St. Catherine of Siena
Catholic Community
April 7 & 8,, 2012
Easter Sunday
415 E. Fond du Lac Street & 218 Blossom Street, Ripon, Wisconsin
Parish e-mail: [email protected]
Website - www.stcatofsiena.org
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday
8 a.m.- Noon
Monday & Wednesday
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
and by appointment.
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday
4:00 pm 228 Blossom St.
Sunday
8:00 am 415 E Fond du Lac St.
10:00 am 228 Blossom St.
Parish Office
218 Blossom St
WEEK DAY MASSES
8:00 am Monday—Friday
St Ann Chapel, 218 Blossom St
920-748-2325
FAX: 920-748-3760
8:00 a.m. Saturday
228 Blossom St.
Priest’s Residence
920-748-8218
CONFESSIONS
Saturday 3:00—3:30 pm
228 Blossom St.
Baptism Classes
Parish membership and a
preparation class is required
for all baptisms. Please call
the parish office to register
for the next class.
Prayer Hot Line
Marriage
Parish membership is a requirement for Marriage at
St. Catherine of Siena.
Archdiocesan Policy requires contact with the parish office at least six
months prior to your marriage and before a date
can be finalized. The pastor will work with you to
complete the necessary requirements and preparation
in order to enter into the
sacrament of marriage in
the Catholic Church.
Parish Staff
Rev Robert A. Fictum, Pastor
Fr. John Schmitz ,Senior Priest
Fr. William Whalen, Senior Priest
Director of Religious Education (RE)- Karen Miller
Assoc. Dir. Of RE/Youth Minister - Theresa Mueller
RCIA Coordinator - Dennis Haag
Administrative Assistant - Barb Trochinski
RE Secretary./Bulletin Editor - Sally Kasuboski
Maintenance - Tony Pauli
If you are in need of prayer or
would like to pray for others,
please call:
Laura Kasuboski 748-5913
[email protected], or
Carol Kimball 748-3933. or
the parish office.
Rosary
We pray the Rosary every
Friday morning at 7:40 a.m.
before Mass. The intention for
the month of April will be for
our all students who will be
graduating this spring.
St Patrick Cemetery
Fred & Sally Kasuboski 748-2002
Parish Membership
We are happy you came to share the Eucharist Celebration with us. If you have come as a stranger, we hope that you will
leave as a friend. Come back often and know that you are always welcome. If you wish to join our parish community, just
visit the parish office during office hours or call to arrange an appointment. We appreciate your presence and your support.
Readings for the Week of April 8, 2012
Mass Intentions
Sunday, April 8 Easter Sunday
8 a.m. + Edward Przybyl by Family
10 a.m. + Edward J Fictum by Anne Braun
Monday, April 9
8 a.m. + No Mass
Tuesday, April 10
8 a.m. + Deceased members John & Marion
Gruszynske Family by Estate
Sunday:
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b
-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or Lk 24:13-35
Monday:
Acts 2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15
Tuesday:
Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18
Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35
Thursday:
Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48
Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14
Saturday:
Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15
Next Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31
Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions
Wednesday, April 11
8 a.m. + Michael, Rosa & Gerald Duzinske by Estate
Thursday, April 12
8 a.m. + No Mass
Friday, April 13
(7:40 am Rosary)
8 a.m. + Gerald Brady by Jim & Jackie Goluba
Saturday, April 14
8 a.m. + Anna, Edward & William Andrus by Robert
Andrus
4p.m. + George Soda by Doris Wallace
Sunday, April 15
8 a.m. + Fred Lehman by Ellen McNally
10 a.m. + Lorraine “Teenie” Witkowski Bob & Ann
Somers
Liturgical Ministries
4 p.m. Saturday, April 14
Lector: S Polcyn, L Krause
Eucharistic Ministers:
Bread: R & J Wheaton, S Stigen
Wine: T Polcyn, J Racine, L Sonnenberg,
J Zimmerman
Servers: T Polcyn, J Racine
Ushers: R Stigen, L Krentz, B Zimmerman, R Schmitz,
T Vranak
Scrip Seller: J Zimmerman
Liturgical Dedications
8 a.m. Sunday, April 15
Lector: L Michels, R Klemm
Eucharistic Ministers:
Bread: W Kubick
Wine: F Kubick, K Piernot
Shut In Ministry:
J Zimmerman: Fountainview & Wolverton Glen
D Miller : Home Visits & Maple Crest
L Wilkens: Prairie Place & Barrett House
Servers: J Isaac, B Stroik
Ushers: B & L Trochinski, K & D Jozwiak
Bread and Wine
In memory of Tom Moniz Sr. by
Tom & Penny Moniz
Please contact the office to schedule your dedications of
Bread & Wine and Sanctuary Candles. These dedications
can be for a special occasion or in memory of someone.
