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

MARCH 16, 2008

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

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 17, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Patrick Gordon-AM

- Elizabeth Gordon

TUESDAY, March 18, 2008

8:30 A.M. – LaVerna Cleary Topak-M

- Carol Cleary

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Deceased Family Members

- Loretta Fisher

SACRED TRIDUUM

HOLY THURSDAY, March 20, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Morning Prayer

7:00 P.M. Mass of the Lord’s Supper

(Bishop Christensen Presiding)

- Lloyd Jarchow-M

- Rita LaVenture & Family

GOOD FRIDAY, March 21, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Morning Prayer

12:30 P.M. Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ

(Bishop Christensen Presiding)

HOLY SATURDAY, March 22, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Morning Prayer

(Followed by Blessing of Easter Foods)

8:00 P.M. Easter Vigil / Mass of Resurrection

(Bishop Christensen Presiding) – Jean Connolly-M

- The Family

RCIA - We welcome the people being received into the Church through Rite of Christian Initiation –

Catechumen: Mary Cox (Baptism, Confirmation & Eucharist)

Candidates: David & Cathy Dusek, and Nicole Koschak (Profession of Faith-Confirmation & Eucharist)

EASTER SUNDAY, March 23, 2008

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

Cathedral Parishioners

10:30 A.M. – Margaret Ojala-M

- Walter Ojala

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SANCTUARY CANDLE for the week of March 16^th:

Will burn in memory of Shaun Payton

By Gert & Siobhan

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In loving memory of … Lorraine Swanson. 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…Blest are they who come in the name of the Lord! Am I being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, deacon, brother, or sister? (Matthew 21:1-11)

Readings for the Week of March 16^th

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

Monday: Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11

Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33,36-38

Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25

Thursday: Ex 12: 1-8,11-14/1 Cor. 11: 23-26/Jn 13:1-5

Friday: Is 52:13-53:12/Heb 4:14-16,5: 7-9/Jn 18:1-19:42

Saturday: Readings as in Lectionary

Sunday: Acts 10: 34a,37-43/Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8/Jn 20: 1-9 or Mt 28: 1-10

CATHEDRAL CHURCH CALENDAR

Sun. March 16 – Coffee & Rolls after the 8:30 & 10:30 Masses.

Wed. March 19 – Individual Reconciliation 5:30 – 6:30 P.M.

Both Fr. Dan & Fr. Lee will be available.

No Confessions on Saturday, March 22^nd.

Good Friday March 21 – Parish Office will be closed.

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 20

Holy Thursday – 7:00 P.M.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:

7:00 PM Ro & Phil Birch, Mary Jo Edge, Liz Schmidt

READERS: CANTORS:

7:00 PM Ro Birch Jay, Paul Terry

Janette Gil de Lamadrid

SERVERS:

7:00 PM Bart Bailey, Neil Baltes, Brandon Gustafson, John & Jerry Carr

USHERS:

7:00 PM Joe Mackiewicz

Lenny Rouse

Need 2

LITURGICAL ROLES for March 21

GOOD FRIDAY – 12:30 P.M.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:

12:30 PM Priests and Deacon

READERS: CANTORS:

12:30 PM Nancy Carriar Terry, Paul

Passion: Janette Gil de Lamadrid

Ro Birch

Jennifer Jubenville

SERVERS:

12:30 PM Julia, John & Jerry Carr

USHERS:

12:30 PM Joe Mackiewicz

Lenny Rouse

Need 2

LITURGICAL ROLES for March 22 – 8:00 P.M.

March 23 – 8:30 A.M. & 10:30 A.M.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:

8:00 PM Ro & Phil Birch, Theresa Carr, Mary Jo Edge, Luz Lao, Terry Mikel

8:30 AM Mary & John Mahan, Sharon & Larry Price, Louise Pope, Irena Raihala, Mary Lou Reger

10:30 AM Helen Bachand, Mary Davis-Heikkila, Jennifer Jubenville, Harry Kubarek, Luz Lao, Jewell Rankila, Liz Schmidt

READERS: CANTORS:

8:00 PM Janette Gil de Lamadrid Terry, Jay, Paul

Ro Birch

Richard Lyons

8:30 AM Jim Tracy Mary P.

