CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING  1410 Baxter Avenue, Superior WI 54880 Phone (715) 392-8511 - Fax (715) 392-3457

MARCH 9, 2008

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Parish Web Site- www.superiorcathedral.org

Superior Diocese Web Site- www.catholicdos.org

In the event of an Emergency after Business Hours

Call Fr. Dan at 392-3544

MASS INTENTIONS

MONDAY, March 10, 2008

NO DAILY MASS

TUESDAY, March 11, 2008

12:00 P.M. – CHRISM MASS

WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Betty Kendall-M

- Bernice Olenski

THURSDAY, March 13, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Austin & Margaret Grover-M

- Estate

5:30 P.M. – Joe Olenski-M

- The family

FRIDAY, March 14, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Jean Lindsay-M

- Ray & Laraine Matushak

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, March 15, 2008

4:30 P.M. – Carl Magnuson-M

- His Wife, Marilyn

SUNDAY, March 16, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Spiritual & Temporal Welfare of

Cathedral Parishioners

10:30 A.M. – Joseph A. Grammond-M

Doug, Carol & Ross Olson

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SANCTUARY CANDLE for the week of March 9^th:

Will burn for the Health and Well Being of John Rindo

By His Family

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In loving memory of … Alice Kulus. May she be granted eternal rest and may the Lord’s peace and comfort be with her family and loved ones.

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VOCATIONS…Untie him, and let him go free. It is a humbling privilege to shout those words in the name of Jesus. You, too, can offer freedom and life to those bound in death. Consider giving life through ministry as a priest, sister, or brother. (John 11:1-45)

Readings for the Week of March 9^th

Sunday: Ez 37: 12-14 / Rom 8: 8-11 / Jn 11: 1-45 or 11:3-7,17,20-27,33b-45

Monday: Dn 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11

Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/ Jn 8:21-30

Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20,91-92,95/ Jn 8:31-42

Thursday: Gn 17:3-9 / Jn 8: 51-59

Friday: Jer 20:10-13/ Jn 10: 31-42

Saturday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16/Rom 4:13,16-18,22/Mt 1:16,18-21,24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Sunday: Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mt 26:14-27-66 or 27:11-54

CATHEDRAL CHURCH CALENDAR

Sun./Mon. March 9 & 10 – Priests Assembly Retreat

Tues. March 11 – 12:00 PM – Chrism Mass

Wed. March 12 – 6:00 PM Liturgy Committee Meeting in Priest Sacristy.

Thurs. March 13 – 5:30-7:30 PM Adult Faith Enrichment- Mass, Supper & Talk.

Fri. March 14 – 10:00 AM Bible Study in Kress Hall.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

“Come back to the Lord with your whole heart!”

Saturday, March 15^th 3:00 – 4:00 P.M.

Wednesday, March 19^th 5:30 – 6:30 P.M.

Both Fr. Lee & Fr. Dan available on Wed. March 19^th.

P.S. Remember there are no confessions Saturday, March 22^nd.

MINISTRIES

PRAYER MINISTRY

There are people in the parish willing to share your needs and prayers. Please call 392-3083 if you or a loved one is in need.

Notice: ALL MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION, READERS, SERVERS, USHERS & GREETERS…We will be scheduling for the months of May, June & July. If you know of dates you cannot volunteer please call the parish office (392-8511) no later than Wed. April 2^nd. Thank you!

LITURGICAL ROLES for March 15 & 16

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:

4:30 Angela Booth, Sherry Mackiewicz, Pat Schmolke, Joni Tauzell

8:30 Lenora DePyper, Brendan Fouts, Betty Peterson, Louise Pope, Irena Raihala, Mary Lou Reger

10:30 Gene Bergren, Lucy Bishop, Shari Bong, Don Carlson, Luz Lao, Kent Phillips, Alice Stack

READERS:

