CATHEDRAL PLACE

W. Washington Ave. at Henry St.

M A D I S O N ’ S D O W N T O W N C A T H O L I C C O M M U N I T Y

ABOUT OUR PARISH

The Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael was formed on July 1, 2008 by the merger of three historic parishes located within a few blocks of the Capitol Square.

The buildings of two of those historic parishes – Holy Redeemer and St. Patrick – provide the current facilities for the Cathedral Parish. Mass is offered every day in both churches. The parish rectory is at the Holy Redeemer site, while the offices are at the St. Patrick location.

Old St. Raphael Cathedral was destroyed by arson in 2005. Bishop Morlino has announced his intention to erect a new cathedral on the same site (at West Main and Fairchild). In the meantime, an outdoor Way of the Cross is located there.

SAINT PATRICK

404 E. Main St.

HOLY REDEEMER

120 W. Johnson St.

S E C O N D S U N D A Y O F A D V E N T ~ D e c e m b e r 4 , 2 0 1 6

www.isthmuscatholic.org Facebook.com/CathedralParishMadison

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FEATURED NEWS

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Thursday, December 8th, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception — a holy day of obligation. This is a feast on which Catholics have the obligation to attend Mass, and is also the patronal feast of the United States of America. On this feast, we celebrate our belief that from the moment of her conception (in the womb of her mother, St. Anne) Mary was preserved from Original Sin. We typically have an evening Mass at St. Patrick on holy days of ob-ligation. For the Immaculate Conception, the evening Mass will be on Wednesday (the vigil) so that we can have the Chazen Museum pilgrim-age on Thursday, December 8th. The complete Mass schedule for the holy day is as follows: Wednesday, December 7th—5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer (vigil) 7:00 pm at St. Patrick (vigil) Thursday, December 8th— 12:10 at St. Patrick 5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer 7:00 pm at Holy Redeemer (in Spanish)

Immaculate Conception Pilgrimage Join us for a pilgrimage to the Chazen Museum on Thursday, December 8th, after the 5:15 pm Mass on the Feast of Immaculate Conception. "Facades" by Markus Brunetti is a beautiful exhibit of sixteen large high-resolution prints of European churches. The detail in these photos is extraordinary — almost as good as visiting them in person! Light re-freshments will be provided after Mass, followed by a 15-minute walk to the Chazen. A pamphlet with details about the artist and churches will be provided. Questions to Tracey Reitz: traceyareitz@gmail.com. Reservations requested by Monday, December 5th. Please call the Parish office at 257-5000 or email cathedral@isthmuscatholic.org.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration The Hispanic Community would like to extend to English-speaking pa-rishioners a special invitation to join in the festivities honoring Our La-dy of Guadalupe on Monday, December 12th. Mass will be celebrated in Spanish at 8:00 pm, preceded by songs beginning at 6:00 pm. After Mass, food will be available in the dining room. As is customary, the principal Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated at Holy Redeemer on Sunday evening, the vigil of the feast, with Mass beginning at 10:00 pm so that it concludes around midnight. Bishop Morlino will preside “in choir.” Mass is followed by the singing of the mañanitas. Everyone is, of course, welcome to this Mass as well, but be advised that it is typically very crowded.

SVdP Little Drummer Gift Donations Due Today Thank you to everyone who participated in the St. Vincent de Paul Little Drummer Program this year. All gifts, unwrapped, should be placed un-der the Christmas trees at either St. Patrick or Holy Redeemer by this Sun-

day, December 4th. If you were unable to bring your donation today, you may take your Christmas gift directly to St. Vincent de Paul Society, 2033 Fish Hatchery Road. The gifts will be distributed on Saturday, December 10th, to families who were served by SVdP throughout this past year.

SERVING CATHEDRAL PARISH

Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino Bishop of Madison

Reverend Monsignor Kevin D. Holmes

Rector

rector@isthmuscatholic.org

(608) 257-5000 · office

(608) 960-0921 · residence

Reverend José Luis Vázquez

Parochial Vicar

(608) 255-1658

Deacon Raymond Lukesic

Director of Pastoral Care

deacon@isthmuscatholic.org

Marc Laudonio

Director of Evangelization and Catechesis

marc@isthmuscatholic.org

Amber Cerrato

Director of Religious Education

amber@isthmuscatholic.org

Leona Rane

Alice Buechner

Maria Culligan Parish Secretaries

cathedral@isthmuscatholic.org

Parish Office

404 East Main Street

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

(608) 257-5000 – fax (844) 272-6677

Holy Redeemer Church

West Johnson Street

(one half block off State Street)

Saint Patrick Church East Main Street

(three blocks east of the Capitol Square)

Cathedral Parish Madison, Wisconsin www.isthmuscatholic.org /CathedralParishMadison

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THE CATHOLIC HERALD

We have all seen the increasing importance of electronic communica-tion. Many newspapers and magazines now make their content avail-able on line – some of them abandoning print publication altogether.

