St. Bernard-St. Hedwig will be holding a Parish Fish Fry on April 3rd from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The menu will include: baked or deep-fried fish, deep-fried shrimp, parsley buttered potatoes, veggie, coleslaw, dessert, coffee and milk. One-piece, two-piece or three-piece dinners will be available for dine in or carry out.
Cost: 1-piece dinner, $8.50; 2-piece, $10.50; 3-piece, $12.50.

St. Olaf Men’s Club will be holding their famous “All You Can Eat Fish Fry” from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Father Agnew Parish Center.

The menu will feature two types of battered fish, baked fish, choice of French fries or baked potato, vegetables, salad bar, coffee and milk.

Cost for the meal: adults, $12; seniors, $11 (65 and older), children 5-12, $4 and 4 and under are FREE. Carry-outs will also be available for $11.

Celebrating 75 years as a parish, Immaculate Conception Parish will hold their last 36th annual fish boil on April 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The fish boil will be held at Immaculate Conception School, 1722 Highland Ave.

Menu: delicious fish, red potatoes, onions, carrots, coleslaw, fish tacos, macaroni and cheese, Vienna bread, ice create cup and a beverage.

Cost: adults, $11; children 6-12, $5; children five and under, free. Carry-outs will be $11.

THE GIFT YOU ARE: To God, to Self, to Others
 
Silent Theme Retreat
 
We live in a world of material abundance, a world in which most of us find it easy to present loved ones with beautiful and thoughtful gifts. But do we find it as easy to share – or even to recognize – the gift of our very selves?
 
The gift you are is the most precious gift of all, but it is sometimes the most difficult gift to find. Begin or continue your search for this gift by joining us on this weekend retreat. Retreat sessions will help you explore the gift you are from both Biblical and Mindfulness perspectives. Meanwhile, the time, space and silence of this retreat will help you apply what you have learned in the sessions, contemplating and reconnecting with the gift you are – to yourself, to others and to the God who made you!
 
The retreat begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday and concludes on Sunday afternoon, with the option to stay Sunday night. The cost is $100 for those who depart on Sunday afternoon; $190 for those who stay on Sunday night.
 
This 3-day retreat will be presented by Lee Ann Niebuhr, Rita Simon and Elizabeth Schussler. This retreat is open only to women.
 
To reserve your spot, visit www.sarcenter.com <http://www.sarcenter.com> or call 715-443-2236.

Assumption High School presents The Way of the Cross Shadow Stations – Acted Out in Shadow – in the high school gymnasium.

Free-will offerings will be welcomed.

St. Mary’s Assumption Parish will hold a Lenten fish fry on Good Friday.

Menu: Batter fried or baked fish, baked potato, potato chips, potato salad, baked beans and a beverage.

Cost: small portion, $9.50; large portion, $11.

Take outs will be available.

St. Mary’s Assumption Parish will hold a Lenten fish fry on Good Friday.

Menu: Batter fried or baked fish, baked potato, potato chips, potato salad, baked beans and a beverage.

Cost: small portion, $9.50; large portion, $11.

Take outs will be available.

The Chippewa Falls Knights of Columbus will hold their annual All You Can Eat Smelt Feed on Thursday, April 16th from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 236 Pumphouse Rd., Chippewa Falls. This event is open to the public.

The delicious meal will include: deep-fried smelt, coleslaw, baked beans, Deacon Dan Rider’s bread and refreshments. Cost is $12 per person at the door.

Those attending will be eligible for cash drawing prizes:
One 1st place - $300
Two 2nd place - $100 ea.
Three 3rd place - $50 ea.
Four 4th place - $25 ea.

Also, several raffles will be held throughout the evening.

Please plan to attend this event that will benefit the needs of our community.

Mary, Mother of the Church Parish will be holding a spring rummage sale on Friday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will cost $6 a bag on Friday, April 17 and $3 a bag on Saturday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Some items will be priced individually.

St. Olaf Men’s Club will be holding their famous “All You Can Eat Fish Fry” from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Father Agnew Parish Center.

The menu will feature two types of battered fish, baked fish, choice of French fries or baked potato, vegetables, salad bar, coffee and milk.

Cost for the meal: adults, $12; seniors, $11 (65 and older), children 5-12, $4 under 5 are FREE. Carry-outs will also be available for $11.

Join us for a fish fry at St. Bernard-St. Hedwig Church from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17th.

The menu: baked or deep-fried fish, deep-fried shrimp, parsley buttered potatoes, jojo potatoes, veggie, coleslaw, dessert, coffee or milk. One-piece, two-piece or three-piece dinners will be available for dine in or carry out.

