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What's New at St. Agnes ParishOur Own Needs Collection This Weekend Letter from Bishop Robert Morneau My Dear Friends in Christ: The annual diocesan collection for Our Own Needs will take place on Pentecost Sunday, May 11. The four major causes represented in this collection and their purpose is: Catholic Communications Campaign - The CCC develops media programming, projects and resources that promote Gospel values. Fifty percent of the collection support local communications efforts, such as televised Masses and diocesan newspapers. The other fifty percent supports the development and production of a wide range of national media programming. Catholic University of America - For more than 100 years, the CUA, founded by the American bishops and chartered by the Vatican, has depended upon the generosity of parishioners through the USA to help financially deserving students afford a CUA education. Grounded in the philosophy of Catholic tradition, students receive an excellent liberal arts education that prepares them to make a difference in today’s world. Catholic Home Missions Appeal - This helps meet the faith needs of Catholics in home mission dioceses in America - Appalachia, the Deep South, the Southwest and the Rocky Mountain states - in the form of grants. It supports the education of priests, deacons, religious sisters and lay people, so the Eucharist and the word of God can nourish Catholics. It supports religious education, so Catholics can expand their knowledge of the faith and hand it down to the next generation. It helps small parishes stay alive. Black and Native American Missions - To provide apostolic service to the Black and Native American evangelization programs in dioceses where these communities exist. On this Pentecost Sunday, I ask you to support these collections through donation and prayer so that the Church can continue its important work here in the diocese and throughout the country. Please know that you are remembered daily in my prayers. Peace in the Lord, + Robert F. Morneau Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay We will take up this collection THIS weekend after Communion. Envelopes for this were included in your bi-monthly packet. There are also envelopes available at the tables by the doors of Church. Thanks for your support of this annual Pentecost collection! To The Visitors Within Our DoorsSt. Agnes Parish welcomes you into our parish community today. We sincerely hope you feel at home and among friends. If you are a visitor just for today, we bid you Godspeed on your journey. If you are seeking a Church home, we will welcome you into our parish family here at St. Agnes. Just call the Parish Office at 920 494-2534 or complete this form and indicate your interest in joining our family.Mother's Day Carnation Sale SundayThe Boy Scouts are selling carnations after all the Masses on this Mother’s Day weekend for $1.00. Thanks always for your support!Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound Eucharistic Ministers are needed! The number of people in our parish community who can no longer participate at a weekend Mass with us continues to grow. As a result we are in real need of additional volunteers who would be willing to bring Communion to these parishioners on a regular basis. This is a wonderful way to share yourself as well as brighten someone’s day. It can be done as a couple, a family or as an individual. If you are interested or just want more information, please call Deacon Jim Gauthier at 494-2534.Lighthouse Catholic Media Faith Raiser Program For a limited time - a CD/brochure stand, featuring well-known Catholic speakers, such as Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, and many more, is here in St. Agnes Church. These are the tools you need to catechize, evangelize, and share your Catholic faith. Pick them up today! A donation of $3 per CD and 50 cents per brochure is kindly requested. If you cannot afford a donation, just borrow, listen and return!Everyday Evangelizing: Renew the Earth
All of us are called to evangelize and this can be done is simple ways in our everyday lives. A suggestion for this week:
