2017 ANNUAL REPORT

BUILDING THE CHURCH IN RURAL AMERICA

CRL is a membership-based organization. Our community spans

48 states in the U.S. Our work is dependent on their annual support.

Thank you to each CRL member!

Note: The benefactors noted in this report have provided a financial gift between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.

MISSION Catholic Rural Life is a nonprofit organization focused on renewing the Catholic faith in rural communities. Since 1923, CRL has been applying the teachings of Jesus Christ for the social, economic, and spiritual development of rural America, strengthening and sustaining the Church in the countryside by educating and inspiring leaders and advocating on their behalf.

With profound gratitude we acknowledge those who have supported Catholic Rural Life during 2017.

SUPPORTING DIOCESES

Archdiocese of Anchorage Archdiocese of Atlanta Archdiocese of Baltimore Archdiocese of Chicago Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archdiocese of Denver Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archdiocese of Miami Archdiocese of Milwaukee Archdiocese of New Orleans Archdiocese of New York Archdiocese of Newark Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Archdiocese of Philadelphia Archdiocese of San Antonio Archdiocese of San Francisco

Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archdiocese of Seattle Archdiocese of St. Louis Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese of Washington Diocese of Alexandria Diocese of Amarillo Diocese of Arlington Diocese of Austin Diocese of Baker Diocese of Biloxi Diocese of Brooklyn Diocese of Colorado Springs Diocese of Corpus Christi Diocese of Davenport Diocese of Des Moines Diocese of Evansville Diocese of Fort Worth Diocese of Gaylord Diocese of Grand Island Diocese of Grand Rapids Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Diocese of Green Bay Diocese of Greensburg Diocese of Jefferson City Diocese of La Crosse Diocese of Lafayette In Indiana Diocese of Lake Charles Diocese of Lincoln

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SUPPORTING DIOCESES (con’t) Diocese of Manchester Diocese of Memphis Diocese of Metuchen Diocese of Monterey Diocese of Nashville Diocese of Ogdensburg Diocese of Owensboro Diocese of Palm Beach Diocese of Phoenix Diocese of Pittsburgh Diocese of Portland in Maine Diocese of Providence Diocese of Rapid City Diocese of Rochester Diocese of Rockford Diocese of Rockville Center Diocese of Saginaw Diocese of Saint Petersburg Diocese of Salina Diocese of San Angelo Diocese of Shreveport Diocese of St Augustine Diocese of Steubenville Diocese of Stockton Diocese of Superior Diocese of Syracuse Diocese of Tulsa Diocese of Venice Diocese of Victoria Diocese of Wichita Diocese of Winona Diocese of Youngstown

MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS GROUPS S Ancilla Domini Sisters, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, IN S Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde, MO Canticle Farm, Allegany, NY Carmelite Monastery, Pittsford, NY Carmelite Monastery of Seattle, Shoreline, WA Conception Abbey, Conception, MO Congregation of the Humility of Mary, Davenport, IA Dominican Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sparkill, NY L Dominican Sisters - Mission Center, Saratoga, CA S Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen, Hankinson, ND Glenmary Center, Owensboro, KY Hospital Sisters of Third Order of St. Francis, Springfield, IL L Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Washington, DC Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, ID S Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, SD L New Melleray Abbey, Peosta, IA S Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey, Dubuque, IA Religious Sisters of Mercy, Jackson, MN S Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, MI Sinsinawa Dominicans - Justice and Peace, Sinsinawa, WI S Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS S Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, KY Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dubuque, IA S Sisters of Christian Charity, Wilmette, IL Sisters of St Joseph of Peace, Englewood Cliffs, NJ S Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, MN Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, IA Sisters of St. Francis - Human Rights Office, Savannah, MO Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS Sisters of St. Joseph - Justice and Peace Center, Salina, KS Sisters of St. Joseph - Social Justice Committee, Watertown, NY Sisters of the Most Precious Blood - St. Mary's Institute, O'Fallon, MO S Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque, IA St. Benedict Monastery, Canyon, TX Union of Sisters of the Presentation of the BVM, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, ND

