It has come to our attention that local business are receiving letters from a company requesting ads sponsors. Our St. Joseph the Worker Pastorate bulletin is printed through Wolf's Grantland Graphics in Lancaster and we do not have ads on our website. Please contact a parish office if you have questions about an advertisement request. If you would like to sponsor an ad in our bulletin, please call Grantland Graphics at 608-723-4800.

We are looking to offer inner healing sessions to parishioners. Please contact Leigh Boorn at 309-370-6036 or [email protected].

The St. Mary Settlement Cemetery in Cassville is in need of new caretakers: after 35 years Rod and Bev need to retire due to health and family issues. Please call 608-725-5876 to get more information.

Ss. Andrew-Thomas needs volunteers to mow the school lawn this summer. If you would like to help out, we are hoping to get enough helpers so each person only needs to mow 3-4 times this mowing season. Please contact Amy at the school if interested: 608-763-2120.

Thank you to all the ladies who baked the delicious treats for the Family Faith Formation sessions in our pastorate!

We have been informed that some parishioners are receiving messages claiming to be from Fr. Steve Brunner requesting help or parish information. These messages are fraudulent. Please do not respond, do not send any parish information, and do not click any links in these messages. Fr. Steve will never contact parishioners in this manner for personal requests. If you have received one of these messages, please delete it.

If you are on the chain and wish to remain on the chain, if you are already on the chain and wish to be removed, or if you are not on the chain and wish to join - Please contact Aleise Oyen either by phone, text or email to let her know your wishes. She will need your name and your current phone number. You may contact her by phone or text at 608-331-7305 or by email at [email protected]. We hope to get a new list out by the end of April. Thank you!!

Fr. Dick Leffler is currently at Edenbrook Nursing Home, 1300 N Water St, Platteville, WI 53818. He is undergoing therapy to regain strength. Fr. Dick was the pastor of Ss. Andrew-Thomas Parish for 27 years and is part of all of our families. Please take a moment to say a prayer for him to regain his strength. It would be wonderful to do a Christmas card shower for him to show our love and support.

"Everyone wants eternal youth. God created us with this desire because he wants to fulfill it. How? Through the Sacrament of Confession." Everyone is encouraged to take home a The Fountain of Youth book, and one for family and friends. We received the books as a gift from an anonymous person. There was no cost to our pastorate. The book was written by Dave Durand (a cofounder of Lighthouse Catholic Media) and endorsed by Bishop Hying and Fr. Mike Schmitz.

If you work or volunteer in any of our parish churches and serve in ministries involving children, please ensure your Diocesan Safe Environment Training is current.

Have you ever felt like what you are doing or where you are at just isn’t really your destination in life? Could it be that you are not just called to a new job or a different apartment, but to a whole new life? Might religious life be the life for you? I am Sister Kathleen Murphy and that whole new life came to me when I became a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity! It wasn’t a long journey from my farm home in the Diocese of Madison to our beautiful motherhouse in Manitowoc, and yet it was a chance to experience a God-given adventure. If you are up to enter on such a journey, visit my Community at https://fscc-calledtobe.org or even think about an in person stay with us here in Manitowoc, WI. As the Gospel urges, “Come and see!”

Hello! My name is Deacon Roger Scholbrock, and I’m a Permanent Deacon serving in the Diocese of Madison, currently assigned to the St. Joseph the Worker Pastorate. My wife, Wendy, and I have lived in the Potosi/Tennyson area for over 30 years, where we raised two daughters (now both married) and are blessed with one amazing grandson. After retiring from my previous career, I recently stepped into a new chapter as Pastoral Minister at St. Clement’s, following Bill Manthe’s retirement. It’s a big transition for me, and I sincerely appreciate your patience and support as I settle into this new role. For the past 40 years, I worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, museum and exhibit designer, and senior art director. Shifting into full-time ministry is certainly a major change—but one I’ve prayerfully hoped for over the years. I’ve often asked God to show me how I might use the gifts He’s given me in service to His people, and in His time, He answered. That’s what led me to retire from design and accept this new calling. I already have the pleasure of working alongside Leigh Boorn, our Director of Evangelization, across our pastorate communities. Together, we’re focused on offering prayer and outreach that helps individuals grow in their personal relationship with Christ Jesus. I’m truly excited to see how this ministry unfolds and how I can walk with you in your faith journey. I believe God is doing something beautiful in our parish, and together, we’re just beginning what promises to be a vibrant and faith-filled future. Pax, Deacon Roger

