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: sfxavier@sbcglobal.net

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: ctr78789@centurytel.net

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

December 7, 2014 Second Sunday of Advent

Saint Francis Xavier

Cathedral Parish 139 South Madison

Green Bay, WI 54301-4501

920-432-4348

Weekend Masses

Saturday ................................................................ 4:00 pm

Sunday .................................................................. 9:00 am

Weekday Masses

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ......................... 8:30 am

Devotions

One half hour before every Mass ………………...Rosary

Monday …………………………Perpetual Help Novena

Friday. .............................................. Sacred Heart Novena

Eucharistic Adoration

Wednesday .....................................….9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Confessions

Saturday... ............................................ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Wednesday ........................................ ..6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Holy Days of Obligation

Vigil ..................................................................... 5:15 pm

Holy Day .............................................................. 8:30 am

Small Faith Groups

Call the parish office for days and times.

Baptism

Call for arrangements. Preparation session required.

Marriage

Call the parish office at least 9 months in advance of your

desired wedding date.

Church and Museum

Tours by appointment. ................................ 920-432-4348

St. Thomas More School

650 S. Irwin Ave., Green Bay, WI 54301

Principal, Mr. Jeff Kaftan

Phone: 920-432-8242

Mass Intentions

Saturday

4:00 pm December 6

†Jan Mellberg

Sunday

9:00 am December 7

†Linda Opicka

Monday

8:30 am December 8

†Teresa Hoffman

Wednesday 8:30 am

December 10

For the Return of Fallen Away Catholics

Friday

8:30 am December 12

†Shirley Cherney

Saturday

4:00 pm December 13

†John & Doris Vanness

and Lavern Deterville

Sunday

9:00 am December 14

†Most Rev. Mark Schmitt

(Anniversary of Death)

Readings for the Week of December 7, 2014

Sunday:…….……...Is 40:1-5, 9-11/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8

Monday:…....Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38

Tuesday:………….….…...……...Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14

Wednesday:…………………….Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30

Thursday:……………....……….Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15

Friday:………..….….Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,

………………...….….…..10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47

Saturday:……………….Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13

Next Sunday:………….Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/1 Thes 5:16-24/

………………….…...……….…..……….Jn 1:6-8, 19-28

WELCOME NEW

MEMBERS Joe Goodreau

God Bless You!

NO SUNDAY SOCIAL Due to Christmas set up and to allow for extended

family celebrations, there will not be a Sunday Social

after Mass on Sunday, December 21st and

Sunday, December 28th.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

November 29th and 30th, 2014

Sacrificial Giving………...………….............$ 5,420.00

Offertory Collection……………….………...$ 707.10

On-Line Giving……………………...………$ 1,657.53

Total………………………...……...………..$ 7,784.63

Building Maintenance………..………………$ 10.00

Music Ministry…………………..………...…$ 468.00

*FYTD Budgeted Receipts……….…..……..$211,538.36

*FYTD Actual Income……..……….…...….$186,326.97

$ 25,211.39

*Fiscal Year to Date

An average of $9600.00 from the weekly collection is

needed to meet the budget of St. Francis Xavier

Cathedral.

FRIDAY ARTIST SERIES St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 140 S Monroe Avenue, is

having a “Friday Artist Series”, December 5th, 12th and

19th, from 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm. The Concerts will

feature members of the Green Bay Symphony. If you are in

the area and would like a short respite from the hustle and

bustle of the season, come and enjoy some beautiful

Christmas music. A free will offering will be accepted.

CHILI NIGHT Mark your Calendars for Saturday, January 24th, 2015.

Pete Warden will be making his famous chili. Watch

bulletin for further details.

CATHEDRAL KEEPERS NEEDED Beginning January 5th, we will need Cathedral Keepers

from noon-2 pm every Wednesday and from 10-noon on

the 1st and 4th Fridays of the month.

Cathedral Keepers commit to 2 hours a week greeting

people, answering questions and being available on site so

we can have the Cathedral open during the day. Training is

provided. If interested, please call Sonia at 432-4348.

SECOND COLLECTION There will be a second collection Saturday and Sunday

December 13th and 14th for the

Religious Retirement Fund

Please be Generous!

DIGNITY OF LIFE Giving Tree!

Beginning Saturday, November 29th through Sunday,

December 21st the Cathedral Giving Tree will be decked

out with ornamental stars with attached gift suggestions.

Gifts will be for the Love Life Program, St. John’s

Homeless Shelter guests and two adopted families (a single

mom with an 11 year old son and a single mom with a 17

year old daughter). You need not wrap these gifts just put

the star ornament in the bag with the gift and place under

the tree. Thank you for caring.

Christmas Chocolate Sale! Seroogy’s Fine Chocolates will be sold immediately after

all Masses on the weekends of December 6th and 7th and

December 13th and 14th. All profits will benefit

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral’s homeless shelter meal

programs.

