Many of you have been asking, “Who is the talented woodworker that recently made the bench at the chapel entrance of SFDS?” Meet Greg Curin, a master carpenter who not only made the bench but also the cabinetry in our parish library. Thank you Greg for sharing your time and talents!Read More

Michael Hayes has been the accompanist for the Contemporary Choir at 9 a.m. Mass for the past 21 years. That adds up to over 1000 Masses! He does this strictly as a volunteer. How did this happen? “Mike Ball came up to me during Hospitality one Sunday and said, “I heard you play the piano!”...Read More

When Michelle Oberholtzer and her husband moved to the Lake Geneva area 10 years ago with their 4 children, they were looking for a parish to call home. Trying out different Catholic churches in the area, they made the decision to join St. Francis de Sales on Christmas Eve during an especially beautiful liturgy. “We...Read More

When Pam Lenon’s kids were small they would help her dig on their property. She didn’t know it at the time, but while her children were looking for “buried treasure”, she was discovering a God given talent of designing gardens. She started planting and creating, catching the attention of her friends and neighbors. Soon people...Read More

Marissa Ellison has literally grown up before our eyes! She has been a part of the music ministry since she was 10 years old and is now getting ready to go to college this fall. It all started when she joined the Choir of Angels, which is the group that sings every week at school...Read More

For several years, Diane Stenus has quietly gone about her “job.” She is one of the unsung volunteers you like to hear about…doing one of the church duties that you might not even think about until you read it here. Every two or three weeks, Diane comes and picks up the altar server robes and takes them to a...Read More

Who are these guys? Often seen at Sunday Mass at St. Francis de Sales over the past several months, these faithful men are on the path to become Franciscan Friars. Currently in their second year of formation– known as a Novitiate Year–this dedicated group of Novices is on their way to make their first vows...Read More

Lorraine Wroblesky is a familiar face to all of you! She knows this place inside and out, literally, having cleaned almost every crevice of the church and rectory. Moving to Lake Geneva in 1982, Lorraine and her husband Ray first got involved counting contributions after all of the Masses on Sundays. Later she became a...Read More

“ASK CAROLE.” These words are frequently heard in the halls of our parish. Whispered in church, spoken in the office, shouted in the kitchen! Carole, you see, is Carole Nevin. Not only has she been a member of St. Francis de Sales for more than 50 years doing almost every possible volunteer job, but she’s...Read More

Helene Churchill’s dedication to St. Francis de Sales parish is a family legacy. Her great grandfather, James S. Curran, was an early settler and farmer in Lyons township. He was one of the original St. Francis de Sales Church parishioners and helped to build the FIRST church building around 1852. It was a frame structure...Read More