May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter

Mothers Day!

Mass Times Anticipatory….Saturday4:00 pm Sunday………………...9:00 am (Sunday Mass Live Streamed via our website or Through Relevant Radio at 1050 am) Monday, Wednesday Friday ……..………………….8:30 am Confessions Saturday…….2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday... 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday….9:00 am - 8:00 pm Mass Devotions Rosary……….before each Mass Perpetual Help Novena Monday Sacred Heart Novena…...Friday Stations…….…..Fridays of Lent Baptism Notify Parish Office 2 months prior to expected due date. Preparation session is required. Marriages Call parish office 9 months prior to desired wedding date. Prayer Network (920) 497-8060 Church & Museum Tours Second Sunday after Mass or by Appointment (920)-432-4348

March 19th, 2020 - March 19th, 2021

131 S. Madison Street, Green Bay, WI

Business Hours Temporarily closed due to Coronavirus!

If you need anything call or email 920-432-0078 or info@cathedralbookandgift.com

Join us for a Church and Museum tour every second Sunday at 10:15 am!

Next Tour July 12th!

Readings for the week of May 10, 2020 Sunday:….Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 [22]/1 Pt 2:4-9/ …………………………………………………..Jn 14:1-12 Monday:……….Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16 [1ab]/ ………………………………………………….Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 [cf. 12]/ ………………………………………………...Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday:….Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 [cf. 1]/ …………………………………………………….Jn 15:1-8 Thursday:Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8]/ …………………………………………………...Jn 15:9-17 Friday:………….Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-9, 10 and 12 [10a]/ ………………………………………………….Jn 15:12-17 Saturday:…Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5 [2a]/Jn 15:18-21 Next Sunday:...Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 ………………………………..[1]/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21

Thank you to the 19 families who have joined online giving since the Safer-at-Home order went into effect. Approximately one third of our active families give online. This the best way to support your church during this new normal, we are all trying to live in. We would like to encourage all parishioners to consider contributing to the parish by electronic giving – through our parish website.

• Go to www.sfxcathedralgb.org

• Click on the Online Giving logo

• Set up an account (our organization number is 933)

The Online Giving app is also available for either Apple or Android devices.

You may also mail your weekly contributions directly to the parish office or put them in the secure offering box located in the Resurrection Room as you visit for prayer & Confession times. Check out our website for times.

We are SO grateful for your generosity and ask that you prayerfully consider maintaining or increasing your level of contributions if possible, during this time.

Drive thru Blessings and Benediction! Come by automobile, truck, motorcycle, bicycle,

unicycle, 4-wheeler, golf cart, scooter, roller skates

SATURDAY, MAY 9TH 3:50pm – 4:30pm

Pull Into the Cathedral Parking Lot off Madison Street.

Your car will be blessed with Holy Water You will be Blessed by Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Exit the Parking lot to the right on Monroe OR

Turn left and find a parking space and pray in your vehicle until 4:30pm!

Be Safe! Stay and Pray in Your Vehicle!

Receive Special Blessings from the Lord! Will Be held RAIN OR SHINE!

April 25th & 26th, 2020 Sacrificial Giving……………......…...….…...$ 4,710.39 Offertory Collection…............………….........$ 5.00 Paycheck Protect Monies.....…..…….….........$ 7,413.00 On-Line Giving………………………..…..…$ 2,162.50 Total……………………….............................$ 14,290.89

Building Maintenance..……...……….......…..$ 70.00 Music Ministry.………………………………$ 45.00 St. Vincent de Paul…..……………...…….….$ 25.00 Good Friday/Holy Land..........………….........$ 20.00

An average of $10,288.46 weekly collection is needed to meet the budget. For online contributions Go to www.sfxcathedralgb.org and click the Online Giving logo.

FYTD Budgeted Income.….……..….….......$ 442,403.78 FYTD Actual Income…..….……..….….......$ 382,013.45 Balance……………………………………...$ (60,390.33)

YOUTH TOTUS TUUS SUMMER MISSION ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED IN JUNE OF 2020

HAS BEEN CANCELED!

THANK YOU!

Thank you to the many St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and St. John the Evangelist parish families who so generously accepted the invitation to make and send Easter cards to our home bound, elderly, and those suffering from illness and loneliness during this difficult time. It is our hope that the 150 cards and the sweet sentiments enclosed have brought joy and encouragement to those who have received them. In addition, family members mentioned that they would be offering prayers for each recipient as they made each card. What a beautiful gesture of love! May God bless the givers and receivers! Stay strong everyone and let us all PERSEVERE IN HOLY LIVING during these uncertain times. Never forget..."We are the Easter people and Hallelujah is our song!" ~Pope St. John Paul II

Thank you to all parishioners for your generosity during these times! Cathedral is the recipient of a COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program from the Federal Government. This assistance helps maintain the payroll for the next eight weeks.

