MISSION STATEMENT St. William Catholic Church is a Eucharistic community;

Glorifying God through prayer, sacraments and service;

Creating oneness with God and neighbor;

By generously sharing our time, abilities and material resources.

MASSES

Saturday Evening - 4:00 PM

Sunday—8:00 AM, 10:30 AM

PARISH OFFICE

Off the school parking lot inside door #5 755-5180

Hours: 8 AM—4 PM, Mon.-Thurs. Friday 8 AM—NOON

Fax: 755-5190

E-mail: parish@stwilliam.net Website: www.stwilliam.net

NEW MAILING ADDRESS: 445 N. ARCH STREET. DO NOT USE RAVINE STREET ADDRESS

CHURCH

456 N. Arch St.

PASTOR

Father James Leeser 755-5180

BUSINESS MANAGER

Terri Runde 755-5180

PAROCHIAL SCHOOL

Principal: Diane Rebout principal@stwilliam.net 1822 Ravine Street 755-5184

PRESCHOOL 755-5184

FAITH FORMATION

Melissa Lentz, DRE 755-5183 Heidi Jegerlehner 755-5183

RCIA COORDINATOR

Mike Schoeder 289-7939

PARISH COUNCIL OFFICERS

Pat Mitchell, President 346-0075 Glen Stefffes, Vice-Pres 295-1307 Jere Johnson, Secretary 290-3161

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB

Ann Perry 756-5778

PRAYER CHAIN

Vicky Larson

Char Butters 752-3840

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

For information or to join, call

Al Brooks Cell 921-5680

Welcome to St. William Parish!

We are glad that you are here with us today. We invite you to learn more about St. William and learn how to get connected to our faith community. Registration information is available from the parish office off the school parking lot inside Door #5.

Learning About Catholicism? We would like to share our faith in Jesus Christ with you. For information about how to become Catholic call RCIA Coordinator Mike Schoeder at 608-289-7939.

Marrying Soon? - Congratulations! God who has loved you from the beginning has chosen you in Christ. We are eager to share God’s love with you for this very important day. Please call us at 608-755-5180, option #3 to plan a wedding, six months in advance if possible. We also encourage those who previously married outside the Catho-lic Church to call and learn how to enter into the Church’s sacrament.

Baptizing a Child? – Congratulations! We are happy to share in the baptism of a child. Classes for parents are held on the third Monday of each month.

It is important for both parents to be a part of this preparation for Bap-tism. Therefore if you work the night shift, please let us know and another time can be scheduled for you.

Because the role of Godparents is also important in helping to share, support and nurture your child’s growth in faith, they are most wel-come to attend with you.

Pastoral Care for the Sick: If you or a loved one are in need of any pastoral care please contact the parish office. For an emergency please call 414-429-5790. Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation, and Holy Communion are all provided for on request. Fr. Jim is happy to visit with anyone in need, no matter their religion.

Be Reconciled to God! (2 Cor 5:20) – If you need forgiveness for a specific sin or past hurt, the sacrament of reconciliation is offered at St. William on Thursdays at 8 am and 6pm, Saturdays 3:00 pm, or by appointment.

St. William School – We welcome students of all faiths to enroll at St. William Catholic School. To schedule a tour with principal Diane Rebout, please call 608-755-5184

Any requests for information can be made to the parish office off the school parking lot inside Door #5.

DEADLINE FOR BULLETIN ARTICLES IS NOON ON MONDAYS.

Monday, October 18, 2021

NO MASS TODAY

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

7:14 am † - Robert Saltz

Adoration of the Blessed Sac-rament Noon— 5:00 pm; Benediction today at 5:00 PM

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

7:14 am - NO MASS TODAY

8:18 am— Dick and Marion O’Leary 70th Anniversary

Children’s Mass

Thursday, October 21, 2021

7:14 am † - Helen Heinz

CONFESSIONS 8-8:30 AM

CONFESSIONS 6-7 PM

Friday, October 22, 2021

7:14 am † - Christine Scaccia Lubeck

Saturday, October 23, 2021

CONFESSIONS 3 PM– 3:35 PM

4:00 pm † - Hawkins Family

Sunday, October 24, 2021

CONFESSIONS 7:15 AM—7:40 AM

8:00 am † - For Parishioners

10:30 am † - Dennis Venable

Joan Fitzmaurice, Alex Klingbil, Carrie Klukas, Ethel Thomas, Gordon Glad-den, Jack Jegerlehner, Kira Morgan, Jeff Weis, Debra Studzinski, Jeannette Dominey, Jeanne Kitson, John Harris, Mike Gagner, Elizabeth Wywial, Mary Ann Redman.

October 17, 2021 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time “For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45) If you held a mirror up to your life, would it reflect God’s love and mercy? If you are struggling with this, try changing your attitude from “I want more” to “thank you God for everything you have giv-en me, I have enough to share”. This change in perspective will bring you joy through service to others. Pray daily to become less self-centered and to become more God-centered.

Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) starting now (White Book)and in approximately 6 months you could be done.

Please read pages 251-280.

The Catechism provides much knowledge about the Creed, Prayers, the 10 Com-mandments, the sacraments and more.

