Person-to-person service to the needy and suffering The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a network of friends, inspired by the gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need. An international Catholic lay organization inspired by St. Vincent de Paul and founded by Blessed Frederic Ozanam, its members are united...
Prayer Chain One of the Spiritual Works of Mercy is to “pray for the living and the dead.” We have a group of prayer warriors ready to pray for those who need prayers. Parishioners and non-parishioners may request prayers for themselves or a loved one. Your prayer request is sent to the prayer chain and the prayer warriors begin storming heaven with prayers for your intentions. Requesting...
Safeguarding All God’s Family The goal of the Safeguarding All God’s Family Safe Environment program is to protect our children and all in the church family from abuse and related dangers. As part of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s program for creating a safe environment for all of God’s family, all parish and school employees and volunteers (18 years of age/out of High School or older, who have...
What is the St. Francis Borgia Endowment? The Endowment is a long-term investment that allows us to plan for the financial future of our parish and school. All money contributed to the Endowment is added to the principal, which then accumulates interest. Only the interest or a portion of the interest is spent on the needs of the parish and school. The principal is not touched. Why does the...
February 7-9, 2020 Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament and there are miracles to prove it. From February 7-9, San Salvador Council Knights of Columbus hosted the Vatican International Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit at St. Francis Borgia. Over 100 miracles were highlighted where Eucharistic hosts miraculously turned into visible flesh and blood. Hundreds of parishioners and others from...
2024 Totus Tuus Summer Camp July 22 -26, 2024 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. For children entering grades 1 through 6 in Fall of 2024. Totus Tuus is a Catholic summer youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic Faith through catechesis, evangelization, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. The goal of Totus Tuus is to help young people grow in the understanding of, and...
At St. Francis Borgia Parish we share our musical talents in the celebration of the liturgy through singing and musical accompaniment. Opportunities our parish offers are below. This Lent, our parish will be having Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction at the end of all of our weekend Masses. When the Eucharist is exposed, it is customary to sing the O Salutaris Hostia. Please enjoy the...
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) is a beautiful approach to the faith formation of children which has been used for over 60 years across several continents with many demographics including Mother Teresa’s sisters in their personal formation and work with the poor children they serve across the world! The catechists are highly trained and often have fallen in love anew with Jesus Christ and...
St. Francis Borgia Parish is located in Cedarburg, WI and is part of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. We'd be happy to have you join with our faith community for worship and fellowship. For information about our parish, please browse our website pages, or contact us with your questions. Our vision is to be a parish that is: Welcoming Centered around the liturgy Practicing good stewardship Singing...
Pastor: Fr. Patrick Burns Phone: 262-377-1070 ext. 325Send email Fr. Patrick Burns grew up in Fox Point prior to moving to Mequon in the mid-1990s. He is the third of four children. After graduating from high school, Fr. Patrick went on to study for two years at Cardinal Stritch University. From there, he transferred to Loyola University in Chicago where he entered into college seminary. He...
St. Francis Borgia is blessed to have a unified parish, where church, office, school and Christian Formation are all adequately housed and inter-dependently served on our north campus. We are blessed also with a shrine to Mary on the north campus; a beautiful historic church in downtown Cedarburg; and a peaceful countryside cemetery.Our Properties1375 Covered Bridge Road, Cedarburg, WI 53012 St....
August 10, 2014 The groundbreaking for our new Education & Activity Center was a wonderful and memorable event. It was held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, during the parish festival/picnic. Several hundred persons walked a mulched trail from the festival area on the church grounds to an area of cleared expansive farmland north of the church, where a stage and gold shovels stood waiting....
St. Francis Borgia has ongoing collections for clothing and toiletry items as described below. Volunteers from our parish Inner City Ministry regularly deliver your donations to Milwaukee for those in need. Drop-off site The Inner City Ministry shed is located in North Church parking lot, on the Covered Bridge Road (east) side. Donations of clothing and toiletries can be placed here 24/7 for...
August 3-13, 2017 In August 2017, a team of nine parish “pilgrims” departed for a visit to our sister parish, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, in Mukono, Uganda. Their plan included visiting many families, along with schools and other sites. Among the stops was St. Francis Borgia High School, built with the generous donations of our parishioners and named in our honor. Enrollment had reached 600...
What is a Stewardship Offertory Pledge? A pledge is a promise of your gift over a specified period of time. Why is an Offertory Pledge Important? It’s important, for planning purposes, to know what our financial outlook is in order to support parish operations and outreach efforts. How will the Offertory Pledge money be used? Offertory funds cover all parish operating expenses. Our...
The founder of St. Francis Borgia Parish was Fr. Martin Kundig, a Jesuit priest assigned as a Milwaukee pastor in 1842. He traveled extensively on horseback to minister to mostly Irish Catholic settlers in bordering areas, initially offering worship services in homes, then helping to establish parishes. Our parish formally began in 1844, in a log cabin chapel on Pioneer Road, north and west of...
Twinning refers to a relationship or partnership established between parishes locally or globally. This often benefits both parishes in some way – e.g., financially, spiritually, culturally, etc. St. Francis Borgia has two twinning (or “sister parish”) relationships. Since our parish is so generous and helpful of those less fortunate, we extended our twinning efforts in 2020 to include two...
Duties and Responsibilities: Ability to plan, communicate, and execute all support needed for Child and Family Formation programs including but not limited to the following: Administration Maintaining a Christian Formation child and family database. Responsibility for all necessary paperwork, e.g. Safeguarding and Sacramental preparation documents, copies for catechists and more, recording...