Thank you to all of those who came out to pray last night at candlelight adoration last night at St. John the Baptist. One more opportunity for candlelight adoration during Lent is in two weeks at St. Patrick. Please come out and join us!
- Fr. Joe and the Pastorate 18 Staff
We need your help! The Transition Team for our new parish is gathering information on all the activities taking place within our parishes and schools. This includes fundraisers, evangelization, community events, community service, and a variety of other events. We are a busy and vibrant group!
The information collected will be passed on to the new Pastoral Council so they will have what they need to make informed decisions across our Pastorate. It will also help us help each other! We may have resourses or information that we can share between our churches that will help make carrying out our mission a little easier.
You may have received a Google form asking for information about activities you are involved with. If you have, please fill out the form and submit it as soon as you can. If we missed you, please contact Mercy Ranum at mcranum@gmail.com to submit information on your event or group. Thank you!
Additional Lenten Offerings
In addition to regularly scheduled opportunities for sacraments, prayer, and devotion throughout the Pastorate, please note the following things happening during the season of Lent. We hope these are a helpful aid in drawing closer to the Lord during this season of penitential preparation!
Extra Confessions
- Thursdays (SJB - Old Church), 8:00 - 8:50PM
- Saturdays (SJB), 8:30 - 10:00AM
Candlelight Adoration with multiple Confessors
- Wednesday, March 13th (SP), 5:30 - 8:00PM
Stations of the Cross
- Tuesdays (SP), 8:30AM - Parishioner Led
- Fridays (SJB), 8:30AM - Priest Led
- Fridays (SM), 2:00PM - Will happen (and be led by children) when school is in session.
Holy Week Schedule
In addition to the Triduum liturgies and Easter Sunday masses listed above, these additional opportunities for prayer and Confession are available in the Pastorate during Holy Week.
Holy Thursday - March 28th
- Confessions (SJB), 5:30 - 6:15PM
- Adoration following Mass until midnight (SJB - Old Church)
- Spanish "Living Stations" following Mass (SJB - Gym)
- Night Prayer (SJB - Old Church), 11:30PM
Good Friday - March 29th
- Spanish "Living Stations" (SJB - Gym), 11:30 AM
- Stations of the Cross (SML), 12:00 PM
- Stations of the Cross (SM), 12:00 PM
Holy Saturday - March 30th
- Confessions (SJB), 9:00 - 10:00AM
- Confessions (SP), 9:00 - 10:00AM
SJB = St. John the Baptist, Waunakee
SM = St. Michael, Dane
SML = St. Mary of the Lake, Westport
SP = St. Patrick, Lodi
Any interested adults from Pastorate 18 are welcome to join in our ongoing study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
This study takes place on Sundays from 11:45am - 1:15pm in the school library in Waunakee. To get to the library, enter through the cafeteria doors (the eastern entrance on 3rd St.).
Fr. Enan will continue classes on the third pillar of the Catechism (Life in Christ) in the next two weeks of Lent:
- Sunday, March 3rd - Catholic Differences: Grace and the Moral Law
- Sunday, March 10th - The Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments
HS Teen Lenten Series
Dates for the spring series of High School formation are here! Any high schoolers are welcome to join on the following dates this spring. The Teen Series takes place on Sundays in the parish office/rectory living room from 11:30am - 1:00pm.
During Lent, our series will focus on some of the big questions about life: Who am I? Why a God? Am I saved?
- March 3 - Lent
- March 10 - Lent
- March 17 - Lent
- March 24 - Lent
- April 7
- May 5
Return - Lenten Book Study
All adults in Pastorate 18 are welcome to a small group study and discussion with the book Return by Fr. John Burns on Tuesday mornings during the season of Lent this year. Return is a book that will help you reorient your mind and heart this Lent so you can more fully experience the joy of Easter - Christ's victory over sin and death. For more information, contact Eileen Daley.
Gathering Room at Saint John the Baptist Church
Tuesdays, February 13 - April 2
Tuesdays, February 13 - April 2
9:15 - 10:00am
Blessed Trinity's re-enrollment period is currently open. Returning families, please make sure to complete all re-enrollment paperwork and online enrollment information as soon as possible to guarantee your spot for next year.
