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.

We are excited to announce and welcome our new DRE, Briana Enger and her family to St. John the Baptist and Good Shepard Parishes. Briana lives near Pardeeville on a small hobby farm with her husband, Jamie, and their two children. She is excited to be able to share the gospel and love of Jesus Christ with everyone in our parishes, young and old. 

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.

St. John the Baptist Tuckpointing Project
As we announced at last weekend’s Masses, our parish is beginning a major project of having the brickwork on our church tuckpointed.  Tuckpointing involves repairing and replacing the mortar between the bricks to prevent water from seeping in between them and causing structural damage to the building.   In our case, water is getting into the brickwork and freezes causing the brickwork to break apart.  This is evidence by the pieces of brick we often see on the front steps of the church.  The side of the church that faces Montello Street, the south side of the building which experiences the largest amount of freezing and thawing in winter, contains the largest amount of damage and need of repair.
 
We obtained two bids for the project and selected the bid from JJ Drennan Construction,  from Montello.  After selecting the bid, we sent the project details to the Diocese of Madison for approval and as part of the approval process they sent a representative with Building Envelope Professionals Group to review the proposed work.  This company concurred with our assessment which led to the Diocese’s approval. 
 
The entire cost of the project is $77,000.00.   Work began on Saturday, May 8th and will continue throughout a good portion of the summer months.  During the week, while the contractors work, the front entrance of the church will be unavailable for use, however all entrances will be available each weekend. 
 
Also as mentioned last weekend, we were able to fund the down payment of the project from our Building Fund.   We would welcome and appreciate your special donations to help fund the balance of the project.  You can simply place your contribution in an envelope marked “Tuckpointing Project” and place it in the collection basket.  Look for a running total of the project balance each week in the bulletin along with updates as project progresses. 

Tuckpointing Project Funding
Donations—09-19-21                $      2,050.00
 
Total Project Cost                      $  77,346.00
Building Fund Allocation              $  17,229.50
Project to Date—Donations              $ 22,780.00
Amount Needed                         $  37,336.50
 

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

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.