That trend has now reached our diocesan newspaper. While still pub-lishing a print edition, the Catholic Herald is now fully available in dig-ital format – usable on laptops, tablets or smartphones. Subscribers to the e-edition receive an email each time a new issue is available.

The e-edition offers a table of contents, thumbnails of each page, a search function, bookmarks, and easy sharing of content on Facebook and Twitter. Of course, the size of the type can be easily enlarged by zooming in on a page. And back issues are archived.

The e-version of a sample issue of the Catholic Herald can be explored at eedition.madisoncatholicherald.org.

Access to e-edition of current issues of the Catholic Herald requires a password. All parishioners are eligible to register such a password.

By diocesan policy, the parish subscribes to the Catholic Herald (at a discounted rate) for all parishioners who would like to receive it. With the new option of an e-edition in place, the cost of the sub-scription is the same whether a parishioner receives the physical newspaper only, the e-edition only, or both.

In the January-February envelope packet that parishioners receive, there is an envelope for the Catholic Herald. The $25 contribution re-quested in that envelope reimburses the parish for the cost of your annual subscription to the Catholic Herald – print, electronic or both.

If you would like to register for access to the e-edition – or to make any adjustment to your Catholic Herald subscription – please use one of the blue forms provided on the parish kiosks, or send an email to linda@isthmuscatholic.org.

You are invited to sign up for the e-edition – to replace the print edi-tion you have been receiving, or as an addition to the print edition you receive, or as a new subscriber. If you would like access to the e-edition, you will also need to choose a password (in addition to sup-plying your email address).

You may also become a new subscriber to the traditional print edition of the Catholic Herald. This requires a mailing address.

Again, subscriptions to the Catholic Herald are offered to all registered parishioners of the Cathedral Parish. But all who receive either the print edition or the e-edition are asked to help defray the cost by using the Catholic Herald envelope in your January-February envelope packet.

MASS SCHEDULE

Monday, Dec. 5

12:10 pm at St. Patrick Spec. Int: Madison Diocesan Priests

5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer † Mr. & Mrs. Barry Graf

Tuesday, Dec. 6 – St. Nicholas

12:10 pm at St. Patrick Special Intention: Michael & Karin Olson

5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer Special Intention: William Paltz

Wednesday, Dec. 7 – St. Ambrose

12:10 pm at St. Patrick † George Rastetter

5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer (vigil) † Dallas Rapacz

7:00 pm at St. Patrick (Vigil) People of the Cathedral Parish

Thursday, Dec. 8 – Immaculate Conception

12:10 pm at St. Patrick Special Intention: Msgr. Michael Burke

5:15 pm at Holy Redeemer † Kathleen Burwell

7:00 pm in Spanish at Holy Redeemer Spec. Int: Mario Ramos Flores

Friday, Dec. 9 – St. Juan Diego

12:10 pm at St. Patrick Special Intention: Cordelia Gillet

7:00 pm in Spanish at Holy Redeemer † J. Guadalupe Flores de Jesus

Saturday, Dec. 10

8:00 am at Holy Redeemer † Frank Rane, Jr.

5:00 pm at St. Patrick (Vigil) † Daniel & Lucille Trainor

6:30 pm in Spanish at Holy Redeemer (Vigil) People of the Cathedral Parish

Sunday, December 11 Third Sunday of Advent

9:00 am at Holy Redeemer † Reuben & Mathilda Nicholls, Louella

Bauer & Robert Gill

11:00 am at St. Patrick † Evelyn Hahlen

11:00 am in Spanish at Holy Redeemer † Ruben Medina, Maria Eugenia Ruiz y

Guadalupe Venegas

5:00 pm at Holy Redeemer † Leonard Saladino

10:00 pm in Spanish at Holy Redeemer Por la Comunidad

Condolences Condolences to the family of Rob Kane, a long-time parishioner, who died Monday, November 28th. His Memorial Mass was held at Holy Redeemer on Saturday, December 3rd. Please remember his wife Chris, and their children, Robert, Hannah, Peter, Andrew, and Estella in your prayers.

