Jared & Abby Jozwiakowski & son, Oliver
Geraldine Kyle

Nancy Magestro

John Roth

Linnea Sandine

Patricia Wood

We would love your help decorating for Christmas!
SP, Sunday 12/22 at 10:15am
IHM, Sunday, 12/22 1:30 - 4:30pm Sign up here!
CTK, Monday 12/23 at 8am

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
Christmas Mass Times
Tues. Dec. 24
4pm at IHM

6pm at CTK
8pm at SP

Midnight at IHM
7:30am at SP

9am at CTK

10:30am at IHM

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
Dec. 31 - 4pm at SP
Jan 1 - 9am at CTK & 10:30am at IHM

Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve: 6am - 12pm
No Adoration on Christmas Day or New Year's Day

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Christmas Office Hours
The pastorate office will be closed Dec. 24 - 26 & Jan 1 and after 12pm on Dec 30-31.

Stella Maris Care Team
Our Care Team started about 6 months ago and we have had great success so far in matching up many of our parishioners. We are offering more volunteer training dates at the start of January 2025 on the 2nd and 7th. For a rewarding opportunity to serve others, please prayerfully consider joining the Stella Maris Care Team. Care Team volunteers make social visits to parishioners who are isolated in their homes. If this type of compassion in action is calling you, email Marnie or call 608-440-9441.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
We have had a great start to CGS at IHM on Wednesdays! 3K - 1st grade students visit during the school day, and faith formation families at night. We are excited to have TWO atriums this year! The kids have been growing in their faith through familiar works and new materials presented to them. Thanks to everyone who helped get our baptistry atrium ready to go through donating items, or being a catechist/assistant- it has been a group effort! We hope the atrium experiences enrich the pastorate community.

The next Wednesday night meeting is Jan. 8 at IHM. Thanks, Fr. Bill, for sharing your vocation story last week! His story is on our website.

We will be sending the end of the year offertory statements by email this year, if you are not sure your email is up to date, please email us at: [email protected]. For those without an email address, we will mail a printed copy.

Benefit Dinner & Dance
Our annual Benefit Dinner & Dance is Feb. 14 from 5:30pm-11pm at Barnwood Events WI in Madison.

Luke House - December
The churches within our pastorate prepare and serve meals at the Luke House. Food donations and volunteers to serve the food are needed. CTK Dec 30

Bake Christmas Cheer for Luke House
Share Christmas treats for Christmastime meals. Adding a dozen or two to your holiday baking is a wonderful way to support this ministry of hospitality. Please bring your goodies in disposable containers to the CTK kitchen by 3pm on Mon., Dec. 23. Questions? Contact Ernie Stetenfeld at (608) 838-8924. Details here.

St. Anne’s Altar Society will host a Christmas Bake Sale on Dec. 21 & 22 after all Masses, featuring cookie plates with assorted treats. Volunteers are also needed to help set up before Mass and sell items after Mass. (Items for the sale can also be dropped off before Mass, packaged and ready to sell). Contact: Teri (608-206-5144, [email protected]

Jubilee Year Mass
Mark your calendars for the beginning of the Jubilee Year on Sunday, Dec. 29 at 2pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary with a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Hying to which the whole Diocese is invited. This special liturgy will include a procession, the solemn greeting of the faithful at the doors of the church, veneration of the Jubilee Cross which will be on display at IHM for the year, and Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family. Click here to read the Catholic Herald article about the Jubilee Year.

Adult Bible Study
Epic: The Early Church: A Study of the first 500 Years of the Catholic Church. Beginning Jan.13 for 10 Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm at CTK. Details & register here by Jan 3.

LBH - Save the Dates!
Summer 2025 will be the eighth consecutive year that all three churches in our pastorate have taken groups of middle and high schoolers on Love Begins Here mission trips. Registration opens Jan. 17. Details here.

Retrouvaille
Does your marriage need a refresh or a rescue? Find help through Retrouvaille, (ret-tro-vi), where husbands and wives are helped to re-discover each other. In Retrouvaille, couples discover they are not alone. There is hope and grace. Madison’s upcoming Retrouvaille program is Jan. 31 – Feb. 2 at the Green Lake Conference Center. Follow up sessions will be in Madison. Call (920) 369-8836 or check helpourmarriage.org. Your confidentiality is always respected.

High School Youth Group
Frassati Fest is Feb. 7-9 - a retreat weekend open to all high school students in the Diocese of Madison hosted at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells! Register here by Dec. 22.

Stella Maris Iconography Workshop 
Master Iconographer Drazen Dupor of Madison WI, will guide participants through a step-by-step process of painting St. Nicholas. Feb. 21-23 at CTK Hall, no experience required. Details here.