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

APRIL 20, 2008

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

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, April 21, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Jerry Jaques-M

- Bob & Dolores Bennett

TUESDAY, April 22, 2008

8:30 A.M. – David Gidley-M

- The Family

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Donald Rosenmund-M

- Harold & Dorothy Lull

THURSDAY, April 24, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Victoria Fisher-M

- Loretta Fisher

FRIDAY, April 25, 2008

8:30 A.M. – Cecelia Kempton-M

- Linda Taber

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, April 26, 2008

4:30 P.M. – Carl Magnuson & Helen Johnson-M

- Marilyn Magnuson

SUNDAY, April 27, 2008

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

- Estate

10:30 A.M. – Spiritual & Temporal Welfare of

Cathedral Parishioners

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SANCTUARY CANDLE for the week of April 20^th:

Will burn in Thanksgiving of Alaina’s 2^nd Birthday

By Grandma & Grandpa Edge

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VOCATIONS…Don’t let your hearts be troubled. The Lord shows the way, just ask him. (John 14:1-12)

Readings for the Week of April 20^th:

Sunday: Acts 6: 1-7 / 1 Pt 2: 4-9 / Jn 14: 1-12

Monday: Acts 14: 5-18 / Jn 14: 21-26

Tuesday: Acts 14: 19-28 / Jn 14: 27-31a

Wednesday: Acts 15: 1-6 / Jn 15: 1-8

Thursday: Acts 15: 7-21 / Jn 15: 9-11

Friday: 1 Pt 5: 5b-14 / Mk 16: 15-20

Saturday: Acts 16: 1-10 / Jn 15: 18-21

Next Sunday: Acts 8: 5-8,14-17 /1 Pt 3: 15-18 /Jn 14: 15-21

CATHEDRAL CHURCH CALENDAR

Tues. April 22 – 2:00 PM Parish Visitors Meeting at

Liz Schmidt’s home.

Thurs. April 24 – 7:00 PM Bible Study in Kress Hall.

Fri. April 25 – 10:00 AM Bible Study in Kress Hall.

Sat/Sun. April 26/27 – Catholic Home Missions Appeal

Sun. April 27 – 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Annual Chicken Dinner

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.

LITURGICAL ROLES for April 26^th & 27^th

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:

4:30 Angela Booth, Bob Kresky, Mavis Moran, Pat Schmolke,

8:30 Ro & Phil Birch, Brendan Fouts, Lenora DePyper, Barb & Greg Guenard

10:30 Theresa Carr, Jennifer Jubenville, Kim Kaz

Harry Kubarek, Betty Leszcynski, Pat & Dale Piggott

READERS: CANTORS:

4:30 Sr. Eileen Lang Marcia, Deb & Dar

8:30 Nancy Carriar Mary P.

10:30 Harry Kubarek Renee B.

SERVERS:

4:30 Andy & Brian Glonek

8:30 Staci Semborski

10:30 Julia, John & Jerry Carr

USHERS:

4:30 Joe Mackiewicz (Lead)

Sherry Mackiewicz

Bill Goligoski

George Peterson

8:30 Bob Ahlborg (Lead)

Jim Bleskan

Eugene Bayiha

Mary Lou Spicer

10:30 Bob Bennett (Lead)

Jim Cirilli

Emil Osacho

Bernie Reger

GREETERS:

4:30 Mavis Moran (SW)

Need 1 (SE)

Penny Johnson (MW)

Krista Johnson (MC)

Jan Ronchak (ME)

8:30 Ro & Phil Birch (SW)

John & Pat Davy (SE)

Barb Guenard (MW)

Greg Guenard (MC)

Jean Biver (ME)

10:30 Alice Stack & Betty Stilwell (SW)

Dick & Cynthia Berthiaume (SE)

Doris Shisler (MW)

Ken Smull (MC)

Phyllis Smull (ME)

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

“The one who has faith in me will do the works I do, and far greater than these,” Jesus tells his disciples. That’s quite an assignment for us as Christian stewards!

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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: For April 12^th & 13^th …

235 Envelope Users (236 last week) contributed $8,335.00 in the Regular Collection, $498.72 in the Loose Collection, & $26.45 in the Teen/Children’s Collection. Thank you!