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AT CATHEDRAL PARISH

Christmas Altar Flowers The beautiful sanctuaries at Holy Redeemer and St. Patrick Churches will be decorated with flowers for the Christmas season. If you would like to designate a plant as a memorial to a loved one, please place cash ($10) or a check payable to the Cathedral Parish in the envelope marked “Altar Flowers.” Kindly include the name(s) of those you wish remem-bered. Donations to help defray the cost of all the flowers (without a memorial) are also appreciated. Memorials received by this Sunday, December 4th, will be acknowledged in our Christmas bulletin.

Blessing of Candidates for Full Communion Those preparing to receive the Sacraments at Easter will be blessed by Bishop Morlino at the 11:00 Mass next Sunday, December 11th. It is an-ticipated that five candidates for admission to full communion with the Catholic Church will take part. Let us pray for them!

Quo Vadis Meeting This Friday Evening Men of all ages who are interested in discovering God’s vocational path for their lives in a prayerful, informative and relaxed environment are invited to attend a Quo Vadis Men’s Discernment Group this Friday, December 9th. The evening begins at 6:30 pm at Holy Name Heights, 702 South High Point Road, Madison, with a guest seminarian speaker, social, food, prayer and group discussion. To RSVP, or more infor-mation, contact Rev. Gregory Ihm, 821-3095 or vocations@straphael.org.

Bless Our Priests Collection Next Weekend Next weekend, the Diocese of Madison is holding a special collection for the retired priests of the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison. All funds received through this collection will be used to directly support the retirement needs, including the rising cost of healthcare, for those priests who have faithfully served, and often continue to serve, our par-ishes. Envelopes are available in your packet and in the kiosks.

CATHEDRAL 20S&30S

Young Adult Brunch This Sunday We have a brunch for young adults (in their 20s and 30s) after the 11:00 am Mass at St. Patrick on the first Sunday of each month. Join us for brunch this Sunday, December 4th. Cash donations to help defray the cost of the brunch are greatly appreciated.

Venite Adoremus Friday, December 9th Come out for a Holy Hour with other young adults from around the Di-ocese of Madison on Friday, December 9th, 7:00 pm at St. Peter’s Church in Ashton. The evening includes Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, and a meditation given by Fr. Tait Schroeder. After the event, we gather for socializing at a local establishment. This is a great way to meet friends and deepen your faith!

To receive email updates about Young Adult activities in our parish, please contact Marc Laudonio at 257-5000 or marc@isthmuscatholic.org.

CALENDAR

This Week at St. Raphael

Tuesday, December 6 10:30 am Mass at Capitol Lakes

This Week at St. Patrick

Monday, December 5 7:00 pm Communion & Liberation Meeting

Tuesday, December 6 6:30 pm Main Event

Wednesday, December 7 6:00 pm RCIA (RE building)

Sunday, December 11 9:00 am Religious Education Classes

This Week at Holy Redeemer

Monday, December 5 6:00 pm Choir Practice (Spanish)

Tuesday, December 6 6:00-8:00 pm Confessions in Spanish 6:30 pm Prayer Group (Spanish)

Wednesday, December 7 9:00 am Exposition in Church 5:00 pm Benediction in Church 7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm Baptism Classes (in Spanish)

Thursday, December 8 6:15 pm Chazen Art Museum Pilgrimage

Saturday, December 9 11:00 pm Lupita Quechol Quinceañera 1:00 pm Bendición de Matrimonios (Spanish)

Cathedral Parish Madison, Wisconsin www.isthmuscatholic.org /CathedralParishMadison

Electronic Giving Parishioners interested in making their regular contributions to the parish through electronic funds transfers (EFT) may do so by completing a form online (www.isthmuscatholic.org/tithe) or by calling the parish office.

