St. Matthew Catholic Church Shullsburg

St. Matthew Catholic Church Shullsburg Sunday Mass 8:00AM Daily Mass Monday - Saturday (Actual times in the weekly bulletin)
Confessions 1/2 Hour before every Mass

Faith Formation --> Faith in Action Due to Father Michael Chika's unexpected departure for Onitsha, Nigeria, our Faith F...
08/31/2026

Faith Formation --> Faith in Action

Due to Father Michael Chika's unexpected departure for Onitsha, Nigeria, our Faith Formation program planned for St. Isidore the Farmer Parish has been postponed until Father Michael is able to return to the United States and to our parish.

During this time of challenges and struggles, let us join together as one united parish family, by the grace of God, picking up our cross and lifting one another up in prayer!

Fellow parishioners will be leading the prayers at Holy Rosary, St. Matthew, and St. Philomena Churches simultaneously to magnify our prayers.

If you are not able to attend in person, please pause for a few moments, during that hour, wherever you are to join us in prayer.

For more information, see https://stisidorewi.flocknote.com/note/38234296

Starting tomorrow, September 1st, all new content will be published to our "St. Isidore the Farmer Parish" page...
08/31/2026

Starting tomorrow, September 1st, all new content will be published to our "St. Isidore the Farmer Parish" page.

We invite you to Like and Follow "St. Isidore the Farmer Parish" to continue seeing what's happening here and throughout our St. Isidore the Farmer Parish community and finding the same great Catholic content - all on one unified parish page!

This church page will remain active indefinitely so you may review history.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Saint Peter tries to deny the Lord His Passion – “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever ha...
08/30/2026

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Saint Peter tries to deny the Lord His Passion – “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” – although difficult for him to comprehend at the time, Saint Peter, in effect, was trying to deny the possibility of true joy (Matthew 16:21-27).

As Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ taught us, the only way to everlasting joy is through His Cross and Resurrection – Saint Peter, our first pope, did not yet understand this in his encounter with Jesus, but he would soon understand (for Peter would eventually be martyred, crucified, rather than give up his faith in and love for God – as Jesus foretells in John 21).

Indeed, Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24).

There is no Resurrection without the Crucifixion – so, when we look upon a crucifix, we look upon a reminder of God’s love for us (John 3:1621): that by His One Sacrifice on the Cross, by His one Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension, Jesus has redeemed the world and wrought for us life eternal – if we would, by His grace, believe in, love and follow Him (Matthew 16:21-27; Luke 9:23; John 14:1-6).

Let us pick up our cross and follow Jesus Christ, and pray that we will all grow stronger in the joy of knowing, loving and serving God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and loving our neighbor.

“So we know and believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them” (1 John 4:16).

~Excerpt from Father William's column in this weekend's bulletin:https://files.ecatholic.com/30880/bulletins/20260830.pdf

Please take note of our updated Parish Mass Schedule, to begin Monday, August 31, due to our sudden and unexpected reduc...
08/30/2026

Please take note of our updated Parish Mass Schedule, to begin Monday, August 31, due to our sudden and unexpected reduction of priests at St. Isidore the Farmer Parish.

With the cancer treatment Father William is currently receiving, in preparation for surgery, he will by the grace of God do his best to serve everyone at St. Isidore the Farmer Parish by primarily providing the Sacraments of the Church.

Therefore, beginning this Monday, August 31, our daily Mass schedule will be reduced to one Mass per day at 8:30am. All daily Confessions and Masses, Monday through Saturday, will be offered at Holy Rosary Church in Darlington. One Saturday evening Mass will be offered, which will be at Holy Rosary Church. Four Sunday Morning Masses will continue to be offered as other priests are able to help Father William.

See our weekend bulletin for more information about these and related changes at St. Isidore the Farmer Parish:https://files.ecatholic.com/30880/bulletins/20260830.pdf

$20.00 per square. 1 winner! $1,000.00 Board will be at St Matthew's at the weekend Masses.Don't be square...buy a...
08/27/2026

$20.00 per square. 1 winner! $1,000.00
Board will be at St Matthew's at the weekend Masses.
Don't be square...buy a square!!!

🍂Please Save the Date for our Fall Festival ~ September 20, 2026! 🍂Please also note our Mass time changes for Sunday, Se...
08/26/2026

🍂Please Save the Date for our Fall Festival ~ September 20, 2026! 🍂

Please also note our Mass time changes for Sunday, September 20, 2026:
*8:00am @ St. Joseph, Gratiot
8:30am @ St. Philomena, Belmont
10:30am @ Holy Rosary, Darlington
*11:00am @ St. Matthew, Shullsburg with the Fall Festival to follow

*Mass times adjusted at these locations on Sunday, September 20, for the Parish Fall Festival at St. Matthew.