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

We welcome our children to the Lord’s Table. May they know Jesus’ love for them; and may they grow in their love for Jesus. Parents, be a good example in your prayer, your worship, and in your living. Here are a couple of prayers to use with your children:

PRAYING WITH CHILDREN (BEFORE MASS)

Loving God, as we prepare for Mass today, help us listen to your word, and join in prayer and song with our

parish community. Through our celebration, may we come to love Jesus more deeply. Through the gift of Christ’s Body

and Blood, make us grow closer to you and to the

members of our Church. We pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

PRAYING WITH CHILDREN (AFTER MASS)

God our Father, we thank you for

making us part of your holy family. May the word of God we have heard help us to

live like Jesus. May our holy communion strengthen

the love we have for all our brothers and

sisters in the world. During the coming week, may we remember how

Christ has blessed us in the Mass. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Congratulations and Blessing to our

First Communicants!

Bruce Brown Taylor Collelo

Antonio Davis Nathan DeRoche

Nathan Granquist Melissa Harty

Brady Heytens Alexis Jensen

Desiree Jensen Kayleigh Johnson

Billy Manion Laurin McGillis

Ruth Moder Claire Nelson

Reese Nicklin Rylee Nystrom

Eddy O’Brien Gabriel Peterson

Chloe Pollock Kathryn Polkinghorne

Robby Preston Justin Sajec

Ricky Schiff Atalanta Stoeke

Savanna Sundvick Dylan Thompson

Ashley Welsh

May you always be nourished with the Eucharist at the table of the Lord.

CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS APPEAL

Launched in 1998, the Appeal strengthens the Catholic Church in the United States and its territories where resources are thin and priests are few. Grantees include 90 Latin and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Appalachia, the South, the Southwest, the Rocky Mountain states, Alaska, and the islands of the Pacific and Caribbean. The Appeal also supports about 25 organizations and religious communities engaged in home mission work. The appeal funds a wide range of pastoral services, including evangelization, religious education, the maintenance of mission parishes, the training of seminarians and lay ministers, and ministry with ethnic groups, especially Hispanics. Last year we received the good news that The United States Bishops’ Committee on Home Missions awarded the Diocese of Superior $75,000 over 18 months for our Lay Ecclesial Ministry Formation Program. (There will be a second collection taken at all Masses next weekend, April 26^th & 27^th.)

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT…………

UNTIL…………

Our Annual Chicken Dinner!

Sunday, April 27, 2008

11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

$7.50 / Adults

$3.00 / Children (ages 5 -12)

Pre-School & under - Free

Take outs available

Delivery to the homebound upon request-

Call the Parish Office 392-8511

through Friday, April 25th or, call the Parish

Hall on Sunday, April 27^th at 392-1661.

*This is a correction concerning proceeds from the 2008 Chicken Dinner. The letter sent to parishioners stated that 10% of both the dinner and the 50/50 drawing would go to Harbor House Crisis Shelters. The correct breakdown of funds donated should have read the 10% of Dinner funds will go to Harbor House and all the proceeds from the 50/50 drawing will be given to the Organ Fund. Sorry about the miscommunication.

Sandy Henning,

Chair of Chicken Dinner

SIGN-UP NOW!!!

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MASS AND DINNER-

Wed., May 7^th, Mass at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to follow. The dinner is for anyone who has given their Time or Talent for Cathedral. If you are a Choir member, Altar Server, Communion Minister, Scheduler, Usher, Greeter, Cantor, Teacher, Assistant, on any Committee, Funeral Luncheon worker, Hospitality worker, GOF volunteer, Parish office volunteer, Gardener, Decorator, Money counter, Parish visitor, ETC. This is for you! To register for the dinner & receive your dinner ticket, please call 392-8511 by noon on Thursday, May 1^st. We need an accurate number of people attending for the caterer.

GIVE THANKS! GOOD FOOD! GOOD COMPANY!