Cost: 1-piece dinner, $8.50; 2-piece, $10.50; 3-piece, $12.50

The Chippewa Falls Knights of Columbus will hold their annual All You Can Eat Smelt Feed on Thursday, April 16th from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 236 Pumphouse Rd., Chippewa Falls. This event is open to the public.

The delicious meal will include: deep-fried smelt, coleslaw, baked beans, Deacon Dan Rider’s bread and refreshments. Cost is $12 per person at the door.

Those attending will be eligible for cash drawing prizes:
One 1st place - $300
Two 2nd place - $100 ea.
Three 3rd place - $50 ea.
Four 4th place - $25 ea.

Also, several raffles will be held throughout the evening.

Please plan to attend this event that will benefit the needs of our community.

This event begins on Friday, April 17 at 5 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, April 19 after the noon meal.
For many years, we took for granted that the “Beloved Disciple” who appears in the latter chapters of John’s Gospel, is John, the Gospel writer himself. Most recent Scripture scholars have begun to question this assumption. They tell us that the “beloved Disciple” was, indeed, a real disciple who lived out his discipleship within the early Johannine community, but who is deliberately unnamed, so that all disciples encountering these passages could find themselves within the words. This retreat will prayerfully linger over all these passages of John’s Gospel, in order to discover the richness they contain for a deeper following of Jesus in our own lives – in other words, to become Jesus’ “Beloved Disciple.”

Father Dan Crosby, OFM Cap., is a friar of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph. Father Dan was the director of St. Anthony Spirituality Center for several years before the transition from Capuchin leadership to lay leadership at St. Anthony’s. He currently ministers at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, MI, but enjoys returning to Marathon to visit and to offer retreats at St. Anthony’s.

Registration begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, followed by supper at 6:30 p.m. The retreat concludes after Mass and the noon meal on Sunday.

The La Crosse Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold their annual collection on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday April 19. Go to http://www.ldccw.org/uploads/4/3/3/9/43397371/2020councilsundaycollectionflyer.pdf to find out more.

Celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy at the Saturday Vigil Mass on April 18th at St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Colby.

Schedule:
5:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Sacrament of Confession, praise and worship
6:30 p.m. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
7 p.m. Holy Mass

At the end of all weekend Masses will be the Veneration of the Image of the Divine Mercy.

Mass I Eucharistic Adoration I Chaplet of Divine Mercy I Benediction

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament I Confessions I The Chaplet of Divine Mercy I Benediction.

A Divine Mercy informational video will be shown at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

Divine Mercy Sunday Devotions will take place on Sunday, April 19, at St. Patrick Church in Onalaska, from 12 - 3:15 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin at noon. Confessions will be heard throughout the afternoon along with hourly recitations of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. A Divine Mercy information video will be shown at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Devotions will conclude with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction at 3 p.m. For more information, please call Amy at (608) 783-0847.

Eucharistic Adoration I Prayer and Reconciliation I Chaplet of Divine Mercy I Benediction

Sacrament of Reconciliation I The Chaplet of Divine Mercy I Procession of the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction I Mass.

1 p.m. Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
2 p.m. Confessions
2:45 p.m. Benediction
3 p.m. Recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet

St. Lawrence Parish, 550 10th Ave, N, Wisconsin Rapids, will host the observance of Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19th, beginning at 1 p.m. with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament / Confessions; 2:30 p.m.- a Reflection on Divine Mercy; 2:50 p.m.- Chaplet of Divine Mercy; 3:10 p.m. - Benediction / Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The Marian Center for Peace, sponsor of this event, reminds you to begin the Divine Mercy Chaplet Novena on Good Friday, April 10th. For more information: 715.424.6279; mariancenterforpeace.org; find us on Facebook.
(To earn the Plenary Indulgence on this day, participants are asked to go to Confession remaining free from all attachment to sin, receive Holy Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday, recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet in front of the Blessed Sacrament and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father. The purpose of Lent is to prepare us for Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, so one shouldn’t wait until the last moment to receive the
Sacrament of Reconciliation. Going earlier shows pastoral sensitivity to the fact that there is a shortage of priests to hear everyone’s confession on Divine Mercy Sunday.)

The Divine Mercy Feast schedule:

Sunday, April 19 I 1-4 p.m.
St. Joseph Church I 719 E. Patten St. I Boyd
1-3 p.m. – Confessions
1 p.m. – Exposition
1:15 p.m. – His Mercy Endures Forever – Rev. Pawel Sass
2 p.m. – The Wound We Are Born With – Sr. Gaudia Skass, OLM
3 p.m. – Chaplet – Veneration of Divine Mercy Image – Litany of Divine Mercy Praises
4 p.m. -- Benediction

Divine Mercy devotion will be held at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Marathon from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.

