Parishioners enjoy food, games, Packers win
MANITOWOC — Wearing a Donald Driver No. 80 jersey and a yellow foam cheese triangle on his head, 14-year-old Seth Duprey went home happy Sunday from the St. Francis Medieval Festival at Roncalli High School.
The Packers won their "joust" with the rival Minnesota Vikings 23-16, as Brett Favre, star knight of the Green Bay roundtable, threw two record-breaking touchdown passes in the action seen on a big screen inside the Zimmer Fine Arts Auditorium.
The consolidated city of Manitowoc Catholic Parish is in the midst of eight days of events celebrating the life, mission and philosophy of their namesake saint and, heaven forbid, festival-goers not have the opportunity to see the Packers on live TV.
Elsewhere at Roncalli, madrigal singers warbled, harpists plucked, turkey legs were gobbled and re-enactors demonstrated Medieval arts and sciences, fighting, blacksmithing and dancing.
A celebration of life and joy was the simple motivation for the third edition of Francis Fest activities, with a Sunday morning Mass in the gymnasium drawing more than 1,000 worshippers.
St. Francis of Assisi's Rev. Dan Felton stated the goal of Francis Fest in a bulletin message to parishioners.
"If we as a parish community can infuse a greater appreciation of life and a deeper sense of joy into the Lakeshore area then we will not only give witness to St. Francis, but will also give witness to the Reign of God in our midst," Felton wrote. "After all, that is the … purpose and mission for our parish community."
'Fun to play'
The Packers won their "joust" with the rival Minnesota Vikings 23-16, as Brett Favre, star knight of the Green Bay roundtable, threw two record-breaking touchdown passes in the action seen on a big screen inside the Zimmer Fine Arts Auditorium.
The consolidated city of Manitowoc Catholic Parish is in the midst of eight days of events celebrating the life, mission and philosophy of their namesake saint and, heaven forbid, festival-goers not have the opportunity to see the Packers on live TV.
Elsewhere at Roncalli, madrigal singers warbled, harpists plucked, turkey legs were gobbled and re-enactors demonstrated Medieval arts and sciences, fighting, blacksmithing and dancing.
A celebration of life and joy was the simple motivation for the third edition of Francis Fest activities, with a Sunday morning Mass in the gymnasium drawing more than 1,000 worshippers.
St. Francis of Assisi's Rev. Dan Felton stated the goal of Francis Fest in a bulletin message to parishioners.
"If we as a parish community can infuse a greater appreciation of life and a deeper sense of joy into the Lakeshore area then we will not only give witness to St. Francis, but will also give witness to the Reign of God in our midst," Felton wrote. "After all, that is the … purpose and mission for our parish community."
'Fun to play'
Seneca Stier, 13, of New Holstein, actually goes to church at St. Francis Xavier in Green Bay but she was at Roncalli on Sunday afternoon playing solo the C-Major Etude on the harp.
"I love its sound and it is really fun to play," said the student at Holy Family Conservatory of Music in Manitowoc.
Earlier in the afternoon, Sister Marsaia led local grade school harp students Lindsay Bries, Mary Molepske, Claire Krieger and Andrea Lohr through several compositions.
They provided background music for post-Mass lunch-goers in Piazza del Commune (usually known as the Roncalli cafeteria) with turkey legs selling for $3 each, but no throwing on the floor when done for hungry dogs to eat the scraps.
Other commerce included the selling of jester hats for $6, wizard hats for $8, and Janesville entrepreneur Heather Last and two other ladies, in Medieval costumes accented by pushed-up bosoms, sold soaps and jewelry products of the period.
Their long dresses surely weren't as heavy as the chain mail shirt around the torso of re-enactor and Manitowoc resident, Robert Kaftansky.
"If this was steel, rather than aluminum, it would weigh about 35 pounds," he said of the metal links designed to prevent swords from slicing through the body and killing the Medieval warrior.
In another high school hallway, children used Legos to "Rebuild My Church," while other boys and girls showed off their archery skills with plastic arrows.
On a makeshift stage outside the auditorium, a dozen Roncalli Madrigal vocalists, directed by Frank Birr, sang a song which captured the hospitality and spirit of the entire event — "Welcome, Welcome Ev'ry Guest."
"I love its sound and it is really fun to play," said the student at Holy Family Conservatory of Music in Manitowoc.
Earlier in the afternoon, Sister Marsaia led local grade school harp students Lindsay Bries, Mary Molepske, Claire Krieger and Andrea Lohr through several compositions.
They provided background music for post-Mass lunch-goers in Piazza del Commune (usually known as the Roncalli cafeteria) with turkey legs selling for $3 each, but no throwing on the floor when done for hungry dogs to eat the scraps.
Other commerce included the selling of jester hats for $6, wizard hats for $8, and Janesville entrepreneur Heather Last and two other ladies, in Medieval costumes accented by pushed-up bosoms, sold soaps and jewelry products of the period.
Their long dresses surely weren't as heavy as the chain mail shirt around the torso of re-enactor and Manitowoc resident, Robert Kaftansky.
"If this was steel, rather than aluminum, it would weigh about 35 pounds," he said of the metal links designed to prevent swords from slicing through the body and killing the Medieval warrior.
In another high school hallway, children used Legos to "Rebuild My Church," while other boys and girls showed off their archery skills with plastic arrows.
On a makeshift stage outside the auditorium, a dozen Roncalli Madrigal vocalists, directed by Frank Birr, sang a song which captured the hospitality and spirit of the entire event — "Welcome, Welcome Ev'ry Guest."
From: Manitowoc Herald
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