Organizations 4%

Foundations 1%

Parishes 2%

Men/Women Religious

7%

Dioceses 15%

Individuals 71%

CRL Members 2017 Gifts were made to CRL in Memory of Rev. John Hallemann Most Rev. John McRaith Rev. Joe Urana

Gifts were made to CRL in Honor of Florence Brandner, Herreid, SD Most Rev. Paul D. Etienne, Anchorage, AK

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INDIVIDUALS

Edward Allard, Berwyn, IL L Richard and Sandy Anderson, Camp Verde, AZ Anonymous Dennis Anstey, Ottumwa, IA N Glenn Arbery, Lander, WY N Susan Ashley, Rockwall, TX Sr. Mary Jean Audette, SUSC, Fall River, MA N Vytas Babusis, Tigard, OR Frank Baffi, Homer, MI Rev. Dave Barrett, New Prague, MN S Jean Barry, Lexington, MA Fran Barten, New Prague, MN Patrick Bauer, Iowa City, IA Mary Baumhover, Carroll, IA Joe and Penny Beauchamp, Dumas, TX Max and Deirdre Becher, Ojai, CA Chase Becker, Omaha, NE Msgr. Lawrence Beeson, West Des Moines, IA Carl and Ellen Bormann Belle, Wheat Ridge, CO Louise Belt, Wildwood, MO Rev. Bernard Berger, Crawford, NE L Nicole and Luigi Bernardi, Minneapolis, MN Charles and Joan Bextermiller, Wentzville, MO Thomas and Linda Bindner, Marcus, IA Rev. Anthony Birdsall, Sturgeon Bay, WI Joann Starr and Darryl Birkenfeld, Nazareth, TX N Els Blom, Modesto, CA Ross and Lorena Blount, Allerton, IA Sr. Joyce Blum, Panama, IA Cynthia Blumenau, Howell, MI L Linus and Rose Mary Boehmer, Idaho Falls, ID Rev. Marvin Boes, Sioux City, IA Caroline Bormann, Algona, IA Merrill and Brenda Bormann, Whittemore, IA N Roy and Laura Bowling, Midland, TX N Norbert Brauer, Altamont, IL Rev. Donald Bruck, Harlan, IA L Peter and Ariel Budnik, Milwaukee, WI

Note abbreviations above: L = Lifetime Giving Society Member ($1,000 or more; lifetime CRL members) S = Sts. Isidore & Maria Giving Society Member (annual gift of $200) N = New member in 2017

Henry Buehler, Capron, IL Rev. John Burnette, Decatur, IL N Tim and Suzanne Byrd, Modesto, CA Mary Byrne, Boyceville, WI L Most Rev. Brendan J. Cahill, Victoria, TX L Mike Callicrate, St. Francis, KS Joseph and Mary Ann Carle, Circleville, OH Sr. M Severina Caron, OSF, Rochester, MN S Patrick and Pattie Carr, Lewistown, MT N William and Shelly Carroccia, Big Timber, MT Andrew and Michelle Casad, Vashon, WA Rev. Richard Cerpich, Sheboygan, WI Michael Chiarappa, Haddonfield, NJ Debbie Chimahusky, Fremont, OH Linda and Donald Christen, Sauk Centre, MN Lynn and Janice Clancy, Bismarck, ND John Clark, Jr., Forest Hills, NY L John Coelho, Laton, CA William Collinge, Gettysburg, PA N Patrick and Kendra Conley, Falcon Heights, MN N August and Dee Cordero, Pleasant Hill, IA Patricia Crane, McBain, MI S Herbert and Marita Cressler, Hoxie, KS Helen and Allan Crow, Huron, SD S Rev. John Cyr, Wyoming, IL Rev. Gerald Dalseth, Pierz, MN S David and Mara Hertelendy, St. Louis Park, MN Cleon and Anita Davis, Hill City, KS Pat and Jan Davitt, Harlan, IA SN Shawn and Rebecca Deeley, Johnsburg, NY N Christopher DeFeo, Bethesda, MD Sr. Ann DeNicolo, Punta Gorda, FL N Tom DePuydt, Saco, MT Bro. Anthony Kreinus, SVD, Epworth, IA N Justine Dlabal, Wilson, KS Jerry and Mary Ann Doll, Waunakee, WI Vickilou Dorsey, Cullman, AL S Ronald and Denise Dower, Canaan, CT

