Thank you for visiting our parish website.  St. John the Baptist, Montello/Good Shepherd, Westfield are a vibrant Roman Catholic parishes serving the Catholic Community of Marquette County, WI.  If you are new to our community, the Catholic church, or are visiting, Please join us!  We hope you will find among us the faith and love needed to grow in your relationship with God through the Proclamation of the Gospel, the celebration of the Sacraments, the faithful teaching of the church, and the friendship of our community. Join us for Masses and spiritual activities!

lSee our Mass video playlists below for Sunday recordings.
See our Live Stream Videos -  Sundays @ 10AM 
Please click on the picture below to be directed to our Live Mass recorded on our Facebook page.

Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent:

St. John the Baptist -Montello
Saturday, February 20: 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, February 27: 3:15 p.m.
Friday, March 5: 8:45 a.m.
Saturday, March 6: 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 13: 3:15 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16 - Communal Penance: 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20: 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 27: 3:15 p.m.
Good Shepherd -Westfield
Sunday, February 21: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, February 28: 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 2: 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, March 7: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 14: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 21: 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 24 - Communal Penance: 6:30 p.m.

Other Lent Announcements:

Stations of the Cross will take place every Friday during Lent:
St. John the Baptist at 4:30 p.m. - Eucharistic Adoration begins at 3 p.m.
Good Shepherd at 6 p.m. - Eucharistic Adoration begins at 4:30 p.m.
Easter Mass Reservations Announced:
 We are now taking reservations for Easter Vigil Masses on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday Masses. Please call the parish office to reserve your place at one of these Masses. Please speak directly to one of our office employees. We are asking that you do not leave a message with your reservation or email our office. Thank you.

Individual confessions available by calling Fr. Savio Yerasani         
Sacrament of Baptism:  Please call the parish office                   
 Sacrament of Marriage:  Please call the parish office six months before the Marriage
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: Please call the parish office.
 

Annual Catholic Appeal 2021 Update: St. John’s
Pledged                 Paid                Goal          Donors
$18,045      10,820           15,666         70
 
 
Annual Catholic Appeal 2021 Update: Good Shepherd
Pledged                 Paid                 Goal          Donors
$10,490        7,850           11,835          52

We are limited to 25% capacity so we deeply appreciate everyone's financial help during this time of pandemic.   If your personal financial situation permits,  we ask that you continue to support our parishes.

Please go to www.dioceseofmadison.org/support your parish and search for St. John the Baptist, Montello or Good Shepherd, Westfield and make your offering.

You may mail your contributions to our parish office:  277 E. Montello Street, Montello WI 53949  or drop them off at the parish office on Tuesday through Friday.   You can also bring your envelope to the churches when they are open for prayer on Sunday morning.

We also offer automatic withdrawl of your contributions to our parish accounts.  Please contact Steve Zoulek in the parish office (608-297-7423) for more information on automatic withdrawl.

May God bless you for your generosity. 

Bishop Hying is embracing the occasion of the 75^th Anniversary of the Diocese of Madison in the year 2021, to launch a bold, robust evangelizing initiative. Find out more at:  https://madisondiocese.org/gmd

Through your kindness and generosity  we have reached our goal of $71,200.00 with an additional $550 for the completion of the Stained Glass Windows. God is infinitely bigger than the mountain placed before us years ago and with wisdom, understanding, knowledge and overflowing abundance He has guided all through each step of this journey. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the beauty of Good Shepherd Church.
 
 

 

If you would like to join our parish
please fill out registration forms below. 


St. John the Baptist Registration
https://www.marquettecountycatholic.org/documents/2015/12/SKMBT_C224e15120912550.pdf

Good Shepherd Registration 
https://www.marquettecountycatholic.org/documents/2015/12/SKMBT_C224e15120912500.pdf

End of Dispensation From Sunday Mass Obligation
In March as communities responded to the growing coronavirus outbreak, the bishops of Wisconsin’s five Roman Catholic dioceses granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass.  As the outbreak grew all dioceses suspended the public celebration of Mass.
In recent months, dioceses and parishes throughout the state have been able to resume public worship by adhering to strict safety standards.  Throughout this time, the faithful have not been required to attend Mass on Sundays.
With measures in place to promote and preserve the safety of those attending Mass, the bishops of Wisconsin have announced plans to end the dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation.  In the Diocese of Madison, the dispensation is revoked beginning next Sunday, September 26, 2020. 
Recognizing that it is not prudent to expect everyone to return to Sunday Mass, Bishop Hying has dispensed the following from the Sunday Mass Obligation: 
· Those for whom, in their own prudent and prayerful judgment, attending Mass would pose greater than normal risk, either to themselves , to their families and others with whom they have contact, or to those attending Mass, whether the source of additional risk is the age, health, possible recent exposure, difficulty in observing social distancing guides and other hygienic measures, gauged in proportion to the gravity of the obligation in question. 
· Those who attempt to attend Mass but, due to the limitations on church capacity imposed by ecclesiastical or civil authority, are either unable to enter the church or else upon arrival voluntarily abstain from doing so in order that others may attend, even if it would be possible to attend another Mass without extreme difficulty. 
In short, if you believe that because of your own health situation or the health situation of those with whom you live or associate,  it is a risk for you to attend Mass because of exposure to the coronavirus, you are currently dispensed from the Sunday Mass obligation. 
Should you have any questions, especially about your own situation, please contact Fr. Savio.