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MAY 18, 2008
MOST HOLY TRINITY
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Superior Diocese Web
Site- www.catholicdos.org
In the event of an Emergency after Business Hours
Call Fr. Dan at 392-3544
MASS INTENTIONS
- Jan Jaques-Sullivan
TUESDAY, May 20, 2008
- The Family
WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2008
- The Family
THURSDAY, May 22, 2008
- Peter &
FRIDAY, May 23, 2008
- Estate
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
- Loretta Fisher & Family
Baptism after the
Matthew Michael
Peterson
Cathedral Parishioners
10:30 A.M. – Wallace & June Grenier-M
- Daughters Pat & Janice
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SANCTUARY CANDLE
for the week of May 18th:
Will burn for a Special Intention
By Betty Stilwell
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VOCATIONS…Come along in our company.
Welcome the Trinity – Father, Son and Spirit – to guide you on your
journey. Listen to these companions on
the way. (Exodus 34:4-6,8-9)
Sunday: Ex
34: 4b-6,8-9 / 2 Cor
Monday: Jas 3: 13-18 / Mk 9: 14-29
Tuesday: Jas 4: 1-10 / Mk 9: 30-37
Wednesday: Jas 4: 13-17 / Mk 9: 38-40
Thursday: Jas 5: 1-6 / Mk 9: 41-50
Friday: Jas
5: 9-12 / Mk 10: 1-12
Saturday: Jas 5: 13-20 / Mk 10: 13-16
Next Sunday: Dt 8:2-3,14b-16a / 1 Cor
CATHEDRAL CHURCH CALENDAR
Sun. May
– Coffee &
Rolls after the
Thurs. May 22
– Cathedral School Spring Concerts: Pre-K 10:00 AM; K-5 1:15 PM; 5-8 Gr. Band
Sat/Sun May
24/25 – Fr. Schak Collection.
Sun. May 26
– Memorial Day
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 May 24th & 25th
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION:
4:30 Angela Booth, Bob Kresky,
Terry Mikel, Pat Schmolke,
8:30 Barb
& Greg Guenard, Betty Peterson, Louise Pope,
Irena Raihala, Mary Lou Reger
10:30 Lucy Bishop, Mary Davis-Heikkila, Jennifer Jubenville,
Kent Phillips, Pat & Dale Piggott, Liz Schmidt
READERS: CANTORS:
SERVERS:
USHERS:
Bill Goligoski
George Peterson
Need 1
Jim Bleskan
Eugene Bayiha
Mary Lou Spicer
Jim Cirilli
Bernie Reger
Alex Wizbicki
GREETERS:
Shirley O’Hara (SE)
Mary Paquette (MW)
Irene Peterson (MC)
Valerie Pavlatos (ME)
John & Pat Davy (SE)
Barb Guenard (MW)
Greg Guenard (MC)
Jean Biver (ME)
Joan
Sweeney & Betty Stilwell (SE)
Doris Shisler (MW)
Ken Smull (MC)
Phyllis Smull (ME)
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
The Gospel today is sometimes called “the Gospel in
miniature” because it so concisely sums up the Gospel message. In even more condensed form, “God loved … God
gave …,” it is the paradigm for stewardship – we give because we love.
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FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS: For May 10th & 11th
…251 Envelope Users (269 last week) contributed $8,480.00 in the Regular
Collection, $909.17 in the Loose Collection, & $21.75 in the Teen/Children’s
Collection. Thank you!
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
THANK YOU TO THE
HOSPITALITY SUNDAY
BAKERS & SERVERS
We wish to
thank all the hospitality volunteers
who have provided our parish with delicious homemade baked goods and coffee on
every third Sunday of the month since last September. Your gift of Time and Talent is most
appreciated.
The Diocese of Superior asks that each
parish, every three years, take up a
collection for one of the many missionary groups active in the Church. This year is our opportunity to respond
generously to the work of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit.
The weekend of May 31 –
This visit is part of a national program
whereby annually a representative of one of the missionary groups visits
parishes of the Diocese to enlist support for the mission work of the
Church. The Congregation of the Holy
Spirit is an international community engaged in a wide range of missionary
activity in many areas of the world.
Father Kohler himself has served for many years in
When Jesus said: “You shall witness to me in
2008 ECUMENICAL BACCALAUREATE
SERVICE
The 2008
SHS Baccalaureate Service will be held on Sunday, June 1st at
There will be two rehearsals – Tuesday, May 20th from
WEEKLY MEDITATION
Trinity Sunday
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday and, as I
reflect upon the Trinity, several things strike me. First, it seems that the
Trinity is about fruit. Earlier this year during Generations of Faith, Jerry
Carr reminded us that one way of gaining some insight into the Trinity is by
examining a banana, which, when closely examined is found to be made of three
sections. The three are distinct. They are all banana. They are three in one.