10:30 AM Janette Gil de Lamadrid Paul

SERVERS:

8:00 PM Bart Bailey, Neil Baltes, Julia, John & Jerry Carr

8:30 AM Lori & Sara Mahan, Lauren Wojciechowski,

10:30 AM Aaron Emmert, Halee Kirkwood

USHERS:

8:00 PM Joe Mackiewicz (Lead)

Sherry Mackiewicz

Lenny Rouse

Need 1

8:30 AM Bob Ahlborg (Lead)

Jim Bleskan

Stan Semborski

Tom Tracy

10:30 AM Bob Bennett (Lead)

Kent Phillips

Max Phillips

Bernie Reger

GREETERS:

8:00 PM Bob Kresky (SW)

Liz Schmidt (SE)

Ro Birch (MW)

Phil Birch (MC)

Need 1 (ME)

8:30 AM Don & Linda Ford (SW)

Need 2 (SE)

Sharon Price (MW)

Rose Kidd (MC)

Ginny Leopold (ME)

10:30 PM Alice Stack & Denise Osterholm (SW)

Joan Sweeney & Jewell Rankila (SE)

Doris Shisler (MW)

Ken Smull (MC)

Phyllis Smull (ME)

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

“Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” shout the crowds in today’s Gospel. May we be always ready to share our blessings when we are sent in His name!

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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: For March 8^th & 9^th …

225 Envelope Users (252 last week) contributed $6,460.00 in the Regular Collection, $423.80 in the Loose Collection, & $44.32 in the Teen/Children’s Collection. Thank you!

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

CHRISM MASS

SINCERE “THANKS” FOR A JOB WELL DONE!

The annual Chrism Mass was again a truly inspiring and magnificent Diocesan Liturgy. Our “thanks and appreciation” go out to all who helped plan for, prepare for, and carry out this special celebration: Bishop Christensen, Fr. Gabe Baltes, our Parish Staff, Chancery Staff, Custodial & Maintenance Crew, Al Kurtz Catering, and all the Cathedral parishioners who helped in the many jobs of the day - parking, greeters, ushers, hospitality, serving the luncheon, set-up and clean-up, preparing the “oil containers” etc. Many hands working together create a beautiful tapestry of “caring service to others.”

THE PROCESSION OF GIFTS FOR THE POOR ON HOLY THURSDAY - The liturgy of the Lord’s Last Supper on Holy Thursday evening has a focus on service. This is shown by the ceremony of washing of the feet. At the Cathedral, Bishop Peter gets on his knees and washes the feet of willing parishioners to show his service to God’s people. The example is Christ’s washing of the apostle’s feet at the Last Supper.

With its focus on service, the Holy Thursday liturgy also includes a procession of gifts of food and money for the poor. This is our assembly’s gift of service to others this night. Notes from the Sacramentary state that during this procession of gifts for the poor, the congregation should sing the Ubi Caritas, which is translated, “Where charity and love are found, God is there”. This is then, not a typical “collection” or “offering” of gifts. These gifts for the poor remind us of the practice of the early Church, where everyone who came to share in the Eucharist, also brought money, clothing, and food for those in need. After the breaking of the bread in remembrance of Christ, those gifts would be immediately distributed to the poor. In a sense, we are recovering an ancient ritual when we bring of gifts for the Holy Thursday offering. We are linking ourselves to the earliest Christians in this unique offering. For these reasons, we will make a procession of our gifts, to the sanctuary before the altar, and place them in baskets provided. These gifts will go to St. Vincent de Paul.

SATURDAY, March 22^nd- 9:00 A.M.- BLESSING EASTER FOOD The blessing of food links the Easter Eucharistic table to the family table. Families may bring baskets of food including children’s Easter baskets to this blessing service.

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!!!

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. In order to facilitate the closing of the Estate, we need to sell Fr. Cyz’s car – purchased from Larson’s Chevrolet in early August, 2007. Car is in good condition; will negotiate on price.

WEEKLY MEDITATION

Passion Sunday

March 15-16, 2008

This Sunday is referred to as both Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. On this day, we remember how Jesus road triumphantly into Jerusalem to begin the celebration of Passover with his disciples as the people waved palm branches. Thus, we call this day Palm Sunday. We also mark the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week, which is, in turn, a time that we reflect upon the last days of Jesus’ Life which are often referred to as the Passion and so we have the term “Passion Sunday.”

In almost any other context when we hear the term “passion,” we understand it to have a positive meaning. We say that someone is passionate about their work. We say that newlyweds have a passion for one another. We say that a politician is passionate about his or her cause. It is as though we equate the term “passion” with love. Anytime that someone is filled with a deep, overwhelming, all encompassing love for someone or something, we say that they are passionate.

It is interesting to note that the word “passion” comes from the Latin “passio” which, in turn, comes from the Greek “pathos” both of which mean suffering. Hence, when we refer to intense emotion as passion, we acknowledge that in this kind of total giving of self in love to a person or a cause, there is pain. We sometimes use the phrase “in love so much it hurts.”

