St. Anthony on the Lake Bulletin November 23, 2025
Schedule of Services
Saturday Vigil: 5 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9 am, 10:45 am 9 am Mass is livestreamed and can be viewed later on Vimeo.
Childcare is open during 9 & 10:45 am Masses.
Monday & Tuesday 7:30 am
Wednesday: No AM Mass this Week Friday: 7:30 am Communion Service
Eucharistic Adoration
Tuesday & Thursday: 8 am 8 pm
Wednesday & Friday: 8 am 2 pm
Reconciliation: Saturday 4 4:30 pm
Baptisms: Contact Ann Grunwaldt at grunwaldta@stanthony.cc
Weddings: Contact the parish at least six months in advance.
Wednesday, Nov. 26
Mass at 7 pm Thanksgiving Eve
No Mass On Thanksgiving Day
PARISH CONTACTS
Parish Leadership & Staff
Very Rev. Anthony Zimmer, Pastor
Fr. Ken Knippel, Assisting Priest
Fr. Ted Lawson, C.Ss.R., Assisting Priest
Deacon Mike Finley, mfinley4@wi.rr.com
Deacon Dennis Petrie, petriedj@gmail.com
Deacon John Murray, johnemurray1566@gmail.com
Sheri Schmit, Trustee Secretary
John Hooyman, Trustee Treasurer
Dr. Kathie Amidei, Pastoral Associate
Vincent LaTona, Music & Liturgy Director
Art Scheuber, Director of Administrative Services
Taylor Baar, Communications & Stewardship Director
Terry Robinson, Human Concerns Coordinator
Kris Ponzi, Administrative Assistant, Bulletin
Brooke Finnegan, Administrative Assistant
Shannon Dakovich, Staff Accountant
School
Marty Van Hulle, Principal
Rebekah Jacunski, School Administrative Assistant
Lifelong Faith Formation
Dr. Kathie Amidei, Pastoral Associate
Maureen Michaels, Administrative Assistant
Council and Committee Leadership 2025 -2026
Scott Krebs, Pastoral Council Chair
Ellen Knippel, Pastoral Council Vice Chair
Florence Prospero, Pastoral Council Secretary
Cheryl Oliva, Finance Council Chair
Paul Baures, Prayer & Worship Committee Chair
Ann Fons, Faith Formation Committee Chair
Kate Burke, Human Concerns Committee Chair
Larry O'Brien, Stewardship Committee Chair
Liz Udovich, School Advisory Commission Chair
MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS
Sunday, November 23, Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 7:30 am +Hugh McLaughlin (Family) - TL 9 am For Our Parish Community – KK 10:45 am +Kurt Meske (Family) - KK
Monday, November 24, St. Andrew Dung -Lac 7:30 am +Allen Jerabek (Sandy Potter) - TL
Tuesday, November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandra 7:30 am +Mary Ann & Ron Elens (Scheuber Family) - TL 5 pm Perpetual Help Devotions
Wednesday, November 26, Thanksgiving Eve No Morning Mass 7:00 pm +Edward Walkowiak (Walkowiak Family) - TZ
Thursday, November 27, Thanksgiving Day No Daily Mass
Friday, November 28, Weekday 7:30 am Communion Service - JM
Saturday, November 29 4 pm Individual Reconciliation 5 pm +Bradley Hucke (George Family) – KK
Sunday, November 30, First Sunday of Advent 7:30 am For Our Parish Community – TL 9 am +George Bachman (Joe & Sheri Schmit) – TZ 10:45 am +Gerald Mueller (Lois Keating) - TZ
TZ = Fr. Tony Zimmer, KK = Fr. Ken Knippel, TL = Fr. Ted Lawson, JM = John Murray (Celebrant Schedule Subject to Change)
EVENTS AND MEETINGS: November 23 —November 30
Sunday, November 23
NCYC, OS
SVdP Meal Program, OS
SCRIP Sales After Masses, GS
9a Streaming Mass
9a Children’s Liturgy of the Word
9a Childcare During Mass
10:45a Childcare During Mass
8p Buckets & Beliefs, Gym
Monday, November 24
6p Pastoral Council Meeting
6:30p Divorce Support Group, FH -Brides Rm
Tuesday, November 25
8a - 8p Eucharistic Adoration, EC
11aSeasonal Scriptures Reflections, FH -F&G
12:30p People’s Table Volunteers, OS
6p Seasonal Scriptures Reflections, FH -F&G
6:30p Knights of Columbus Council, SAH
7p CIR Family & Friends Group, PLC
7p CIR General Recovery Group, PLC -B
Wednesday, 26
6:30a Men’s Bible Study, FH -F&G
8a - 2p Eucharistic Adoration, EC
9:30a WOW Group, FL
4p People’s Table Volunteers, OS
Thursday, November 27
Thanksgiving Day, Parish Offices Closed No Adoration
RESPECT LIFE INTENTI ONS Nov. 23, 2025 That Christ the King may lead all public servants to place the dignity of human life at the center of all their policies, programs, and decisions, we pray to the Lord…
School Continues Our Mission of Service to Others
This past Friday marked the end of Trimester 1 at St. Anthony on the Lake School. In keeping with our mission to “Serve Others,” during the first sixty days of school, our students participated in a wide variety of service activities designed to assist those in need.
