St. Charles Parish Weekly Bulletin

Mass Schedule for the Week of September 28 to October 4

9/28/09 Monday, 8:15 AM Bill & Mary Clark by Peter W. Clark

9/29/09 Tuesday, 9:00 AM Lucy & Joe Pedretti by Ron and Dorothy Stokke

9/30/09 Wednesday 8:15 AM Gavin Williams by Greg & Evie Furlano

10/01/09 Thursday, 9:00 AM Elizabeth Franzini by Peter W. Clark

10/02/09 Friday, 8:15 AM Special Intention of Emaline Garavalia

10/03/09 Saturday, 4:00 PM Harold & Myra Pitzner by Jerry & Paula Cina

10/04/09 Sunday, 10:00 AM Stanley Walleser Jr by Alice Koeller

Lectors

Saturday, October 3: Marilyn Domke

Sunday, October 4: Terry Russell

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion

Saturday, October 3: Steve Johnston, Ann Nickelatti, Barb Zeimet

Sunday, October 4: Ron & Peggy Garvalia, Rose Levendoski

Gifts

Saturday, October 3: Eileen Wiltinger Family

Sunday, October 4: Greg Tully Family

Servers

Saturday, October 3: Sadie & Grace Brosinski, Troy Paulsrud

Sunday, October 4: Brandon & Darin George, Alex Stevenson

Sacrificial Giving Tabulation Monday, September 28

Carol Tully, Adolph & Therese Trussoni

Ushers for the Month of October

Saturday: Andrew Berry, Don Curti, Steve Johnston, Francis Thayer

Sunday: Tom Randall, Bill Trussoni, Tom Urbanek, Tim Woodhouse

Sacrificial Giving – September 19 and 20

Envelopes $1,368.00

Plate $ 98.00

Sidewalk/Ramp Project Donation $2,000.00

REGISTRATION OF CCD & Confirmation Classes this Wednesday September 30 at 6:45 PM with (1) filling out of Registration Forms & Fees Collection, (2) a brief meeting of Parents and Students with their teacher in the classroom, (3) and a short meeting of Parents with Fr Witucki and the Coordinator Chris Magnuson in the gym. Parents & students will be released early at 7:30 PM. There will be no Pre-Registration other than September 30. Fees remain the same - $25 per child, $50 per family. Classes will continue every Wednesday from 6:45 to 8:00 PM.

Attention CCD Teachers: Please arrive by 6:15 PM on September 30 for a coordinator meeting prior to Registration and plan to remain after 7:30 to fill out additional forms and view videos required by the diocese. A Big Thank You to Eileen Wiltinger for agreeing to be our 5-6^th grade teacher. .

Diocese Annual Appeal (DAA) The Bishop’s Video was shown at the Masses this weekend. An explanatory Letter of the DAA with brochure and pledge card will be mailed this Tuesday September 29 to each parishioner. Our assigned target amount for the Diocese Annual Appeal is $10,194. Any amounts exceeding the target are fully rebated back to the Parish. In recent years, we have received rebates of around $5000, an important source of parish income to pay our bills. A realistic pledge amount may be a repeat of your pledge from last year. If you were not able to pledge last year, please consider participating this year - even a small amount helps, plus it boosts parish morale when all respond, regardless of amount. Please return the pledge card in the enclosed envelope, either in the collection basket or mailed – don’t forget to sign the pledge card. Please pray over your pledge decision – weekly envelope collections are down from last year and thus the Parish needs these DAA rebates.

Status of projects. The concrete project is complete except for some minor painting of the railings. Otherwise, only landscaping to restore the flowers and replace the ProLife Marker with a bigger sign remain to be done. Any landscaping suggestions should be directed to Cathy Stevenson (648-3577) or Ed & Sue Bush.

The additional roof work: the roof was painted this last week at a cost of $4900 (the lower of two bids). The rust spots were ‘primed’ and the north side of the roof was also power-washed as the trees had caused some build-up of dirt on the north roof. The contractor told us that the entire church roof is of very high quality and that the rust spots were more normal wear rather than hail damage, and that structurally-speaking, the roof could easily last another 50 years or longer. The roof edgings to the peak on the alley side were also painted but the contractor painted them at no cost because paint on such edgings does not adhere well. The Ice and snow bar has been contracted for at a cost of $2100 (the lower of two bids) and will be installed soon.

We are very appreciative of a seventh donation of $2000 received this week for these projects. That brings the total received so far to $14,500 ($5,000; $5,000; $2000; $1000; $500; $500; $500). Keeping the church in proper and beautiful condition shows our love for God.

La Crosse ProLife Event Upcoming: Pro Life Chain on Losey Blvd sidewalk just north of Blessed Sacrament early afternoon on Sunday October 4.

First Saturday Devotions. On Saturday October 3 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe beginning at 9:30 a.m., Fr. Peter Damian M. Fehlner, F.I. will give a presentation on Our Blessed Mother. The Holy Rosary will follow at 10:30 a.m., with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 11:00 a.m. in the Shrine Church. For more information, please call 608-782-0011.

Mark Your Calendar: St. Charles PTO Annual Spaghetti Supper October 17^th with serving 5-7:30 PM.

Sunday October 4: Sacred Heart School, Cashton $8 Pork Chop Dinner at the Community Center.

Sunday October 18: IC Parish, Lansing, $8.50 Pork and Turkey Dinner serving til 1:00 pm.

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