4:30 Rosanne Schulz

Passion: Sr. Eileen Lang

Tom Unterberger

Tom Tracy

8:30 Michael Lucci

Passion: Ro Birch

Tom Markee

Sara Fouts

10:30 Harry Kubarek

Passion: Janette Gil de Lamadrid

Tom Henning

Jennifer Jubenville

CANTORS:

4:30 Sandy

8:30 Paul

10:30 Renee

SERVERS:

4:30 Andy & Brian Glonek

8:30 Neil Baltes, Anne & Dan Tracy

10:30 Sara Gomez-Maier, Corrine Rozowski

USHERS:

4:30 Joe Mackiewicz (Lead)

Sherry Mackiewicz

Bill Goligoski

Need 1

8:30 Bob Ahlborg (Lead)

Jim Bleskan

Eugene Bayiha

Mary Lou Spicer

10:30 Bob Bennett (Lead)

Jim Cirilli

Emil Osacho

Alex Wizbicki

GREETERS:

4:30 Terry Mikel (SW)

Need 1 (SE)

Penny Johnson (MW)

Krista Johnson (MC)

Jan Ronchak (ME)

8:30 Ro & Phil Birch (SW)

John & Pat Davy (SE)

Edith Livingston (MW)

Need 1 (MC)

Need 1 (ME)

10:30 Theresa LaFlamme & Doris Mace (SW)

Kathy Moder & Kathy Schulties (SE)

Tom Henning (MW)

Sandy Henning (MC)

Need 1 (ME)

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

When Jesus heard about the illness of His friend, Lazarus, He responded, “This illness is not to end in death; rather it is for God’s glory, that through it the Son of God may be glorified.” Every aspect of our lives – our gifts as well as our sufferings – can, if surrendered to Christ, lead to blessing for ourselves and others.

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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: For March 1^st & 2^nd …

252 Envelope Users (208 last week) contributed $10,463.00 in the Regular Collection, $451.04 in the Loose Collection, $40.35 in the Teen/Children’s Collection & $2,367.97 in the World Concern Collection. Thank you!

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

FEBRUARY WELCOMES

We welcome the new members of our parish family.

Chad, Tina, Ashley, & Chad Jr. Burmeister

Richard & Sharon Hoch

Caroline Martineau

Jeffery Monaghan

THOUGHTS ABOUT DATES FOR EASTER

Easter this year is Sunday, March 23, 2008. As you may know Easter is always the 1^st Sunday after the 1^st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20).

This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.

Another couple of things you might be interested in:

Based on the above Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever or will ever see it a day earlier! Here are the facts:

The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you’re 95 or older you are the only ones that were around for that!). The next time it will be a day earlier March 22 will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!

PRIESTS’ ASSEMBLY AND CHRISM MASS

This coming week – beginning Sunday evening, the priests of our Diocese will gather for Vespers/Evening Prayer with Bishop Christensen followed by a Social in Kress Hall. On Monday, we have a Day Retreat (at St. Francis); we also have a Reconciliation Service and Banquet on Monday evening. Of course, Tuesday we have with Bishop, and the entire Diocese the Chrism Mass – the Blessings of Oils: Oil of Catechumens, Oil of the Sick, and Sacred Chrism. Please pray for your priests and Bishop, pray for Vocations, Pray for a New Spring time!

LETTER FROM FR. SCHAK

February 26, 2008

Dear Fr. Dan and parish community,

I’m back in action but on a very limited scale for a while yet. One of the most pressing catch ups of the things I neglected during the past several months is to acknowledge and thank the parish for the generous donations in 2007.

I won’t attempt a resume of the day care activities now but we have begun a new project. We bought a couple old grinders to mill spices and also a generous supply of a variety of spices. We put the spices in small cellophane bags which 3 people go from house to house to sell. There is no way we could compete with the modern milling companies but between the miller, the packager and the sellers it gives 5 people a part time job, not enough to support a family nor recover the cost of the machines but a big help. We hope that this will inspire job making creativity among other day care “graduates”.

