Welcome to Saint Anthony's Parish!
 

I'm Father Keith Kitzhaber and am the current parish administrator for Saint Anthony's. I also serve the parish of Owen and the needs of the Hispanic population in the area. If you would like to know more about me, please click here.

Since I am serving multiple parishes, I may need a little help. What can you do to help? Pray for solid vocations to marriage, priesthood and religious life… in that order. Pray that God sends more workers to help the harvest. Pray for me as your priest. Pray for seminarians. "Pray as though everything depended on God, and work as though everything depended on you." – St. Augustine.

I look forward to seeing you at Mass and meeting each and every one of you! And if you would like to listen to my homily again, they are recorded and available in the homilies section of the website.

Fr. Kitzhaber

Please Note: Admission to Hospital, Convalescent Center, Hospice Care: Parish members who have family admitted to any of these programs should contact Father so he may visit and pray for them. Call 715-255-8017 (rectory). Due to privacy laws, admission information is not readily available.

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Church Special Events and Notices:

• Help is needed to prepare parts of the rectory for renovation. This will be starting Jan 3rd and you are welcom to be part of the remodeling process!
• We have received a generous gift from a parishioner to celebrate the New Year. There is a copy of the DVD "Seven Pillars of Catholic Spirituality" in the back of church for every family. In addition, there are copies of "Rediscover Catholicism", "Confessions of a Mega-Church Pastor", "A Father Who Keeps His Promises" and "The One Thing". Please accept the gift of any of these resources with love. When you have completed the books, please pass them on or return them to church. We will be sure to share them with others.
• You Can Help Your Marriage - Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue... or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse. Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi -with a long i) helps couples through difficult times in their marriages. This program has helped 10's of 1000's of couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage. For confidential information about or to register for the upcoming program beginning with a weekend on Feb 17-19, 2012, call 877-922-HOPE (4673), email: centralwi@retrouvaille.org or visit the website at www.HelpOurMarriage.com
• Local Food Pantry:  Saint Anthony's will be doing a collection for the food pantry every 3rd weekend of the month. Please bring donations to church and place them in the Food Pantry boxes, that will be located next to church entrances. The food pantry can also use cash donations, checks can be made out to Loyal Food Pantry. We are also looking for a volunteer that can deliver the donations to the Loyal Food Pantry, if you would like to volunteer please contact Jennifer Weyer at 715-897-4644. Thank you.

• PCCW Red and Blue cookbooks are available for sale - Contact  Barb Langfeldt or a memeber of the PCCW.

School Special Events and Notices:

• Kick Off to Catholic Schools Week: St. Anthony and St. Mary's Catholic Schools will hold a joint semi-formal dinner in the basement of St. Anthony's church Saturday, January 28, 2012. The meal will be served at 6:00 pm with the auction and sweepstakes table afterwards, which is open to ANYONE (even if you don't eat). Tickets will be available after each Mass or by contacting Millie Larson at 715-255-8689
   
• Remember to save your Festival Foods receipts, Milk Moola Caps & Bag Tops, Kemps Milk Caps, Campbell Soup Labels, Box Tops for Education, Kids Caps & Cash,and old printer cartridges for St. Anthony School. We appreciate your help to help us get a little extra money for the school. NEW: Price Ovals from the tops of Kwik Trip Glazer donuts means 10 cents for the school!
• Kwik Trip Gift Card SCRIP Program:  you can earn 10% of your purchases for our school through the Kwik Trip Gift Card Program. This is a wonderful way to help support St. Anthony School by simply using these gift cards for your purchases. Order forms are available online and in the back of church. You may also purchase gift cards directly from the rectory or school secretary (located in the library).