10 a.m. Sunday, April 15
Lector: 8th grade Graduation Mass
Eucharistic Ministers:
Bread: A Brumley, M Brandl, S Brophy
Wine J & D Galica, J Ernst, H Cerney
Servers: A Moldenhauer, L Novak
Ushers: D & L Cerney, Volunteer, T Kuharski,
B Freiseis
Scrip Seller: H Cerney
Cost: Bread & Wine $20, Sanctuary Candle $10.
New Members
Please welcome the following new members to
St. Catherine of Siena and make them feel at
home.
Parish Counters
April 10 Tuesday P Baranowski, C Kimball, H Voysey
Brian, Sara & Nathan Mateske
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From the Pastor’s Desk…
Further Thoughts and Reflections on the Sunday Scriptures
Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012
"Do not be afraid...He has been raised just as he said."
In the Northern Hemisphere the world is coming alive. You can see it in the trees; you can smell it in the air. There is a
freshness about to burst forth. Newness seems to be standing on tiptoes, eager to reveal itself, ready to be born. The life
that was hidden in the darkness of winter is impatient to appear in all its glory. Nature itself seems poised to reenact the
drama of death and resurrection.
On Easter Sunday the changes in nature all point to the transformation that we find in the
death and resurrection of Christ and the transformation that takes place in us as we participate in that resurrection presence. The scripture readings testify that if we die with
Christ we will appear with him in glory; if we cast out the old yeast we will be fresh
dough. When this wondrous transformation takes place, everything is new, everything is
fresh. To what newness are we called? To what must we die in order to rise transformed?
What old yeast of corruption must be cast out in order that we might be fresh dough?
On Easter we renew our baptismal vows. What is it we really renounce? Ours is a world of
violence, of prejudice, or indifference. Too often we harbor feelings of anger and resentment, of selfishness and disdain. Easter proclaims that Christ has died and has risen; with him we die to all the wickedness
in our lives and in our world, and we set our hearts on higher things on sincerity and on truth.
Though we know well the Easter story, we never fully grasp its meaning. The stone has been rolled back and the tomb is
empty; resurrected life cannot be contained. Like the first believers, we so often must continue to live even with our
dashed hopes and our misunderstanding of God's mysterious power. Like the first believers, we come to the tomb and expect to find death, but instead we find signs of a new life we cannot even begin to comprehend. Like the first believers, we
do not realize that history has been broken open and is now filled with the resurrected presence of Christ.
History no longer makes sense. The one who was maliciously singled out and shamefully hung on a tree was really the one
set apart by God to judge the living and the dead. Who can comprehend such a mystery and paradox? But he, who goes to
a town expecting to find life? History has been broken open, and now we really do not know what to expect?
This same resurrection power works in our lives today. "This is the day the Lord has made...it is wonderful in our eyes!" We
too hear the Easter proclamation. By it, we too are brought into the power of the resurrection.
Preaching the New Lectionary by Sr. Diane Bergant, CSA
OFFICE CLOSED
Our parish office will be closed on Monday, April 9
LOCATION OF WEEKDAY MASSES
Beginning Monday, April 16th weekday Mass will be moving back to the FDL street site location for summer and fall. This
change of location applies to weekday Masses from Monday through Friday. The only exception to this rule is the monthly
day of Eucharistic Adoration when the Mass is celebrated at the St. Ann Chapel in the parish center.
NEWLY RECEIVED AND CONFIRMED
I want to welcome Nicole Moniz, Henrik Schatzinger and Robert Dahlgren who were received into Full Communion in the
Catholic Church and received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Easter Vigil. May God continue to walk with you and
support you on your journey of faith. We welcome you into our parish community and the Catholic Church. My special
gratitude to Dennis Haag for guiding these individuals through the RCIA process during this past year.
On behalf of myself and the staff of our parish I want to wish you and your loved ones Easter blessings.
May the Risen Christ go before you in your daily living and work.
Fr. Bob Fictum
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Religious Education Information
April 8
Easter no classes
April 11
Grades 1-5 class 3:45-4:45pm
Check the Lighthouse Catholic media CD
stand in the gathering space at the Blossom St. site. There are 12 new inspirational CD’s available for just $3
Grades 6-10 class 7-8:30pm
Parents scheduled to attend:
Gr.7 Will
April 15
Lighthouse Catholic Media CD
Why I am Catholic When I Could be Anything Else by
Patrick Madrid
8th grade Graduation Mass 10am
Children’s Church 10am
For those who aren’t Catholic, it may not be apparent why
one should embrace the Catholic Faith. Best-selling author Patrick Madrid, director of the Envoy Institute of Belmont Abbey College, gives compelling biblical and historical reasons for why he is a lifelong Catholic. He shares
valuable insights into the beauty of the Catholic Church
and its claim to contain the fullness of the deposit of faith
given by Christ.