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES

Sara Fouts

My name is Sara Fouts. My husband, Brendan, and I have been members of Cathedral for over 8 years. I stay home full-time with our three children: Anna (4 ½ ), Justin (2 ½ ), and Caleb (7 months). For the past five years, I have served on the planning committee for Paint the Town – Superior, and have been Cathedral’s team leader for painting homes for this community program for six years. As a member of Cathedral, I have been active in parish life as a reader, communion minister, and assisting with youth group activities. I look forward to the opportunity to serve our church community as a member of the parish council.

William R. Goligoski

Born on October 11, 1944 in Superior to Louis S. and Helen J. Goligoski.

Graduated from Superior Cathedral High School and received BS, MAT and EdS from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Addition graduate works at the University of North Dakota and Ferris State University.

Served in the army from September 1966 to September 1968 (one year in Viet Nam).

Employed from 1968 to 1974 by Employers of Insurance of Wausau (systems analyst, project manager).

Employed Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College as a computer information systems/programming analyst instructor for 25 years.

A member of the Cathedral of Christ the King Parish (usher, collection counter).

A member of the Knights of Columbus.

Joe Mackiewicz

My name is Joe Mackiewicz and I am vying for a position on the Parish Council. I am a life long resident of Superior other then eight years spent in Florida. I attended St. Anthony’s elementary school and graduated from Cathedral High School. I went on to school at UW-Superior and WITC studying accounting and business administration. I went on to work as a Cost Accountant and later as Credit Manager for Jeno’s Inc. and Luigino’s Inc. in Duluth and Florida for 38 years retiring in 2004. My wife Sherry and I will be married 41 years this coming July. We have two daughters; Lisa Hughes and Jo Mackiewicz-Allen and of course our two wonderful granddaughters, Jillian and Katharine Hughes. I presently serve as an usher at 4:30 Mass and volunteer as a Mass server at funerals. I thank you for considering me for this position.

Jim Paine

I was born and raised in Superior and much of my family has lived here for several generations. As a teenager I was active in the Cathedral Youth Group up to the time of my confirmation, when I took my first leadership roles in the Parish. I taught eighth grade CCD class for one year (98-99) and led a group of teenagers on a Boundary Waters retreat in the summer of 1999. Between 1999 and 2003 I served in the U.S. Marine Corps. During Boot Camp, I was the platoon lay leader, leading fellow Catholics in the platoon in prayer and bible study while serving as a liaison between the base Chaplain and the recruits. Throughout the rest of my tour I was stationed in Hawaii, where I became active (serving as both a reader and an usher) in a local Parish just outside the base.

Returning home, I rejoined the Cathedral Parish. Since returning, I have also earned a degree in History from UW-S. I am currently working for Duluth Regional Care Center where I work with disabled and disadvantaged youths.

WEEKLY MEDITATION

APRIL 20, 2008

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Readings: Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 33; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 4:1-12

“I am the way, the truth and the life.” (John 14:6)

Since Easter we have been reading about the development of early Church. It had to grow from the seed of the principle of love that Jesus gave it, to the infant Church spreading the Good News. Very early a conflict arose between ethnic groups, the Hebrew speaking Jewish converts and those who spoke Greek. Even though throughout the Old Testament God emphasized the need to treat the widows well, and Jesus’ example of treating widows with love, the widows of the Greek speaking Christians were being ignored and not served. When the Apostles were apprised of this their solution was to have the people choose some reputable men and appoint them to do this service. In the Acts of the Apostles and in some of the Epistles we see other examples of such adaptation so that the Word of God could spread throughout the then known world.

Jesus did not give us rules and regulations necessary to spread the message of God’s love. He left that up to his followers. They had to be sure they kept the essentials intact while they were free to adapt some of the other things. Since that time, we know that the Church has not always been ready to do this. It often imposed some ethnic rules on groups reached by the early missionaries. By doing that it created tensions and misunderstandings, some of which still exist today. This has caused some people to refuse to follow Jesus, or to leave the Church after being baptized and confirmed.