Eucharistic Adoration I Confession I Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy at the Saturday Vigil Mass on April 18th at St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Colby.

Schedule:
5:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Sacrament of Confession, praise and worship
6:30 p.m. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
7 p.m. Holy Mass

At the end of all weekend Masses will be the Veneration of the Image of the Divine Mercy.

The Lodge at Mauston 104 Lodge Lane Mauston, Wisconsin

Did you also know that there have been human trafficking cases in every county in the State of Wisconsin? Join us for A Night of Education and Awareness About Human Trafficking featuring speaker Sister Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA, and a panel of representatives from local law enforcement, the medical field, and Hope House of South Central Wisconsin. This will be a free event open to the public.

Sponsored by The Juneau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse and the Tomah Deanery Social Ministries Committee.

The Lodge at Mauston 104 Lodge Lane Mauston, Wisconsin

Did you also know that there have been human trafficking cases in every county in the State of Wisconsin? Join us for A Night of Education and Awareness About Human Trafficking featuring speaker Sister Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA, and a panel of representatives from local law enforcement, the medical field, and Hope House of South Central Wisconsin. This will be a free event open to the public.

Sponsored by The Juneau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse and the Tomah Deanery Social Ministries Committee.

The La Crosse Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold their Biennial Convention on April 25.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The day ends with the final blessing at 3 p.m.

Deacon Glen Heinzl currently serves the parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Necedah. He was ordained a deacon in January of 2007 for the Diocese of La Crosse.

Deacon Heinzl has journeyed the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), ancient pilgrim routes ending at the tomb of St. James (Santiago in Spanish) in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain.

We look forward to his words of wisdom and encouragement in our walk with Our Lord!

The community is invited to join us to play old-fashioned carnival games during the St. Charles PTO Spring Carnival fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 26 at St. Charles School, 707 Eagle St., Genoa, Wis.

The event is geared toward young children and features many games that include the Football Toss, Fish Pond, Jar Game, Dice Game, Lottery Board and Cake Walk. There will also be plenty of food and raffles, as well as Face Painting by professional artists. Playing games helps earn tickets that the kids can turn in for small, medium and large prizes. More than 400 items from area families and businesses are collected each year and donated to the event.

“We are so thankful for the continued support of our community for this super fun annual event,” said Michele Trussoni, co-president of the St. Charles PTO. “This is our largest school fund-raiser of the year, and it means so much to all of us.”

Entry to the Spring Carnival is free and open to the public.

St. Charles School is a small, non-discriminatory Catholic school that welcomes children of all faiths in grades pre-K to sixth grade. The Spring Carnival is put on by the St. Charles PTO and helps pay for textbooks, as well as the salaries of the art, music and physical education teachers, at the school.

For more information, visit St. Charles School Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/StCharlesSchoolGenoa .

St. Henry Parish will hold Springfest on Sunday, April 26th from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church.

Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Games, plant sale, baked goods sale and raffles begin at 3 p.m. Beverages served starting at 3 p.m.

Cake walk at 4 p.m. Kids’ games at 4:30 p.m.

Harmon (All You Can Eat) Chicken Dinner served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m..
The menu: baked chicken, biscuits and gravy, coleslaw, baked beans, carrot sticks, bread and bars.

Cost for the meal: adults, $13; children 8 and under, $8.
Advanced tickets only for meal. Call Shirley Smith at 715.283.4843 or Marian Baier at 715.283.4463.

Raffle drawing at 7 p.m.

Prizes include but not limited to: handmade quilt, gift certificates and large cash drawings.

St. Henry Parish will hold Springfest on Sunday, April 26th from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church.

Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Games, plant sale, baked goods sale and raffles begin at 3 p.m. Beverages served starting at 3 p.m.

Cake walk at 4 p.m. Kids’ games at 4:30 p.m.

Harmon (All You Can Eat) Chicken Dinner served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m..
The menu: baked chicken, biscuits and gravy, coleslaw, baked beans, carrot sticks, bread and bars.

Cost for the meal: adults, $13; children 8 and under, $8.
Advanced tickets only for meal. Call Shirley Smith at 715.283.4843 or Marian Baier at 715.283.4463.

Raffle drawing at 7 p.m.

Prizes include but not limited to: handmade quilt, gift certificates and large cash drawings.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish will hold their Annual Rummage Sale on Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday, May 1 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.