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N Jared Dressman, Fort Calhoun, NE S David and Barbara Dries, St. Paul, MN Lorraine Duda, Mt. Angel, OR Rev. Paul Dumais, Jay, ME Rev. Leonard Eckroth, Hague, ND Michael and Jennifer Eckstein, Hector, MN S Lochiel and Virginia Edwards, Big Sandy, MT LN Billy Eggemeyer, Midkiff, TX N Rev. Terrence Ehrman, C.S.C., Notre Dame, IN Harry Ennis, Stockton, CA James and Sally Ennis, Roseville, MN Rev. James Ermer, Casselton, ND L Most Rev. Paul D. Etienne, Anchorage, AK John and Peg Faber, Adrian, MN Nicholas and Rose Falco, Bronx, NY Edwin Finney, Jr., Arlington, VA Paul Fitzgerald, Forest City, IA Stan Fitzgerald, San Jose, CA Craig and Deb Fleishman, Minburn, IA Cornelia and Jan Flora, Ames, IA Molly Francis, Chicago, IL N Dan Freeman, Davenport, IA L Edward Gallagher III, Waterloo, IA John Gallo, Bergenfield, NJ S Daniel and Michelle Gasper, North Vernon, IN John Gassmann, Clayton, KS S Peter Gathje, Memphis, TN Rev. Pat Gaza, Merrillville, IN Marie George, Fresh Meadows, NY N David and Joann Gibson, Livingston, MT S Tom and Sheryl Giessel, Larned, KS Dawn and Dwight Gilbert, Powell, WY SN James Glisczinski, Belle Plaine, MN S Francis Goeckel, Hanover, KS Martin and Lisa Goedken, Conception Junction, MO Br. Harvey Goertz, C.M., Perryville, MO Craig and LaVon Griffieon, Ankeny, IA Flavia Gronski, Florissant, MO L Rev. Ken Gross, West Des Moines, IA Rev. Ralph Gross, Milwaukee, WI Peter Gruters, Ft. Loramie, OH Rev. Wayne Gubbels, Harlan, IA S Mary Guttieri, Manhattan, KS Judith Haase-Hardie, Blair, WI Sr. Rose Hacker, Boone, IA N David Hallberg, Omaha, NE S Mike and Margaret Hanslik, Moulton, TX Frank Hare, Amesville, OH Benjamin and Hannah Haring, Perry, KS Katharine Harmon, Indianapolis, IN N Joseph Hays, Truro, IA Dan and Peggy Hebert, Salina, KS

