ST. FRANCIS DE SALES. Welcome to the faith community of LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN

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1 Welcome to the faith community of ST. FRANCIS DE SALES LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN We, the community of St. Francis de Sales Parish, seek to LIVE JESUS through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit by ministering to the needs of our brothers and sisters through Word, Worship, Education and Service. PRAYER & WORSHIP Mass of Anticipation: Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Sunday Mass: 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. (English); 5:00 p.m. (Spanish) Daily Mass: Tuesday and Friday, 7:00 a.m. School Mass: Wednesday, 2:15 p.m. (During School Year) Communion Service: Monday and Thursday, 7:00 a.m.; Saturday, 8:00 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:00-4:45 p.m.; Sunday, 4:00-4:45 p.m. (Bilingual); or by appointment PARISH OFFICE Hours: Mondays, 10:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m.; Tuesdays Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.; Fridays, 7:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.; Sundays, 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Address: 148 W. Main Street, Lake Geneva, WI Phone: (262) Fax: (262) Parish Web Site: PARISH SCHOOL Address: 130 W. Main Street, Lake Geneva, WI Phone: (262) Fax: (262)

2 PLEASE PRAY FOR Lily Tess Adams Dorcas Breuninger William Thomas Billing Nancy McGann Lynda Paese Nancy Allen Tom Lasorda Tom Peck Robin Bright Joel Rivera Pat Paese Chad Olson Thomas Potjeau Dan Renwick Bill Bokina AnneMarie Janikowski Anthony Ferrini Don Kroll Roman Juska Rick Blood David Schiltz Mary Czerwinski Ed Czerwinski Robert Yonkee Robert Haimann Nathan Dyer Nancy Hart Tracy Chrisensen Elly Gerald Patrick Waite Lois Maywald Robert Haneman George Elblein Roland Freund Ron Mushinsky Joe Mushinsky Chad Olson Mark Clements Karen Buhmann Samantha Rowley Glenn Cherney Mary Cherney David Crusey Nancy Herdlicka Jimmy Mansky Laurel Streich Connie Campbell Paul Bartholomew Del Carlson Rory Kathy Wong Shirley Sittler PARISH OFFICE The parish office will be closed on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. ALTAR CARE SCHEDULE 1/1-1/5 Maureen Allenstein 1/7-1/12 Sandy Derrick COUNTING CONTRIBUTIONS 12/31 TEAM 5 1/7 TEAM 6 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Tuesday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Friday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 PRAYER LIST UPDATE We are updating the prayer list of those who are sick. If you would like your name or the name of a loved one to remain on the list, please contact the parish office by Jan. 1 at bulletin@sfdslg.org or (262) ADORATION There will be no Adoration on Tuesday, Jan. 1. Rosary will resume on Jan. 8. AMAZING PARISH To more effectively handle the day-to-day tasks of St. Benedict and St. Francis de Sales Parishes, Fr Mark has formed a Parish Leadership Team (PLT). The PLT is a group of people who day to day, week to week, month to month, helps the pastor with the operational responsibility of the parish. Team members Molly Smith, Karol Bidwill, Becki Brusa, Eric Gallagher, Michael Deane, Martha Cucco and Judie Weeks received training at the Amazing Parish Conference held in October. More information regarding the purpose and function of this team is available at MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, December 29, :00 a.m. Communion Service 2:00 p.m. Olivia Dineen & Steven Wember Wedding 5:15 p.m. Kathleen Borman SUNDAY, December 30, :30 a.m. Del Krohn and Donald & Marcie Douglass and May Resendez 9:00 a.m. Holy Souls in Purgatory and Margaret Tomaso 10:30 a.m. Victor Bihun and Daniel Mueller 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners (Spanish Mass) MONDAY, December 31, :00 p.m. Roger Nevin 7:00 p.m. All Parishioners (Spanish Mass) TUESDAY, January 1, :00 a.m. Jeanette Polyock WEDNESDAY, January 2, :00 a.m. All Parishioners THURSDAY, January 3, :00 a.m. Communion Service FIRST FRIDAY, January 4, :00 a.m. Intentions of Bob & Millie McCormick FIRST SATURDAY, January 5, :00 a.m. Communion Service 5:15 p.m. Dr. Harold Kestel SUNDAY, January 6, :30 a.m. Katherine Young 9:00 a.m. Henry & Louella Rogers and John Regester 10:30 a.m. All Parishioners 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners (Spanish Mass)

