St. Margaret Mary, Milwaukee

Our Parish Roots:

Margaret Mary lived from 1647-1690. During her life she experienced four visions of Jesus Christ and worked endlessly to spread devotion to His Sacred Heart. St. Margaret Mary was canonized in 1920; her feast day is celebrated on October 16.

The parish began under our founding pastor, Father Raymond Vint, on June 1, 1955. The first church was completed in April 1957 and the school opened in September 1959. Our present church was completed in June 1977. Our current pastor is Father Patrick Nelson, SDS, who came to the parish in 2018. Under his leadership, we live out the mission to promote a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to further the Love of Christ by our combined efforts in catechesis, sacrament, education and invitation. By the Love of Savior, we are sent to gather others to His Sacred Heart.

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Our Share

Through much prayer, planning, and conversation, we have identified our greatest needs and initiatives to strengthen our mission and vision for years to come. Our share of the funds raised will be used to provide upgrades and major maintenance to the school buildings and classrooms, upgrades to parish buildings and make improvements to the parish campus grounds.

Parish Goal

$531,150

Parish Share

$318,690

Pledged as of 9/6/2023

$525,944 which is 99% of our goal from 166 families

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND CLASSROOM UPGRADES-$150,000

St. Margaret Mary has a thriving school that is currently in need of updates and maintenance.To reduce our energy costs, classroom and general lighting will be changed to LED. Additionally, bathrooms will be updated replacing equipment and adding electric eye shut offs to reduce water consumption. Lastly, the entrance doors will be replaced for safety purposes and window treatments will be replaced in classrooms and offices and other projects as needed.

PARISH BUILDINGS UPDATES-$100,000

St. Margaret Mary has been blessed with a beautiful parish campus, however it is starting to age. To prevent increasing structural repair parish share funds will be used to clean and tuck our masonry work, repair the first level roof, replace the rectory windows, and address other projects as needed.

CAMPUS GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT-$68,690

Our beautiful campus grounds need tending. Our parish share funds will be used to enhance our welcoming visibility by replacing and upgrading our parish sign. Additionally, the fence surrounding our campus needs repair and replacement which will include landscaping work for the fence removal, this will benefit the safety of our students and our campus. We will also address other projects as needed.