In September, our students cut and tied blankets and raised over $1,000 for Children’s Hospital to support families impacted by childhood cancer.
Mid-October had us gathering as a school community for the Catholic Schools Walk where pledges and donations raised helped provide funds for those families in need of tuition assistance.
Also in October, our students participated in “Socktober 2025” where we collected and donated over 1,000 pairs of socks to homeless shelters to aid some of the 600,000 people who live on the streets in the United States.
This month, students and staff are collecting items for the Pewaukee Food Pantry as well as the House of Peace to ensure that families in need are able to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Our Mission as a school calls us to serve others by “Seeking the Lost” and “Living the Gospel Values.” Acts of charity such as the ones listed above allow our students to live our mission and to participate in acts of stewardship.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Principal Parish Offices Will Be Closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28.
PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Communion to the Homebound
Do you know someone who will miss weekend Mass due to illness? Would you like to take Communion to them? Beginning November 30, the First Sunday of Advent, pyx (the small container used to transport the Eucharist) will be available in the Gathering Space for you to do so. The process is simple.
• Before Mass stop by the Eucharistic Ministry station located near the vesting sacristy. Sign out a pyx and receive an instruction card.
• Take the pyx into church with you. At Communion time take the pyx with you. Once you have received communion, hold the open pyx up. The Eucharistic Minister will place a host in it. Then close the container.
• If you choose, you may receive the cup, then return to your seat.
• After Communion, the priest will ask you to stand and receive a blessing. After Mass, the Eucharist should be delivered immediately to the homebound. This is important. There should be no delay in delivering the Eucharist.
• The following week return the pyx to church.
If you would like more information, contact Vince LaTona in the Music and Liturgy Office, latonav@stanthony.cc or (262) 691-1173 ext. 1109 .
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PR AYER & WOR-
Thanksgiving Eve (No Mass on Thanksgiving Day)
Wednesday, November 26 | 7 pm Mass
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Holy Day
Monday, Dec. 8 |8 am Mass (with school) & 7 pm Mass
Tiaze Prayer & Music Service
An Evening of Quiet Prayer & Contemplation
Tuesday, December 9 | 7 pm in Church
Advent Reconciliation Service
Wednesday, December 17 | 6:30 pm in Church
Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 21 | 4 pm in Church
ADVENT & HOLIDAY ADORATION SCHEDULE
Thanksgiving Week
Tuesday, Nov. 25: 8 am to 8 pm
Wednesday, Nov. 26: 8 am to 2 pm
No Adoration Thursday & Friday, Nov. 27 & 28 Special Week of Adoration December 15 19
Monday, Dec. 15: 8 am to 8 pm
Tuesday, Dec. 16: 8 am to 8 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 17: 8 am to 2 pm
Thursday, Dec. 18: 8 am to 8 pm Friday, Dec. 19: 8 am to 2 pm
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
Remember a loved one and enhance the beauty of our sanctuary this Christmas by purchasing a poinsettia. Envelopes are available in the Gathering Space. You may also purchase flowers online. Suggested donation is $25. Names received by Monday, December 15 will be published in the Christmas bulletin.
HUMAN CONCERNS
Thanksgiving Outreach PLACES TO VOLUNTEER
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEAL PROGRAM:
Volunteers needed at Harambee Kitchen (2600 N. 2 St.) and Cross Roads Kitchen (931 W. Madison St.) for meal service. Sign -up required via the program’s website. Call (414) 649 -9555.