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SCRIPTURE READINGS

Monday, December 5 Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday, December 6 – St. Nicholas Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14

Wednesday, December 7 – St. Ambrose Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30

Thursday, Dec. 8 – Immaculate Conception Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38

Friday, December 9 – St. Juan Diego Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19

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

Sunday, December 11 Third Sunday of Advent Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11

CONFESSIONS

At Holy Redeemer Church: Monday – Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:00 pm Saturday, 7:30 – 8:00 am

At Saint Patrick Church: Saturday, 3:30 – 4:30 pm

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

At Holy Redeemer Church: Perpetual Ado-ration. Eucharistic Chapel is located on the ground floor of the church, and may be reached through the side door from the park-ing lot. On Wednesday only, adoration is in the upper church from 9:00 am until Benedic-tion at 5:00 pm. For more information or to sign up for a regularly scheduled hour of adoration, visit www.adorationchapel.com, call 608-833-0554 or email info@adorationchapel.com.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Substitute catechists needed for religious education. Classes take place 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the Religious Education Center on Sunday morn-ings. Please contact Amber Cerrato if you are interested. Thank you! 608-257-5000 x 12 or amber@isthmuscatholic.org

FAITH FORMATION

The Main Event Continues This Tuesday! December 6th—Fullness of Revelation: Jesus Christ

The Main Event is a weekly gathering of prayer, teaching, and discus-sion that seeks to explain the 'WHY?' behind many aspects of the Catho-lic faith and invite each of us to deeper discipleship of Jesus Christ. Our next session is Tuesday, December 6th, from 6:30-8:30 pm at St. Patrick Church. All adults are invited to join us as Msgr. Holmes helps us appre-ciate the great mystery of God-Become-Man in the Person of Jesus Christ! Check the website for more details, including the full schedule and topics of each gathering.

Catholicism 101 We offer a monthly 3-session overview of the Catholic Faith for adults at St. Patrick Church that occurs every other month. The series is intended especially for (1) those seeking a basic introduction to Christianity and/or the Catholic Church, (2) parents with a child to be baptized, and (3) couples preparing to be married in the Church. Session I will next be offered Tuesday, January 10th, with sessions II and III on the following two Tuesday evenings. Sessions begin at 6:30 pm.

For further information on any of these programs, visit our website at www.isthmuscatholic.org, or contact Marc Laudonio at 257-5000 or marc@isthmuscatholic.org.

FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

Paper Bags Needed at SVdP Food Pantry The Cathedral Parish SVdP Conference is collecting empty paper grocery bags for the SVdP food Pantry. The bags are needed for groceries by guests at the food pantry. Donated bags can be dropped off in the nar-thex at St. Patrick or in the back of the church at Holy Redeemer.

Fundraiser to Benefit Catholic Multicultural Center You are invited to the 5th annual Radiothon fundraiser benefitting the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) on Friday, December 16th. The Radiothon celebration will be broadcast live from 12:00 to 6:00 pm on LaMovida Spanish Radio 1480 AM. Enjoy dance performances, live mu-sic, delicious food, small prizes, and more! Spanish Mass will be cele-brated at 1:00 pm. Free will donations are welcome and can be done in person, on the web at cmcmadison.org, or by phone at 661-3512.

Second Sunday of Advent December 4, 2016

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PARA REFLEXIONAR

Entonces verán venir al Hijo del hombre Hay muchas venidas de Cristo: la histórica, la litúrgica y su venida al fin de los tiempos. 1. La primera venida de Cristo, la histórica, fue cuando nació en Be-lén. Nosotros no estábamos presentes en esa venida, pues pasó hace 2,000 años. Probable-mente a muchos de nosotros se nos ha venido a la mente este pensamiento: ¡Qué pena que no vivíamos en aquel tiempo! ¡Nos hubiera gusta-do haber nacido en el tiempo de Jesús y haber sido contemporáneos suyos! Podemos estar pre-sentes de alguna manera en esa venida histórica de Cristo por medio de la meditación del Evan-gelio. Usando nuestra imaginación es posible reconstruir las escenas, buscando el significado más profundo de estos eventos. ¿Por qué Dios se hizo hombre? ¿Para quién se hizo hombre? ¿Por qué escogió venir al mundo de esa manera, entre la pobreza de una cueva y la pureza de una Virgen, etc.? 2. La venida litúrgica está presente a través de los sacramentos, espe-cialmente de la Eucaristía. Cada vez que comu lgamos recibimos el mis-mo Cristo que nació en Belén, que fue envuelto en paños por la Virgen María, que fue visitado por los magos, que fue perseguido por el cruel rey Herodes. La Misa puede ser otro Belén para nosotros, en el cual nos acercamos al Divino Niño y lo adoramos. Cada visita Eucarística puede ser un encuentro con Dios hecho hombre que nos espera en el sagrario. 3. La última venida de Cristo será al final de los tiempos. No sabe-mos cuándo será. Un día los discípulos le preguntaron a Jesús sobre el tiempo de su última venida, pero Él respondió de una manera discreta que nadie lo sabía, sólo su Padre en el cielo. La Iglesia debe ir preparando a la humanidad para esta venida de Cristo. No debemos dejarnos engañar por las trampas de las personas que predicen la última venida de Cristo. La manera de hacerlo es im-plantar el Reino de Dios en la tierra, que es un reino de justicia, de paz y de amor. Propósito: Tomar conciencia de la necesidad de prepararse para la veni-da de Cristo esta Navidad por medio de la oración ante el Santísimo. Medi-tando la liturgia cada domingo y practicando las obras de misericordia.

