1854
Joseph Monti plats village of Bad Axe City at Hasting's Landing
Renamed Genoa in 1868.
1862 September
1- First Mass by Rev. Marco
1864 First
stone church built
1872 Rev.
Pius Schmid attends Genoa as a mission.
May 1- First Baptism: Margaret Morelli
July 1- First Marriage: Anthony Levi & Angela Zabolio
1875 First
Funeral: Sylvester Pedretti
First Resident pastor: Rev. Gabriel Momo
1884 Rev.
H. E. DeiPerella, pastor
1885 Rev.
Henry Wirtz, pastor
1887
Angeline Zabolio becomes first nun
1886 First
church tower bell (second in 1906)
1891
Sacred Heart Church opened in DeSoto as a mission to Genoa
1897
Rev. Constantine von Droste Huelshoff
1899
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin organized
1901
Rev. A. Ph. Kremer - pastor to 1934
Present church opened on Christmas Day
1902
First rectory built
1907
April 2: parish school opened
1909
First electricity - delco plant
1921
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration come to teach - to 1971
1934
Rev. La Verne Timmerman - pastor
1936
Rev. Francis Brady builds present rectory
1940
Rev. Seeman and Ausman - pastors
1941
Rev. Joseph Kundinger - pastor
1942
Our students bussed to Aquinas High School, La Crosse
1943
Rev. Bernard Duffy - pastor
1951
Present school built
1952
Rev. Nicholas Kreibich - pastor
1956
Rev. Edward Penchi, first priest of parish ordained
Rev. Ray Pedretti ordained
1961
Rev. Dominic Eichman - pastor
Parking lot black-topped
Rev. Bob Monti ordained
1962
Vatican Council II ends
1964
Rev. Robert Pedretti ordained
1966
Rev. William Rorke - pastor
Church remodelled
1968
Rev. Thomas Dempsey - pastor
1970
Rev. O. W. Schulte - pastor
English liturgy and Saturday Masses
1971
Janice Jambois - first lay school principal
1973
St. George H.S. in Lansing closes
1974
Anabel Zabolio - president of DCCW
1977
School roof redone
1980
Dedication of Loefflad pipe organ
School windows replaced for energy
Loud speakers installed
Rev. Pat Umberger ordained
1981
Church roof replaced
1982
CYO started by Nancy Jambois and Ruth Curti
Celebrated school's diamond jubilee
1983
Our choir presents diocesan TV Mass
1984
Ramp constructed to church for handicap access
1985
Berra Memorial ceiling fans installed in church
Zabolio's third generation store closes
Cemetery road black-topped
Section VI opened in cemetery
Lena Malin memorial sanctuary furniture added
Parish Councils revived
1986
Lectors and Ministers of Eucharist
1987
New rectory roof
Fluorescent lights installed in classrooms
Dedication of Harry R. Lello Room
Parish Mission - Rev. Ambrose DeGroot
1996 Rev. Larry
Dunklee - pastor
2000
Renovation of church interior included patching and painting, carpeting,
kneelers, ceiling, and central air
2001
Church stained glass windows restored
2002 Fr. Charles Nabwana - pastor
2003 Pre-K and Kindergarten program added to school.
Fr. Roger Scheckel
2006 Holy Family Grotto set in new
part of cemetery
2007
Father Roy Witucki – parish administrator
We Belong to Christ campaign a success $220,000.00 pledged
100 year School
celebration
School kitchen remolded
cost $34,000
New furnace for the church
1st Steak Fry and Fellowship
New oak doors on school rooms donated
2008
Father O.W. Schulte Cemetery Memorial Dedication
St. Charles Quilters replace shingles on rectory roof cost $2470
The Blood Of Christ offered every weekend Mass
Duane Jambois family donates to improve lighting in church
2009
Retaining wall construction in the old cemetery
Sidewalks, ramp, railings and front church steps renovated
Snow and ice bar installed on church roof
Church roof repainted
2010
Father Robert Weighner – parish administrator
Round Marian stained glass window lighted and moved to the middle
of the sanctuary
New Crucifix suspended over altar
Landscaping completed in
front of church
St. Charles Borromeo Statue erected in front of church
Veterans Memorial Bench donated by Peter Clark dedicated in the
cemetery
Vernon County Historical Society hosts a “Walk Among Our
Ancestors” at St. Charles Cemetery
featuring early Italian settlers: Curti, Ghelfi, Jambois, Malin, Pedretti,
Venner, Zabolio, Rev. A. Ph. Kremer
Deacon Richard Sage /
Father Robert Cook administrators
2011
Father Luigi Guanella canonized (relative of many of the original Italian
settlers)
Deacon Richard Sage,
Father Robert Cook
2012
Father William Dhein - pastor
St. Charles Parish celebrates 150th
Anniversary
2013
Father Joseph Rinalde (Servants of Charity) presents a relic of St. Luigi
Guanella,
2014
St. Charles Catholic Women’s Group organized
2016
Father Aruldoss Sundaram (Fr. Doss) - Parochial Administrator
St. Charles Parish’s 115th Homecoming Picnic
2017 St.
Isidore statue (representing the rural farmer) to reside at our parish for
one year in preparation for Rural Life Day
12 Niche Columbarium
added to cemetery
Installation of new doors to school
Bell tower repairs
2018
Diocese of La Crosse Sesquicentennial Anniversary (1868 – 2018)
CCD leader Jayne Ballwahn retires after 20+ years
Church entrance remodeled to include a restroom
Father Nathaniel Kuhn –
pastor
Head Teacher – Patty Hytry
New stoves
School roof repainted
Rural Life Day celebrated
at Wall-Stone Holsteins
2020
Father Daniel Sedlacek -
parochial administrator