In the Sacred Heart,

Fr. John Schak

FAITH ENRICHMENT THURSDAY EVENING

--Lenten Prayer, Supper, Talk Series--

When: Thursday’s during Lent- February 7 – March 13

5:30 PM – rotates weekly between Stations / Taize Prayer / Mass. 6:00 PM – Soup & Bread. 6:30 PM Talk. (Conversation/Dialogue with Pastors)

OUR THEME: WHAT IS CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION?

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

We need your HELP financially each week. Our Church and School utility bill (gas, water, electricity) for mid-December to mid-January was $13,900. I expect that our utility bill for mid-January through mid-February will be about the same. The bill came in Saturday, Feb. 23 and its cost was $13,400. In addition, the City hit us with a six month bill of nearly $2,000 for storm water utility. Again, I ask for your understanding and generosity in meeting our obligation. Pray also for a warm Spring!

God bless,

Fr. Dan

CAR FOR SALE FROM THE ESTATE OF FR. EDWARD CYZ

A 2002 Mercury Sable with approximately 70,000 miles, in good exterior and interior condition. Asking price: in the area of $ 6,000 to $ 7,000. Contact Fr. Dan at the Church Office: 392-8511. I’m trying to settle his estate. If you know of anyone interested in a good condition car, please contact me.

WEEKLY MEDITATION

MARCH 9, 2008

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45

“Untie him and let him go.” (John 11:44)

Some years ago a friend of mine walked from Kansas City, Kansas to Guatemala City, Guatemala. His purpose in doing so was to highlight the condition of the poor. As he walked, he would sing and play his guitar. However, in order for him to be able to do this, he had to be set free of all of his responsibilities in the organization he had founded. So they talked about Bob being “unplugged” from his desk and set free to do this walk.

In the Gospel for today we hear about a lot of hesitancy to reach out and help to “unplug” Lazarus. Jesus, on the other hand, does not hesitate to give new life back to Lazarus with a simple command. However, when Lazarus comes from the tomb with his new life he is still bound up. Jesus tells the people to “untie him and let him go.” Someone asked, after reading this passage, why Jesus did not unbind him. I think that Jesus wanted other people to take part in helping Lazarus to live his new life free of past obstacles. I am sure that Lazarus, Mary and Martha, and the others who witnessed this scene, had to rethink their lives. They were all being offered the freedom to live their new lives in a new way. To do so, however, they would have to help each other, just as those around Jesus had to help him and Lazarus with that new life.

As we walk with the people who are in the RCIA program this Lent in our parish, we are reminded about their struggles and ours in trying to live the new life in Jesus. We have been praying that they will get this new life. Will we continue to pray and act to help them after Easter in the period when they try out their new and unbound legs with Christ?

In our Generations of Faith program we will soon be studying another phrase in the Creed: “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church”. I think we should really reflect about that word “apostolic”. It means that we have to become unbound from our fears and move out to bring our faith to others. We need to help set them free of their bindings of fear, prejudice, anxiety, and other negative issues that have influenced them in the past. We can’t just bring people to the door of the tomb with new life, and then let them stand there. As Catholic Christians we believe that, as St. Paul says in the second reading, we have the Spirit of Christ living in us. The people we meet each day need to see that Spirit at work in us so that they can be set free.

Question for Children: How do your actions show that you put your faith and trust in Jesus?

Question for Youth: Lazarus received a second chance at life through Jesus. How have you experienced second chances in your own life?

Questions for Adults: The death from which we are called is healing from those things which bind us and hold us back: memories, fears, rejection, or other such things. What binds you? What keeps you from fully being your own most true self in Christ?

“I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die.” (John 11:25,26)

Fr. Lee

GENERATIONS OF FAITH

We wish to thank everyone who made our festival

WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

an inspirational and spiritual experience.

Special thanks to those who had the courage to witness to how the Spirit has touched their lives.

