Sacramental Minister
Rev. Joseph Mattern is the sacramental
minister. Each parish with a Parish Director is served by a priest who
serves as a Sacramental Minister appointed by the bishop. The Sacramental Minister:- Celebrates Masses
- Anoints the sick, celebrates funeral masses, and presides at all Eucharistic celebrations
- By
appointment possess the necessary faculties to witness marriages and
confirm the adults whom he baptizes or receives into full communion.
- Represents the parish in ministerial associations, ecumenical relations, and community events.
Fr. Joe serves the parishes of St. Mark and Sacred Heart
as the sacramental minister.
He has been a priest since 1959 and was ordained by Bishop Martin O'Conner in Vatican City! He is the 8th of 13 children.
He
attended St. John Elementary School in Menasha and Menasha Public High
School. He has a BA Degree from Ss Cyril and Methodius Seminary and a
S.T.L. from Gregorian University in Rome.
He as served at St
Mary of the Annunication in Kaukauna, Faculty of Marinette Catholic
Central, Sacred Heart of Jesus in Marinette, St. Mark of Manitowoc, St.
Mark of Omro, College of Consultors for a term of five years,
Presbyteral Council.
Father played the flute and piccolo with
the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra for 27 years. He currently plays with
the sax section in the Big Ban Reunion, a jazz band whose roots were in
Lawrence University. He is involved in prison ministry at the
Redgranite system. He is self-taught in Spanish, and now actively
involved in Spanish Ministry and the new immigrants.
He is the director of Casa Esther in Omro, a Catholic Worker House.
Comments:
At this stage of my spiritual journey, the word that describes my
ministry is "inclusivity". Christ is for all. I try to listen to
whatever good comes from all religions, cultures, and nations. It
drives me to doing justice with Hispanic ministry and working for
reform in the church and in the marketplace.