In today's Responsorial Psalm we pray, “Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.” Renewal of the earth was important to St. Isidore, the patron of farmers whom we remember on Thursday. Pray that the earth will produce abundant crops, that farmers will be blessed with good health through harvest time, and that all consumers will generously share the riches from the earth. 'Thanks Mom' Bone Marrow Drive"Thanks Mom" is a National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) campaign centered around Mother’s Day. What better way to say “Thanks Mom” than to share the gift of life with another! In an effort to encourage people to join the NMDP Registry, hundreds of bone marrow drives are being beld across the country. The $52 joining fee is temporarily waived until May 16. To learn more, go to www.marrow.org. To join the NMDP registry you must be 18-60 years old, meet specific health guidelines, and be willing to donate to any patient in need. Want to join? Call Cheryl Shumaker at the Community Blood Center at 1-800-280-4102. You can also go online to www.marrow.org and a kit will be sent right to your door.Prayer Service Friday for Peace in IraqWest Side Moravian Church, 1707 S. Oneida Street will host an Interfaith Community Prayer Service for Peace in Iraq at 7pm on Friday, May 16. For more information, please call 499-4433.LiveSTRONG - Wear Yellow DayYou are invited to join Preble High School's Sting Cancer Awareness Team in celebrating the nationwide LiveSTRONG - Wear Yellow Day on May 13. As you probably know, Lance Armstrong started the LiveSTRONG Foundation to unite people to fight cancer, knowing that "unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything." In case you have not heard of Sting Cancer, we are in our 4th year of existence, dedicated to helping reduce the effects of cancer by initiating and supporting programs and activities: Stronger as a Survivor Vigil at Preble High School's Gauthier Family Stadium at 7:00pm on May 13, with local speakers, musicians, yellow balloon release ceremony, Locks of Love, etc; encouraging yellow t-shirts to be worn to promote the LiveSTRONG idea on May 13; and by turning Green Bay YELLOW for the day! For more information, please contact Nick Nesvacil at nnesvaci@greenbay.k12.wi.us or Kay at the Breast Cancer Family Foundation at bcff@newbc.rr.com. See you in yellow on May 13!Our Lady of Lourdes Church PicnicSunday, May 18, 10:15am-5:00pm. Corner of Lourdes Avenue & Suburban Drive in West De Pere. Outdoor Mass at 10:15am with Bent Grass. Booyah, Food, Games, Item and Cash Raffles, Refreshments, Silent Auctions, Card Party at 12:30pm, 3-on-3 Basketball at 12:30pm, Climbing Wall, Inflatables, Golf Game, Live Musical Entertainment featuring The Music Caterer, 12-4pm.Nativity Parish Fireside Bus TripNativity Parish invites you to join them at the Fireside Theatre on Wednesday, May 28 for Barefoot in the Park. Neil Simon brings us a rollicking romantic adventure that will keep you laughing all night long. The laughs are non stop. The bus leaves Nativity parking lot at 7:00 a.m. and returns 6:45 p.m. $75.00 includes bus, lunch, and show. Call Nativity Parish at 499-5156 to sign up for this fun day.Thank You Brett and Deanna
2008 Appreciation DinnerAt our Annual Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, April 24, we had a grand group of 200 parish volunteers. Thanks much to Pastoral Council chairperson Howard Erickson for the role of Master of Ceremonies. Lola Daniels and Patricia Hager were honored with an award as they end their three year terms on the Parish Pastoral Council. Sr. Anne Brochtrup, OSF was given a plaque and red roses in appreciation for the eight years she has been with us and so caring of those in hospitals and nursing homes. Bernice Carpiaux received the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award for her many activities as sacristan, cleaning of church linens, rosary leader, involvement in Family Prayer Night, her spearheading of our donor club here at St. Agnes for the American Red Cross, and the service provided to families at funeral dinners. Thank you all!84 Families Choose Direct GivingFor May 2008, 84 families contributed $6,580.16 in Sacrificial Giving through St. Agnes Parish's Direct Giving Program. Would you also like to be a part of Direct Giving? This is a way for you to give your Sacrificial Giving to St. Agnes Parish without having to write a check!
