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Pop over for a popover! At home, we can Reclaim Sundays in the domestic Church by praying together and sharing a special meal. Click here for ideas from the Archdiocese as well as some particular ways we here at Nativity can break bread together.

Registration for all summer youth events (Totus Tuus, Extreme Faith Camp, EFC Leadership Team, and Steubenville) are open and we encourage you to sign up right away! We also need adults to help out with these events. Click here for details and sign-up links.

When we can share with each other the questions, topics, and concerns that really matter, we grow in our relationships and in our joy. For the month of March, let's reclaim our Sundays by intentionally elevating our conversations. Click here for ideas from the Archdiocese as well as some particular ways we here at Nativity can cultivate good talk.

Turn off the devices and turn on the connections! For February 2026, the Archdiocese invites us to reclaim the gift of Sunday rest by developing the real interactions and relationships that give us joy — while limiting our use of technology. Click here for Reclaiming Sundays suggestions here at Nativity of Our Lord and beyond.

Lent is coming on February 18 and it’s the perfect time to focus on growing in our faith. Why not do it together in a small group, for friendship, support, and consistency? Click here for some new small groups that are looking for participants.

Men, are you up for a challenge in 2026? Exodus 90 is a journey of prayer, asceticism, and brotherhood that has helped over 100,000 men break free from bad habits, distractions, and lukewarm prayer. The challenge begins January 5! Click here for details.

Isn’t it fun to get an invitation? We love to be included in celebrations and special events. This month, the Archdiocesan Reclaiming Sundays program invites us to refresh our celebrations with a new awareness, and share our joy with those around us. Click here for ideas and sample activities for January.

Through the "Reclaiming Sundays" guide, we are invited to pray with music in a number of ways. Click here for specific ideas for December to enhance our Sunday joy here in our own parish and in our neighborhood.

The 2025 Nativity of Our Lord Picture Directories will be available for pickup on Sunday morning, November 16 during the Ministry Fair and Donut Sunday in Steiner Hall. All individuals and families who sat for a portrait will receive a free copy.

Dig out those old photo albums, those shoe boxes filled with cards and letters, those grainy, sepia-toned photos of the ancestors! All Saints Day and All Souls Day encourage us to remember those who have gone before us. This month, we can do that in special ways while we continue to refocus our Sundays toward rest and reconnection.

Ms. Taylor Croissant, who has served as Nativity of Our Lord’s Assistant Director of Discipleship - Faith Formation since April of 2024, has submitted her resignation. Mr. John Hartnett will help lead our Faith Formation program over the next few months as we work to find a permanent Director.

October is beloved for many reasons: leaves, the Rosary, football... Wait! Football?! Yes! This year’s Reclaiming Sundays focus reminds us to pray, rest, and recreate. For many, that means football. But no matter how we like to recreate, we can reclaim our Sundays by intentionally spending them restfully and joyfully. Click here for suggestions.

Register now for the next Nativity Men’s Retreat, which will be Thursday, October 9 through Sunday, October 12 at Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego, Wisconsin. This time we’ll have a totally different format! Click here for details.

Registration for Elementary Faith Formation for the new program year, which began September 17, has been extended to October 1.

On September 7 the Catholic Church canonized two young saints, Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. Each saint had a special devotion to the Eucharist and to serving the poor. Click here to learn more, including newly added prayer ideas!

Family Corner will now tie into the Archdiocesan initiative to help us refresh and deepen observation of the Lord’s Day. This initiative is described in "Reclaiming Sundays: A Guide for Families." For each month of the next year, Family Corner will develop the Archdiocesan theme as we can live it here at Nativity of Our Lord.

“Year 3” of the Synod will extend into 2026-2027 with the theme of Equipping Parents as the Primary Educators of their Children in the Faith. Implementation of this theme will begin with a “soft start” in this, the 2025-2026 year. Click here for more information.

The next parish Men's Retreat will be Thursday, October 9 through Sunday, October 12 at Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego, Wisconsin, while the next Women's Retreat will be at Nativity Friday-Saturday, February 27-28. Click here for more details!

In order to better serve you, our parishioners, the parish office front desk is now open all day on Fridays. Office hours at the Lannan Center are now the same every day of the week, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.

We completed our search process a few weeks ago and determined that Nativity would be best served by delaying the hiring process for a period of six months to a year so that we can better define the scope of the position with the Discipleship team.