St. Joseph Ridge Parish W2601 State Road 33 La Crosse, WI 54601 608-788-1646 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 29, 2017 WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday, 4:00 PM; Sunday, 8:30 AM Rev. Timothy Welles – Pastor & Member of the Mariological Society of America PHONE (608) 788-1646 WEB SITE: www.saintjosephridgeparish.com E-MAIL: [email protected] Father Tim E-Mail: [email protected] Confessions are every Saturday from 3:30 to 3:50 PM or by appointment. The Rosary is recited before the Saturday-evening Mass around 3:30 PM. Sacraments: Please contact the office at 608-788-1646 for more information. Anyone who is ill and/or needs prayers is encouraged to call the rectory office at 608-7881646 to have your name added to our weekend intentions and/or our bulletin. Televised Mass can be seen on La Crosse, Channel 19, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The Mass is also available any time of day, throughout the week, on the Diocesan web: www.diolc.org. Please remember to notify the parish if you have moved While Father Tim is gone, please do not hesitate to call Stacy at 608-769-8828 with any emergencies, especially if you need a priest, she will help you find one. Otherwise, please leave a message at the rectory office at 608-788-1646, messages will be checked regularly.

St. Joseph Ridge Parish ~ Weekday Masses MASS TIMES MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, Oct. 28, 4:00 PM +George Bahr Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 AM +Curtis Strittmater (This weekend we welcome Fr. Al Wierzba) Wednesday, Nov. 1, 6:30 PM +Daryl Miller Thursday, Nov. 2, 6:30 PM +William & Ida Bahr (We welcome Msgr. Robert Hundt) Saturday, Nov. 4, 4:00 PM +Clarence Meyers Sunday, Nov. 5, 8:30 AM +Miller Family Intentions (Next weekend we welcome Msgr. Robert Hundt)

St. Peters, Middle Ridge Sat. 8:00 PM & Sun. 10:00 AM Tuesday, Oct. 31, 8:00 PM Wednesday, Nov. 1, 8:00 PM Thursday, Nov. 2, 8:00 PM Sat. 8:00 PM & Sun. 10:00 AM

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Schedules can also be found on our website: saintjosephridgeparish.com

Wednesday, Nov. 1, 6:30 PM Servers: Morgan Skinner & Taylor Skinner Ushers: Colin Dickman & Bob Kotek Reader: Sally Miller Communion Minister: Stan Clements

Saturday, Nov. 4, 4:00 PM Servers: John Mashak & Jackson Roesler Ushers: Rick & Larry Mikshowsky Reader: Paula Silha Communion Minister: Polly Hilby

Sunday, Nov 5, 8:30 AM Servers: Addison & Jackson Wieman Ushers: Steve Miller & Matt Servais Reader: Darlene Hundt Communion Minister: Sally Miller

LAST WEEK’S STEWARDSHIP: Adult Envelopes, $860.00; Offer tor y, $445.00, Wor ld Mission $85.00. CONGRATUATIONS! We had a great Amen Sunday. Our new total for the DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL is $15,155.00! ONLY $3,910.00 TO GO! WOW! Please continue to give as anything over the goal we get back as r ebate checks. If you lost your pledge card, there are more in back of church. For more information on the 2018 STEWARDS OF HOPE! https://diolc.org/donate-online/ or check out diolc.org/hope. 30% of our parish has already donated, please also do your part. From Msgr. Hundt ~ Wednesday, November 1st, is the Great Harvest Time Feast Day of All Saints. During the course of the year we remember many of the great men and women of our 2000 year history, but the work of God, joined with human effort to live according to God’s good and wise laws, has fashioned vast numbers of people worthy of eternal life with God in heaven. Heaven is the dwelling place of saints and so November 1st is a Holy Day of Obligation on which all Catholics must attend Mass. To deliberately miss Mass on this day is a mortal sin. Mass of anticipation at St. Peters on 10/31/17 at 8 PM; Mass here on 11/1/17 at 6:30 PM & St. Peters at 8:00 PM. Thursday, November 2nd, is All Souls Day. The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that “Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine gifts manifested in Christ.” The Holy Souls are those “who die in God’s grace and friendship” but who are “still imperfectly purified”…After death they undergo purification so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. Part of the joy of belonging to the church is the privilege of helping the Holy Souls to enter heaven. The church commends prayers, almsgiving, and works of penance undertaken in behalf of the dead. During this month remember to pray daily for the souls in purgatory. Mass on 11/2/2017 here at 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM at St. Peters.

