WEEKLY BULLETIN AUGUST 9TH & 16TH
- Jul 31
- 4 min read
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CONGREGATION
TELEPHONE: 715-398-7174 E-mail: Mary@stfrancisxavier.us
REV. FR. JAMES F. TOBOLSKI, PASTOR
MARY MARGARET SITEK, PARISH SECRETARY
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – AUGUST 9, 2026
MASS SCHEDULE AUGUST 10-16:
WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM HEALTH/WELFARE OF MARY GRAY (friends)
Waffles will be served following Mass.
THURSDAY 9:00 AM MARILEE CULLITON (Janet Walroos)
FRIDAY 9:00 AM ELISABETH DSCHIDA (Jane & Jon Gephart)
SATURDAY 4:00 PM DELORES LEUTHNER (Ray)
SUNDAY 9:00 AM HEALTH & WELFARE OF ST. FRANCIS PARISHIONERS
10:30 AM ERMA HARTY (Bill & Spehar Suntina)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION, SATURDAYS 3:15-3:45, RECONCILATION ROOM
MASS is celebrated every Wednesday at St. Mary’s Hospital Chapel at 11:15 AM. All are welcome.
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION, AUGUST 15TH, is not a Holy Day this year because it falls on a Saturday. Here is an envelope in your packet if you wish to make a donation for this special day.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH FOLLOWING 4:00 MASS Come join us to celebrate Fr. Jim’s 68th Birthday! There is no charge. Plan to join us!
ST. FRANCIS CEMETERY NEWS Our new (second) columbarium is now in place. Stop to take a look! Each niche holds two containers of cremains. The cost of each niche is $2,000.00 which includes the initial engraving. For further information please call the parish office.
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE IN NEED OF THE FOLLOWING VOLUNTEER POSITIONS IN OUR PARISH: USHERS (LADIES, TOO!) FOR THE 9 AM AND 10:30 AM MASSES. Participants receive a 3-month schedule in the mail at their choice of Mass time. Please call Mary Margaret at the parish office to serve as an usher. We also need SERVERS (LADIES OR MEN) to serve at our funeral lunches. Volunteers for this opportunity are asked to call Teri Collins at 715-817-5658.
5TH STREET PARKING LOT Our new 5th Street Parking Lot Paving Project is underway! Please be patient as the blacktopping and striping work is completed. The estimated cost of the project is $110,000.00. We will not have a special fundraising event for this project. If you would, however, like to make a donation for this work, please feel free to place your gift in our regular collection in an envelope marked “Blacktopping.” Thank you!
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – AUGUST 16, 2026
MASS SCHEDULE AUGUST 17-23:
WEDNESDAY 11:15 AM FR. JIM WILL OFFER MASS AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL CHAPEL.
THURSDAY 9:00 AM DICK CAFFREY (Patty Conley)
FRIDAY 9:00 AM LEON STILWELL (Betty & family)
SATURDAY 4:00 PM DIANNE (TINKER) SHARROW (Mary McKenzie)
SUNDAY 9:00 AM HEALTH & WELFARE OF ST. FRANCIS PARISHIONERS
10:30 AM MIKE WHITE (Jim & family)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION, SATURDAYS, 3:15 – 3:45 PM, RECONCILIATION ROOM.
MASS IS CELEBRATED every Wednesday at St. Mary’s Chapel beginning at 11:15 AM. All are welcome.
ALTAR SOCIETY’S “THIS N ‘THAT SALE” is being planned for SEPTEMBER 11-12. Please begin saving your items for this event. Please remember the following ARE NOT ACCEPTED: BEDDING, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, PLACE SETTINGS/CHINA DISHES, CAR SEATS, STROLLERS. More information, please call Paulette at 715-399-8564.
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DePaul Are you free to help out at our free store occasionally on Wednesday afternoons? We are in need of a few good men who are willing to serve those in need for a couple of hours a week or a couple of hours a month. If you are interested in learning more, leave a message for us at and we would like to talk to you about this opportunity. Voicemail: 717-398-4039 Tax deductible contributions can be mailed to the following address: SVDP, PO BOX 98, Superior, WI 54880.
COMMUNAL ROSARY All are welcome to join in the communal rosary which is recited on the first Friday of each month at 6 PM in the Garden Room. Mark your calendars and plan to join us.
MISSION APPEAL We welcome Fr. Mark Marangone of the St. Francis Missionaries, to our parish the weekend of August 22-23. Fr. Mark, born in Italy, will be preaching the Mission Appeal as part of the Annual Cooperation Plan. There are currently 800 priests and brothers of the Xaverian Missionaries serving in 20 countries. Being exclusively a foreign mission society, the Xaverian Fathers and Brothers depend greatly on proceeds from this visit. Fr. Mark is currently rector of the Franklin Center in Franklin, Wisconsin. Thank you for your support!
Sympathy & Prayers to the family of Ruth Dalbec.
May she rest in peace. +
We wish all of God’s Special Blessings to our newly baptized…Carter-R Thomas, Kolton-R Thomas and Kaycee-Ann Collins + the children of
Ryan and Christina Collins;
and Mason Martin Oltmanns +son of Jonathan & Jenna.
RECENT COLLECTIONS: July 19, 2026 $5,193.00
July 26, 2026 $5,503.00 Thank you!
MINISTRY SCHEDULES:
AUGUST 29-30: 4:00 PM MASS 9:00 AM MASS 10:30 AM MASS
Processional Cross Arlene Osterlund Teri Collins Reagan Rose
Reader Pete Raboin Mary Jo Uhlenkott Chris Swanson
Server Charlie Cleaver David Uhlenkott Genny Teasley
Communion Nancy Lund Teri Collins Roma Myers
Ministers Lorie Frink Kathy Hesselgrave Dan Leif
AUGUST Ushers Dick Bridge Bob Erdman Ken Petersen
Jim Bridge Jim VanO Mike McCoshen
Mark Cummings Tom Haack Volunteer
SEPTEMBER 5-6:
Processional Cross CarrieAnn Michalski Gail Erdman Reagan Rose
Reader Kyle Mehlum Keith Montgomery May Heidel
Server Pete Raboin Nancy Lund Donna Stubbe
Communion Lorie Frink Kathy Hesselgrave Dan Leif
Ministers Angel Booth Gail Erdman Paulette White
SEPTEMBER Ushers Dick Bridge Rick Anderson Bob Benson
Jim Bridge Dick Campbell Ernie Swartz
Mark Cummings Jim VanO Volunteer
PRAYER MINISTRY
There are people in our congregation who are willing to share your needs and prayers.
Please call Arlene at 218-341-2606 if you, or a family member, or a friend, are in need.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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