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Dear Sister Parish,
We want to thank you for your wonderful support of our parish and mission over the last five years. We could never begin to explain how much you have helped our people not only survive, but thrive! The many prayers that you have prayed for Bwambo Village have given us hope and a feeling of encouragement. The financial support to purchase medical equipment, send some of us to medical and nursing school, help to build our new church, St. John the Baptist, and now, to raise funds for our new grade school, St. John the Baptist Academy is a dream that we never imagined possible! From all of us at Bwambo Mission in Tanzania, we thank you, we pray for you, and we love you!
In Christ, Fr. Beda Kiure, MD & Fr. Josaphat Mklindi, MD

The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults ) will begin here at

St. Francis in some form this Fall. If you know someone who has expressed an interest in learning more about the Catholic Church, it’s beliefs, its rituals, its sacraments, now is the time to encourage them to  contact us. While many people go through the  program and decide to become Catholic, there is no obligation to become a member. The RCIA is a process of study, discussion and prayer designed to help people determine if they are truly called to make the commitment to become a Catholic . If you have any questions or would like to join us, please call Geri Braun (262 249-9590 ).

The annual Soles for Catholic Education Walk is going virtual in 2020, but will still provide your parish school an opportunity to raise funds that benefit directly students and classrooms. On Saturday, October 17, 2020, parish schools will have the option as to whether to organize a walk on parish grounds, in area neighbor-hoods or to encourage students and parents to design their own routes (considering safety first, of course). Please see the flyer at the end of this newsletter for additional information

This year’s virtual Soles Walk will provide your parish school an opportunity to raise much- needed funds that will directly benefit your classrooms and students. Each school will set their own fundraising goal for items needed, and will decide how and where walkers will participate. 

To help each school raise money, there are several new and exciting additions: 

1. Matching funds: This year’s sponsorship donations will be used to match a portion of the money raised by each school. The percentage of matching funds received will be based proportionally on how much the schools raise compared to how much is donated by sponsors. 

2. Text-to-give: Each school has its own unique text-to-give number on the website that is easy to share with family, friends and neighbors so they can donate. You can find your school’s unique text-to-give number on your school’s landing page on the Soles Walk website, catholicschoolswalk.org 

Your school will make the decision whether to walk together on your school or parish property on October 17, or to encourage your walk participants to walk in their own neighborhoods or even around their own homes. 

This information has also been provided to school principals. We encourage you to work with your school principal to maximize the funds your school can raise. 

Remember, 100% of donations raised for a school stays at that school. 

We look forward to helping you make this year’s Virtual Soles Walk a success.

Join us as we read and discuss Christopher Carstens’ book “A Devotional Journey Into the Mass” and learn “How Mass can become a time of Grace, Nourishment and Devotion”. Covid-19 has changed all of our lives and not being able to attend Mass for several months may have left you or your family members asking questions like, “What’s the difference between being in Church at Mass and watching it live-streamed on You-Tube, except that we can’t receive Eucharist?” Or, “Why should we go back to Mass – it seems so boring and we’ve managed all these months without it?” Christopher Carstens can change the way you look at Mass starting with how and where you enter Church to making the Sign of the Cross and preparing your Heart at the Offertory all the way through the Dismissal. It’s been easy for some of us to become complacent, watching Mass on TV/Internet, in our PJ’s with a cup of coffee. Take the journey with us and have a renewed sense of the sacredness and beauty of the Masss.

We are still finalizing details and will keep you updated but as of now we do know we will be meeting Monday evenings from 7-8 p.m. at the Parish, probably in the Parish Center and on Thursday mornings from 10:30-11:30 a.m. again in the Parish Center to allow for proper social distancing. Our hope is to also do a ZOOM session simultaneously at both sessions so those not comfortable with “in house” meeting can still participate. We are hoping to have 20 copies of the book available at $4-$5 each but you can also order from Amazon or Sophia Institute Press yourself. We anticipate starting the classes the end of September finishing the end of November, just before Advent. We will update you about dates and meeting place for “in house” in a week or two so look for the updated information in the bulletin.

For more information or to register please contact: Maureen Redmer at memauly@hotmail.com or 262-249-0424 or Geri Braun at janie3@charter.net or 262-249-9590.

Rosary Thursdays – a time for prayer, reflection and intercession for the people of our parish, state and world during this time. Our Lady calls us to prayer.

4:45 Intentions and Intercession
4:55 Saint of the Day Reflection
5:00 Rosary 
5:30 Prayer and Discussion

Bring your rosary and chair to join us for this amazing opportunity. Our group will pray on SFdS grounds for our parish leaders, parishioners, town, state and world. For more information please contact Denise at 262.269.6070 or everlastext@gmail.com. 

“It would hardly be possible for me to put into words how much Our Lady thinks of the Holy Rosary and of how she vastly prefers it to all other devotions. Neither can I sufficiently express how highly she rewards those who work to preach the devotion, to establish it and spread it, nor on the other hand how firmly she punishes those who work against it.”-St. Louis de Montfort

8 faces of Mary prayers   Rosary with Psalter  Saint of the Day