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DeForest-area worship services and church contacts

Christ Lutheran Church is at 220 S.

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Lutheran services

Christ Lutheran Church is at 220 S. Main St. in DeForest. Pastor Sue Beadle leads the congregation. Sunday worship is at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school and adult education begin at 9:15 a.m. The office is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone: 608-846-4719. Email: office@christlutherandeforest.org.

Catholic churches

The St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate serves Dane, Lodi, Waunakee and Westport. St. Michael Church, 109 S. Military Road in Dane, offers Mass Sunday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. Confession is Sunday at 7:30 a.m. The church is accessible to people with disabilities.

St. Patrick Church, 521 Fair St. in Lodi, holds Mass Saturday at 4:30 p.m., Sunday at 10 a.m., Tuesday at 8 a.m. and Thursday at 8 a.m. Confession is Wednesday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 3:30 p.m.; adoration is Wednesday at 5 p.m. The church is accessible.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 209 South St., Waunakee, WI 53597, celebrates Mass Monday through Saturday at 8 a.m., Saturday at 5 p.m., and Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. Confession is offered weekdays at 7:30 a.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Thursday adoration and benediction run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. First Friday adoration is from 9 to 10 a.m. in St. John Old Church. Saturday adoration and confession begin at 8:30 a.m. The church is accessible.

St. Mary of the Lake Church, 5460 Mary Lake Road in the Town of Westport, holds Mass Sunday at 9 a.m. and Tuesday through Thursday at 5:15 p.m. Confession is Tuesday and Thursday at 4:45 p.m. The church is accessible.

Schools and pastorate contact

St. John's School in Waunakee serves grades 3K through eight; phone 608-849-5325. Blessed Trinity School in Dane serves grades 4K through five; phone 608-592-5711.

The pastorate lists the Rev. Joseph Baker and parochial vicars Fr. Simon Tipps and Fr. Anthony Kersting. Its main phone number is 608-849-5121. The mailing address is 209 South St., Waunakee, WI 53597.

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