Saturday 4:30pm
Sunday 8:00am summer (May-Sep)
10:00am winter(Oct-Apr)
Tuesday - Friday 8:30am
Confession: Saturday 4:00pm
or by appointment.
Auxiliary Bishop William Callahan of Milwaukee was introduced Friday as the new bishop of the La Crosse diocese. He will replace Bishop Listeki who was installed as the Archbishop of Milwaukee earlier this year. Bishop Callahan was ordained into the priesthood in 1997 and served congregations in Milwaukee and Perioa Illinois. A MIGHTY WIND
On May 12, a mighty wind in the person of Bishop William Bullock, Bishop Emeritus of Madison, confirmed 13 young men and women from St Kevin and St Joseph parishes.
Like good aged wine, Bishop Bullock, went down well, challenging yet befriending all of us to be the captain of our own ship with the help of the Holy Spirit avoiding the rocks society and the media place in our way. At 83, the bishop spoke for 40 minutes straight, standing and clinging to his crossier. Must be his two years in the Navy!
We can all be proud of how our youth prepared for and conducted themselves Wednesday evening, participating in the Liturgy. Their teachers, Dave Pardoe and Diane Andraska, merit congratulations. Special recognition goes to Corey Colburn and the SJ choir. Their communion song was dynamite! The servers were outstanding. In fact, John Philipp the bishop's assistant told me our servers were among the best he's ever dealth with: "They knew what they were doing!".
The presence of eight 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, forming the honor guard was icing on the cake. Thanks to our sacristan, Shirley, and Jan who prepared the reception, Bonnie Pfaff and Denise Cook for their adminstrative support. Thanks also to the concelebrating priests: Fr. McInnis, Fr. Wagner, Fr. Dioka, and Fr. Pace.
Diane Andraska summed it up best: "What a beautiful, spiritual Confirmation, like it should be. So holy! I was overcome with excitement for the students and families. I saw a number of tears in Church last night." I couldn't be a prouder pastor!
Hundreds of beautifully hand-painted pebbles with images of the baby Jesus have been scattered around a coastal town by a man who wants to remind hectic shoppers of the true meaning of Christmas.
The tiny stones found in Newquay, Cornwall, feature Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes, and have been delighting busy Christmas shoppers, who have found them on bollards, in phone boxes, at cash points, and on window ledges.
Each stone has been painstakingly painted by a local artist who wishes to remain anonymous.
He said he came up with the idea a few months ago and simply wanted to bring joy and the real message of Christmas to people.
Since he started in September the artist has spent nearly 90 hours painting around 300 pebbles which he scatters around the town on certain days.
Senior's Young @ Heart Group who visited the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse in October 2008. The Seniors meet once a month September through June for lunch and a program of some type. We usually take a field trip in the fall when the autumn colors are at their peak and in 2008 we decided to visit the Shrine.
THE IMPENDING SUICIDE OF A ONCE GREAT NATION
A large number of endangered, unwanted, and unborn children held a town hall meeting on the 4th of July--alarmed at the brutal and untimely killing of millions of their brothers and sisters in recent years. That the murderous war waged on them had the full force and respectability of the law made their plight all the more terrifying.
Their complaint was humble and it was simple. They were not distressed by rising gas prices, or the deteriorating economy in general. They were not even frightened by the exponential increase of natural disasters. The threat of global warming or global terrorism did not greatly disturb them.
They had become an endangered species, and little had been done to answer their terrified and silent screams from the womb. They decided that the barbaric treatment that they and their fellow unwanted unborn human beings have had to endure for perilous decades was unconscionable and unbearable. They cried out to their Creator for inspiration and protection, and then unanimously they put forth a declaration. It began as follows:
“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.