Saint Anthony, Holy Family and St. Mary Parishes

Saturday
   4:00pm  Holy Family   Willard
   6:30pm  St. Anthony   Loyal

Sunday
   8:30am  St. Mary        Greenwood
  10:30am St. Anthony    Loyal
   
Monday
   Communion Service

Tuesday
    8:15am  Holy Family   Willard

Wednesday
    8:15am   St. Anthony   Loyal

Thursday
    8:15am   St. Mary       Greenwood

Friday
    8:15am   St. Anthony   Loyal

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Diocesan Annual Appeal 2018 -2019 Target in our three parishes…
 
St. Anthony’s - $32,645.00
St. Mary’s       - $16,555.00
Holy Family    - $6,975.00
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Dear Brothers and Sisters:
 
As I reflect on missionary spirit of our Diocese of La Crosse, I am grateful for theirs and for your stewardship calling to mind Saint Paul’s praise of God in thanksgiving for the Thessalonian community.  “We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thes 1:2-3).  It is from this quote that we draw this year’s theme for our Diocesan Annual Appeal – Endurance in Hope.  Today we embrace our missionary works through the Diocesan Annual Appeal, the many works of our parish communities and through works like that of our own Servant of God, Father Joseph Walijewski who because he embraced the missionary spirit heeding the Lord’s call for building the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth.
 
As we invest our time, talents, and treasures in our diocesan community, our missionary spirit lives, endowing on earth the compassion and mercy of the Kingdom of God.  Therefore, I humbly invite, and in anticipation of your generosity and charity, I sincerely thank you as you consider your contribution to this year’s Diocesan Annual Appeal –Endurance in Hope.
 
Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother and Saints Joseph and Francis, our patrons may God’s blessings be upon you,
 
Most Rev. William Patrick Callahan,
Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse
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We celebrate 26^th Sunday in ordinary time. The first reading and the Gospel readings speak about the work of the Holy Spirit. Moses and Jesus both attest to the fact that the work of the Spirit cannot be confined by an institution, and that no one can claim a monopoly of the Spirit’s charism or Wisdom. Moses answered him, “Are you jealous for my sake?  Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets! Would that the Lord might bestow his spirit on them all!”. The Gospel invites us to prevent better than die in the unquenchable fire. The second reading indicates us to beware of growing rich while neglecting the rights and needs of others.
 
Oct - 01 Monday - Saints Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor
Therese Martin, the “Little Flower”, 30 sep. 1897 of tuberculosis in the Carmel of Lisieux at age twenty-four; contemplative who, in her autobiography, the Story of a Soul, urged all to follow “the little way”; proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II; patroness of the missions, of florists, and France; Secondary patroness of the Apostleship of prayer.
 
Oct - 04 Thursday – Saint Francis of Assisi
Francis, 1226; noted for his charismatic personality, deep compassion for all, and love for God’s creation; renounced wealth to follow “Lady poverty”; deacon; founded the Franciscan Family which is made up today of the Friars Minor, Poor Clares, Third Order Religious, and the Secular Franciscan Order; wrote Canticle of the Sun; received the stigmata 14 Sept, 1224; canonized only two years after his death; patron of ecologists and of Italy.
 
 
God bless you all,
Fr. Leo Johnson Stanislaus
 

Church Special Events and Notices:

• Local Food Pantry: Laundry soap, dish soap, Kleenex, pickles, salad dressing, cooking oil, hamburger helper, hot dogs, canned meats (not tuna), paper towels, syrup, soda crackers, cookies, ketchup, 1 lb hamburger, cake mixes, small margarine, shampoo, sugar, small cans coffee, jams, marshmallows, tuna helper, jello, cereal, jelly. Remember the collection boxes are in the back of church and the main collection for St. Anthony’s every month is the 3rd Sunday. The other churches in town each have a Sunday for their main collections too. Items are always needed and your help in collection is very much appreciated!!
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• PCCW Red and Blue cookbooks are available for sale - Contact  Barb Langfeldt or a member of the PCCW.

School Special Events and Notices:

• Remember to save your Milk Moola Caps & Bag Tops, Kemps Milk Caps, Campbell Soup Labels, Box Tops for Education, Kids Caps & Cash,and old printer cartridges for St. Anthony School. We appreciate your help to help us get a little extra money for the school. NEW: Price Ovals from the tops of Kwik Trip Glazer donuts means 10 cents for the school!
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• Kwik Trip Gift Card SCRIP Program:  you can earn 10% of your purchases for our school through the Kwik Trip Gift Card Program. This is a wonderful way to help support St. Anthony School by simply using these gift cards for your purchases. Order forms are available online and in the back of church. You may also purchase gift cards directly from the rectory or school secretary (located in the library).