Available for purchase:

9 oz. Boxes of Assorted Chocolates-$11.50/box

Chocolate Fudge Trays-$5.00/tray

Chocolate Santa’s and Snowmen-$3.00/each

Thank you for helping us help others!

FEAST OF THE

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION December 8th, The Feast of the Immaculate Conception,

is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass times are as follows:

8:30 am St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

5:30 pm St. John the Evangelist

Green Bay Diocese Museum is open for viewing every Sunday after 9 am Mass

PANCAKE PORKIE The Pancake Porkie breakfast was enjoyed by many. We

raised $373.00. Thank you to those who supported and to

those who helped make it possible by volunteering as

dishwashers, pancake grillers and to the set-up and clean-up

crews. Your help and generosity was very much

appreciated.

Jan Warden –Kitchen Coordinator

RECONCILIATION Three priests will be available for confessions on

Wednesday, December 17th from 6 - 8 pm.

Events for the celebration of the

Year of Consecrated Life December 7, 2014

Solemn Vespers (Evening Prayer) with Bishop Ricken

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral at 4:00 pm

A reception/social to follow

Religious and Laity are welcome to attend.

February 8, 2015

Consecrated Life Day

RETIREMENT COLLECTION Give Thanks for religious!

A parishioner writes, “We thank God today and every

day for every religious sister who taught us in school,

not only our ABCs, but also to love God.” Share your

gratitude for the senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and

religious order priests who made a positive difference

in so many lives. Please give generously to next

week’s collection for the Retirement Fund for

Religious.

SAINT CECILIA CONCERT

Wrap up! First, I want to thank everyone who came to our third

annual Saint Cecilia Concert held on Tuesday,

November 18th! It may have been an extremely cold

night outside but the musicians provided much warmth

and beauty in their performance inside our beautiful

Cathedral! If you were expecting Bishop Ricken to

attend, he was scheduled to attend, but was in Chicago

for the installation of the new Archbishop for the

Archdiocese of Chicago. As you know the feast of

Saint Cecilia is November 22nd. She is the patron saint

of music. This concert is a wonderful opportunity for

all of us to give praise and worship to God through the

gift of music. Thank you Saint Cecilia for your

intercession! And please Saint Cecilia, continue to

pray for us who work in God’s Music Ministry.

In His Service,

Jody Strnad, Music Director.

A NOTE FROM OUR PASTOR It is good to be back. I want to briefly share two thank you notes I received. The first

one is from Fr. Ron Mrozinski who was grateful for your kindness as he spoke on the Cross

Catholic Outreach. We will be hearing from them every year or two. I think they do some

excellent ministry. He was grateful for your support.

Secondly, we received a thank you note from the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese

of Green Bay in regards to World Mission Sunday, where we raised $2,373 dollars. These

monies are split between three collections that have been consolidated: The Propagation of the

Faith Collection, the Latin America Collection and the Eastern Europe Collection. Thank you

for your generosity.

Finally, I want to encourage all of us to enter into the "Teach my People to Pray" first phase of the

"Disciples on the Way" six year spiritual journey. This first phase will last two years which prepares us for being

better evangelists. We want to share the good news that "God is with us." But we can not do that well if we do not

experience him with us personally. This happens only through a strong prayer life. Please take time to look at your

prayer life. Is there anything that needs to change or could improve. Let's strive to do that. As one tool in this

endeavor, I encourage you to join us for one of the monthly holy hours before the Blessed Sacrament. Please

watch the bulletins for specific times and places. We have deliberately chosen an evening time at the Cathedral

and a midday time at St. John's to try and make this opportunity as available as possible. I would love to see a

strong turn out for this special devotion.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Saturday……….…....…...…...……...……..December 6th

5:30 pm Fr. Joe Installation Mass at SJE

Sunday……….…....…...….…….…...……..December 7th

4:00 pm. Consecrated Life & Advent Vespers

With Bishop Ricken

Reception to follow-BWC

Monday…..……….…....…...…..…...……..December 8th

Feast of Immaculate Conception

(Holy Day of Obligation) Mass 8:30 am St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

Mass 5:30 pm St. John the Evangelist

3:00 pm.……...St. John Evangelist Shelter meal prep-BWC

6:00 pm………….....……Fidei Defensor Apologetics-Gehl

Wednesday……….…....…..…..…...……..December 10th

7:00 pm………...….“Teach My People to Pray” Holy Hour

Thursday……….….....…...…..…....……..December 11th

6:30 pm…………………...…..“Oremus” small groups-BWC

Friday……….…....………..…..…...……..December 12th

12:15 pm…………….....…..…Friday Artist Series-Church

Saturday……….…....…...…....…....……..December 13th

8:00 am…………..……Esto Vir Mens Group Mass & Gehl

Saturday and Sunday December 13th and 14th

Second Collection-Retirement Religious Fund

Sunday……….…....……………...…...…..December 14th

Welcome Sunday!