ARE YOU MISSING A PAN? LAST CALL! Pans and things have been br ought over from the school hall and ar e in the hallway between the bathrooms, please pick up anything that belongs to you or belongs to someone you know. Everything left will be given or thrown away. Thank you. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Wednesday, November 1st ~ Mass at 6:30 PM Holy Day of Obligation, all students must attend Mass, attendance will be taken. There are no classes on days when Mass is held. ALL SERVERS will be expected to be at the ser ver training held on Wed., Nov 8th fr om 6:40 until 7:20. So some of you will need to come early and some will stay a little late. This will be a refresher for current servers AND new servers will be welcome. You must have received your First Holy Communion to be a server, feel free to come and learn if you are interested and then let us know if you want to be on the schedule. TELEVISED MASSES Her e at St. J oseph we ar e hosting the 4 Masses on Tuesday, November 7th that will be televised the 4 Sunday’s in Advent. Help is needed, readers, servers, and participants. Technically we are in charge of the first 2 and St. Peters is in charge of the second 2, however it would be great to have big crowds for all of the Masses. Rehearsal begins at 5:00PM with the first taping around 5:30. Please come when you can and USE THE SIDE DOOR, just in case taping is in progress (SHHH). Things should wrap up around 9:00 PM. Thank you in advance, let’s show the shut ins that they are important by having great participation. ST. MARY’S IN CALEDONIA is having their Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, October 29th fr om 11 AM until 5 PM. Includes Roast Beef Family dinner, auction at 3 PM and games for the kids. HEALING THROUGH GRIEF GROUP will meet on Monday, October 30, from 5:30 – 6:30 PM, in the Sally Olson Conference Room at the Mayo Clinic Building (800 West Avenue South). The topic will be “Coping Through Anniversaries and the Holidays.” Sessions include an educational topic and a time to share with others also experiencing grief. Free Confidential, one-onone support is also available from a Franciscan Healthcare chaplain with specialized training in grief. Registration is not required, attend any or all sessions. For more information please call 608.785.0940 ext. 22218. WIN AN 80 PIECE LEMAX CHRISTMAS VILLAGE! Pur chase r affle tickets today to win an 80-piece LEMAX Christmas Village! $5/ticket or 5/$20. Whose name will get called at the St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral Bazaar on Saturday, 2 December 2017? Set includes: large vintage home, with a horse and carriage, a church and a hospital building with an ambulance and wheelchair. The set also includes 9 animals and 18 small, medium and large pine trees; a lighted gazebo, ice skating pond, mailbox, 20 old-fashioned light posts, 2 red sleds and 2 park benches. A set of tree lights and 15 figurines or assorted-age people accompany the set, along with a wrought iron fence, white picket fences and a red wood fence. The set comes with power packs to light up the village without need for batteries. Tickets go on sale November 1. You may purchase them after any of the Sunday Masses, or the day of the Christmas Bazaar. Proceeds going for art work of St. Joseph to be put in the church hall. LA CROSSE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER is looking for donations and volunteer s. Please send donations to: La Crosse Community Thanksgiving Dinner, PO Box 662, La Crosse, WI 54602-0662 and if you would like to volunteer, please go online at http://www.laxthanksgivingdinner.com to sign up. ST. MARY’S ANNUAL CRAFT SHOW - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! We ar e now accepting cr after s for our 17th Annual Craft Show on December 2, 2017 in Coon Valley, WI. Visit our website: stmarycv.org and click on the Craft Show tab for registration