Some recent statistics have shown how many Catholics no longer believe they have to go to church on Sundays. Many others think that they can remain in the Church without having to share with a believing group of people. I don’t think there is anyone who can continue to live without some dependence on others. It is hard to imagine how two people can say they have a loving relationship but never do things together, or ever pause and say thank you to each other. In the Old Testament, God warned the people not to make alliances with other nations, but to depend on God as their ruler. When they strayed from this they were often defeated and taken into exile. Jesus invites us to follow him as the way, truth and life. Can we afford to stray from this?

Question for Children: What are some ways that you can act like Jesus would if he were in your situation?

Question for Youth: Jesus is “the way, the truth, the life” and he asks us to do as he does. How do you try to follow Jesus’ way?

Questions for Adults: How are the promises of this Gospel passage made real in your own life? How do you experience yourself doing greater works than even Jesus did?

“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9)

Fr. Lee

FIRST COMMUNION

Warmest congratulations to all our First Communicants! May you come often to share

in the Lord’s Supper.

We are so happy you are here!

TON- Teens Only Night

This Sunday we meet to watch the film:

“The Ultimate Gift”

SUPPER: 5 0’clock

Taco-in-a-Bag! Popcorn!

Come for a great time!

Bring a friend!

CONFIRMATION

INTERVIEWS: May 3, (9:00 a.m. to noon)

Confirmation Practice: 6 pm FRIDAY, May 9

Celebration of Confirmation: Sun., May 11-10:30 Mass

Be in Kress Hall by 10 am.

CATHEDRAL NEWS

BISHOP PETER F. CHRISTENSEN TO CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Bishop Peter Christensen has set aside the following dates to honor couples of the diocese who will be celebrating their diamond (60 years), golden (50 years), ruby (40 years) or silver (25 years) wedding anniversary during 2008. Both celebrations will begin with Mass at 11:00 a.m. and follow with a catered luncheon.

Saturday, July 12, 2008 Saturday, July 26, 2008 Cathedral of Christ the King St. Anthony of Padua Church

Superior Park Falls

To participate, please contact the parish office by Monday, April 21, 2008.

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL NEWS

Science Fair – Wednesday, April 23^rd 6:00-7:00 PM in Kress Hall.

No School – Friday, April 25^th due to Staff Retreat.

Kindergarten thru 8^th grade 2008-2009 registration began on March 25^th. If you would like any information please contact the main office at 392-2976.

We still have room if you are looking for Pre-School for your 3 or 4 year old. If you would like any information please contact the main office at 392-2976.

COMMUNITY NEWS

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

“Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do.”

John 14:12

Our mission is to serve those in need as our Lord taught us to do. Join us in our spiritual journey of prayer and service. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 PM at the Catholic Charities Building, 1416 Cumming Ave. 394-6617

TASTE OF SPRING

Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:00 am to 1:30 pm

St. Anthony’s Center in Lake Nebagamon

Adults $15 ~ Senior Citizens, Teens $10 ~Children $5

A Luncheon prepared by our Friends at Lawn Beach

~ A Fashion Show and Silent Auction ~

Participate in our “Best-Seller” Book Borrow

*Donate one of your favorite books, then take another home!

Sponsored by St. Anthony’s Guild and The Imogene McGrath

Library to benefit youth scholarships and our new library needs.

SALAD BAR LUNCHEON

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Serving from 11:30 am to 1:00 PM

St. Anthony Parish Hall

4315 E. 3^rd Street, Superior

(Handicapped accessible)

Adults: $7.00 Children: $3.00

APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

It is every adult’s moral responsibility to protect possible victims by reporting the suspected abuse or neglect to the responsible authorities. Sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive societal problem, and only concerted and sustained efforts by all adults in every segment of society can help to protect children and youth. Suspected abuse should be reported to your local child protection and/or law enforcement agencies. These groups work together for the welfare of all children and vulnerable individuals. In this area, you may call:

Douglas County Social Services City Police

395-1304 395-7234

For general child abuse information contact Diocesan Safe Environment Coordinator:

Kathy Drinkwine, 715 392-2937 x116 or kdrinkwine@catholicdos.org

Victims of sexual misconduct by someone connected with the Catholic church may contact:

Cathy Koerpel Gary Nelson Fr. Philip J. Heslin

715 369 2676 715 363 2623 715 398 6183 or

715 392 2937 x106