Welcome to the faith community of ST. FRANCIS DE SALES LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN We, the community of St. Francis de Sales Parish, seek to LIVE JESUS through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit by ministering to the needs of our brothers and sisters through Word, Worship, Education and Service. PRAYER & WORSHIP PARISH OFFICE Mass Schedule By Phone: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Mass of Anticipation: Saturday, 5:15 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sunday Mass: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 Walk-in: Tuesday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and p.m. (Spanish Mass) Friday 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Daily Mass: Tuesday & Thursday 8:45 a.m.; Wednesday & Address: 148 W. Main Street, Lake Geneva, WI Friday, 7:30 a.m. 53147 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Tuesday, 10 a.m. - Phone: (262) 248-8524 Fax: (262) 248-5302 6:00 p.m. Parish Web Site: www.sfdslg.org Reconciliation: Following Weekday Masses and 4:00 p.m. PARISH SCHOOL on Saturdays. Spanish Speaking Confessions will be the Address: 130 W. Main Street, Lake Geneva, WI Second and Fourth Sundays at 4:30 p.m. 53147 Phone: (262) 248-2778 Fax: (262) 248-7860 PLEASE PRAY FOR… IN LOVING MEMORY Benjamin Evan Tom Lasorda Born to eternal rest Schramm Lynda Paese Lorraine Wroblski Mary Cherney Pat Paese Robert Riley James Paese ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HER, O LORD, Juliana H.Carpenter Mark Voltz AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER Maryann Doornbos Kellana Gladsby Margie Detloff Clarence Read Arthur Waldoch Vincent McClain ALTAR CARE SCHEDULE Sandy and Tim Haggerty Tom Leedle 11/2-11/7—Geri Braun Chris Bettis Dorcas Breuninger 11/9-11/14—Donna Smith Debbie Mickelski Bobby Zagrodnik & Kevin Rowickie Family Marie Rowickie AnneMarie Janikowski BULLETIN SUBMISSION Mary Huml Conway Edward Czerwinski All articles for the bulletin must be emailed to Aiden Conway Hannah Palmer [email protected] or submitted in writing to the parish Karen Buhmann Nino Cruz office. The deadline is at noon on Monday. Thank you! Donovan Johnson Gervaise (Bunny) Lauf Cheryl and George Kaylee FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL Samantha Rowley Deneen Calvello Jim and Nancy Allen Patsy Dunlop Scialabba MASSES Joan and Gerry Nobiling Anita Segal Directive Changes Stuart Jossart John For our Sunday Liturgies there are no changes Keira Taylor other than please keep distancing properly. Our Weekday School Mass has some changes: Because of the up tick in Corona Cases those adults who attend the 8:45 a.m. Mass are still welcome at the Mass but must sit in chapel or SOLES WALK parish center. No non-school adults and children should Dear Parishioners, School Parents and Students, sit in main body of the Church. Thank you for all of your Thank you for the following these changes for the support for the Soles Walk and health and security of our school children. helping our Home & School committee. We were so successful that the Archdiocese is asking what MASS INTENTIONS our secret was. Actually there was no SATURDAY, October 31, 2020 secret other than we as a Community came together to do 5:15 p.m. Richard Schiltz the work of the Lord. Thank you for all your time and SUNDAY, November 1, 2020 7:30 a.m. Bob Haneman, Bruce Nelson effort. Blessings to All. Go SFDS School! 9:00 a.m. Carol Carney, Isabel Turner 10:30 a.m. Lauren (Rey) Pepple, J.R. Rahn WEDDING BANNS 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners (Spanish Mass) MONDAY, November 2, 2020 I. Ryan Clark and Melanie Battaglia 5:30 p.m. All Souls TUESDAY, November 3, 2020 8:45 a.m. Helen & Ken Jacobson, Rob Lenon READINGS FOR THE WEEK WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2020 Monday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; 7:30 a.m. All Parishioners Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or THURSDAY, November 5, 2020 from Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 8:45 a.m. All Students Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-32; Lk 14:15-24 FIRST FRIDAY, November 6, 2020 Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 7:30 a.m. All Parishioners Lk 14:25-33 FIRST SATURDAY, November 7, 2020 Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10 5:15 p.m. Intentions of Lewis Pulio Friday: Phil 3:17 — 4:1; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 16:1-8 SUNDAY, November 