CAPUCHIN COMMUNITY S ERVICES:
Help fill holiday food boxes for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Boxes and instructions provided; volunteers return filled boxes to the House of Peace . Call (414) 933 -1300.
THE GATHERING OF SOU THEAST WISCONSIN:
Help is needed for the Community Meal Program, which operates at four locations across Milwaukee, including Running Rebels, Ascension Lutheran Church, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church , and Our Next Generation Neighborhood Center . Call (414) 272 -4122.
REPAIRERS OF THE BRE ACH:
Offering free Thanksgiving meals on Nov. 27, 2025, from 11:30 am to 1 pm at1335 W. Vilet St., Milwaukee Help needed to support meal preparation and service. Call (414) 342 -9323.
Rediscover Your Marriage: Retrouvaille Begins January 2026
Retrouvaille (pronounced retro -VI with a long I) simply means rediscovery. The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse and a loving relationship in your marriage. Tens of thousands of couples headed for divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending.
Retrouvaille is not a spiritual retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a seminar, nor a social gathering. For confidential information or to register for the program beginning the weekend of Jan. 23 -25, 2026 in Franklin, call (414)502 -7685, email 2035r@helpourmarriage.org or visit the website at https://helpourmarriage.org/MKE
GIVING TREE Tags Available December 6 &
7
Tags can be collected by parishioners from December 6 through December 14. Volunteers will be sorting items on Monday, December 15. Contact Terry Robinson with questions: robinsont@stanthony.cc
am Mass followed by Luncheon & Entertainment by the Waukesha Civic Theatre Senior Players
Terry Robinson HUMAN CONCERNS COORDINATOR robinsont@stanthony.cc
LIFELONG FAITH FORMATION
IMPORTANT UPCOMING D ATES
FAMILY PROGRAM
Sunday, Dec. 7 | 10 am to Noon
Monday, Dec. 8 | 5:30 to 7:30 pm
BRIDGE MINISTRY FOR HS SENIORS
Monday, Dec. 8 | 7 t0 8:30 pm
O COME LITTLE CHILDR EN
Sunday, Dec. 14 | 10:15 to 11:45 am
JR/PARENT/SPONSOR CO NFIRMATION NIGHT
Saturday, Jan. 3 | 6:45 to 8:15 pm
CHILDCARE OPEN at 9 and 10:45 am Masses
Childcare is available free of charge for any children under the age of 5. Contact Tasha Baures with questions at baurest@stanthony.cc
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY OF THE WORD (CLOW)
SUNDAYS
9 am Mass Ages 4 —1st Grade Children ages 4 through First Grade are invited to listen to and learn about God’s Word through Scripture, song, and prayer at an age -appropriate level.
Wednesday, Dec. 3 Confirmation Session is for Juniors ONLY from 6:45 to 8:15 pm. A Parent, Teen, and Confirmation Sponsor must attend.Meeting is CRUCIAL to obtain all the confirmation information, learn more about the Junior Retreat and move towards the Sacrament of Confirmation April 30.
Jan. 14, Feb.11, March 11 Parents and ALL Teens with Father Tony in the Church.
JUNIOR RETREAT: REGI STER NOW!
Feb. 20 from 6:30 pm through Feb. 22 at 12:15 pm
St. Anthony on the Lake Registration open online. Attendance is required to be confirmed. Contact Deanna MuÒoz, with questions at munozd@stanthony.cc.
NCYC UPDATE Six teens and 4 adult leaders from St. Anthony are currently attending the National Youth Catholic Conference in Indianapolis Please keep them all in your prayers. The next opportunity to attend this conference in 2027.
LIFELONG FAITH FORMATION
ADULT FORMATION
ADVENT SCRIPTURE REF LECTION SERIES with Al McCauley
-formation
Tuesdays, Nov. 25, Dec. 2, 9 & 16 |11 am to NoonOR 6 to 7 pm | Fellowship Hall F&G
Scripture readings for Sundays in Advent encourage us to wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior. Cost is $20 per person, which includes the book. Visit stanthony.cc/events or scan QR code to register.
NICHOLAS OF MYRA: SA INT AND SANTA with Al McCauley
Thursday, December 4 |11 am to NoonOR 6 to 7 pm |Fellowship Hall
Bishop Nicholas has been a revered and beloved Saint for seventeen centuries. Discover how this Christian bishop and miracle-worker became associated with the jolly Christmas toy-bringer at this special presentation. Scan QR code to register for this free event, or visit stanthony.cc/events.