Confirmation class 6:30-8pm
April 18
Grades 1-5 class 3:45-4:45pm
Grades 6-10 class 7-8:30pm
Confirmation Classes
St Catherine of Siena Relay for Life Event
June 8-9
will resume on Sunday, April 15that 6:30pm. DTS will be
held on Sunday April 22nd.
We still need a lot of help! Can you help us with the
following: Monetary Donations, people to walk and
collect money. We are also asking people to donated
baked good for sale at our chicken BBQ on April 14th.
On April 29th, we will be having a brat fry at Pick n Save.
Please consider helping in the booth or just coming down
and supporting us with you brat purchase.
The Life-Long Faith Formation Board will be meeting on
Tuesday, April 17th at 6:30pm. If you have any ideas or
suggestions for the Religious Education program or Youth
Ministry please feel free to join us as we discuss the past
year and plan for next year!
There will be a Mass celebrating the Graduation of our 8th
grade students on Sunday, April 15th at 10am. Please
pray for these young people as they look forward to
beginning High School!
Please contact Joan Amend at 920-294-6958 if you can
help or if you have any questions.
Tess Mueller
Youth Minister and Assoc DRE
Parish Calendar of Events
April
MACCW District 8 Spring Meeting
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Shepherd of the Hills, Eden WI
Registration 8:30 am Lunch $7.
Speaker Abbot Nicholas Zacharladis
of the Holy resurrection Monastery
These monks are part of the 21 Eastern Catholic Churches
specifically the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparcy of St
George.
For reservations contact: Laura Kasuboski
at 748-5913 by April 17.
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Parish Office Closed
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Christian Women Meeting 6:30 pm
10
Human Concerns Meeting 630 pm
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Parish Life meeting 6:30 pm
14
Chicken BBQ
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Life Long Faith Formation mtg. 6:30 pm
21/22 Blessed Art sale
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Parish Council 6:30 pm Room 8
Human Concerns Committee
Human Concerns Committee
Operation Rice Bowl Reflection: The Resurrection
Our celebration of the resurrection brings us
new joy and hope! Throughout Lent, your support of Operation Rice Bowl has helped offer
hope to millions of people around the world who
benefit from the work of Catholic Relief Services. For six weeks you have prayed for the
people of Madagascar, fasted in solidarity with
the people of India, learned about the challenges in the lives of people in Viet Nam and El Salvador,
and given sacrificially to create economic opportunities in
Zambia. Their struggles- and the efforts of CRS- are far from
over, but you have made a difference.
Thank you for participating in
CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl!
Our faith community helped make a difference
in the lives of millions of people around the world suffering
from poverty and hunger. To ensure that Catholic Relief Services is able to continue providing life-saving work to these
communities,
Please return your Rice Bowl by Easter Sunday. To help
our community you may write a check payable to St. Catherine of Siena, and please write Operation Rice Bowl in the
memo line of the check. You may place your gift in the regular collection or bring/send it to the parish office. Thank you
for your generous support.
Just a reminder: Please turn in your Rice Bowls by
Easter. If you wish to write a check, please make it out to
St. Catherine of Siena, and put Rice Bowl on the memo line.
Welcome!!!
BBQ Chicken Dinner
Saturday, April 14
from 4-7 pm.
Either join us in the activity center for
a meal of outdoor-grilled chicken or
our take advantage of our drive-up
Blossom Street curb
service. Enjoy a meal
and help support our
parish."
If you are currently not a member of our parish and
would like to join, you can call the parish office at
748-2325 or email them at
[email protected].
The parish staff will gladly take your information and
register you as a member of St. Catherine of Siena
Parish., Ripon.
Address & Phone Number Changes
Desserts & Bake Sale Items Needed
Please advise the parish office if you change your
address or phone number.
We are in need of finger bars for the drive
though for the chicken BBQ on April 14.
It costs the parish if we mail out items and they are
returned to us because of the wrong address .
Desserts are also needed for the dine-in
meals.
Mary’s Mantle Books & Gifts
We are also having a bake
sale to benefit our St.
Catherine Relay for Life team,
at the chicken BBQ
of St. Catherine of Siena
Store Hours
Wednesday from 2-8:30:pm
Come in and see what items we have available
New this year handmade First Communion cards.
These cards are made by a parishioner.
Scrip
Buy Scrip Gift Cards before and after the 4:00 and
10:00 Mass or through the parish office and support
the Christian Women of St. Catherine of Siena.
The Christian Women
Pray for our troops
Please keep in your prayers all our men &
women that are in the military fighting for
our freedom. May God watch over them
and keep them safe.
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