Brooke Bailey

Paul Birch

Julia Carr

Jean Dotterwick

Aaron Kalmon

Pat Schmolke

And our presenter Sr. Pauline

We wish to thank our special guest “MR WIZARD” (aka Jerry Carr) who shared his gift of comedic theatrics in his futile effort to explain to us the mystery of the Trinity.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO SHARED THEIR MANY GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

TON- Teens Only Night

NO TONs - Today, Sunday, March 9^th.

Bread Making – Sat. March 15^th 10 AM – 1 PM in KH

Please bring 1 or 2 batches of sweet bread (Banana, Cherry, Pumpkin, or your favorite). We are in need of small bread pans, please drop off at the Parish Office. We will sell our bread after all the Masses on the weekend of March 15^th & 16^th. The money will be used to purchase hams, fresh vegetables, potatoes and fruit for families from St. Vincent de Paul.

TONs is in need of candy for our Easter Baskets. You may drop candy off at the parish office. These baskets accompany the food baskets we will prepare for families served by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

~ Looking Ahead ~

Sunday, April 13^th – UWS (TBA)

Sunday, April 20^th – Movie (More info to follow)

CONFIRMATION

Class TODAY March 9

Will be at the Newman Center

Speaker: Mary Jo Edge

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Please be prompt.

FIRST COMMUNION

While there are no meetings for 1^st Communion during March, do continue to work on the chapters in the book.

Coming Soon:

April 5 Interviews*

April 12 Retreat

*A letter will be sent concerning your time for the interviews, as well as directions for making a banner for 1^st Communion.

RCIA

RCIA for the City of Superior

Many people have said that what drew them to the Catholic Church was the Eucharist. As we reflect on recognizing Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread, think for a moment whether there is someone you could invite to

Mass and to explore what else the Catholic faith might hold for them.

This week's RCIA session will focus on the Lord's Prayer and Eucharist. The session will be held on Sunday, March 9th at Holy Assumption Parish beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact the parish office or call Dick and Judy Lyons, the city RCIA coordinators, at 888-820-8963.

CATHEDRAL NEWS

2008 EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS

Anyone who wishes to remember a loved one at Easter in a special way may do so by making a $5.00 or more donation towards the Easter flowers for our Easter Celebrations. You will find a special envelope in your March/April packet. Deadline for donations is Monday, March 17^th. We will be printing memorials in the bulletin. Please continue to be generous in this special donation to help bring a beautiful dimension to the environment of our Easter Celebrations of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL NEWS

Spring Break – March 17^th – 24^th – Classes will resume on Tuesday, March 25^th.

Our Annual Bake Sale at St. Anthony’s Fish Fry is every Friday through Lent. Come check it out!

SCRIP will be available at the Cathedral School Office Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Cathedral School saves Campbell Soup Labels, Box Tops for Education, Kemps & Land O Lakes Lids, Pop Tabs, Cancelled Postage Stamps and used Computer Ink Cartridges. Please drop off in the Parent Room (Rm. 100) located at the bottom of the Baxter Avenue stairs first floor. Thank you.

COMMUNITY NEWS

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

Living a life in the Spirit calls us to see the Spirit in each other and especially in those in need.

Come, join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, March 11^th at 6:30PM at the Catholic Charities Building, 1416 Cumming Ave. 394-6617.

LENTEN FISH DINNERS AT ST. ANTHONY’S

St. Anthony’s All You Can Eat Fish Dinners will be served each Friday of Lent through Friday, March 21^st in St. Anthony Parish Hall, 4315 E. 3^rd St. from 4:30-7:00 PM. Take Outs available. Adults - $8.00; Children (12 & under) - $4.00; Pre-schoolers – Free.

ROAST BEEF DINNER

St. Francis Xavier Church will sponsor its annual Roast Beef Dinner on Sunday, March 16th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parish hall located at 2316 E. 4th Street, Superior.  The menu consists of delicious roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, hot vegetable, coleslaw, rolls, beverage and home made desserts.  Tickets will be available at the door; $7.50 for adults, $3 for children 6 to 12 years and pre-schoolers are free of charge.  Take-out dinners are also available.  Please join us!