FROM FR. BRIAN Dear Friends in Christ, I know that this year has been a great trial and source of suffering. There is a fear of the unknown. Social gatherings with friends are not permitted, and even family gatherings are discouraged. Schools and universities are closed. Summer activities have been cancelled and travel plans postponed indefinitely. Many stores are closed. Bars, bowling alleys, theatres and other places of entertainment have shut down. Routine services have been suspended. We can’t even get haircuts or workout at our favorite gym. Sadly, people who are dying, lay alone on their deathbeds. Funeral services have been limited to immediate family only, depriving others of the human need to grieve and mourn and offer expressions of sympathy and prayers. Those who are hospitalized are made to face their illnesses alone, fathers are not allowed to witness the births of their children, and priests and clergy are not allowed to visit. The elderly, particularly those living alone or in nursing homes, are isolated and some, such as those experiencing dementia or similar illnesses, do not understand why. Some have lost their jobs, even if temporarily, and are struggling to make ends meet or keep a family business or farm going. We are prevented from gathering for Mass and the sacraments, and as such, feel spiritually famished. All of these things, and an array more, fell upon us so quickly and hit us hard. We are by nature social beings and this pandemic is taking a toll on us. We depend upon the grace of God, but also upon each other in more ways than we realize. With firm faith in Christ, we will persevere. We look forward to the day we can gather again as a community of faith in our church. Many of us are folks who, have the need to have everything figured out and be in control. We become extremely uncomfortable when we seemingly lose control and have to live with such uncertainty. Perhaps some of us have never been more uncertain of what tomorrow holds than now. With certain faith, the Lord will bring us through this and each day that passes comes closer to the end of the crisis. We will persevere, but only God knows when this will end. I wish that I would be able to provide you with more information as to how and when the churches will re-open, and ceremonies such as First Communion, Confirmation, weddings, and funerals can be celebrated as they ought to be. When will Religious Education or Confirmation classes begin again? How will we get everyone prepared in a timely manner? The answers to those questions, I simply do not know. I ask your patience and understanding. As soon as we are able to resume, we will, at that time, develop a strategy. I am certain that everything will work out according to God’s providence. Nevertheless, at this time, all we can do is take things one day at a time, trusting in the Lord. I am extremely grateful that we have been a beneficiary of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP). Thanks to that, we have been able to continue to pay the salaries for our clergy and staff. Some of that money can also be used to assist with our utilities bill. Nevertheless, we still invite your stewardship. Thank you for your amazing generosity during this time. Whereas our weekly offertory is down, I am simply amazed at the number who have continued to support the parish during this pandemic. Some have been mailing in contributions, whereas others have begun contributing by on-line giving. Thank you! For those of you who are wondering how you can contribute to your parish, you can do so simply by mailing in your offering. If you require assistance with on-line giving or would like more information about it, please contact the parish office. Thank you, so much, for your generosity and sacrifices to your parish, as well as your kind concern and prayers for me during this time. ~Blessings, Fr. Brian

Date Time Livestream Mass Time

www.sfxcathedralgb.com

Monday, May 4 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Tuesday, May 5 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Wednesday, May 6 6:00pm - 7:30pm 8:30 AM

Thursday, May 7 3:30pm - 5:00pm 8:30 AM

Friday, May 8 9:30am - 11:00am 8:30 AM

Saturday, May 9 (Note: Time Change!) 1:15pm - 3:00pm 8:30 AM

Saturday, May 9 car blessing 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm

Sunday, May 10 11:30pm - 1:00pm 9:00 AM

Monday, May 11 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Tuesday, May 12 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Wednesday, May 13 6:00pm - 7:30pm 8:30 AM

Thursday, May 14 3:30pm - 5:00pm 8:30 AM

Friday, May 15 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Saturday, May 16 (Note: Time Change!) 1:15pm - 3:00pm 8:30 AM

Sunday, May 17 11:30am - 1:00pm 9:00 AM

Monday, May 18 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Tuesday, May 19 No Open Church 8:30 AM

Wednesday, May 20 6:00pm - 7:30pm 8:30 AM

Thursday, May 21 3:30pm - 5:00pm 8:30 AM

Friday, May 22 No Open Church 8:30AM

Saturday, May 23 (Note: Time Change!) 1:15pm - 3:00pm 8:30 AM

Sunday, May 24 11:30am - 1:00pm 9:00 AM

Mass Intentions Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral 139 South Madison Street

Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301-4501

Cathedral Office…………………………..920-432-4348 Youth Faith Formation…………………..920-609-1826 Fax…………………………………………920-435-5068 Email………………………...cathedral.sfx@gmail.com Website………………………www.sfxcathedralgb.com

Office Hours Monday………..…………...……….12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tuesday - Thursday……….…..…….9:30 am - 4:00 pm Friday…………………...……………….9:30 am - 4 pm

Church Hours Monday & Friday………...…………7:30 am - 9:30 am Tuesday and Thursday…………………….…….Closed Wednesday………….………………..7:30 am - 8:00 pm Saturday……………………………..2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Sunday………………...……………8:00 am – 10:30 am