application and information, or contact Nancy Peters at 608-790-6034 [email protected]. RETREAT, REST, RENEW AT ST. ANTHONY’S! Located on 40 acr es in Centr al Wisconsin, the histor ical St. Anthony Spirituality Center is the ideal location for a private retreat of any duration, to attend a spiritually nourishing weekend program on a variety of topics, or to just come for a day away from the ordinary. Go online to www.sarcenter.com to see all upcoming retreats or call 715-443-2236 for more info. There is also a flyer in back of church between the bathrooms. FROM LUXEMBOURG TO LACROSSE AND BEYOND 1851-1910, is a book wr itten by Sandy Hammes which r esearches the Luxembourg immigrants to the first generation Americans. This book is 11 X 9 and 1 1/4 in depth, has 560 pages with plenty of pictures, color and black and white, it identifies obituaries and gravesites around the area including our cemetery. If you are interested, members of our church and their families can purchase the autographed book for the discounted price of $49.95. (Shipping not included) You may order from Sandy directly at [email protected] or call 608-399-1379. Great gift idea! HAVE YOU JOINED MY PARISH APP YET? It is an excellent tool for your smar t phone! You can access the bulletin and a ton of prayers. Check it out, it is easy to do. Download it by texting “App” to 88202. After downloading search for St. Joseph Ridge Parish. Please feel free to contact Stacy on her cell phone (608-769-8828) for help downloading this valuable tool. You won’t regret it. Do It Now!! DIOCESE OF LA CROSSE GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING INSTANCES OF CHILD ABUSE The Diocese of La Crosse, through its policies and procedures, seeks to provide a prompt, appropriate and compassionate response to reporters of sexual abuse of a child by any diocesan agent (employee, volunteers, vendors, religious or clergy). Anyone wishing to make a report of an allegation of sexual abuse should send that report to the Most Reverend William Patrick Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse, at the Diocese of La Crosse, P.O. Box 4004, La Crosse, WI 54602-4004. Alternatively, you can contact Mrs. Karen Becker, Victim Assistance Ministry, 608-519-8002 or [email protected]. The reporting form is available through the Diocese of La Crosse Office of the Vicar for Clergy or on the diocesan website at: www.diolc.org . Individuals are also encouraged to take their reports directly to civil authorities. Copies of the diocesan policy are available through your local parish and on the diocesan website. If you have any questions about the Diocese of La Crosse and the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, please contact Monsignor David Kunz, Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of La Crosse, at (608) 791-2679; or [email protected]. FATHER TIM’S ADDRESS: Father Tim Welles, St. J ohn Vianney Center ; 151 Woodbine Road; Downingtown, PA 193353057. Father Tim is also willing to correspond via email, his email is: [email protected]. Please keep him in your daily prayers. PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS    

Father Tim Cory Mikshowsky serving our country in South Korea, Adam Clements serving our country in Japan, and Tyler Hatch, also serving in Japan. Successful Diocesan Annual Appeal All intentions in our parish book of prayer.

If you have a request to add, please call the office 608-788-1646.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS  Tue., Oct. 31 ~ St. Joes Lions Halloween Party ~ St Joseph School Hall  Wed., Nov. 1 ~ All Saint Day, Holy Day 6:30 PM  Thur., Nov. 2 ~ All Souls Day, Mass here at 6:30 PM  Tues., Nov. 7 ~ TV Masses at St Joseph  Wed., Nov. 8 ~ Religious Education Classes  Wed., Nov. 8 ~ Mass Server Training ~ 6:40—7:20 PM  Wed., Nov. 15 ~ Religious Education Classes  Mon., Nov. 20 ~ PCCW Meeting  Wed. Nov. 22 ~ NO RELIGIOUS ED. CLASSES