GUARDIANS & ANGELS
Wednesday, November 19
9:30 to 11 am|Childcare Room
Toddlers, preschoolers, and their adults meet for free play, a craft, snack, story and songs. Registering recommended, but not required. Contact Ann at grunwaldta@stanthony.cc
STICKY FAITH
Wednesday, December 3
9:30 to 11 am | FH Brides Room
Monday, Nov. 24 |9:30 to 11 am
St. Anthony School Gym
Enter at the School Office & Sign In! Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to run and play in our gym! Contact Ann with questions:gruwaldta@stanthony.cc
MOM’S GROUP
Thursday, December 4
9:30 to 11 am|FH—Brides Room
Moms of all ages and stages! Childcare open for those who preregister. Contact Ann for more information.
Al McCauley Adult Formation Director mccauleya@stanthony.cc
This book group is geared towards parents of teens and young adults, but all are welcome. Meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Contact Tasha Baures with questions at baurest@stanthony.cc
MIDDLE SCHOOL
EMERITUS GROUP
Formation & Fellowship for Adults
Sunday, Dec. 7 |10:20 am |FH–F&G Meets twice a month on Family Program Sundays. For details and registration, visit:stanthony.cc/emeritus-group.
WOMEN OF WISDOM (WOW)
Wednesdays |9:30 to 11 am
Fireplace Lounge Email Ann Fons with questions:fons5@aol.com .
MEN’S BIBLE STUDY GR OUP
Wednesdays |6:30 to 7:30 am
FH-F&G Email Jerry DeMers with questions: gerald.demers@yahoo.com
Please Pray for Anand Patel Catechumen seeking full initiation in the Catholic Church with Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, and his wife and sponsor, Allison.
Monday, December 15 6 to 7:30 pm PLC-Youth Room
Please Pray for Jennifer Guthrie (r.) Candidate for full communion in the Catholic Church, and her friend and sponsor, Joanna Jaeger (l.).
THINGS I WISH I HAD SAID by Al McCauley
The holidays can bring up a unique nostalgia and heaviness in our hearts when we are missing someone and dealing with the pain of death.
If you are grieving the loss of a loved one and would like to explore more ways to pause the pace of the season, care for yourself, and explore ways to honor, cherish and remember your loved one, please come to the Handling Holiday Grief session with Grief Guide, Kathleen Cullen Ritter MSW.
Separated & Divorced
Monday, November 24
Fellowship Hall (Brides Room)
St. Anthony’s monthly support group for individuals who are separated or divorced will meet on . Both Deacon John and his wife, Missy, have firsthand experience with the emotional pain and practical struggles faced by people who Dec. 22.
FROM OUR SCHOOL: First Grade is Opening the Door!
First grade is off to a great start this year! We have enjoyed many books together so far; our class favorite is The Book with No Pictures by BJ Novak. Throughout our reading, we have learned many different comprehension strategies, as well as nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, commands, and onomatopoeias. Our math has consisted of learning addition and subtraction strategies. In science, we learned about sound and how it is made with vibrations. We used Mr. Thiel's tuning forks to spray water!
We have enjoyed so many fun fall activities! The Firsties have learned about our class pet, Honey, who is an African Pygmy Hedgehog. Honey helps us
We prepared our first Mass and sang with the School Mass Singers.
The highlight so far has been All Saints Day. The Firsties completed a beautiful project to learn about our Saints. Each Firstie picked a Saint, completed research, then wrote a paragraph about their Saint. On All Saints Day, after Mass, each first grader read their paragraph aloud to the congregation.
Katie Huettl 1st Grade Teacher
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THANK YOU
Calendar Raffle Winners (11/10–11/15)
Scan code with your phone or visit: www.stanthony/giving to make a one-time or recurring gift. THANK YOU!
MARRIAGE MOMENT:
“Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish.” (1 Corinthians 13:4) Always? Never? That’s a tall order. But then human love is never perfect. We must always keep trying.
Jennifer Farris
Megan Palmer
Pete Huettl
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Kimberley Pieplow
Bob Groninger
Mike Cloherty
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CONNECTING CONVERSAT IONS
skills to apply to our daily lives. No registration required. We will be discussing the question: What do you think about the growing wealth disparity in our country?
CONGRATULATIONS!
Kelly Payant and Aaron Mamer received the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony at St. Anthony on the Lake on November 15.
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