Announcement: 

From Father Jim Gannon 

Bishop Ricken forwarded a letter to all parish leaders to restate and update COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. 

Realizing the record setting cases of COVID-19 in the Diocese of Green Bay, the State of Wisconsin and the nation, Bishop Ricken desires that as people of God, our top priority is to love our neighbors as ourselves; to protect our neighbor and protect ourselves. 

Bishop Ricken wishes to clarify that all people take seriously the Sunday Dispensation from Mass.  This dispensation continues and is extended to the upcoming Holy Days of the Immaculate Conception and Christmas. 

A new CRITICALLY HIGH ALERT has been issued to the counties involving the Diocese of Green Bay. With this in mind, I have implemented the following safety restrictions for our three parishes: 

•          Until further notice the parish offices will be closed. The women who work in the parish offices will work remotely from their homes.
•          Until further notice, weekday Masses will be cancelled, including the scheduled Masses on Thanksgiving Day and December 8th, Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
•          Until further notice, I ask that there be no face to face meetings in any of the three parishes.
•          The scheduled celebrations of First Reconciliation for our children have been canceled.
•          The scheduled Advent Reconciliation Services have been cancelled.
•          Presently, the Sunday Mass schedule for our three parishes remain as is.
•          The Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mass schedule will be set and announced, depending on the progress of controlling the spread of the virus.
•          Principal Sara Mangold and faculty wish to keep in school learningas long aspossible. The Assumption BVM Grade School remains open.  Remote learning remains an option offered to all students and families. 

 James Gannon 

Franciscan Friars ABVM Province, Inc.