I have also heard a similar analogy used with
regard to an apple. There are three distinct parts to an apple, the skin, the
meat and the seeds. Like with the thirds of a banana, they are distinct but
together form the whole apple. I have even heard some explain which person of
the Trinity is more like the seeds, which more like the meat and which more
like the skin. I will leave that to your imagination.
Both of these analogies, like all analogies has its weakness. While in both cases, the parts of the
fruit are distinct and together form the fruit, and, while the Trinity is made
up of the three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one would not say that
the fullness of “banana” or the fullness of “apple” resides in each of the
parts. Without all of the parts, the fruit is not complete. However, with the
Trinity, the fullness of God does reside in each of the persons. Nevertheless
they are distinct.
Often times, after looking at many analogies
in an attempt to understand the Trinity and, after twisting the word this way
and that in an attempt to come to some logical conclusion about the Trinity, we
are left puzzling, never quite able to get a grip on the concept. It is as if
it is too all-encompassing, too overwhelming, like God himself. In the end, we
find ourselves left with something of which we have only the smallest of
understandings and we realize there is more that we do not understand about
Trinity than that we do. In the end, almost as if throwing our hands up in
frustration, we say, “It is a mystery.” We really do not understand what the
Trinity is and we never will. It is one of the many things that humankind is
not given to know in our life here on earth.
Trying to get beyond the apple and the
banana and to puzzle out the meaning of the Trinity can be a frustrating
exercise. But, in the end, although this is an important doctrine of our faith,
it matters little. It is a doctrine that defines the Christina faith. It is one
of the doctrines that nearly all who call themselves Christian do profess.
However, whether I have the understanding of a theologian or merely that
imparted by the analogies of the fruit, is not what is important to us as
Christians. What is important is what we as people who
are baptized in the name of the Trinity do as a consequence of this belief.
Of all that we believe about the Trinity one
of the most important things we believe is that God is love and that it is love
that binds the three persons together. If we are marked with the sign of that
reality and, if we come somehow to share in the unity of that reality through
baptism, then we are called to reflect that divine love to the world into which
we are all sent. And so, to paraphrase the words of Paul to the Corinthians, we
need to ask ourselves: How well do we mend our ways when we have offended God
and neighbor? How well do we encourage one another? How well do we agree with
one another, or live in peace with others? Do we greet others with a holy kiss?
We could spend hours upon hours trying
without success to gain a firm grasp of the concept of Trinity, but, if we fail
to live as people of love, we fail to be living signs of the Trinity whose mark
we bear through baptism.
Peace and
Blessing.
Deacon
Arthur Gil de Lamadrid
Question for Children: When people love each other, how do
they treat each other?
Question for Youth: The Trinity is celebrated today. How would you
describe your relationship with God the Father? With Jesus?
With the Spirit?
Question for Adults: If you were to
encourage the members of your own parish to live as a "community of
love," which is how we define the Trinity, how would you advise them to
live? Use
BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY
Congratulations to our
Graduates of
2008
Megan Atkinson Neil Baltes
Wade Berkseth Julie Coda
Michael Collins Sara Gomez-Maier
Matthew Johnson Amanda Klarner
James Knowlton Ethan Meehan
Natalie Pavlatos Jacob Regner
Patrick Sharrow Steve Sitek
Brenna Spang
Look to God that you may
be radiant with Joy!
May He guide you in all your ways.
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL NEWS
The
Kindergarten
graduation will be coming up soon on Friday, May 30th at
Flags, flower baskets and other decorations may be
placed on graves five (5) days before Memorial Day and MUST be removed within fifteen (15) days thereafter. Flowers and other decorations placed in urns
or containers built into flush monuments, foot markers or other ground level
markers shall be placed and removed in accordance with this same schedule.
Flower baskets,
urns and other decorations may be mounted on or attached to monuments. Attachments must be secured to the monument
and provide a minimum clearance of 12 inches between the ground and the
decoration. Artificial flowers must be
secure in their containers.
Flowers and decorations
placed for funeral services will be removed by the Sexton when the flowers
fade.
The following
installations at gravesites WILL NOT
be allowed:
·
Placement of
fences, rocks, bricks or other permanent materials around monuments.
·
Planting of flowers,
trees or other vegetation around monuments or on graves.
Any such
installation will be removed by the Sexton without liability.
Memorial trees
may be planted at locations approved by the Sexton.
The Association shall not be responsible for
theft, vandalism, or accident within the cemetery.
Please Note:
Do to theft and vandalism in
previous years, we ask that you mark
your name (permanently) on flower baskets, urns and other decorations that
you place temporarily on
graves.
Memorial
Day Mass (May 26th) will be celebrated at
COMMUNITY NEWS
SOCIETY OF
“Rich in
Kindness”
Exodus 34:8
O Lord, let
us strive to be rich in the ways of God more than the ways of man.
You are
warmly welcomed to join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, May 27 at