As we continue to work together to unify St. Isidore the Farmer Parish's nine church communities, streamline communicati...
08/25/2026

As we continue to work together to unify St. Isidore the Farmer Parish's nine church communities, streamline communications to you during and beyond our parish merger process, and save money for our parish, we will be publishing all of our Parish churches' Facebook content to the St. Isidore the Farmer Parish page.

Starting September 1st, all new content will be published to our "St. Isidore the Farmer Parish" page.

Individual church pages will remain active indefinitely so you may review history on these pages.

CCW and Altar Society pages will remain separate and continue to be managed by the individual groups.

We invite you to Like and Follow "St. Isidore the Farmer Parish" to continue seeing what's happening throughout our St. Isidore the Farmer Parish community and finding the same great Catholic content - all on one unified parish page!

🙏🙏🙏Join Saint Isidore the Farmer in Prayer, Starting in September🙏🙏🙏This Fall, as we continue to come together as a Pari...
08/24/2026

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Join Saint Isidore the Farmer in Prayer, Starting in September
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This Fall, as we continue to come together as a Parish, we invite you to join in prayer as a community in all of our nine parish churches.

A “Journey of Prayer with St. Isidore the Farmer” is a monthly visit to one church in St. Isidore the Farmer Parish to pray as a community, seeking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord, followed by time for all present to get to know one another with fellowship.

These gatherings will be held on the second Thursdays of each month from September 2026 through May 2027.

The evening will begin with Prayer and Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at 7:00pm and conclude with Solemn Benediction at 8:00pm, followed by refreshments.

Our first gathering will be held at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in South Wayne on Thursday, September 10th.

Our purpose will be to gather as a Parish family to pray for the people of our parish and ask the Lord to bring us together, united by our faith and love for Him and our care for one another. Materials and refreshments will be provided each month.

You are most welcome and encouraged to come, and please consider bringing a friend or two to experience this awesome encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Savior of the world.

Here is the full schedule:
7:00pm on September 10 at St. John, South Wayne
7:00pm on October 8 at St. Joseph, Gratiot
7:00pm on November 12 at St. Matthew, Shullsburg
7:00pm on December 10 at Our Lady of Hope, Seymour
7:00pm on January 14 at St. Peter, Elk Grove
7:00pm on February 11 at St. Philomena, Belmont
7:00pm on March 11 at Immaculate Conception, Truman
7:00pm on April 8 at St. Michael, Calamine
7:00pm on May 13 at Holy Rosary, Darlington

Every Sunday and solemnity at Mass, we profess the Faith as we recite the Nicene Creed. Based on the Apostles’ Creed and...
08/23/2026

Every Sunday and solemnity at Mass, we profess the Faith as we recite the Nicene Creed.

Based on the Apostles’ Creed and given to the Church by God through two Church councils in 325 and 381 A.D., the Nicene Creed states that we believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

In light of today’s Gospel (Jesus says, “And I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:1320), it’s good to review these four marks or pillars of the Church (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part One, # #26-1065; the Catechism is fully referenced to Holy Scripture):

We are one because the Church’s source is the one and only God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We are holy because Christ Himself founded the Church as His bride.

We are catholic (universal) because the Church contains the fullness of the faith, which includes all seven Sacraments (Baptism, Confirmation, the Holy Eucharist, Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, Confession, and Anointing of the Sick) – this fullness is expressed in the Roman Catholic Church.

We are apostolic because the Church was built on the twelve apostles, by Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

In joyful and loving obedience, then, may we continue to profess the faith that God has given us, in word and deed, as we follow Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and help as many people as possible to follow Him, for He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, yesterday, today and forever, the Only Savior of the world.

~Excerpts from Fr. William's column in this weekend's bulletin. Learn more about the 4 marks of the church in his full column:https://files.ecatholic.com/30880/bulletins/20260823.pdf

Faith Formation for children, teens, and adults across St. Isidore the Farmer Parish will take place on Wednesday evenin...
08/22/2026

Faith Formation for children, teens, and adults across St. Isidore the Farmer Parish will take place on Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm until 7:30pm at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Darlington, beginning September 23, 2026.

Registration is now open on our website. See the following Parish Flocknote communication for the link to register, schedules, and more information: https://stisidorewi.flocknote.com/note/38140534

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