISH 4816 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140 Phone: 262 -657 -1156 www.stelizabethkenosha.org St Elizabeth Schedule Fourth Sunday of Sunday Masses : Saturday - 4:00 p.m. Sunday - 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Lent Weekday Masses: Monday - 8:00 a.m. Wednesday - 8:00 a.m. Friday - 8:00 a.m. Saturday - 8:00 a.m. Confession: Saturday - 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Matins & Lauds: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday - 7:25 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet: Sunday - 10:00 a.m. St James Schedule Sunday Masses : Saturday - 5:30 p.m. Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday - 5:15 p.m. Tuesday - 5:15 p.m. Wednesday - 5:15 p.m. Thursday - 5:15 p.m. Confession: Monday - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday - 4:30 p.m. Devotion & Vespers: St. Joseph after Monday Mass, Mother of Perpetual Help after Tuesday Mass, Sacred Heart of Jesus after Wednesday Mass & Vespers after each devotion 1st Friday adoration 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. March 6, 2016 ST. ELIZABETH CATHOLIC PARISH 2 MARCH 6, 2016 STATIONAL CHURCHES FOR LENT Cardinal Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, was named Arch- priest of the basilica in 2012. STATIONAL CHURCHES: 4 TH WEEK OF LENT March 10: San Martino ai Monti (Italian for St. Martin in the March 7: The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs is an ancient Mountains), is a minor basilica in Rome in the Rione Monti basilica in Rome. The church dates back to the 4th century, neighbourhood. It is located near the edge of the Parque de and is devoted to four anonymous saints and martyrs. The Monte Oppio, near the corner of Via Equizia and Viale del complex of the basilica with its two courtyards, the fortified Monte Oppio, about five to six blocks south of Santa Maria Cardinal Palace with the Saint Silvester Chapel, and the Maggiore. The basilica was founded by Pope St. Sylvester I monastery with its cosmatesque cloister is built in a silent on a site donated by one Equitius (hence the name of Titu- and green part of Rome, between the Colosseum and San lus Equitii ) in the 4th century. At the beginning it was an Giovanni in Laterano, in an out -of -time setting. "Santi oratory devoted to all the martyrs. It is known that a meeting Quattro Coronati" means the Four Holy Crowned Ones, and in preparation for the Council of Nicaea was held there in refers to the fact that the saints' names are not known, and 324. therefore referred to with their number, and that they were March 11: Sant'Eusebio, the basilica -style church on the martyrs, since the crown, together with the branches of Esquiline in Rome dedicated to him, is said to have been palm, is an ancient symbol of martyrdom. According to the built on the site of his house. It is mentioned in the acts of a Passion of St. Sebastian , the four saints were soldiers who council held in Rome under Pope Symmachus in 498, and refused to sacrifice to Aesculapius, and therefore were was rebuilt by Pope Zacharias. It once belonged to the Cel- - killed by order of Emperor Diocletian (284 305). The bodies estines (an order now extinct); Pope Leo XII gave it to the of the martyrs were buried in the cemetery of Santi Jesuits. Marcellino e Pietro, on the fourth mile of via Labicana, by Pope Miltiades and St Sebastian (whose skull is preserved March 12: San Nicola in Carcere (Italian, "St Nicholas in in the church). Miltiades decided that the martyrs should be prison") is a titular church in Rome near the Forum Boarium venerated with the names of Claudius, Nicostratus, in rione Sant'Angelo. The first church on the site was prob- Simpronianus and Castorius; these names — together with ably built in the 6th century, and a 10th -century inscription a fifth, Simplicius — were those of five Pannonian martyr may be seen on a fluted column next to the entrance, but stonemasons. These martyrs were later identified with the the first definite dedication is from a plaque on the church four martyrs from Albano: Secundus (or Severus), dating to 1128. Columns of the Temple of Speranza are in Severianus, Carpoforus (Carpophorus) and Victorinus the wa ll of the Church. It was constructed in and from the (Vittorinus). The bodies of the martyrs are kept in four ruins of temples, along with a jail (carcer) which a tradition ancient sarcophagi in the crypt. (supported by Pliny ’s history of Rome) states was sited in the temples' ruins. However, the in Carcere (in jail) part of March 8: San Lorenzo in Damaso ( Saint Lawrence in the the name of the church was only changed to "in Carcere House of Damasus ) is a basilica church in central Rome. It Tulliano" in the 14th century, owing to an erroneous identifi- is incorporated into the Palazzo della Cancelleria. cation. The prison was really that of Byzantine times. Spo- Archeol ogic evidence suggests the site, like many loci for lia from all these ancient remains is still apparent in the Roman churches, may have housed a pagan temple. The church's construction, most particularly three columns from first documentary evidence of a church at this site is the the Temple of Juno Sospita which are incorporated into reference in the synod of Pope Symmachus (499) of a both the 10th -century and 1599 north facades of the Titulus Damasi . According to tradition, in the 380s a basilica church. The dedication to St Nicholas was made by the church was built by Pope Damasus I in his own house. This Greek population in the area. In the 11th century, it was church is one of many dedicated to the Roman deacon and known as the church of Petrus Leonis, referring to a con- martyr Saint Lawrence, including the more ancient and then verted Jewish family who rebuilt it nearby as a fortress. extra -urban San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, that was rebuilt by the same Pope Damasus. The original basilica for San March 13: The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican , or Lorenzo in Damaso was demolished by Cardinal Raffaele simply St. Peter's Basilica , is an Italian Renaissance church Riario, a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned the in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome. imposing Renaissance -style Palazzo della Cancelleria Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, (1489 –1513). The palace was built using spolia and stone Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the from nearby Ancient Roman buildings, including the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and one Colosseum and enveloped the new church of San Lorenzo of the largest churches in the world. While it is neither the under the right wing; the entrance is located at number 1, mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of Piazza della Cancelleria, on the right flank of the facade. the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a March 9: The Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls is unique position in the Christian world and as "the greatest of one of Rome's four ancient, papal, major basilicas along all churches of Christendom." with the basilicas of St. John in the Lateran, St. Peter's, and St. Mary Major. It is the burial place of the Apostle St. Paul. ST. ELIZABETH WOMEN ’S GUILD The basilica is within Italian territory and not the territory of the Vatican City State. However, the Holy See fully owns Meetings are the first Saturday of every month in the the basilica, and Italy is legally obligated to recognize its full school after the 8:00 a.m. Mass. All women of the parish ownership thereof and to concede to it "the immunity are invited to attend. granted by International Law to the headquarters of the diplomatic agents of foreign States". James Michael 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT 3 MARCH 6, 2016 ST. ELIZABETH FISH FRY DINNERS MILWAUKEE AREA FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED St. Elizabeth's Famous Fish Fry Catholic Charities is in need of another infant care home to 3/4, 3/11, & 3/18 provide care for newborns between hospital discharge and 4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. in St. George Hall the Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) hearing. This time period is typically about 30 days. The family would be Volunteers are needed to help with fish fry! Please contact licensed as a foster family and there would be no charge to Dave in the parish office at 262 -657 -1156, or via email at the family. We do require that one of the parents in the [email protected] to volunteer. household stay at home full time since these babies are too young for childcare. The infant care home is reimbursed for ST. JAMES ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER their time at a rate of $20 per day and the babies would be Tickets for the St. Patrick's Day Dinner on Saturday, March eligible for full health coverage and WIC. If you would like 12, will be available at St. James following weekend to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Sarah - - Masses from February 20/21 to Sunday, March 6. Or call/ Chidester at 414 771 2881 or [email protected]. - - text/email at 262 914 5675 / [email protected]. $15 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ages 13 and up / $10 under age 13.