Philip and Lucille Hein, Stratford, WI

N Pam Heldt, Dexter, MI David Henley, Cincinnati, OH Stan and Diane Hennen, Morris, MN Msgr. Francis Henricksen, Tipton, IA John Herald, IV, Santa Paula, CA Abigail Herbst, Saint Michael, MN Br. Richard Hermann, C.M., Perryville, MO Margie Hermes, Springfield, IL Phil and Jackie Hertzfeld, Waterville, OH Rev. John Herzog, Ames, IA N Christopher Hickman, Turpin, OK Rev. Charles Hiebl, Abbotsford, WI Bill and Pamela Hill, Jackson, WY Judith Hillner, Big Timber, MT Sr. Lee Agnes Hodapp, Fremont, NE S James and Ann Hoey, Eagan, MN Marie Hoff, Bismarck, ND Rev. Lawrence Hoffman, Ankeny, IA Floyd and Martha Hohman, McCutchenville, OH Stephen and Leanne Honish, Tomah, WI Margaret Hover, Claremont, CA Ruth Hruby, Montgomery, MN Jason Huang, Santa Paula, CA N Terry Iverson, Rougemont, NC Wes and Joan Jackson, Salina, KS Frank and Barbara James, Webster, SD Dean and Kathy Janssen, Stockton, CA Pauline Jens, Waldo, WI N Jim Johnson, Mount Ayr, IA Louise and James Johnson, Modesto, CA Rev. Joseph Juknialis, Milwaukee, WI Sr. Kathleen Kane, Big Sandy, MT N Charleen Kappler, Huron, SD N Patrici Kasella, Royalton, MN Roy and Loretta Kaufman, Freeman, SD Msgr. Charles Kaza, Brockway, PA Peggy Keilholz, Saint Louis, MO Adam Kemner, Muscatine, IA Judy Kimmes, Hampton, MN John Kinsman, Jr., La Valle, WI Daniel Kitzhaber, Marshfield, WI Jeff and Mary Klauke Abbas, Dorchester, IA Bruce and Debra Klausner, Roggen, CO Sr. Donna Marie Kleinsorge, Fond du Lac, WI N Frank Kloucek, Scotland, SD Rev. Robert Knippenberg, Wharton, TX Robert Knueven, Fayettevile, OH Very Rev. August Koeune, Cheyenne, WY N Janet Kolousek, Wessington Springs, SD N Scott Kolousek, Wessington Springs, SD Michael Anthony Kowalewski, Lanse, MI Eugene Kramer, Mora, MN Dan Kremer, Yorkshire, OH

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Randy and Pam Krzmarzick, Sleepy Eye, MN Franz Kuo, Washington, DC L Daniel and Theresa Kuplic, Burnsville, MN Ian Kurtz, Pomona, MO S Mary Kuschel, Cheyenne, WY Rev. Eugene Kutsch, Dubuque, IA N Doug and Mary Lair, Big Timber, MT S John Lane, Mt. Vernon, IA Marvin and Evelyn Lange, Fordyce, NE N Angela Laughter, Avondale Est, GA Cathie Lavis, Manhattan, KS S Robert Lawry, Iola, TX Glenn Leach, Davenport, IA Louis Lego, Auburn, NY Rev. Gerald Leise, Jr., Emerson, NE Susan Lenczyk, West Orange, NJ N Nicholas Levendofsky, Madison, WI Most Rev. John M LeVoir, New Ulm, MN Jonathan Liedl, Minneapolis, MN David Light, Orleans, MA Rev. Michael Lillpopp, Williamstown, MA Jorge Lobos, Pasco, WA S Jim and Teresa Lodoen, Burnsville, MN N Joseph and Gina Loehr, Mount Calvary, WI Delores Lorson, Washington, KS L Dave and Peg Louiselle, Burnsville, MN Rev. Stan Mader, Woodbury, MN N Ryan Maier, Denver, CO Bob and Rita Mailander, St. Paul, MN Paul and Teresa Mailander, Holyoke, CO Rev. Delbert Malin, Holmen, WI Eugene Malir, Wilson, KS Maggie Maloney, Des Moines, IA Br. John Mangogna, C.M., Perryville, MO N Joe and Julie Marchini, Le Grand, CA Christopher McAtee, Mundelein, IL L Mark and Anne Cullen Miller, Mendota Hgts, MN L John and Julie Marquardt, Richland Center, WI S Richard Marra, Schenctady, NY Rev. Dennis Martin, West Liberty, IA Randy and Vernita Marton, Casper, WY L Rev. Gregory Mastey, Holdingford, MN Lynn Mayer, Glen Rock, NJ Mike Mayott, Billings, MT N Rev. Leo McDowell, Livingston, MT L Michael and Ann McGovern, Northfield, MN L Fred McGuire, Wheatland, WY N Brose McVey, Carmel, IN S Rev. Robert Meissner, Bay City, MI Sr. Mary Lou Mendel, Pryor, MT Douglas & Areatha Yvonne Mendenhall, Chapel Hill, NC Rev. David Metz, Concordia, KS

