Friday - July 8 - Parish Tractor Pull @ 7 p.m. at the Mfld Fairgrounds Gates open @ 5 pm & concessions stands open @ 5:30 pm * lets pray for “good” weather to make this a success!!
2016 FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM: WITNESSES TO FREEDOM. The fifth Fortnight for Freedom will run from June 21-July 4 (from the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More to Independence Day). The theme for this year’s Fortnight is “Witnesses to Freedom.” On Tuesday, June 21 at 6:30 pm –“A Call to Prayer for the Fortnight for Freedom,” a Holy Hour led by Deacon Jeff Austin will be hosted by St. John the Baptist Church in Marshfield. Please join us in praying for the protection of our conscience rights (e.g. the right to refrain from participation in abortion or same- sex marriage or contraception, et alia).
Fortnight for Freedom Rosary Walk * Please join Fr. Martin and the Knights of Columbus for a Rosary walk on Sunday, June 26 at 6:30 PM. Father Martin will lead us in praying the Rosary for Christian Freedom in our own country as well as the whole world. We will start at the Ten Commandments Monument at St John the Baptist Catholic Church and walk to the Ten Commandments Monument at the Knights of Columbus Hall. A shuttle vehicle will be provided for those unable to walk the entire route.
Family Night
The Family Life Committee is organizing a “Family Night “at Athletic Park in Wausau, Woodchucks vs. Battle Creek, on Wed. July 13 at 6:35. Gates open at 5:35. Reserved seating, a Woodchucks ball cap, a hotdog and soda, all for $10.50. Transportation is on your own as no bus will be provided. If you wish to join us, please put $10.50 per person in an envelope provided (under the bulletin board) for registering and place your completed envelope in the collection basket or give to an usher. First come, first served, but please do so before June 26th.
If you have questions please contact Joan Meyer.
The annual month of June “Project Milk” is sponsored by the PCCW of the parish.
The monies collected will go to the Cosa Hogar Juan Pablo Orphanage near Lurin, Peru. It is 20 miles outside of Lima. This project provides milk for the children at the orphanage and the surrounding Peruvian area. Please note the “Special Milk Can” in the gathering area is to place your monetary contributioninto. The children sincerely appreciate your support.
Please join us in prayer for all unborn babies and all who are afflicted by abortion. Every Wednesday afternoon @ 3 p.m. until the display of white crosses is taken down at the intersection of Highway 97 and County E (the Lang property) in Marshfield. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and the Rosary will be prayed.