The Cathedral Team

The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, DD, JCL Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay

Very Reverend Brian Belongia Rector and Pastor

Rev. Mr. Thomas Mahoney……………..……...Deacon Rev. Mr. Conrad Kieltyka…………………..….Deacon

Connie DeMeuse ………………...…..Youth Faith Formation - Grades 1-12 …………..…Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Ages 3-6

Ann Kieltyka & Jan Phillips…....Adult Faith Formation

Dan Lohff……………...….………….RCIA Coordinator

Sonia Hitt…………………….………….Office Manager

Jan Phillips………………….…………..Office Assistant

Vicki Matuszak…………….………………..Bookkeeper

Regina Reale…….……….………...…….Music Director

Dan Vanden Avond…………..…………..Lead Sacristan

Caitlyn Trader…………..……..Sacristan for the Bishop

Michael Klatt…………...…...Facilities and Maintenance

Jackie Gelhar……………...………….Rectory Caretaker

Pat Duchateau…………..…………Parish Council Chair

Steve Motl………….……...……...Finance Council Chair

Aaron Smits……………...…………....Treasurer Trustee

Mary Fisher……………...…………….Secretary Trustee

St. John the Evangelist 413 Saint John Street, Green Bay, WI 54301

920-436-6380 Mass Schedule Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30 am Saturday 5:30 pm Sunday 10:45 am

Calendar of Events

All public Masses & Events Canceled! Masses lived Streamed daily!!

Monday-Saturday 8:30 am & Sunday 9 am Visit our website at: www.sfxcathedralgb.com

ALL MASS INTENTIONS WILL BE PRAYED!

Masses are also available: TV:

WBAY Local Channel 2 at 5:30 am CW 14 at 8 am

WFRV Local Channel 5 at 10:30 am EWTN on Cable Network

7 am, 11 am & 6 pm

Radio: Sunday Mass on Relevant Radio (1050 AM) at 9 am

Daily Mass at Noon For Daily updates visit our website at www.sfxcathedralgb.com or call the office 920-432-4348

Saturday 8:30 am

May 9 †Laverne Desotell †Elsie Schwade

Sunday 9:00 am

May 10 †Monica Pecor

Monday 8:30 am

May 11 †Sherry Bosar

Tuesday 8:30 am

May 12 For the Health of Amy Signaigo

Wednesday 8:30 am

May 13 †Norbert & Delore Theisen

Thursday 8:30 am

May 14 The Living & Deceased Members of

St. John the Evangelist Parish and St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

Friday 8:30 am

May 15 †Rev. Leroy Smet

Saturday 8:30 am

May 16 †Josephine VandenBush and

†Ann Minor

Sunday 9 am

May 17 †Fr. Tony Dolski and

†Carol Pieczynski

LIVESTREAM OF MAY CROWNING! Please join Fr. Brian via livestream (website : www.sfxcathedralgb.com) in honoring our Blessed Mother as we crown her on Saturday, May 9th at 10 am.

FROM DEACON. TOM

From Deacon Tom, I am frustrated. I cannot do what I have been ordained to do, visit the homebound; take communion to the sick; and proclaim the Gospel. Or if I can, it is severely limited. There is a limit on what we can do for baptisms and funerals. Every other week I am allowed to assist Father at Mass on Sunday morning at 9 am. Deacon Conrad and I alternate weeks. Am I complaining? I am not, but I am frustrated. I know all of us are frustrated with the current situation. However when I look and see the numbers on how many people have contracted the Covid – 19 virus, I feel that I am blessed. I am blessed that I was able to bless the cars that came through our parking lot last Saturday and especially, I am blessed to have you as a fellow parishioner. Join me in praying the prayer of St. Francis:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. I look forward to seeing all of you in person again soon Peace, ~Deacon Tom

Grace Notes Ah, Spring is in the air. And here we are, entering another week of the stay-at-home

order as the world struggles with the coronavirus. We have so many things on our minds, feelings we may not quite understand -- "I'm out of work and how am I going to provide for my family?" "My senior year of college came to an abrupt end and what is next?" Or, "my spouse just passed away and we cannot celebrate the funeral Mass with our many family members and friends." We are social beings, longing for social contact -- perhaps a hug from our grown children or from our grandparents, or sharing a meal with dear friends, or attending Mass. Or maybe you have a close relative in a nursing home or in the hospital and are not permitted to visit with them and comfort them. Extraordinary times. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19):

With the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus, we are confronted once more with the fragility of our lives, and again we are reminded of our common humanity; that the peoples of this world are our brothers and sisters, that we are all one family under God. God does not abandon us, he goes with us even now in this time of trial and testing. In this moment, it is important for us to anchor our hearts in the hope that we have in Jesus Christ. Now is the time to intensify our prayers and sacrifices for the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Let us draw closer to one another in our love for him, and rediscover the things that truly matter in our lives. (Continued Next Week...)