8, 2020 Saturday: Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; 7:30 a.m. Del & Debbie Krohn Lk 16:9-15 9:00 a.m. Ron Pankau, Jackie Huml Sunday: Wis 6:12-16; Ps 63:2-8; 1 Thes 4:13-18 10:30 a.m. All Parishioners [13-14]; Mt 25:1-13 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners (Spanish Mass) ALL SOUL’S REMEMBRANCE Stewardship Treasure Thank you to all of you who have helped us to celebrate our Giving Method Actual Goal Over/ Loved one who have gone before us (Under) marked with the sign of faith as the Weekend of October 25 Eucharistic Prayers so beautifully states during our Sunday Liturgies. Envelope & Checks 5,347 6,391 (1,044) Please take a moment to look at all Offertory Cash 1,598 2,305 (708) the names listed in the front Sanctuary area of our Electronic 4,447 3,268 1,179 Church. These are the Souls who have been our guides Total 11,392 11,964 (573) and support helping us to become the presence of God in Lake Geneva. Holy Mary Mother of God, Pray for us Year to Date (07/01/19 to 10/25/20) sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen Envelope & Checks 98,159 111,269 (13,110) Offertory Cash 31,423 43,555 (12,132) Electronic 59,082 53,982 5,100 ALL SOULS’ MASS Total 188,664 208,806 (20,142) Because All Saints’ day is on a Other Weekend Giving Sunday this year it is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the usual way Capital 50 because Sunday is a Holy Day of Angel Fund 123 Obligation. But All Soul’s Day is also Human Concerns 5 a very special day even though it is Special Collections not a Holy Day of Obligation. Consequently because of its importance ritually, we will Please consider OnLine have an evening Mass on Monday, November 2 at 5:30 Electronic giving by navigating p.m. Please come and join us as we remember all our to www.sfdslg.org, clicking on beloved brothers and sisters who have walked in Faith and now sleep in Christ Jesus. the DONATE icon and signing up today! ADVENT BOOK STUDY Yes, believe it or not Advent is just a month away. Our book study will again be from Ascension Press from the Rejoice! Series. This year the book is “Advent Meditations with the Holy Family”. We have a limited number of books for $8.50 each. If they sell out we may be able to get more but they may be more expensive. Because of Covid the publishers weren’t able to get as many books. The classes will again be Monday nights and Thursday mornings. Monday night classes will start Monday, Nov. 30 through Monday, Dec. 21 running from 7-8:30 p.m..; Thursday classes will start Thursday, Dec. 3 through Thursday, Dec. 17 running from 10:30 a.m.- noon. Providing no COVID changes occur before then we will have classes in the Parish Center with proper distancing and wearing of masks. We again will offer a Zoom option and you can ask for that for all the classes when you register or on an as-needed basis. To register and get a book or with any questions, please contact: Maureen Redmer 262-249-0424 [email protected] or Geri Braun 262-249-9590 [email protected] ASAP. LETTER FROM OUR ARCHBISHOP ON THE ELECTIONS Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we approach our national election and ponder the privilege we have as citizens to vote, I encourage all of you to read the directions given by the USCCB as a voter’s guide. I urge you to be informed about the issues that the Catholic Church and its social teachings place before us. I wish to emphasize the following issues and why they are extremely important to me as a Catholic and a patriotic citizen. The first issue is religious freedom. As a religious leader, I am more and more convinced that there is a concerted effort being waged to limit the impact of organized religion. This has been true for the last decade with the push toward secularism. Religion, especially the Catholic Church, stands at the forefront in opposition to the social reconstruction that is marketed as a progressive doctrine and deems religion and its teachings as offensive and backward. Will homilies be scrutinized for politically correct positions? Will churches be the subject of interference in their social outreach, being evaluated by whether they carry the banner of political ideologies? We have a higher responsibility which makes us better citizens and more responsible human beings. I am unabashedly pro-life. The second concern is respect for life from womb to tomb. I am convinced that we will not return to a positive attitude in our country until we protect life, especially the lives of the unborn.