SS. Andrew-Thomas has had continued great support of our Script program. Please remember us as you are school shopping and Christmas shopping. We will again be making a donation to the parking lot.

Musicians and singers are needed for a praise and worship team for Saint Joseph the Worker Pastorate. A workshop will be held on August 23. Time to be determined. If you are interested or want more info, please contact Leigh at: [email protected].

On January 23, 2014, I retired from my job at FSA in Dodgeville. The next day I was asked to help with counting money for the church. This quickly led to being the bookkeeper for the parish. Then in 2023, I was asked to become the Administrator for the Parish. Now after 11 years of serving the parish, I have decided that it is time for me to allow someone else to have the privilege of helping. Therefore, on June 27, 2025, I will be stepping down as bookkeeper and Administrator of St. Andrew-Thomas Parish. It has been a great privilege for me to be able to help for the past 11 years, and my enjoyment came with helping all of you in the parish in any way that you required. Thank you to our priests, Leigh, Julie, Katherine, Cheryl and the congregation for making it memorable. You are ever in my prayers. - Aleise Oyen

Thank you to all for supporting our Ss. Andrew-Thomas Pumpkin Sale Fundraiser and special thank you to all that made it possible: Dan Pierce, Kevin Udelhoven, Jamie & Angie Pierce, Fred & Ginny Koeller, Larry & Betty Kalina.

Someone to Celebrate! Join us in honoring Sister Elizabeth Dunn, OP, (Sinsinawa Dominican & former principal at Ss. Andrew-Thomas School), who is celebrating her 60th Jubilee of Religious Life! Anyone interested in participating in a card shower for Sr. Elizabeth, please contact Angie Pierce at 608-732-6576 or [email protected] for more information.

October is traditionally devoted to the Holy Rosary! Legend has it that St. Dominic received the Rosary from Our Lady after he had been praying and doing penance for his lack of success in combatting the Albigensian heresy; in his vision, Mary gave Dominic the Rosary as a spiritual weapon and encouraged him to preach its use to others. The Mysteries of the Rosary are rooted in Scripture and offer us a summary of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. When we pray the Rosary, we join Mary in the contemplation of these Mysteries and ask her to unite and conform us to her Son as we ponder His Paschal Mystery. This month, consider adding a Rosary to your daily prayer routine! The Joyful Mysteries are typically prayed on Monday and Saturday, the Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesday and Friday, the Luminous Mysteries on Thursday, and the Glorious Mysteries on Wednesday and Sunday, but the faithful are welcome to pray any Mysteries at any time. If you have a longer morning and evening commute, that can be a good time to get in a Rosary! And if a full Rosary each day feels like too much, try praying one Decade a day, perhaps accompanying it with a meditation on the corresponding Scripture passage to help you pray the Mystery more deeply. A guide to the Rosary can be found here: https://www.usccb.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary "May Mary help us to welcome within ourselves the grace emanating from these Mysteries, so that through us we can 'water' society, beginning with our daily relationships, and purifying them from so many negative forces, thus opening them to the newness of God. The Rosary, when it is prayed in an authentic way, not mechanical and superficial but profoundly, it brings, in fact, peace and reconciliation. It contains within itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each 'Hail Mary'." -Pope Benedict XVI

We are praying the Rosary at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday mornings at St. Andrew Church in Tennyson. Volunteers are needed to lead the Rosary.

Congratulations and God's many blessing to Deacon Roger on the anniversary of his Ordination to the Diaconate.