3 EARLY BULLETIN SUBMISSION DATES Due to the holiday season, there were early bulletin submission dates. All articles for the Jan. 6 bulletin were due on Dec. 26. All future articles for the bulletin must be ed to bulletin@sfdslg.org or submitted in writing to the parish office. The deadline is at noon on Monday. Thank you! THE WEEK AHEAD ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PARISH DEC. 30 JAN. 6 Sun Mon Office Closed Tues Happy New Year! Wed 11:00 Parish Leadership Team 11:30 Shepherds of Christ 4:00 Church Cleaning 6:00 KC Meeting Thurs 6:00 Liturgical Dancers 6:30 Buildings & Grounds Fri 7:00 Legion of Mary Sat 9:30 AA Sun 9:00 REP Gr. K-5 6:30 High School and Confirmation REP Stewardship Treasure Giving Method Actual Goal Over/ (Under) Weekend of December 16 Envelope & Checks 12,384 8,960 3,424 Offertory Cash 1,891 2,057 (166) Electronic 2,936 2, Total 17,211 13,347 3,864 Year to Date (07/01/18 to 12/16/18) Envelope & Checks 186, ,050 (8,063) Offertory Cash 61,850 78,412 (16,562) Electronic 77,175 88,800 (11,626) Total 326, ,262 (36,251) Other Weekend Giving Capital 221 Angel Fund 1,267 Human Concerns 775 Please consider OnLine giving by navigating to clicking on the DONATE icon and signing up today!

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5 CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY FAMILY Lake Geneva Knights of Columbus invites every family of our parish to engage in the Consecration to the Holy Family. St Francis de Sales Knights of Columbus council 1647 will be handing out Consecration To The Holy Family prayer cards before every mass on Dec. 30 conjunction with the Feast of the Holy Family. This prayer will be read during each mass. Overview Families today face many struggles, both through cultural pressure and through the personal struggles that accompany family life. Despite these struggles and partly as a result of conquering them families have great capacity for love and joy, a joy that is strengthened through the peace and truth found in Christ. To assist families in living out this joy of Christ, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori has composed a prayer through which families may come together to consecrate themselves under the protection of the Holy Family. We invite every family of our parish to engage in the Consecration to the Holy Family. How to Prepare The word consecration literally means association with the sacred, and as such it requires a much larger commitment than simply reciting a prayer off of a card. To receive the full benefit of intercession from the Holy Family, one must cleanse the body, mind and soul. The decision to consecrate your family needs to be intentional and a process through which you completely surrender to God through the Holy Family. You are accepting the truth that salvation history was changed forever by a family, and that through your domestic church, you are called to live their example. Four suggested steps before praying the Consecration to the Holy Family 1. Discuss the importance of this consecration as a family and why you are doing it 2. Each member of your family is strongly encouraged to receive the sacrament of reconciliation 3. As a family, intentionally choose something to fast from. The fast can be for at least a week. As our physical bodies are drawn to things of the world, it is strongly encouraged that you fast from something that you would normally do or consume. Fasting helps to discipline our minds and hearts to refrain from secular activities and be more focused on God 4. Prepare for the commitment you are making. Consecration to the Holy Family is not a single event. You have chosen a way of life for your family. You and your family are consciously choosing to be a beacon of light of God s love through his Church. Council 1647 in Lake Geneva is one of 17,000 Knights of Columbus councils that make up the world s largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in 1882 to assist working-class and immigrant Catholics in the United States, today the approximately two million members of the Knights put their faith into action through a broad range of charitable causes locally, nationally and internationally through financial contributions and hands-on service. If you would like to become a member of the Knights of Columbus, please contact Bob McCormick at logmack93@hotmail.com or via phone at NEW APPROACH TO OUR BOOK STUDY GROUPS Instead of reading an individual book for our next study we will be reading the Gospel for the upcoming Sunday Mass each week, using a study format called Lectio Divina. Many are probably familiar with this format. You read the Gospel 4 times, each time focusing on a different approach, then we will discuss what struck us in the passage and have some other study questions to enrich our discussions. We will be using a book called Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the liturgical year put out by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB. You do NOT need a book unless you want one, the facilitators will have all the suggested meditations and questions, but you are welcome to get one through the USCCB website. They are $15.95 and right now they have a Buy One Get One ½ off but not sure how long that will be. That price would be $23.95 (plus S&H) for 2. You also do not need to attend every week but of course we d love to see you there as often as possible. You will be amazed how the Gospel will come alive for you each week when you do this study and the insights you will gain into the messages in each Gospel. We will continue to offer classes on Monday nights from 7-8 or 8:30 and Thursday mornings from or 11:30. Monday classes will start Jan. 14 and go through April 8 and the Thursday classes will start Jan. 17 and go through April 11 th. We will end the classes the week before Easter so we will all have time to prepare for that most Holy Week. For more information and to register please contact Maureen or memauly@hotmail.com or Geri or janie3@charter.net. Looking forward to seeing many of you in January. Have a most Blessed and Joy-filled Christmas.

