{"id":801,"date":"2022-08-26T11:43:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:57:22","slug":"parish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/parish\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pastor, Rev. Alan P. Wierzba<\/span>…………………………………….715-352<\/span>–<\/span>3011<\/span> <\/span>
pastor@stjohnedgar.or<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Office Admin, Michelle Socha<\/span>……………………………….715-507<\/span>–<\/span>1975<\/span> <\/span>
parishoffice@hfppon.diolcparish.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Ministry Schedule<\/span>……………………………………………………………..715-507<\/span>–<\/span>1975<\/span><\/span><\/p>

CRE, Juan Martinez.<\/span>………………………………………………………..715-507-1975<\/span><\/span>
cre@hfppon.diolcparish.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>

Cemetery Secretary: Jan Schreiner<\/span>…………………715-241<\/span>–<\/span>8898<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For the week of May 23, 2026 – May 29, 2026:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

To have a Sanctuary Candle, an offering of $5.00 can be placed in the collection basket.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Meet Fr Alan Wierzba<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fr. Alan was born on February 23, 1965 in Wausau, the fifth of six kids, born to Nancy and Eugene.\u00a0 He grew up in the town of Weston, attending St. Agnes Parish and graduating from D.C. Everest High School in 1983.\u00a0 After graduation he worked in retail management with Radio Shack for three years, then he began working for several glass factories in the Wausau area, including Custom Glass and Kolbe and Kolbe Millwork.\u00a0 Father Alan entered seminary when he was 29 years old, in the fall of 1994, attending St. John Vianney Seminary, on the campus of St. Thomas University for three years for Philosophy studies.\u00a0 He then spent three years of summer studies in spirituality at Creighton University while studying Theology at Mundelein Seminary.\u00a0 He was ordained to the priesthood on June 30, 2001 at the Cathedral of the Diocese of La Crosse by Bishop (now Cardinal) Raymond Burke.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Fr. Wierzba\u2019s assignments include parishes in Durand, Mondovi and Lima; Gays Mills and Rolling Ground; Wisconsin Rapids and the UW-La Crosse.\u00a0 In 2012 Father was named the Director of the Office of Vocations for the Diocese of La Crosse, where he served until 2020, and began his assignment at Holy Family and St. John\u2019s parishes.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parish Information Parish Directory Pastor, Rev. Alan P. Wierzba…………………………………….715-352-3011 pastor@stjohnedgar.or Office Admin, Michelle Socha……………………………….715-507-1975 parishoffice@hfppon.diolcparish.org Ministry Schedule……………………………………………………………..715-507-1975 CRE, Juan Martinez…………………………………………………………715-507-1975cre@hfppon.diolcparish.org Cemetery Secretary: Jan Schreiner…………………715-241-8898 Sanctuary Candle Offering For the week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":163,"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/hol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}