Padre José Luis Vázquez

NOTICIAS PARROQUIALES

Programa “Pequeño Tamborilero” de SVDP Gracias a todas las familias que participaron en el programa “Pequeño Tamborilero” este año. Todos los regalos nuevos, sin envolver, los pue-den colocar debajo del árbol hasta el 4 de diciembre. Después de esa fe-cha, puede llevar su juguete a Sociedad de SVdP 2033 Fish Hatchery Rd. Los regalos serán distribuidos a las familias que fueron servidas por SVdP durante el año el 10 de diciembre. ¡Gracias por su generosidad!

Parroquia de la Catedral Madison, Wisconsin www.isthmuscatholic.org /ParroquiadelaCatedralMadison

SIRVIENDO LA PARROQUIA

El Reverendísimo Robert C. Morlino Obispo de Madison

Reverendo Mons. Kevin D. Holmes Párroco

Reverendo Padre José Luis Vázquez Vicario Parroquial

pjoseluis@isthmuscatholic.org (608) 255-1658

María Culligan Secretaria Bilingüe (Martes a Viernes)

catedral@isthmuscatholic.org (608) 257-5000

Horario de las Misas en español: Viernes 7:00 pm Sábados 6:30 pm Domingos 11:00 am y 6:45 pm Sacramento de Reconciliación: Sábados 5:30-6:15 pm Domingos 10:15-10:45 am Martes 6:00-8:00 pm

Ministerios Litúrgicos

Miércoles, 8 de diciembre 7:00 pm Acólitos: José Hernández, Ch. Martínez Lectores: Verónica Guerra, G. Montoya Salmista: Adriana Castillo Monitor: A. Ortega Eucaristía: V. Orozco

Hospitalidad: N. Moreno, M. Fuentes, D. Estrada,

D. Ortega, A. Ortega

Sábado, 10 de diciembre - 6:30 pm Acólitos: Otoniel Ortega, Ch. Carlos

Lectores: G. Ortega, M.G. Paiz Monitor: A. Ortega Hospitalidad: Christian Martínez, Agustín Carlos,

Alan Ortega

Domingo, 11 de diciembre - 11:00 am

Acólitos: D. Flores, Lino e Isaac Antonio Lectores: V. Villa, H. Ruiz Salmista: Adriana Castillo Monitor: V. Guerra Eucaristía: José L. Guerra

Hospitalidad: P. Mena, J. Zumba, Iván Semental

Domingo, 11 de diciembre - 10:00 pm Acólitos: José Hernández Lectores: G. Montoya, Maria López Monitor: M. Méndez Hospitalidad: Nabor y José Méndez, Juan Ávila,

Victoria Vázquez

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Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe En la vigilia de la fiesta, domingo 11 de diciem-

bre, la Misa principal para Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe es a las 10:00 pm. Comenzamos la festividad a las 6:00 pm con canciones* inclu-yendo el “Grupo Corcel de Madison”. Luego será el rezo del Santo Rosario dirigido por el grupo de oración y de matrimonios de la parro-quia. Después de la Misa tendremos la serenata* a la Virgen con las mañanitas hasta la 1:00 am. La Misa de celebración a nuestra Señora es el lunes 12 a las 8:00 pm. Comenzaremos a las 6:00 pm con danzas típicas del Grupo Danzas de todo los Santos a nuestra Madre, canciones* y el rezo del Santo Rosario dirigido por el gru-po de oración y de matrimonios de la parro-quia. Inmediatamente después de Misa el grupo 7ma Alianza cantará en honor a la Madre Santa. Después de la Misa y los cantos tendremos un convivio en el comedor. Todo lo que trai-gan llévenlo a la cocina para servirlo al final de la Misa. Gracias y que Dios les bendiga abun-dantemente. * Los nombres de los participantes están en el poster que esta en el kiosco y en Facebook.

