St. Charles Parish                                  
October 2, 2011

Pastoral Paragraph:    Registration for Religious Education classes (CCD) will continue on Sunday, October 2 after Mass.  Classes will begin this Wednesday evening, October 5 from 6:45 PM – 8:15 PM.  Families may register on Wednesday prior to classes.  The Religious Education fee will be $25 per student with a family maximum of $50.  The class schedule for this fall will be:

• October 5
• October 19
• November 9
• November 30
• December 14

We are inviting parents to join us for these Wednesday evening sessions.  For parents and students in grades 3-8 we would invite everyone to gather in the gym for a special topics presentation, then the children will go to their classrooms and the parents will receive information on what dimensions of the religious education material they may support during the next couple of weeks.  Students in grades 1-2 and 9 will go directly to their classrooms as they will have focused direction on preparation for the sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation.

In continuing some information on the revisions in language we’ll be experiencing in the Mass beginning on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, we might legitimately wonder “how” or “who” decides to make these changes.  Following the Second Vatican Council in 1963 the bishops in several English-speaking countries commissioned a Vatican-approved organization known as the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) to prepare preliminary translations of the mass.  The translations are reviewed, modified, and approved by each country’s conference of bishops and then sent to Rome for final approval.  The revisions we’ll experience in a couple of months reflect continuing work by the ICEL, the bishops, and the Vatican.  With the new translation some of the music we use will also change.  Perhaps the most notable will be in the Gloria.  Composers and music publishers have been developing new musical settings – some are revised; others are entirely new.  I accompanied Ellen Umberger and Cindy Monroe to a “new music” workshop last Saturday and we experienced some of the new settings.  Since our parish community seems to have a good music repertoire and ability to pick-up music quickly, I don’t think we should have any consternation or trouble with the transition.

On Sunday October 23 Pope Benedict XVI will canonize as a saint, Blessed Father Luigi Guanella.  While many Catholics around the world may simply smile and say “that’s very nice,” for us in Genoa this is a most wonderful occasion as Father Guanella is from the Campodolcino area of Italy which is the area from where many of our founding families and settlers immigrated many years ago.  Among the familiar names of Father Guanella’s family tree are Trussoni, Gianoli, Venner, Monti, Tully, Levi, Curti, and Gilardi.  One of our seminarians for our diocese, Alan Guanella (St. James Parish, La Crosse), is studying in Rome and is also a decendent of the new saint.  This past August several of our parish members went to a family reunion in Campodolcino and returned with the gift of a painting of St. Guanella for us.  On October 23 we want to join in a particular way with the joy of the universal church as Father Guanella is canonized.  We’ll have a special blessing of the painting of St. Guanella at the 10:00 Mass followed by a pot-luck luncheon in the gym.  Of course, everyone is invited and urged to attend - you don’t need to be on the family tree!  For more information please contact Bill Trussoni or Gary Venner.

We will soon be getting out information on the Diocesan Annual Appeal that will be conducted during October.

Our sympathy and prayers to out to the family of Joe Helgeson whose funeral was celebrated here this past Wednesday.  May Theresa, and Drake, Bowe, Fletcher, and Mya know the support and friendship of our parish community.  May Joe rest in peace!       Deacon Richard

American Legion The Genoa/DeSoto American Legion Post 246 will be having a catfish fry, featuring Beck’s famous catfish, on Saturday, October 8.  Serving from 4 – 8  pm in the Genoa Clubroom. KEEP OUR TROOPS IN YOUR PRAYERS!

Spaghetti Supper  PTO’s Spaghetti Supper is set for Oct. 15 this year.  Mark your calendars for a fun night out.  We will be serving Spaghetti with meatballs from 5:00 – 7:30 pm.

Mary, Mother of the Church will be holding their rummage sale at the St. Thomas More School Bldg at 2006 Weston St., LaCrosse on Sat. Oct. 8th from 6:30AM until 1:00 PM.  $5.00 a bag (some items priced) 1/2 price at noon.  Contact person - Carol Breidel at breidelrich@charter.net.  Thank you!!

Holy Trinity Parish   The youth of Holy Trinity Parish are having a brat sale on Saturday, October 8^th from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Festival Foods located on Mormon Coulee Road.  Prices are: $2.50 for a brat and $3.50 for a meal which includes chips and a beverage.  The proceeds will help fund youth events.

Blessed Sacrament Parish Center  is hosting a Harvest Luncheon at the Blessed Sacrament Parish Center, 1230 Losey Blvd. S. on Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Menu includes Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, Buttered Sweet Corn, Butternut Squash, Homemade “Harvest” Salads, Dinner Rolls and Butter, also featuring a variety of Homemade Pies. Cost for younger than 6: free, Age 7 – 12: $5.00 and Age 13 and over: $8.00.

St. Mary's Catholic Church Coon Valley A Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for October 9, 2011. Serving from 7:30 to 11:30 St. Mary's Catholic Church Coon Valley, WI
Serving pancakes (including chocolate chip and blueberry!!  BAKE SALE, cake walk, and garden produce.  Adults - $5.00; 12 and under $3.00; 5 and under free.  Any questions, call 608-452-3841.

Prayer Pledges needed for post-abortion healing for women and men going through a Rachel’s Vineyard of Stevens Point retreat.  Can you offer one or more hours of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament as the healing retreat is taking place between 5:00 pm Friday, Oct. 14 and 1:00 pm Sunday, Oct. 16?  To make a prayer pledge, contact Lisa Sommers at rvstevenspoint@gmail.com or 715-204-9561.  To learn more about Rachel’s Vineyard, visit www.rachelsvineyard.org.

Life Chain On October 2, the LaCrosse Life Chain will line Losey Blvd in our support of Pro-Life.  The Life Chain is scheduled from 2pm – 3pm.  The chain will start at LaCrosse St. and extend down Losey Blvd. as far as our participants take us. “Our Christian Communities desire to provide a visual statement that ‘Abortion’ is wrong and that the church is opposed to the killing of unborn children”.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter “Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.” Is the peace of God in your marriage?  The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are Oct 7-9 in Madison, WI; Oct. 21-23 in Brookfield, WI and Nov. 11-13 in Crystal Lake, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For more information visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653

Church Bulletin Please forward your information for the church bulletin to the St. Charles School office by Wednesday of each week at 689-2642 or stcharle@mwt.net

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