The National Catholic Youth Conference is a powerfully unique three-day experience of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, service, and empowerment for Catholic high school young people and their adult chaperones. NCYC gathers young people from all across America for a life-changing encounter with Christ.For more information about Youth Outreach, contact: Director of Youth Outreach at...
Ignite is a group of teens in 6th-12th grade who work similar to a Student Council. The goal of this group is to develop the leadership skills of our teens and help them live these skills out through their faith. This group will work together to help create and run service projects, social events, retreats and other awesome opportunities for the youth of SFB. House of Peace Christmas Brunch The...
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...
• WHO: Immediate preparation for Confirmation is typically in the junior year of high school (11th grade). Candidates meet in small groups with adult leaders as well as receive support from their parents and sponsors.• WHAT: Confirmation preparation is a journey that we make in small discipleship groups with adult leaders to prepare for the sacrament. In addition to gaining knowledge through...
The liturgy is the public worship the Church offers to the Father in union with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. As the Church teaches: Two parts: a. “The sacred liturgy is, consequently, the public worship which our Redeemer as Head of the Church renders to the Father…” And.. b. “as well as the worship which the community of the faithful renders to its Founder, and through Him to the...
Palm Sunday - March 23-24 Regular Weekend Mass Schedule *The 10 a.m. Mass will begin following a procession from the Marian Shrine* Holy Thursday - March 28 7 p.m. Mass, North Church *Please note there is no daily 7 a.m. Mass. Confessions at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. will be cancelled* Good Friday- March 29 3 p.m. Good Friday Service, North Church *Please note the7 a.m. Mass, 11 a.m. Confessions, Holy...
August 9, 2015 More than 700 people attended the dedication of the Education & Activity Center on Sunday, August 9, with Archbishop Jerome Listecki blessing the gymnasium and all the classrooms.
July 9, 2015 It was a full house on Thursday, July 9 when our That Man Is You group invited men of all ages for a fun-filled evening. Following a cookout supper, the group heard from parishioner Wayne Larrivee, voice of Green Bay football, about the role faith plays in the life of an athlete – and stories about the Packers. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="7" gal_title="Fellowship, Faith and...
May 3, 2015 On Sunday, May 3, Bishop Richard Sklba administered the sacrament of confirmation to 82 students. Con-celebrants of the Mass were Fr. Tom Eichenberger and Fr. Justin Lopina. Those confirmed received the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit which are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, fortitude, piety, and wonder and awe (also called fear of the Lord). May the gifts they received...
October 21, 2014 On Tuesday evening, October 21, young adults from Ozaukee County came to St. Francis Borgia-North to attend “An Evening With the Saints.” There they were “introduced” to the statues of the saints arranged along the pillars in the Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Divine Word. It was a beautiful night to view the dramatic lighted images of the saints, and to hear the narratives of...
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....
May 31, 2008 A commemorative cemetery ceremony was held on Saturday May 31, 2008 for Thomas Barrett, who was a casualty in the Civil War and died in 1863 at the age of 16, one-hundred forty-five years ago. The ceremony was held at St. Francis Borgia Parish Cemetery, on Pioneer Road in Cedarburg. The ceremony was well attended, including many descendants of the Barrett family. Special thanks go...
June 15, 2014 On Sunday, June 15, at 9 a.m., Fr. Justin Lopina presided at his first Mass at St. Francis Borgia as our new associate pastor. Fr. Justin came to St. Francis Borgia in 2010 as a pastoral intern from St. Francis de Sales Seminary. In April 2013 he was ordained a deacon and continued serving our parish. Fr. Justin was ordained a priest on May 17, 2014. We are thrilled that his first...
June 15, 2014 After the June 14-15 Masses, parishioners said farewell to Fr. Yamid Blanco, who was our associate pastor for the last two years. Fr. Yamid will be missed and will be remembered as a very caring priest who always gave hugs when greeting people after Mass. He will also be remembered for carrying every baby he baptized all through the church, and always smiling. Fr. Yamid’s new...
March 2, 2014 On Sunday, March 2, Auxiliary Bishop Donald Hying celebrated the 9 a.m. Mass with us. It was an honor to have him. He told us that St. Francis Borgia is known as a very vibrant parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
March 2, 2014 On Sunday, March 2, 47 parishioners went on a pre-Lenten pilgrimage. The pilgrims traveled to Chicago and toured St. John Cantius church, where they attended Mass. St. John Cantius is one of the patron saints of Poland and St. John Paul II had a particular devotion to him. The pilgrims also went to Marytown in Libertyville, IL, which is the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe,...
January 22, 2016 On Friday, January 22, pro-life advocates from across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee joined together in prayer on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki celebrated Mass at St. Francis Borgia parish in Cedarburg with priests from various parishes in southeastern Wisconsin, including our own Fr. Justin Lopina. The evening commenced with a rosary and...
June 18-July 2, 2013 The pilgrims attended a celebration at the new St. Francis Borgia High School in Uganda. The celebration included the dedication of the water bore hole, and entertainment. This group of photos includes the school, the science lab, a classroom, and a dormitory. Students at the high school belong to a variety of clubs. Pictures relating to the agriculture and rabbit project...
June 18-July 2, 2013 Children at the sub-parish primary schools were all smiles when the pilgrims visited, bringing markers, colored pencils, and soccer balls from Cedarburg. Students in the pale green uniforms with white collars are from St. Jude Gaaza School, which is the neediest school that the pilgrims visited. Besides the parish schools, the pilgrims also visited Mirembe primary school,...
June 18-July 2, 2013 Members of St. Paul Mukono provided a warm welcome and hospitality to the Cedarburg pilgrims, and everyone was always ready for a photo. You may recognize some of our Ugandan brothers and sisters who have visited our parish in Cedarburg.