Saint Luke the Evangelist Parish, Boyceville (1965)

At the direction of the fifth Bishop of La Crosse, John Patrick Treacy (1946-1964), a 1961 census of Boyceville, Knapp, Wheeler, Connorsville, Ridgeland, and Downing identified 50 Catholic families.  No suitable place for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist was found until Arnie Wold, a non-Catholic, offered his small carpenter shop as a temporary solution.  The first Mass was celebrated in this makeshift church on November 10, 1963.  Hearing of the new parish, Henry Praschak of Marshfield donated $10,000.00 toward the erection of a church.  Ground was broken on September 27, 1964.  Holy Week and Easter Sunday of 1965 were the first liturgical celebrations in the new church.  The sixth Bishop of La Crosse, Frederick W. Freking (1964-1983), dedicated the new church on August 29, 1965.  Saint Luke Parish has never had a resident Pastor and has been served by priests of the parishes in Menomonie, Eau Galle, Elk Mound and Rock Falls.  In July 2012 Boyceville was linked with Spring Valley and Elmwood under the care of one Pastor. 

Staff

Reverend Arockia Amirtha-Raj Stanislaus, Pastor

Fr. Amir  belongs to the Diocese of Sivagangai, Tamilnadu, India.  He was ordained a priest on April 11, 2010.  Soon after ordination he was appointed as associate pastor for two years in two parishes.  In his third year after ordination, he was the secretary to the Bishop of Sivagangai.  Following that appointment, he served in the Diocesan Pastoral Commission, was an editor for a monthly diocesan magazine and also the coordinator of a regional catholic channel of TNBC.  He was also the Parochial Administrator of Nanakudi Parish.  He was born and raised in Alavakottai where he is the first in his Village to become a Priest.  He is the oldest of 4 children.  

Karen Adams, Secretary and Bookkeeper

Karen Adams is a longtime parishioner at St. Luke's and has worked many years as the parish Secretary and Bookkeeper. Karen's husband, Joe, also acts as the parish groundskeeper and custodian.

Parish Council and Finance Council

President:
Father Arockia Stanislaus, Pastor
Chair:
Joe Pieters [Elected-2014; 2016]
Secretary:
Tom Humpal [Elected 2016]
Vince Kujuwa  [Elected 2016]
Ben Mrdutt [Elected 2015]
Dennis Hill [Elected 2016]
Liaison to:
Finance Council:
Joe Peters                                             
Corporation Board of Directors:
Paul Zimmerman
Betty Jean Smith
Sacred Worship:
Vacant                            
Catechesis and Evangelization:   
Lori Boesl [Appointed-2013; Elected-2015]
Marriage and Family Life Committee
Vacant            
Social Concerns Committee                            
Joe Pieters [Elected-2014]