Lauren Mary Moody, Auburn, ME N LaTuana Joann Mooney, Longview, WA N Michael and Cathy Moore, East Kingston, NH N Joe Moreno, Perry, IA Rev. Jerome Morgan, Salina, KS S Rev. John Moser, Lansing, IA Carl Mumm, Selden, KS L Tom and Jo Murphy, Sylvan Grove, KS Thomas Murtha, Haddon Heights, NJ Eric and Carol Nelson, Moville, IA Larry Nelson, Dansville, MI N Tom Nelson, Monticello, WI S Doug O'Brien, Tacoma Park, MD Sr. Barbara O'Donnell, HM, Hubbard, OH Mike and Diana O'Hara, Fort Benton, MT Joan O'Neill, Meadowbrook, PA Rev. Jeremiah O'Shea, Greensburg, PA N James and Kathie Obradovich, Des Moines, IA Theresa Orozco, ossm, St. Louis, MO S Carey and Brittany Orsak, Bay City, TX N Theresa Overall, Farmington, ME N Augie and Trena Pacetti, Columbia Station, OH N Paul Pajak, Hendersonville, NC Neil and Marie Palmer, Greensburg, PA Paul and Carol Parowski, Richfield, PA L Most Rev. Richard Pates, Des Moines, IA Gene and Jane Paul, Delavan, MN Amy and Kurt Pautsch, Mapleton, IA S Art Perry, Manteca, CA Virginia Peterson, Huron, SD Mary Phillips, Owatonna, MN Michael Phillips, Waseca, MN N Richard Polcyn, Russell, KS Rev. David Polich, Osceola, IA N Arthur Powers, Raleigh, NC Eugene Probst, Effingham, IL S Ann Puterbaugh, Cavour, SD N Justin Queen, Green River, UT Peter Quinn, Cabin John, MD Andrew Raedeke, Columbia, MO Anita Rapone, Burlington, VT Richard and Margaret Redmond, Scipio Center, NY Bryan and Betsy Reinert, Esbon, KS Br. Nick Renner, CPPS, St. Henry, OH Frank Reynolds, Marion, IA Mary Jo Richardson, Shoreview, MN S Lillian Ritger, West Bend, WI Curtis Rohland, Chippewa Falls, WI Celeste Rossmiller, Aurora, CO Rev. Albert Ruschman, Fort Thomas, KY Rev. Philip Ryan, Brooklyn, IA N Erica Ryland, Washington, CT Sr. Bernadette Salm, Milwaukee, WI Shelley Sandow, Forest Park, IL

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Mary Schaefbauer, Brainerd, MN N Cheryl Schaefers, Orient, SD N Marlene Schaffer, Huron, SD Robert and Judith Schindler, Hector, MN LeRoy and Peggy Schlangen, Richmond, MN S Richard and Judith Schlosser, Eau Galle, WI N Schmidt, Hays, KS N Kenneth and Laura Schmitt, Colfax, WI Sr. Mary Ann Schmitz, FSE, Lowell, MI James Schoenberger, Russell, KS James and Tamara Schreiner, Athens, WI N Lori Schwalbe, Grand River, IA N David Cole Schwartz, Garden City, TX SN Floyd and Martha Schwartz, Big Lake, TX N Daniel Sciabica, Modesto, CA Sr. Claren Sellner, OSF, Rochester, MN S Rev. Joseph Senger, Minot, ND N David Serrano, Le Grand, CA S Rev. Rick Sherman, Draper, UT N Dena Shipley, Crockett, TX N Duane Short, Ames, IA Robert and Danette Siertle, Indianapolis, IN Michael Sigwalt, Geneseo, IL Rev. Bernard Sippel, Milwaukee, WI Msgr. Dennis Skonseng, Valley City, ND Louis and Joanne Smith, Fremont, OH Mary Smith, Rochester, NY L Rev. Larry Snyder, St. Paul, MN Paul Sobocinski, Wabasso, MN S Chuck and Kathy Spaeth, Sleepy Eye, MN Michael Speck, Winona, MN L Kelly and Sylvia Spiering, Powell, WY Rev. Samuel Spiering, Lewiston, MT N Catherine Stanford, Highland Park, NJ Paul Stankewitz, Alma, MI