Jesus was a man of intense feeling. He was passionate about his mission to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom. He was passionate in his friendships. He was passionate about his devotion to the God of his fathers; the one, true God. He was passionate about justice and about love itself. He was passionate about peace. Most of all, he was passionate about his love for the daughters and sons of God. That love, that passion, lead him to Jerusalem that Passover week now many years ago. It lead him to give his body and blood in an everlasting sacrament which we have come to call Eucharist. It lead him to weep and to pray in the garden. Finally, it lead him down the path to Calvary and to his death. Jesus loved us so much that it hurt.

It is that passionate love for us that we remember and that we celebrate this week. And then, on Friday night and all through Saturday, we sit and wait in anticipation, as if outside the tomb, because we know that the passionate love that Jesus had for you and for me could not end with his death but led to life.

At one time, thousands of years ago, “passion” may have merely meant suffering. In the suffering of the loving Jesus, it is given new meaning: the deepest emotion, the fullness of love.

Peace and Blessing

Deacon Arthur Gil de Lamadrid

Question for Children: Share how you sometimes make sacrifices for the good of others.

Question for Youth: Today begins the holiest week of the year. It is a once-a-year opportunity to really reflect on Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. How will you enter into this experience? How will you be open to how you might be changed?

Questions for Adults: Name one specific way that you live your baptismal call to enter into the death of the Lord by forgiveness, generosity, hospitality, or other ways.

GENERATIONS OF FAITH

We invite everyone to our final

Generations of Faith festival in our series.

WE BELIEVE IN

ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH

Sunday, April 6^th 12:00 – 3:00PM –or-

Monday, April 7^th 5:30 – 8:30PM

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO READ CHAPTERS 10 AND 11 IN THE CATECHISM.

SHOWING OF THE “PASSION OF THE CHRIST”

Today, Sunday, March 16^th after the 10:30 Mass, there will be hospitality and soup in Kress Hall with a 12:30 PM showing of the movie “Passion of the Christ”. Due to the violent content, parents should not have their elementary children attend.

TON- Teens Only Night

BREAD SALE

Cathedral youth will be selling bread after all the Masses this 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 no later than Wednesday, March 19^th. 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

Next Class – Sunday, March 30^th

6:30-8:00 PM

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.

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 of Christ the King

Presents a

Benefit Recital

Proceeds will go toward the fund for a new organ

by

Gretchen Johnston, Pianist & Organist at the Cathedral and

Rachel Vanda, Assistant musician for Cathedral School

Repertoire: Mozart, Chopin, Prokofiev, Debussy,DeRose

April 4, 2008 7:00 PM

Tickets $10

Gretchen graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a double degree in Music Performance and Education. She also has a Master’s degree in Music with an emphasis in Piano Performance. She teaches privately as well as is the music teacher at Cathedral School.

Rachel recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Superior with a Bachelor’s degree in Music. Besides assisting at Cathedral School, she teaches at UWS conservatory and in the surrounding area.

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL NEWS

Preschool registration continues! We offer a wide range of preschool opportunities for your 3 or 4 year old. Cathedral school offers a 4 year old program for children who will be 4 by September 1. We are also a Superior Community Preschool site. Your 4 year old can attend the SCP program for no charge. Enrollment in the SCP program is limited. Additional preschool programming and latch key services are available for a fee. We also offer a 3 year old program for children who will be 3 by September 1. Registration packets can be picked up in room 106 or in the school office. Katie Jordan, our pre-school director, will be able to answer any questions you may have. Please contact her at 392-3900.

Registration for kindergarten through 8^th grade begins Tuesday, March 25^th! If you are interested in finding out more about Cathedral School or would like a tour, please call 392-2976.

The following Cathedral students were nominated and accepted into the UMD Junior High Band: Kristen Flaherty, Zach Sather, Laura Schlacks, Anne Tracy, Sara Balcer, and Holly Bayless! Nominations were based on a student’s leadership and musical skills. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Cathedral School 7^th & 8^th Grade girls basketball team! They worked as a team to win the Tony Gigliotti Memorial Basketball Tournament!

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

COMMUNITY NEWS

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

“You ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:15

Help us in serving those in need. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, March 25 at 6:30PM at the Catholic Charities Building, 1416 Cumming Ave. Donations may be mailed to this address. 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.   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!

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR SCOUTING RELIGIOUS AWARDS

The Diocese of Superior has extended the deadline for Scout Religious Emblems and Patches to Friday, March 28, 2008 for those who would like to be included in this year’s Diocesan Scout Recognition Day. Questions about any of the Scouting awards may be directed to Diocesan Scout Liaison Kathy Drinkwine at 715-392-2937 x 116 or kdrinkwine@catholicdos.org.

The 15^th Annual Diocesan Scout Recognition Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior.