H OLY& F AMILY
Ss.
John Gabriel
Catholic Parish
506 N. BEAUMONT ROAD & 710 S. WACOUTA AVENUE, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 53821
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
Website: [Link]
September 23, 2018 - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Rev. James C. Weighner, Pastor
Email: pastor@[Link] REV. JAMES C. WEIGHNER, PASTOR
Deacon Mark Grunwald
Email: dcnmark@[Link] DEACON MARK GRUNWALD
St. John Nepomuc
710 S. Wacouta Ave.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-6511
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)
St. Gabriel Archangel
506 N. Beaumont Rd.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-2404
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)
Holy Days
Mass times to be announced.
Baptism
Please call St. John’s Rectory office.
Marriage
Please contact the parish at least 6
months prior to the wedding date.
Principal
Mary Henry
Email: mhenry@[Link]
Office Managers
Lana Gratace
Email: lgratace@[Link]
Sandy Halverson
Email: sgp@[Link]
Dir. of Grade School Religious Ed.
Pat Prochaska: ppccd@[Link]
Parish Nursing Program
Rose Bauer, Shirley Cipra (326-8553)
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St. Gabriel Archangel St. John Nepomuc
HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR SEPT. 30 HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR SEPT. 30
Joe Prochaska, Nancy DuCharme Shirley MacEachern, Merle & Barb Frommelt
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-SEPT. 29/30 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-SEPT. 29/30
Saturday 4:00 pm Tom Steiner, Mary Kirschbaum, Saturday, 7:00 pm Deacon Mark Grunwald
Kathy Schneider Sunday 8:00 am Jean Ann Dillman, Donna Steiner,
Sunday 10:00 am Austin Bechard, Deacon Mark Doris Krogman
Grunwald, Rhonda Stubbe
SERVERS-SEPT. 29/30 SERVERS-SEPT. 29/30
Saturday 4:00 pm Emma & Michael Bjurquist Saturday 7:00 pm Makayla Steger & Stephanie Welter
Olivia Colson & Owen Teynor Ava & MaKenna Forde
Sunday 10:00 am Lindsey Nolan & Gabriel-Munson- Sunday 8:00 am Dawson Eastman & Julian DeGidio
Fishler Addison Kirschbaum & Shelby
Dustin & Prestin Nolan Schroeder
LECTORS-SEPT. 29/30 LECTORS-SEPT. 29/30
Saturday 4:00 pm Barb Welsch Saturday 7:00 pm Pat Mulhern
Sunday 10:00 am Kurt Kravchuk Sunday 8:00 am Norb Aschom
USHERS-SEPT. 29/30 USHERS-SEPT. 29/30
Saturday 4:00 pm Bob Ziel, Richard Steiner, Gene Saturday 7:00 pm Tim Looney, Dan Schickert, Alex
Kirschbaum, & Volunteer Schaefer, Mark Forsythe
Sunday 10:00 am John Chaffee, Nathan Mezera, Tom Sunday 8:00 am Paul Porvaznik, Mike Mara, Dennis
Hampton, & Cliff Stram Mezera & Volunteer
SCRIP WORKERS-SEPT. 29/30 SCRIP WORKERS-SEPT. 29/30
Saturday 4:00 pm Volunteers Saturday 7:00 pm Corey Steger
Sunday 10:00 am Patrick & Tammy Nolan Sunday 8:00 am Amy DeGidio
WEEKEND MASSES: MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY REQUESTING THE MASS ARE ASKED TO BRING THE GIFTS OF BREAD AND
WINE TO THE ALTAR. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN TO THE USHERS AND SIT NEAR THE GIFTS. THANK YOU!
Tuesday, September 25 8:15 am St. Gabriel’s Church Andrew Prew (Health)
Wednesday, September 26 8:15 am St. John’s Church † Betty Standorf
Thursday, September 27 8:15 am St. Gabriel’s Church † Theresa Bushnell
Friday, September 28 8:15 am St. John’s Church † Richard Polhemus
Saturday, September 29 4:00 pm St. Gabriel’s Church † Margaret Wachter
7:00 pm St. John’s Church † Clem Stram
Sunday, September 30 8:00 am St. John’s Church † Bea & Andy Novak
10:00 am St. Gabriel’s Church For All Those Entrusted to Our Pastor
CONFESSIONS
St. Gabriel’s 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm on Saturday
St. John’s 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm on Saturday (No scheduled confessions on days with weddings or funerals)
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BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL PRAYER CORNER
It is the time of year for a new appeal, and you God, grant healing and peace to the sick of our communities
should receive a mailing very soon if you have not already and those who have requested our prayers. Please pray for:
received one. I would like to thank you for your generous Eileen Sutton, Mary Ann Heisz, Jerry Matousek, Janet
support and making our past Annual Appeals successful Dickman, Peg Stoeffler, Michael Hinrich, William Blake, John
campaigns. We have now met or surpassed our goals for & Cheyenne Messling, Peyton Kraushaar, Earl Nye, Ethel
Sebastian, Tara Pellock, Geraldine Barr, Edith Ritchie, Scott
the past 9 years due to the commitment of our communi-
LaBonne, Debbie Eden, Ken Fleshner, Carrie Breuer, Graham
ty. As your pastor, I am deeply grateful to all who partici- Shedivy, Lorna Porvaznik, John Rink, Dale LaBonne, Dallas
pated in this appeal, and for your vote of confidence. Valley, Mary T. Shedivy, Diane Fernette, Stacey Johnson, Bernie
In your envelope this year, you will find a brochure O’Connell, Frank Tiller, Carl Shedivy, Rosanna Mayer, Marilyn
describing the appeal, and where the collected money is Rybarczyk, Pam Waller, Jackie Cherrier, Jennifer Gilman, Rose
used, along with a response card along with a specific ‘ask’ Miller, Karen Carroll, Letty Oehler, Art Boxrucker, Nora
or challenge for each family. Please fill out this card and Vickerman, Barbara Schwant, Tyler Gillitzer, Lynette
Reichmann, Scott Plondke, Gerald Stram, Joe Barrette, Sally
return it on ‘AMEN’ Weekend, Oct 13 and 14 (watch for
Ann White, Scott Sklenar, Shirley Ambrose, Don McFarland,
reminders in the bulletins). This personal challenge is Vickie Samples, Nancy Aschom, Phyllis Waller, Sandi Herreid,
based upon the total goal for our parish (this year it is $), Melinda Neumann, Don Ritchie, Sally White, Faye Tesar,
and it is important for as many families as possible take Matilda Flansburgh, Joan Marie Tiller, Joseph Hamann, Janet
part in the appeal. Kahler, Judy Mezera, Owen Price, Kathy Leard, Scott Yeomans,
The Annual Appeal is an important fund raiser Dorothy Gilkes, Andra Meana, M. Catherine Benoy, Irene
Mitchell, Gaige Hatlin, Avalo A. Berns, Doris Bohnenkamp,
for our parish, as any amounts collected over the appeal
Lyle & Rosella Ahles, Millie Senesac, Donna Teynor, Marita
goal is returned to the parish and not subject to diocesan Conley, Greta Martin, Robert Hazen, Bernard “Butch” Boland,
taxes, a 7% savings to the parish. Another successful cam- Jeffery Scott DuCharme, Gina Buettner, Audrey Mara, Sister
paign will benefit our parish and diocese both materially Suzanne Gallagher, Nancy Knutson, George J. Mezera, George
and spiritually. The Appeal is central to our identity as Kahler, Terry Zinkle.
Catholics; through the appeal we reach out to families in If you have a special intention or loved one who is in need of
need throughout our diocese such as responding to the prayers; please let us know so we can include them.
local floods through Catholic Charities, help take care of
our orphanages in Bolivia and Peru, and connects us with
the universal Church of Rome. In addition, each year our HOLY FAMILY FALL BAZAAR
parish and school benefit through various grants and pro- Thank you to all that had a hand in preparing another suc-
grams as well as the central support for our seminarians cessful Fall Bazaar for Holy Family Parish. We were blessed
and those in religious life, one of whom we had with us with a beautiful day for this year’s event, and had a very nice
this past summer, Matt Bowe. turnout and support. I would also like to thank those that
The Annual Appeal is presented to the diocesan came out and supported the Bazaar and enjoyed a dinner
priests as well, and I will pledge an increase of 10% over with us, or took a meal home. The Bazaar and Fall Fest are
my last year’s appeal. I would like to ask you to prayerfully two events that take an enormous amount of behind the sce-
consider a gift to this year’s appeal if it is at all possible. ne effort, so much that is not publically acknowledged; the
Each year, we only have around 30% of our families re- planning, the preparing the soup and the meal, the bar-b-que,
sponding. Please encourage your family, friends and neigh- setting the hall (very beautiful, many compliments to those
that decorated), helping in the kitchen, the baskets and raffle,
bors to participate to the extent they are able. Even an an-
the wheel, etc. (sorry if I missed anyone or group).
nual gift of $50.00, when multiplied by the 70% not re-
sponding, can make a significant impact. If it is not possi- THANK YOU to all involved.
ble to participate this year, please return your response
card noting this, but with a promise to support your parish
and diocese with prayer. PARISH SUPPORT
Thank you again for your generous support for This Year Last Year
Envelopes for Sept. 16th $5,446.00 $5,681.00
our parish, and know that your generosity does make a
Plate for Sept. 16th 881.75 889.66
difference in the lives of so many people. I look forward to Total $6,327.75 $6,570.66
continuing my service to the Catholic community of Prai-
The second collection came to $678.21 and will be used for
rie du Chien as we grow in our commitment to our Lord
Prairie Catholic School and our Religious Education Program
Jesus Christ and serving our faith family. God bless.
expenses.
Fr Jim THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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2018 FALL BAZAAR WINNERS Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the
$1,000. Grand prize donated by the Parish - Louie Bernabei; Basket Raffle. The winners are: Mountain Dew - Jor-
2 1/4 of beef donated by Kapinus Farms & Processing do- dan Betzle; Girls Wanna Have Fun - Elouise Igou;
nated by Ron White - Joe Muehlbauer, Mike Berns; 5 $50. Breakfast - Terry Steger; Lego - Kat McFarland; BP Bas-
cash prizes donated by the PCCW - Kinslee Trentin, Marita ket - Carol Walz; The Diet Buster - Ellen Zwirlein; Boys
Seitz, Lori Hemmer, Bob Selch, Robin Cook; $200 Gift Cert. - Kali Yanko; Party on the Patio - Mary Pedretti;
to Starks Sport Shop - Darrel Gilkes; 2 1/2 hog donated by
Rachael Ray Baking - Norb Aschom; Family Game -
Forsythe Family & Patsy McGuire; $25.00 toward pro-
cessing at Bloomington Meats - Joe Prew, Sara Check, 2 $100
Lauren Kennedy; Baking - Amanda Strnad; Wine &
cash prizes donated by Tom & Jean Farrell - Jeff & Jenni Dine - Jen Eulgem; Scrip - Nancy Aschom, Butterfly
Nack, Paul Fischer; Howard Miller Wall Clock donated by Lawn Ornament - Carol Walz; Afghan - Alyssa Cram;
Elliott Jewelers - Dean Blagen; Cabelas Pellet Grill donated Monkey Tree - Natalie Stram; Thankful - Patti Poots;
by Roy & Vicki George - Mike Garrity; 3 $50. Kwik Trip Fall Mum - Danielle Beers; Girls - Bristol Hird; Thirty
cards donated by Fr. Jim - Brian Gillitzer, Desa Luna, Steven One -Michele Pattison; Spice - Deb Check; Lottery -
& Shirley Hendrix; Wisconsin Outdoor Chair donated by Tammy Cram; Fishing -Theresa Schaefers; Halloween -
Tillers Furniture - Mark & JoAnn Novak; 3 $50. cash prizes Lisa Draka
donated by John Forst - Paul J. Lochner, Gary Jelinek; &
Richard & Mary Day; $100.00 Cash donated by Peterson,
Antoine & Peterson - Paul J. Lochner; $100 Cash donated
by Southwest Bus Service - Richard & Mary Day; $100. Gift This Week at the Parish
Cert. donated by Wall Street - James Jones; $100 cash donat- Sunday, September 23
ed by Novey Construction - Rick Lange; 3 $50. Gift Cert. Monday, September 24
from Halpin Tire - Martin Warpinski, Mike Heal, Sara 7:00 pm Bingo in the Fellowship Hall at St. John’s;
Schneider; $50.00 Cash donated by Mattie Rademacher -
Progressive Bingo is at $1,064.00 in 57 calls or less
Elaine Fischer; 4 Free Oil Changes donated by Blackhawk
Motors - John Forst; $100 Cash donated by Dr. & Mrs. Mike Tuesday, September 25
Garrity - Brevin Trautsch; $100 Cash donated by Mary Nov- 3:30 pm Mass at Prairie Maison
ey - Odean Kieser; 2 $50. Kwik Trip cards donated by John Wednesday, September 26
& Betty Fischer - Carl Kasparek, Peter Prew & Carol Crusan; NO CCD Classes
2 $50 Cash Prizes donated by Joe & Joanne Prew - Caelad
Thursday, September 27
Cipra, Pat McCoy; 2 $50. Gift Kwik Trip cards donated by a
Adoration after the 8:15 am Mass at St. Gabriel’s
parishioner - Patricia Coorough, Robert Hagensick; 4 Movie
Benediction at 1:00 pm
passes from Star Cinema - Tom Panka, Sr.; $50. Cash Prize
donated by Dan & Dee Kussmaul - Linda Farmer; $50. Cash Friday, September 28
Prize donated by Remax Ridge-N-River-Realty - Jeanette Saturday, September 29
Clark; Presidential Grand Master Suite donated by River Anthony Hennes & Emily Jackson wedding
District Hotel - Cindy Jelinek; $25. Gift Cert. donated by
Sunday, September 30
Nelson’s True Value - Kalli Igou; Handmade Cutting Board
donated by the Porvaznik Family - Fay Yost; Adjustable Bas-
ketball Hoop donated by Zinkle’s Piggly Wiggly - Rita Wa- Mark your calendar - Rummage Sale on Fri., Oct.
chuta Breckel; $30. Cash Prize donated by Kramer Auction 12 and Sat., Oct. 13 in the Fellowship Hall -
Service - Henry Esser; 1 night Stay donated by Microtel Inn Drop off dates are Sun., Oct. 7 thru Thurs., Oct.
and Suites - Mr. & Mrs. Paul Porvaznik; $50. Cash Prize do-
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nated by American Family - Mary Pellock; 2 1-night stay at
Windsor Place Inn - Deanne Hromadka, Lorraine Rice; 1
night stay at Country Inn & Suites - Kayla Mezera; 50/50
winners - Peg Stoeffler & Jerry Wright ($181.00 each) WEDDING BANNS
Adam Heal & Katharine Rowan (II)
A HUGE thank you to the individuals who donated baskets
Anthony Hennes & Emily Jackson (III)
for the Holy Family Parish Bazaar Basket Raffle. The gener-
osity of these people is what makes this event so successful.
This year the Basket Raffle brought in $2,308. The baskets SCHOOL NEWS….The Kindergarten is
were donated by: Deanne Hromadka, Audrey Mara, Jeanine “wild” about learning! This years class has 13
Mara, Mary Schultz, Renee Martin & Teresa Beers, Arleen
students, 7 boys and 6 girls They are a great
Kozelka, Gerry & Mary Krachey/Krachey’s BP, Kurt & Kelli
Hromadka, Debbie’s Little Chuggers Daycare/Deb & Dave bunch! We have been reviewing capital and
Walz, Tim & Kathy Betzle, Francis & Sharon Hrubes, Amy & lowercase letters. Also counting, writing and
Jeff Krohn, Betty Fischer, Peggy Fischer, Michael Higgins & identifying numbers 1-25. The students are
Lara Czajkowski-Higgins, Annie Beinborn, Millie Senesac, Jan adjusting to attending school all day, every
Rutter, Jean Farrell, Ashley Trautsch, Gayle Aspenson, Kati day. -Mrs. Mary Huser
Forsythe, Don Roh & Molly Kirschbaum.
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