Thursday……….….....…...…..…....……..December 18th

6:30 pm……..…“Oremus” small groups-BWC-(Last Class)

Friday……….…....………..…..…...……..December 19th

12:15 pm…………….....……Friday “Artist Series”-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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Visit Cathedral Book & Gift for

Books, DVDs, and music

to enhance your Advent journey.

In addition:

we have a selection of

Bishop Ricken’s favorite books on prayer.

Thank you for your patronage!

FEATURED LIGHTHOUSE CD Journey Through Advent: Liturgical Cycle B

Get the most out of Advent by following along with

Fr. Robert Barron's homilies as he unpacks these profound

scripture readings. The homilies presented on this CD will

correspond to the Scriptures for Sunday Masses throughout

Advent and Christmas 2014.

Christmas, hope for humanity. That the birth of the

Redeemer bring peace and hope to all people of good will.

Parents. That parents may be true evangelizers, passing on

to their children the precious gift of faith.

DECEMBER APOSTLESHIP PRAYER

FIDEI DEFENSOR Fidei Defensor is a parish, lay apostolate, dedicated to

evangelization, apologetics and teaching people how to

explain the Catholic Faith with clarity, kindness and

gentleness. Anyone may join; no previous experience

needed. The only things you need are a love for Jesus Christ

and His Church as well as a desire to increase your

knowledge. Sessions will be held every second Monday

evening from 6 - 7:30 pm in the Gehl Center located behind

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral For information call Nate

Stevens at 435-1723.

MARY’S MINISTRY Thank you to all of those who are visiting our homebound

or nursing facilities. We are in need of more volunteers to

visit and/or to bring the Holy Eucharist. The commitment is

about once a month for thirty minutes. No experience is

necessary however a short training session is available. If

you are interested or have any questions call Patty Westlund

at 432-4348.

Catholic Youth Expeditions – Door County

Expeditions depart from CYE base camp in Appleton,

7pm, Friday evening and return 4pm, Sunday.

Dates for high school expeditions:

December 26-28, 2014

January 23-25, 2015

April 10-12; April 24-26

visit www.cyexpeditions.org for more summer dates.

2015 Annual March for Life in Washington D.C.

January 20-25th, 2015

Teens Encounter Christ Retreat (TEC) in Green Bay

January 2-4, 2015 and March 20-22, 2015

High School Mission Trip to Hancock, Mississippi

(Hurricane Katrina Relief) – June 13-21st, 2015

YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRADES 9 - 12 The following is a list of opportunities for teens in grades 9-12 to grow in one’s Catholic faith. If you are interested in any of

the youth opportunities, want to register, or have questions, call the Credo Faith Formation office at 432-0820. Pray about

where God may be calling you!

Registration forms are available in the Credo Faith Formation Office.

Steubenville Youth Conference – Saint Louis, Missouri

July 8-14th, 2015

Registrations are on a first come, first serve basis.

Steubenville North Youth Conference

Saint Paul, Minnesota

July 24-26th, 2015

Registrations are on a first come, first serve basis.

Camp Wojtyla Summer Youth Camp

Colorado Rocky Mountains

For more details, visit

www.gbdioc.org/youth-ministry/opportunities.html

Registration is now underway. For additional information

pricing, transportation, etc. on all opportunities, visit

www.gbdioc.org/youth-ministry/opportunities.html

GRACE SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Annual Appeal Every dollar raised through the 2014-2015 GRACE Annual

Appeal goes directly to support the 225 students receiving

tuition grants for the current school year. This year, students

joined Fr. Dane to thank you for your support in a video

that can be viewed at www.gracesystem.org. Monetary gifts

for the Appeal can be made online or by mailing to the

GRACE Office at 1087 Kellogg Street, Green Bay, WI

54303.

Early Registration Parents interested in enrolling in St. John Paul II Classical

School have an opportunity to enroll early in order to

guarantee a seat. Classes for PreK-Grade 3 will begin in the

fall of 2015. For further information contact Donna

Sommers at 499-7330, ext 303.

Grace Schools to Celebrate The Feast of

The Immaculate Conception Each GRACE school will celebrate an all-school Mass on

the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Monday,

December 8, 2014.

St. John the Evangelist Parish 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

St. John the Evangelist is offering an Advent

reconciliation service on Thursday, December 11th at

6:30 pm.

The Micah Center, a sister organization of St. John’s

Homeless Shelter, is a daytime resource center for the

homeless and has been welcoming around 30-35 guests

each day, and the number keeps growing. We provide

warmth, a place to relax, educational resources, arts and

crafts, computer access for jobs, and a friendly welcoming

environment for our daytime guests. To accomplish our

mission we rely on the generosity of the community to help

us with some basic needs for our guests. Currently we find

ourselves in need of paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning

supplies such as antibacterial spray cleaner, comet cleanser,

antibacterial wipes, and Pine Sol or Mr. Clean. We are also

short on warm gloves and hats. As we approach this

wonderful season of giving and sharing, we are hopeful you

can help us out. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

We are located at 700 East Walnut Street.

Open from 8:30-4:40 pm Monday through Friday.