SAINT NICHOLAS PARISH
ANNUAL REPORT
2016-2017
Saint Nicholas Parish
will bring to life the praying,
learning and serving
activities of the Gospel.
“We Are a Stewardship Parish”
Saint Nicholas Parish
W2037 County Road S
Freedom, WI 54130
2017-2018 PERSONNEL
PARISH
Rev. Walter Stumpf Pastor
Deacon Ray Ambrosius Deacon
Deacon Donald Newhouse Deacon
Deacon Gary Vanness Deacon
Mrs. Cortney Curran Business Manager
Mrs. Stephanie Wieczorek Secretary
Mr. Mark Lang Maintenance
NEW EVANGELIZATION
Mrs. Kathy Brennan Coordinator of
New Evangelization
Youth Education
Grades 1 - 5
1st Reconciliation
1st Eucharist
Grades 9-10
Confirmation
Jennifer Jochman Coordinator of
New Evangelization
Grades 6 - 8
Deacon Gary Vanness Adult Education
Mrs. Karen Court Adult Education
Mrs. Sandy Schmit Administrative Assist.
LOSEC
TRUSTEES
Renee Senso, Secretary 759-0599
JoAnn Bowers, Treasurer 788-3648
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
Rev. Walter Stumpf, Pastor 788-1492
JoAnn Bowers, Trustee 788-3648
Tim Clark 360-6630
Carrie DeCoster 766-5981
Heather Delforge, Chairperson 687-9766
Jean Peterson 788-5151
Renee Senso, Trustee 759-0599
Jeff Smudde 851-1087
Amanda VanHoof, Secretary 450-9820
PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL
Rev. Walter Stumpf, Pastor 788-1492
JoAnn Bowers, Trustee 788-3648
Cortney Curran, Business Manager 788-1492
Don Murphy 858-1262
Kristin Romanowicz 423-3711
Chad Rottier 621-7261
Jim Smith 788-9283
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
St. Nicholas Parish 788-1492
St. Nicholas School 788-9371
ST. NICHOLAS SCHOOL STAFF
Mr. Travis Gerritts - Principal
Becky Bast - Kitchen Assistant
Vicky Calaway - PreK-3 Assistant
Rachel Deuster - 4K Teacher
Beth Dodd - Grade 5
Travis Gerritts - Principal
Grades 6-8 Science
Mary Godin - PreK-3 Teacher
4K-Assistant
Cathy Groh - Music
Katie Jansen - K-8 Phy. Ed
Patti Kuehn - Grades 3 & 4
Patti Kuehn - Grades 3 & 4
Sharon Preston - Grade 1
Eric Romenesko - MS Social Studies
MS Religion
Susan Shinners - MS Math
Grades 6-8 Science
Melissa VanderHeiden - Grades 3 & 4
Nikki VanHandel - Kitchen Manager
Casey Wegener - Spanish
Rebecca Whitfield - MS Language
Arts/Reading
Dana Wilkinson - Kindergarten Teacher
Marcia Wyman - Administrative Assist.
Brenda Ziehl - Grade 2
Teach My People To Pray
Hay
Back on the farm, by the month of October, all the hay for the year was stacked neatly in the barn.
The hay was generally a mixture of alfalfa, clover, timothy, and other grasses. Cows liked it. It
was a lot of work for us. Now we mostly see large outdoor bunkers of chopped alfalfa, but there
may be a few of you who remember slinging the dry, loose hay into hay mows. Others remember
the small bales which we stacked into barns. As a sixty-pound kid, the sixty pound bales were a
fair match. With fine weather and timely rains, the third cutting of the season was smaller by size
than the first two cuttings, but more nutritious. “That’ll put some milk in the bucket,” ---was the
best compliment the hay could get! I recall an incident when a skunk got packed into a bale of
hay. That was not a pleasant situation; especially for the skunk. Someone had the gruesome task of
cutting open the bale to extract and bury the carcass.
Why am I telling you this? Well, this annual report gives the financial story of the fiscal year of
July 2016 to June 2017. Metaphorically, we are now in the next season. You can help make it a
good, generous and nutritious harvest; or you can let it slide by with leafless, hollow stems. No
one wants to be left with the “skunk bale.” We need the best quality and nutrition to grow our
ministry and mission of bringing the Good News of Jesus to everyone! When considering your
gift to Saint Nicholas, count your blessings and give back to God from the first fruits of your
blessings. Try giving the value of your first hour of work each week! For someone working forty
hours per week, that would be one quarter of a tithe (2.5%) “That’ll put some milk in the bucket!”
Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.
