You will be surprised to learn that Kathleen has been a parishioner here at St. Francis de Sales for only 4 years!  She has jumped right in as an amazing volunteer, active as a middle school religious education leader (including a summer program), a liturgical dancer, a Eucharistic Minister, a (2 term) member of Pastoral...Read More

You might recognize this young couple from their many hours of volunteering at our parish. Their participation at Mass is evident…sometimes as servers, sometimes as ushers or Eucharistic Ministers. They seem to always be aware of the needs and step up to help. What you might not know is that they lead also weekly discipleship...Read More

Meet Will Murray, St. Francis de Sales’ summer college intern! Will is currently a sophomore at St. Mary’s University of Winona, Minnesota, majoring in Theology. The son of very active parish volunteers, Tom and Kathie Murray, Will attended SFDS grade school from 4k thru 8th grade. He is a graduate of Catholic Central High School....Read More

Daryl has quietly been steering the administrative side of St. Francis de Sales parish for 20 years! Joining the parish with his wife Geri in December of 1996, he was asked by Father Dave Braun to Co-Chair the Finance committee right off the bat in 1997. He has also been the Treasurer Trustee on and...Read More

Last Sunday, just a few minutes before Mass was supposed to start, the scheduled altar servers hadn’t arrived yet so Bishop Jim asked to see if anyone out in the pews could fill in.  As they have done countless times in the past, Nathan and Jacob Hicks immediately stepped up. The twins are now sophomores at Waterford High...Read More

   If you regularly attend the 7:30 Sunday Mass, there’s a good chance you received Holy Communion from Elaine Johnson. Being a Eucharistic minister is just one of the many ways Elaine has chosen to serve our parish.       Elaine works at the Keefe Realty office on Edwards Boulevard office assisting real estate agents with...Read More

There is a special someone who has written articles highlighting many of our wonderful parishioners. The time has come for us to get to know the lady who has been the author of these articles, Martha Cucco. Although she was born in Chicago, she spent almost every weekend in Lake Geneva as a child. Martha...Read More

You might not know her name but you probably recognize her! Sarah Gray has been a cantor and a member of the Chorale for about 10 years. Singing for weddings, funerals, special liturgies, and weekend Masses, she is very dedicated to the music ministry at St. Francis de Sales. In 2006 she became a certified...Read More

Although Lisa has lived in a few different places, two things have been a constant: She has always cared for others and has always been very active in her parish. Moving to Lake Geneva 15 years ago from Fresno, California, she has been a Eucharistic Minister (both at SFDS and at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center)...Read More

Started in 2003 by Maureen Redmer, R.N., the Blood Pressure Ministry conducts blood pressure monitoring for parishioners and visitors once a month (usually on KC breakfast Sunday in the Parish Office). On any given day they see between 6 and 20 people to do education and assessment of possible health issues. There have been several...Read More