Actividades para Diciembre Estas son algunas de las actividades que tu parroquia tiene programas para diciembre. Separa la fecha y procura ser parte de la vida parroquial de Holy Redeemer:

12-08: Misa de la Inmaculada Concepción 12-10: Bendición de Matrimonios 1:00 pm 12-11: Víspera Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe 6:00 pm—Homenaje a la Virgen. 10:00 pm—Santa Misa con la presencia del Obispo Robert Morlino, Obispo de Madison. 12:00 medianoche—Mañanitas y cena en comedor. (No necesitan traer para compartir) 12-12: Festividad de Nstra. Sra. de Guadalupe 6:00 pm—Homenaje a la Virgen. 8:00 pm—Santa Misa 9:30 pm—Canciones y convivio en comedor** ** Pueden traer diversos platillos para com- partir y algo también para tomar. ** 12-16: Primer día de Novena de Navidad 7:00 pm—Santa Misa 8:00 pm—Posada Navideña 12-17: Segundo día de Novena de Navidad 6:30 pm—Santa Misa 7:30 pm—Posada Navideña 12-18: Tercer día de Novena de Navidad 6:45 pm—Santa Misa 8:00 pm—Posada Navideña

NOTICIAS PARROQUIALES

Inmaculada Concepción: Confesión y Misa Esta festividad es día de guardar, en otras palabras, como católicos es nuestra obligación ir y participar en la Misa. Llamamos a María “Inmaculada Concepción” porque creemos que, por una gracia singular de Dios, ella fue preservada del pecado original desde el principio de su existencia. De esta manera, Dios la prepara para ser la madre de Su Hijo. Nuestro horario de Misas en la parroquia para el 8 de diciembre es el siguiente:

Miércoles, 7 —5:15 pm en Holy Redeemer (vigilia—inglés) 7:00 pm en St. Patrick (vigilia—inglés)

Jueves, 8 — 12:10 pm en St. Patrick (inglés) 5:15 pm en Holy Redeemer (inglés)

7:00 pm en Holy Redeemer (español)

Novena de la Santa Navidad El viernes 16 comienza la Novena y concluye el 24. Las familias que desean hacer la novena en sus casas, pueden tomar un librito de la “Novena de la Santa Navidad” en la Divina Voluntad que se van a dis-tribuir después de las Misas del sábado 10 y del domingo 11. Se les pide que hagan la Novena todos los días en casa y que devuelvan el librito después de la Misa de Noche Buena o la Misa de Navidad.

Colecta “Bendigan a Nuestros Sacerdotes” La Diócesis de Madison esta llevando a cabo una colecta especial el pró-ximo fin de semana—11 y 12—para los sacerdotes retirados de los 11 condados de nuestra Diócesis. El sobre esta en su paquete de sobres o en el quiosco. Por favor haga su cheque pagadero a Cathedral Parish y escriba en su cheque que es para “Bless Our Priests.”

Flores Navideñas Estaremos decorando los bellos santuarios de las Iglesias de Holy Re-deemer y St. Patrick con flores de la temporada navideña. Las plantas pueden ser adquiridas a través de la parroquia y designadas como re-cuerdo de un ser querido. Se acepta efectivo o cheque ($10 por planta) a nombre de Cathedral Parish, y puede ser colocado en la canasta de la contribución en un sobre que diga “Flores Navideñas.” Por favor inclu-ya el nombre o nombres de aquellos seres queridos que quisiera que fueran recordados. Los nombres recibidos antes del domingo 4 de di-

ciembre, serán publicados en el boletín de Navidad.

Manténganos Informados Si por cualquier motivo se muda de lugar, cambia número telefónico o dirección electrónica, por favor contacte la oficina de la parroquia (257 -5000) y denos la nueva información. El tener los archivos al día nos per-mite mas fácilmente poder contactar a los feligreses, y también nos aho-rra el costo del reenvío del correo.

Adoración Eucarística La Capilla de Adoración Perpetua esta ubicada en el primer piso del edificio de la iglesia. Para tener una hora a la semana de adoración pro-gramada, llame al (608) 833-0554, o visite www.adorationchapel.com.

2° domingo de Adviento 4 de diciembre de 2016