Our open enrollment period will open tomorrow, on March 1! Please spread the word about our awesome school to family and friends who have students entering 4K - grade 8: word of mouth is the best way to recruit!
This month, our 3rd and 4th graders dove into the story of Moses and the 10 plagues. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about each of the 10 plagues and imagining what the problems of each would mean for daily life. They ended the unit by watching Fr. Enan's favorite movie, The Prince of Egypt. Our 7/8 graders will be picking up on the promises given to the Israelites upon their departure into the desert as they look at what the true meaning of Freedom is getting ready for Easter. At our Diocesan retreat, our teachers looked at how the Beatitudes fulfilled what the 10 Commandments began. It's amazing and a blessing to see how everything connects across the formation of all of our staff and students!
This month, our 3rd and 4th graders dove into the story of Moses and the 10 plagues. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about each of the 10 plagues and imagining what the problems of each would mean for daily life. They ended the unit by watching Fr. Enan's favorite movie, The Prince of Egypt. Our 7/8 graders will be picking up on the promises given to the Israelites upon their departure into the desert as they look at what the true meaning of Freedom is getting ready for Easter. At our Diocesan retreat, our teachers looked at how the Beatitudes fulfilled what the 10 Commandments began. It's amazing and a blessing to see how everything connects across the formation of all of our staff and students!
Reach out to Alicia Zepp, principal of Blessed Trinity, to learn more about what's happening at school or how to enroll!
St. John school students are learning about the virtue of honesty this month. A kindergarten student has really exemplified this virtue by being honest about her Lenten promise! She has declined a few birthday treats and dessert at lunch because she gave up sweets for Lent. She is not afraid to tell everyone about her Lenten promise and to stay true to it! We are very proud of this little one.
Our school is growing closer to God this Lent by proclaiming the saying IC2KG! It stands for "I Choose to Know God". When we choose to KNOW God, we open a relationship with him. We are called to LOVE Him, and love without works is incomplete so we SERVE Him. We are called to evangelize, so we want to SHARE the best gift on the planet! We are gathering together as a school each week during Lent to discover how we have each known, loved, served, and shared to help make disciples in our families and community.
Our school is growing closer to God this Lent by proclaiming the saying IC2KG! It stands for "I Choose to Know God". When we choose to KNOW God, we open a relationship with him. We are called to LOVE Him, and love without works is incomplete so we SERVE Him. We are called to evangelize, so we want to SHARE the best gift on the planet! We are gathering together as a school each week during Lent to discover how we have each known, loved, served, and shared to help make disciples in our families and community.
Reach out to Kalee Kozinski, principal of St. John the Baptist, to learn more about what's happening at school!
- Join the hundreds of other happy families that come to partake in one of the best Fish Frys in the Midwest this Lent at St. Michael in Dane! The Fish Fry is available TOMORROW NIGHT (March 1st) by Drive Thru from 4:30 - 7:00PM. Keep an eye out in the drive thru line, as the priests of Pastorate 18 take turns handing out the numbers!
- Attention, ladies! Now is the perfect time to consider a membership in the CCW! We offer an outlet for your talents, a chance to share your spirituality with other women, and an opportunity to foster new friendships. Check us out! You are cordially invited to attend our next membership meeting at St. John the Baptist on Tuesday March 12 at 6:30PM. in the gathering area. Join in for the optional social at 6:00PM. Learn what the Council of Catholic Women is all about. Everyone is welcome!
- Bingo Nights at St. Mary of the Lake are coming up soon! If you're interested in helping out, use the link below the advertisement to sign up to volunteer.
- Save the date for St. John Fest! June 14th and 15th will be days packed with community, music, great food, and celebrations for the 150th anniversary of St. John the Baptist. Information on sponsoring St. John Fest can be found below!
To get in touch with someone in the pastorate or submit something for a future newsletter, send us an e-mail and we will make sure it gets to the right person or someone who can best answer your question.
Lent is the season of grace in which the desert can become once more – in the words of the prophet Hosea – the place of our first love (cf. Hos 2:16-17). God shapes his people, he enables us to leave our slavery behind and experience a Passover from death to life. Like a bridegroom, the Lord draws us once more to himself, whispering words of love to our hearts.
- Pope Francis