Southeast Catholic

Karen Bushman, our Director of Formation has announced that she will be retiring this year, which will be effective June 30, 2024. Karen has been with our parishes for 25 years, so if you'd like to send her a note of appreciation or share your fondest memories, please email her at [email protected](or if you're more old school, you can mail a letter to St. Veronica, 353 E Norwich St, Milwaukee, WI 53207)!!!

ADVENT CHALLENGE: Celebrate the Ember Days this week! Although once common for Catholics, the ancient observance of Ember Days is now an optional (and often unfamiliar) practice. Four times each year, connected with the four seasons and the liturgical calendar, we set apart three days (Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) for fasting, abstinence, and prayer. The Ember Days related to winter and Advent begin after the Feast of St. Lucy. On these days, we fast (eating only one main meal), abstain from meat on Friday, and pray. Celebrate the Ember Days this week as a way to go a little deeper into your Advent spirituality. Make additional time for prayer or spiritual reading and prepare your heart for Christmas with a “fast before the feast.”
Learn more about Ember Days by visiting:
https://bit.ly/3GLe0X4
https://bit.ly/3dTyIrm
https://bit.ly/3s7kH1O

Please pray!

A Request for Prayers: We join with Pope Francis in asking all Catholic faithful in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and throughout the world to unite in prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as his health is declining. May our Lord Jesus Christ comfort him, and when it’s his time grant him a peaceful passing to his eternal reward. – Archbishop Jerome Listecki, Auxiliary Bishop James Schuerman & Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Haines