St. Mary's Catholic Church

Altoona, WI

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Below you’ll find contact information for the staff and leadership team at St. Mary’s. Please feel free to reach out to these individuals directly. If you’re not sure who to contact, e-mail the Parish Office at StMarPar@gmail.com and they can help direct you to the right person!

Pastor | Fr. Derek Sakowski (click for bio)
frsakowski@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 101
715-514-5113

Parochial Vicar | Fr. Peter Kieffer
frpeterkr@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 140

Parish Office

Receptionist, Shelli Julson
stmaryrecaltoona@gmail.com

Parish Office
stmarypar@gmail.com

Bilingual Office Assistant (Part-Time) Carmen Nuñez    
715-855-1294 ext. 100

Office Manager | Bonnie Firkus
bfirkusstraymond@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 146

School Principal | Carisa Smiskey
csmiskey@regiscatholicschools.com
715-830-2278

School Secretary | Kelly Schofield 
kshofield@regiscatholicschools.com
715-830-2278

Head Teacher | Erika Galewski
egalewski@regiscatholicschools.com
715-830-2278

Director of Evangelization & Faith Formation | Jacqueline Van Hemert
jacquelineevanhemert@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 106
414-698-6040

Director of Pastoral Ministry | Jon Jones                                                                         smsrpastoralmin@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 108

Faith Formation Coordinator | Maria Ricciardi
FaithFormationSM@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext. 106

Marriage Preparation Coordinator | Kaylee Peikert
kaylee.peikert@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext 142

Communication Coordinator | Ellen Hernandez
smcommcoord@gmail.com

Social Media | Cheree Tiry

Maintenance Custodian | Charlie Turner
715-855-1294

Knights of Columbus Grand Knight | Ralph Melgard 
763-200-2802

PCCW (Parish Council of Catholic Women) President | Toni Buck
952-463-6189

Mass Servers/Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion | Fr. Derek Sakowski
715-855-1294 ext. 101

Lectors & Sacristans | Fr. Peter Kieffer
715-855-1294 ext. 140 

Usher Ministry | Aaron Tiry
aaron@teamtiry.com
715-271-7653

Altar Flowers/Church Decoration | Fr. Peter Kieffer 
frpeterkr@gmail.com
715-855-1294 ext.140

Catholic Books | Brad Payson
bpayson@charter.net
715-835-4049

Elizabeth Ministry (for expecting mothers) | Emily Thurner
715-864-3048

Prayer Chain | Janet Fox
715-529-1587

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Mass Times

Weekend Masses [In-Person or Live Stream]

Saturday Vigil | 4:00pm (Eng)
Sunday | 11:00am (Eng), 1:00pm (Spanish)

Weekday Masses [In-Person or Live Stream]
Wednesday | 8:00am

Tuesday & Thursday | 8:00am (St. Raymond's)

Friday | 9:00am (Live-Stream Only)

Confession

Saturday | 10am to Noon [In the confessional]

Thurs | 7pm-9pm [at St. Raymond's in the library]

Parish Office Hours

Sunday | 12:00p-3:00p
Monday | 9:00a to Noon
Tuesday | 9:00a to Noon
Wednesday | 9:00a to Noon
Thursday | 9:00a to Noon
Friday | Closed
Saturday | Closed

St. Mary's Catholic Church

715-855-1294
(Se Habla Espanol!)
1812 Lynn Avenue
Altoona, WI, 54720
StMaryPar@gmail.com
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Fr. Derek Sakowski, Pastor
715-855-1294 ext. 101
frsakowski@gmail.com

Fr. Peter Kieffer, Parochial Vicar
715-855-1294 ext. 140
frpeterkr@gmail.com

 

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