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It's time to register for Religious Education! Our 2021 22 program will begin on Wednesday, October 13. Each Wednesday, grades 1-5 will meet after school and grades 6-11 in the evenings. All registration is online on the St Joseph website, under Religious Education. We are also planning to provide RE meals again! We need catechists! Contact Amy Beilke at stjosephreligioused2@gmail.com.

In January the vocations team, including Fr. David, challenged the parishes of the Diocese to pray 1,200 rosaries for vocations this year. We took the challenge seriously and met that goal in February; 8,000 have been prayed to date. The challenge has now been increased to 12,000 by year end. Participating in the Rosary Challenge is easy. Pray a rosary yourself or with a group (1 rosary prayed with 10 people = 10 rosaries), log on to Facebook and go to the Called North page, and simply leave a comment on the pinned post at the top of the page or, if Facebook isn’t your cup of tea, then email your monthly total to haystjoe@centurytel.net and we’ll accumulate and submit them for you. Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for our Priests. Obtain for us many more.

Our dear friend, Joseph Galvin, passed away on Sunday, September 5th. Please keep Joseph and his family in your prayers.

Hayward Community Blood Drive at St. Joseph Catholic Church Thursday, October 14, 1 pm to 7 pm Friday, October 15, 8 am to 2 pm Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or go to RedCrossBlood.org and enter: Hayward WI to schedule an appointment.

Check out the bulletin board for a Bookkeeper/Secretary job opening at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Solon Springs, WI.

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Sawyer County is being planned as an in-person event during Hayward’s Fall Fest on September 25. The event will include a SuperHero 5K walk/ run, Kids SuperHero Scamper, luminaria and drawings. Luminaria in honor of cancer survivors, those battling cancer and remembered loved ones will be displayed along the start of the Relay SuperHero 5K Walk/Run. Suggested donation is $10 each. For more information contact Joan Ackerman at 715-634-0059.

Devotional materials are available on the table at the entrance of Church Mon through Friday including Rosaries, Prayer Patches, Holy Water, Holy Cards, Bulletins, and Devotional Reading pamphlets. You are welcome to help yourself to these items.

Please remember those less fortunate by donating to the food shelf. You may drop off your donations in the bin provided which is located in the back of church. All canned and non-perishable food items are accepted.

Our “Meet Six” Committee is busy planning the next social so please mark your calendar right now for September 11 immediately following the 4:00 pm Mass. Everyone is invited, including children, regardless of whether or not the meet six challenge has been met.

The Parish offices are closed on Monday, September 6, in celebration of Labor Day. We wish you a joyful day!

The dedication of St. Joseph/St. Ann Columbarium and bronze sculpture will take place after the 10:15 am Mass on September 19. A reception will follow. All are welcome.

Religious Education will begin on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Grades 1-6 after school Grades 7-8 evenings Registration will open on September 1, 2021. All registration will be done online. Catechists are needed!! Questions-contact Amy Beilke stjosephreligioused2@gmail.com or Lisa Andraschko stjosephreligioused1@gmail.com.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the Paul Todd Concert possible by organizing, selling tickets, setting up, and greeting at the concert. And a big thank you to everyone who attended. We are truly blessed to be able to welcome such a talented and faithful group to our community.

A lunch fundraiser (entirely take-out) prepared by Steve Menke will be held at First Lutheran Church from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. on September 2. Cost of lunch and beverage is $14 per meal and pre-orders are required as quantities are limited. Email relayforlifeofsawyercounty@gmail.com to place your order. Pop-up flyers are located on the bulletin board in the church.

Northwoods New Life Resource Center presents the first annual Walk for Life. For more details, check out our bulletin board, go to the Center’s events page at www.nwnewlife.org or call them at 715-634-2681.

A big thank you to everyone who attended our first “Meet Six Social” on August 14. Word is spreading quickly about how much fun it is, so mark your calendar right now for September 11; we don’t want you to miss out on the next big and different event.

The noon Mass tomorrow (Friday) will be a funeral Mass for William Bagnall. All are welcome to attend, and please spread the word.

On behalf of Unbound, thank you very much for welcoming us to your parishes. Our hearts are full of gratitude for the generosity you have shown to the children, youth and the elders in our sponsorship program. Through your willingness to partner with Unbound, your parish community has taken steps toward a closer walk with Jesus in the name of the poor. We pray that members of your parish community who answered the call to sponsorship will be richly blessed by their experience. Twenty-six children and elderly friends found sponsors from St. Joseph’s and St. Ann’s.