SAVE THE DATE: Our first ever Lighting the Way for Women will be on Thursday, Dec. 9th from 6-8:30 pm. Lighting the Way is an event for women that is meant to inspire and en-rich them with scripture, prayer, music and time together. We will be re-flecting on the life of Mary, our Blessed Moth-er. The location will either be in the St. William Narthex or the Parish Hall, de-pending on how many women sign up, (more info on signing up to be released at a later date). Please plan on hosting a table to deco-rate, along with a group of your favorite women, on the evening of Dec. 9th!

October 23- 400 pm

Reader I - Tim Walleser

Reader II - Mary Lanners

October 24 8:00 am

Reader I - Peggy Anderson

Reader II - Pat Nehls

October 24 - 10:30 am

Reader I - Patrick Weissinger

Reader II - Al Brooks

USHERS FOR OCTOBER

4:00 PM - Tim Walleser, Glen Steffes

8:00 AM—Carl Petrick, Mark Tufte

10:30 AM –Brad Valley, Chuck Line, Marilyn Line, Wendy Val-ley, Phabian Voegeli

We are short on Ushers at all masses. If you can help out at the mass you attend, please check with someone to see if you can help.

School Mass: The second grade class will lead the school lit-urgy this week at 8:18 am on Wednesday. If you would like to join us, please sit in the chairs along the back wall and wear a mask.

Conferences: Fall conferences will be held Tuesday, October 19 from 4:00-7:00pm and Wednesday, October 20 from 1:00-8:00pm. Students will be dismissed at noon on October 20. There is no school October 21-22.

Trick or Trunk: Trick or Trunk will be held on Wednesday, October 27 in the parking lot. All activities will be outside. Please decorate your trunk, don your costume, and stock up on your candy supply.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18;

Lk 10:1-9

Tuesday: Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21;

Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 12:35-38

Wednesday: Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124:1b-8; Lk 12:39-48

Thursday: Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 12:49-53

Friday: Rom 7:18-25a; Ps 119:66, 68, 76-77, 93-94;

Lk 12:54-59

Saturday: Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Lk 13:1-9

Sunday: Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126:1-6; Heb 5:1-6;

Mk 10:46-52

The Disciple Maker Index Survey is now open! Please Read and Help! It’s official! The Disciple Maker Index Survey opens this week and we need your help! Please help us participate by completing a 10-15 minute survey as soon as possible.

Go to https://portal.catholicleaders.org/d/k5t9b2 There are also opportunities to complete the survey after daily and Sunday Mass and you can

obtain a paper copy in the Narthex or Parish Office or by contacting Terri Runde at 608-755-5180 #3.

The survey will only be available from October 14, 2021 – November 22, 2021 and will ask you to reflect on your own spiritual growth and enable you to provide feedback on our parish’s efforts to help you grow. All responses will be confidential and the parish will only receive information about the community as whole. We are trying to get the highest response rate possible. This information will be invaluable to Fr. Jim and our various ministries as we plan for the future and strive to be the best disciples we can be. We will receive the results this spring/summer at which time we will share what we have learned with the entire parish. Thank you for helping with this important project!

Walking with Moms in Need Kick-off Session

Walking with Moms in Need is a nation-wide effort to identify what parishes do to care for pregnant women and moms in need in par-ishes and dioceses across the US. Bishop Hying invites each parish to send rep-resentatives to the Kick-Off Session. If this project interests you, please contact Fr. Jim Leeser to volunteer. With your help we will discover current re-sources and learn about unmet needs. Learn more at our Kick-off Session on Satur-day, Oct. 23 • Location: Holy Name Heights, 702 S. High Point Rd., Madison • Training 3:00-4:15 PM

• Mass with Bishop Hying at 5:00 PM

• Childcare available on request during training RSVP by 10/21/2021 with your name, email, telephone number and parish at wwminmadison@gmail.com. Please note ages of children needing care during the training session.

INTERNATIONAL COMBINED COLLECTION

Next weekend, October 24 – 25th, the International Combined Collection will be conducted in our par-ish. This collection is combining the following indi-vidual collections:

• World Mission Support

• Catholic Relief Services

• Church in Central & Eastern Europe

• Church in Latin America

• Peter’s Pence

Pastoral Solidarity for the Church in Africa

Your help in supporting these collections is critical. Please take this week to pray about the support you can provide. A brochure and envelope will be in-serted into the bulletin next weekend for your dona-tion.

My Pledge for 2022 Church Support is:

$_______per week $_______per month $________per quarter $__________per year This pledge is for weekly /monthly /quarterly envelopes only! Does not include contributions to Major Repairs, Energy or other Diocesan Collections. __I Wish to Sign up for automatic withdrawal, this is the preferred way! __I prefer to make my contributions using envelopes as in the past __ I prefer to make an annual contribution, therefore do not need envelopes If possible consider increasing your contribution by 10% for 2022. Example if you now give $3,000.00 your 2022 pledge would be $3,300.00.

Indicate if any of the below information is new from last year. Name:________________________Address:_______________________________ City:__________________Zip:__________Ph:____________Cell: E-Mail: _________________________________ Annual Income Weekly Monthly Quaterly Annually $20,000.00 $ 38.46 $166.67 $ 500.00 $2,000.00

$40,000.00 $ 76.92 $333.33 $1,000.00 $4.000.00

$60,000.00 $115.38 $500.00 $1,500.00 $6,000.00

$80,000.00 $153.85 $666.67 $2,000.00 $8,000.00

Be thinking about your contribution for 2022. We really need your help in supporting St. William Parish. Our weekly collection needed is $12,500.00 The pledge cards will be handed out the weekend of October 30/31.

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