6 SFDS NEWS One Dec. 14 one of the school s clubs, (Mary s FIAT), raised funds and went shopping to support a family during Christmas. We are so blessed to have such wonderful parents and students supporting endeavors like this. LAY MINISTERS: CELEBRATING THE GIFT Thursday, Jan, 17, :00 5:00 p.m. (Reception to follow) The Religious Studies Department of Cardinal Stritch University, in conjunction with the new M.A. in Pastoral Studies, warmly invites you to this celebration of Lay Ministry and its importance to the Church. The event will feature a keynote address from Therese Lysaught, Ph.D., on the topic of forming Lay Ministers. The keynote will be followed by a panel of invited guests to talk about their personal experience of Lay Ministry as a gift for the Church. Following the speakers, please join us for a social hour as we celebrate the work Lay Ministers do for the Church. For more information, speaker bios, and to RSVP:

7 OUR PASTORAL STAFF Pastor Fr. Mark Danczyk (262) Associate Pastor Fr. Sergio Lizama, S.A.C. (262) Parish Secretary Judie Weeks (262) Director of Liturgy & Music Michael Deane (262) Director of Child Faith Formation Lori Glass (262) Director of Youth Faith Formation Michael Deane (262) OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS St. Francis de Sales Parish School Grades 3K - 8th Principal - Eric Gallagher ericgallagher@sfdslg.org (262) Catholic Central High School - Grades 9th - 12th Principal - Bonnie Scholz bscholz@cchsnet.org (262) SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Immediately after the engagement and before any date is set for the wedding, the couple is asked to make an appointment with the priest. Six months is the normal time required for preparation. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the parish office at (262) for Baptismal preparation/registration. SPANISH CELEBRATIONS Quinceaneras, presentaciones y bodas: Comuniquese con Antonia Mata: ; Bautismo: Esmeralda Perez (224) OUR PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson - Millie McCormick (630) milliemack632@gmail.com Vice-chair - Sandra Cruz (262) sandracruz@gmail.com Secretary - Lois Maywald (262) allomay1959@gmail.com Finance Liaison - Daryl Braun (262) dbraun@charter.net Faith Formation Liaison - Annmarie Janikowski (262) annejanikowski@gmail.com Hispanic Ministry Liaison - Ricardo Lagunas (847) ricardolgns@gmail.com Human Concerns Liaison - Kathleen Dobbler (262) dobblerbld@aol.com Prayer & Worship Liaison - Kathleen Murray (262) kathie.murray@me.com School Advisory Liaison - Kurt Kayser (703) Kurt.kayser@gmail.com Stewardship Liaison - Martha Cucco (262) marthacucco@gmail.com Alternate Member - Gene Bulla (727) jebulla@gmail.com OUR PASTORAL TRUSTEES Trustee Daryl Braun (262) dbraun55@charter.net Trustee Martha Cucco (262) marthacucco@gmail.com