Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend! 

MISSION TRIP 2022 - REFLECTIONS

Some of our Mission Trip attendees gathered for ice cream

and talked about their experience. Click video above to view.

Our Family Faith Formation Program is underway for 2022 - 2023!

Be sure to check the calendar, website and this newsletter regularly

for all the latest information. 

FAITH FORMATION CALENDAR

PRESCHOOL FAITH FORMATION BEGINS ON GRANDPARENTS' DAY!

Sunday School for Preschoolers begins September 11th! 

Class begin at 11 AM and continues thru the 11:15 Mass.

If financial assistance is needed, scholarships are available!

For more information,

contact Ms. Margie: 262.534.6612 or the Rectory: 262.534.2255

CELEBRATE WITH US!

Invite your Grandparents to attend Mass, followed by our Annual

Ice Cream Social! The children will also sing a special song and present

gifts to their loving Grandparents!

VIEW PRESCHOOL CALENDER

NORWAY HELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY

We continue to collect food weekly. Thank you to everyone that donated during the summer to keep the pantry stocked with necessities!

Please read the thank you note posted in the narthex.

The highlighted food and non-food items for the upcoming months are  

SEPTEMBER: Mac ‘n’ Cheese / Kleenex

OCTOBER: Canned fruit or vegetables / Dish soap

For more information or questions, please call:

Peggy Liginski at pliginski@gmail.com

Carol Ewald at (262)534-2255 or cewald@saintthomaswaterford.org

VIEW SEPTEMBER CALENDAR

The Senior Fellowship Program will be sponsoring a monthly lunch with a guest speaker at St. Clare on the second Tuesday of every month.

SEPTEMBER'S LUNCH: KICK-OFF PICNIC!

The speaker will present program offerings and activity leaders!

St. Clare | September 13TH | Noon Lunch | Speaker at 1 PM

Burgers, all the fixins and beverages will be provided.

Guests can sign up to bring a salad or dessert or just attend.

Sign Up deadline is September 8th!

ST. CLARE DYNAMIC MEN'S GROUP 

Join us for “The Acts of the Apostles: the Spread of the Kingdom,” a bible study by Jeff Cavins. The program tells the story of how a few

Christian men helped to spread Jesus’ message to a broken world.

20 week program begins Monday, September 26, 2022

Monday Evenings | 7 – 8:30 PM | St. Clare's lower level

The men’s group is devoted to help men of all ages get closer to Christ by studying the word of God with other men to make us better husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers. 

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BLESSING BOUQUET

The Rosebud Program “Blessing Bouquet” is in the back of St. Clare Church. This is a beautiful way to show respect for the dignity and worth of all life. It helps us identify, pray for and support those who are pregnant, celebrating birth or adoption, grieving miscarriage, stillbirth,

infant or child death, wanting to become pregnant or adopt. 

If you know of anyone needing prayers or counseling,

please fill out tag for a rose and place it in the vase.

Yellow: Wanting a child | Pink: Pregnancy

Red: Birth or adoption |  White Rosebud: Loss

TOUR OF LIFE'S CONNECTION - MUKWONAGO

Join us for a tour of Life’s Connection’s new location in Mukwonago!

Tuesday September 27, 2022 at 11 AM

(Departing St. Clare's parking lot at 10 AM)

Life’s Connection is a Catholic pregnancy support and family resource

center that serves the local community, Southeastern Wisconsin and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. There will be a sign-up sheet in the narthex. 

We will also need volunteers to drive.

NOW HIRING GROUNDSKEEPERS

The Cemetery Committee is seeking additional groundskeepers to

mow and care for the St. Thomas Cemetery next year (2023).

These are paid positions, not volunteer (pay to be determined). 

If interested, please call Pat Popp at (262) 895-6369.

WIND LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO

All you can eat pancakes, served with sausage and eggs

with orange juice milk or coffee.

Donations accepted at the door (no tickets necessary)

Proceeds will help fund new SCBA Packs!

7857 S. Loomis Road | 262-895-7533 | WindLakeFireDepartment.org

COME SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

All proceeds will go toward fire gear, equipment and classes

for the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Company

8205 Big Bend Road | Waterford, WI 

VINE AND BRANCHES CHRISTIAN FORMATION - SPECIAL NEEDS

Are you looking for a catechesis program for your special needs child? 

Our 2022-2023 program begins September 26th!

We meet 16 weeks a year at the Youth Center at St. Leonard's in Muskego. 

All ages are welcome to participate, we always have room for more! 

Vine and Branches is tuition free.

Questions? Please contact Deacon Rick Wirch at 414-233-3586

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REGISTRATION FORM

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Headstone Cleaning Day at  Rochester Cemetery is

Saturday, September 24th at 8 AM 

Please consider helping us keep the cemetery beautiful!

To volunteer, please call Diane Kempken at 262-534-2603

or Marilyn Wagner at 262-534-6689. Thank you!

SEPTEMBER SANCTUARY LIGHTS

ST. THOMAS

In Memory of

Rich Yagodinski

ST. CLARE

In Memory of

Erwin & Schopp Families