Stasia Christensen and Martin Fleming, Madison Lk, MN L Lanette Stec, Columbus, NE Rev. Bernard Steiner, New Ulm, MN S Bernard Stenger, Washington, NJ Dwayne and DeeAnn Stenlund, Roseville, MN Walter and Bonnie Stichart, Colville, WA James and Mary Stone, Canby, MN S Ron Swanson, Galt, IA Julie Taylor, Raleigh, NC S David Taylor, Saint Louis, MO Susan Thielen, Dorrance, KS Robert and Helen Thullner, Herreid, SD S Michael and Connie Toner, Mullinville, KS Patrick and Susan Vandrovec, Blaine, MN Bruce Verlinde, Noonan, ND Leo Walsh, Madison, WI

L Most Rev. Michael Warfel, Great Falls, MT Harry Watts, Manhattan, KS Eileen Weber, Coldwater, OH N David Weinand, Roseville, MN L Most Rev. Edward Weisenburger, Tucson, AZ N Tyler Wheeler, Fort Atkinson, IA Tom and Janet Whitehair, Abilene, KS Rev. Richard Whiteing, Omaha, NE SN Brad and Michelle Wiemann, Brookings, SD Kathy Wilmes, West Concord, MN Sr. Dorothy Wilson, SCN, Nazareth, KY Charlotte Wittekind, Sunman, IN Albert and Karen Wolf, Bismarck, ND S Berrien Zettler, Mount Pleasant, SC Rev. Ambrose Ziegler, Lafyette, IN Jackson Zimmerman, Port St. Lucie, FL Sr. Paulette Zimmerman, SSND, St. Louis, MO N Michael Zuzolo, Atchison, KS N Val and Rhonda Zweber, Prior Lake, MN

SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS Athanasiu Family Charitable Fund, Indianapolis, IN Bradshaw Knight Foundation, Madison, WI Budnik Family Foundation, Poughkeepsie, NY Catholic Community Foundation of MN, St. Paul, MN Earl and Kathy Hoagland Sacred Manoomin Fund, St. Paul, MN Farmers Union Enterprises, Redwood Falls, MN Gallagher Family Foundation, Waterloo, IA Koch Foundation, Gainesville, FL

PARISH SUPPORT Church of All Saints, Holdingford, MN Immaculate Conception Church, Holdingford, MN Nativity Church of Fargo, Fargo, ND S Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Church, Ankeny, IA St. Boniface Parish, Westphalia, IA St. John Parish, Clarion, IA St. Mary Church, Bethel, OH St. Stanislaus Church, Holdingford, MN St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Indianola, IA St. William-Guardian Angel Catholic Community, Dutton, MT

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SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS and BUSINESSES Alcuin Serials Library, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN Capital City Fruit, Norwalk, IA Catholic Charities of the Southern Tier, Elmira, NY Catholic Charities, Diocese of New Ulm, New Ulm, MN S Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown, Youngstown, OH Catholic Community Foundation of MN, Saint Paul, MN Catholic Conference of California, Sacramento, CA S Catholic Social Action, Cincinnati, OH CRL of the St Martin Deanery, Georgetown, OH Diocese of Superior, Superior, WI Eugene H Maly Memorial Library, Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH Florida Catholic Conference, Tallahassee, FL S Franciscan Justice and Peace Office, St. John the Baptist Province, Cincinnati, OH Justice and Peace, Archdiocese of Portland, Portland, OR S Kansas National Farmers Organization, Beloit, KS Kenrick Seminary Library, St. Louis, MO Marquette University Libraries, Milwaukee, WI S Newman Catholic Student Center, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL S Stewardship and Pastoral Service, Diocese of Green Bay, Green Bay, WI