Gift of Life Thanks to generous blood donors, the Green Bay division of the Red Cross help a liver transplant patient at a Mid-West hospital who needed more than 400 units of red blood cells in a 24-hour period (yes, 400!) and the patient is now doing well. There is a continual need for whole blood, plasma, platelets, and red blood cells to treat leukemia as well as organ transplant patients. BLOOD IS LIFE! Please consider making a blood donation soon and sign in with the St. Agnes Donor Club when you donate. Call 1-800-626-4017 to make an appointment. Thank for your support!April Knights of Columbus Newsletter Read the latest newsletter from our chapter of the Knights of Columbus. Council #617 meets monthly in the lower level at St. Joseph School and you will find the meeting minutes here on our website. New members are always welcome. Contact a brother Knight for more information.>> April 2008 Newsletter | More about the Knights Remember Those Who Serve Please keep in prayer all those men and women who serve in the Armed Forces. Remember them with a special prayer today. >> We Thank You (3MB Slide Show) | Let's Say Thanks! May-August Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors Schedule
Pope Names Archbishop Dolan as Administrator of Green Bay DiocesePope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Timothy Dolan as Administrator of the Green Bay Diocese. Read more at the Green Bay Diocese website and in The Compass.Rosaries Needed The office of World Mission Services of the Green Bay Diocese is in need of new or used rosaries (in good condition - no broken rosaries please) for distribution to missionaries in the field. Please bring your donations to the container located in Lobas Lounge. Small donations to help defray the shipping costs for these rosaries are always appreciated too.Cell Phones for Special Olympics Wisconsin The Knights of Columbus Council #617 is assisting Special Olympics Wisconsin in collecting and recycling of cell phones. A box has been placed in Lobas Lounge of church for this collection. Empty Inkjet CartridgesA container has been placed in Lobas Lounge to collect empty inkjet cartridges. A container is also available, placed by the Lion’s Club for used eyeglasses & hearing aids.Faith Alive on Diocesan Website Please refer to the Green Bay Catholic Diocesan web site at www.gbdioc.org for the first draft of a proposal for the future of Green Bay area Catholic day schools. The plan is called Faith Alive. Please read the plan on the web site and share your feedback with the diocese. Click on the red box with the words “Faith Alive” written in white. There is a link for feedback on this page.
The latest Faith Alive report: Sept. 7, 2006St. Agnes Prayer NetworkThe St. Agnes Prayer Network needs you! We are in need of a few more people to join the St. Agnes Prayer Chain. If you like to pray for people who are sick, dying, in need of healing or a job, please consider this calling. Telephone Lynne Tennie at 592-0275 to become part of the Chain.HFS Tuition AssistanceDid you notice the new envelope that has been inserted in your bi-monthly mailing of Giving Envelopes? One is labeled "Tuition Assistance - Holy Family School." Any donations given will be given directly to families in need who find the tuition to be a financial burden. It will not be used to offset the St. Agnes Parish subsidy to the HFS budget. Please consider helping - there are families who are in need.LoSEC Volunteer Registration A new website is now available through the Diocese of Green Bay to register all volunteers who will have regular contact with minors and vulnerable adults. St. Agnes Parish is participating in this effort. An informative letter from St. Agnes Parish's Local Safe Environment Coordinator (LoSEC) describing the process and its purpose has been mailed. You will find a copy of it below. Also below are links to instructions on completing the registration form, a letter from Bishop David Zubik, and websites offering more information and the opportunity to register. Please contact the Parish Office for more information. St. Agnes Parish LoSEC Letter LoSEC Volunteer Instructions Bishop Zubik's Letter Protect Our Children Web Site Volunteer Registration Web Site How to report abuse or neglectSource: Diocese of Green Bay Learn More About GIRM GIRM is The General Instruction of the Roman Missal and is now in effect. Learn more about the revised General Instruction with the informative, beautiful inserts provided by the Green Bay Diocese here on our What's New page. You can now read, save or print a copy of the inserts in Portable Document Format (PDF). The GIRM focuses on the central place of the Eucharist in the life of our faith and provides explanations of the duties and functions of Ministers as well as reflections on the elements of the Liturgy. There are only a few real changes that will take place and sometimes we just need to be reminded of things we we've forgotten to do. RemindersFree Information to Traveling CatholicsFor nationwide Mass times and locations, phone 1-800-Mass Times (1-800-627-7846) or visit www.masstimes.org. | Diocesan Mass Schedule Family Prayer Night on Tuesday begins with the rosary at 6:30pm. Confession is available beginning at 6:30pm unitl 6:50pm. Mass begins at 7:00pm. Need a prayer? Visit Catholic Online for prayers meeting many needs. The Rosary is prayed Monday - Friday, following the 6:45am Mass and prior to the 8:45am Mass. |
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