Peace,
Father Walter
A Family Prayer Composed by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori
Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of our family. Enlighten our hearts and minds
that we may live more fully this vocation of love. In our daily life and work, may
we reflect the self-giving love which you, O Father, eternally show with your Son
and the Holy Spirit. Let your love be evident in the peace that reigns in our home
and in the faith we profess and live. May our family always be a place of generosity,
understanding, forgiveness and joy. Kindly give us the wisdom and courage to be
witnesses to your eternal design for the family; and grant that the Holy Family of
Nazareth may always guide our path to holiness as a family. We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen
Layla Bain
Halle Baumgart
Maxton Bettin
Hayden Biese
Nora Bird
Aaron Bork
Rosalie Bowers
Mia Calmes
Colton Dahm
Aubri Daul
Paxton Dorman
Cameron Feltz
Caleb Garvey
Blake Garvey
MacKenzie Goerl
Elise Gonnering
Marshal Jacquot
Callie Kranski
Olivia Kussow
Lydia LeSage
Quinn LeSage
Alaina Letourneau
Jacob Liewergen
Julianna Medina-Rentmeester
Vincent Micke
Carter Nagel
Burkley Otto
Charlotte Quella
Wyatt Reitzner
Colt Richmond
Beckett Romanowicz
Larkin Schreiber
Everly Shields
Everly Spindler
Maverick Springstroh
Sophia Tilkens
Addalynn VanCaster
Owen VandenBerg
Braylie VandenBogart
Betsey VanderLoop
Gracie VanGroll
Camden VanHandel
Isla VanRossum
Reese Verkuilen
Ivy Vosters
Callen Vosters
Elliott Vosters
Carson Wisneski
Cole Wisneski
Rhodes Wittman
Sacrament of Baptism
Sacrament of First Eucharist - May 6 & 7 and May 13 & 14, 2017
Cole Barse
Owen Berg
Gracie Berken
Caden Bock
Cal Calhoon
Travis Coenen
Katherine Cook
Lucy Daul
Owen Delforge
Makayla Evers
Dylan George
Joseph Gonnering
Marisa Greiner
Matthew Groenjes
Nathan Guiterrez
Charles Hedtke
Ellen Hermes
Ashley Hietpas
Mara Janssen
Michael Jochman
Sydney Kavanaugh
Kelly Krejcie
Drake Laabs
Calli Manteuffel
Kacey McVay
Cayden Micke
Joseph Moore
Claire Murphy
Elliot Nytes
Casey Ostroski
Devin Phillips
Eva Plamann
Braden Process
Rebecca Rew
Rockwell Rottier
Cody Scheibe
Luke Schmidt
Brooklynn Sowinski
Bryn Steenbock
Benjamin Steinbarth
Alex VanWychen
Karli VanAsten
Henry VanAsten
Kaeden VanCamp
Kaden Vandenberg
Danika VandeVoort
Macy VanRossum
Kelsey Verhasselt
Connor Verhasselt
Leo VerVoort
Ben Vosters
Payton Weyenberg
Aiden Wieczorek
Maya Wilson
Thomas Atchinson
Jakob Balthazor
Sydney Beihoff
Noah Berg
Dakota Brockman
Alexander Dennis
Alexis Derivan
Payton Dorn
Travis Fox
Brooke Garrett
Zachary Green
Hunter Haen
Garrett Jarmolowicz
Catherine Johnson
McKenzie Kempen
Josie Knuth
Leah Koepke
Hannah Mielke
Hayden Mumm
Travis Nabbefeld
Erin Nachreiner
Kendra Pahl
Mikenna Peters
Tayllor Peterson
Christina Portman
Kyle Retzlaff
Shaela Romenesko
Gerrit Schomaker
Megan Schuh
Tristin Schumacher
Grace Schwaller
Logan Siebers
Jacob Sturm
Ryan Thelen
Elizabeth Thompson
Connor VanAsten
Cole VanBeek
Angela VanEperen
Carisa VanRossum
Benjamin VanRossum
Paige VanVeghel
Matthew Verhasselt
Cordell Voeks
Evan Vosters
Katelyn Vosters
Gracie Wendt
Christine Wolf
Sacrament of Confirmation - June 3, 2017 - Bishop David Ricken RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults - April 15, 2017
Michael John Hebbe
Sacrament of Marriage
James George Ferrell III & Krystal Marie Schiltz August 20, 2016
Tony James Kazik & Amie Jo Vosters August 27, 2016
Christopher John VanDyke & Stephanie Marie Casper September 30, 2016
Kenneth Eugene Langner Jr & Samantha Marie Schuh October 7, 2016
Craig Michael Wildenberg & Stephanie Marie Jordan October 21, 2017
Brandon James DeCoster & Dana Michele Vosters December 31, 2016
Adam Michael Prellwitz & Amanda Rene VanHoof February 4, 2017
Ross Daniel Kons & Carla Lynn VanAsten April 22, 2017
Joshua Paul VanAsten & Stephanie Lynn Hermus May 6, 2017
Michael John Hebbe & Amber LeAnn Baugnet June 17, 2017
Samuel Scott Schmalz & Gina Christina Sayler June 22, 2017
John Vanlaarhoven July 6, 2016
Dolores VanCamp July 8, 2016
Carol Berg July 10, 2016
Mary Remmenga August 3, 2016
Vernon Konkle August 5, 2016
Mabel VanHoof August 8, 2016
Eugene VandeHey August 23, 2016
Rita VanBoxtel September 6, 2016
Rosemary Grode September 14, 2016
Helen Dachelet September 19, 2016
Colleen Hennes September 25, 2016
Mary Nackers September 26, 2016
Ellen Schaetz October 23, 2016
Rev. William Rickert November 5, 2016
Richard Pynenberg November 14, 2016
Eugene Weyenberg November 26, 2016
Richard Romenesko November 30, 2016
James Woods December 9, 2016
Lorraine Uitenbroek December 11, 2016
Rosalie Smith January 13, 2017
Isabelle Vosters January 30, 2017
Louise VanBoxtel February 26, 2017
Shirley Giesen March 28, 2017
Steve Rohan April 25, 2017
Arthur Koehler April 28, 2017
Eileen Weins April 30, 2017
Entered Into Eternal Life
Our Parish Community
Number of Registered Units
2016 - 2017 1,112
2015 - 2016 1,112
2014 - 2015 1,133
2013 - 2014 1,115
2012 - 2013 1,095
Number of Contributing Units
($100 or more of Contributions)
2016 - 2017 539
2015 - 2016 538
2014 - 2015 595
2013 - 2014 595
2012 - 2013 596
Sacraments
Baptism 1st Communion Confirmation Weddings Funerals
2016 - 2017 50 55 48 11 26
2015 - 2016 57 39 44 17 25
2014 - 2015 48 52 55 18 27
2013 - 2014 56 44 50 18 26
2012 - 2013 60 63 50 13 28
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