All Saints Parish Homilies and News

Green Bay Wisconsin-   Bishop David L. Ricken announced that the national shrine will begin celebrating an annual Mass with the liturgical rank of solemnity every October 9. National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin ,  A Marian shrine in rural northeast Wisconsin, the only shrine in the United States to be designated by the Catholic Church as an approved Marian apparition site, is changing its name. During a press conference April 20, Green Bay Bishop David L. Ricken announced the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will now be known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion . Read more about the history of this shrine in an article at this site here. Bishop David Ricken:  "After I was appointed here- Green Bay Wisconsin, before my installation, I took a little trip with some of the staff members, just to see the major highlights of the diocese, and they were telling me about the story behind the S hrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion . I was de...

Two Easter spiritual gifts received from our good friend Father John Michalowski, s.j., who was a priest in Maine for many years, then a pastor in New Hampshire, an Ignatius retreat director in Weston, Massachusetts and now serves in a Jesuit parish, Saint Peter's Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our Easter gifts from John included a stunning icon card depicting images from the Passion. I found the perfect frame for his card and now is included among my icon collections.   An stunning Easter card with iconic meditation on the Passion.   A copy of his homily to parishioners on the Second Sunday of Easter- also Eastern Rite Easter- April 15-16th: Second Sunday of Easter.A.2023 April 15, 2023 Today we encounter the one called “doubting Thomas.”  Although Jesus has appeared to the other disciples, Thomas will not believe – “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my han...

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Holy Week starts off with lots of palms – but Palm Sunday’s donkey is just as important to the story. An essay published in The Conversation : By Joanna M. Pierce , a religious studies professor emeritus at the College of the Holy Cross. For the Catholic Church and many other Christian denominations, the Sunday before Easter marks the beginning of the most important week of the year – “Holy Week,” when Christians reflect on central mysteries of their faith: Christ’s Last Supper, crucifixion and resurrection from the dead. Palm Sunday commemorates the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem shortly before the Jewish holiday of Passover.  According to the Christian Gospels, people lined the streets to greet him, waving palm branches and shouting words of praise. As a specialist in Catholic liturgy and ritual , I think it’s clear that the deeper meaning of this Sunday is rooted in humility , rather than worldly veneration. Humble service to others is a theme that runs thr...