Mass Schedule:

Saturday: 5:00 PM Rosary Begins at 4:40 PM

Sunday:8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tuesday: 8:00 AM Rosary Begins at 7:30 AM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM Rosary Begins at 7:30 AM

Thursday: 8:00 AM Rosary Begins at 7:30 AM

Friday: 8:00 AM Rosary Begins at 7:30 AM

Saturday: 8:00 AM Schoenstatt Shrine 5901 Cottage Grove Rd

History:

St. Patrick congregation was established during the missionary days in 1850.  Catholics in the area were served as a "station" by visiting priests from old St. Raphael in Madison and St. Mary Church in Westport.  In 1869, Bishop John Martin Hennie of Milwaukee attached this territory of Catholics as a mission to Sacred Hearts Parish of Sun Prairie.

In 1882, under the direction of Fr. A.J. Kuehne, pastor of Sacred Hearts Parish of Sun Prairie.  1 1/2 acres of land were purchased from ex-Governor W.R. Taylor for $50.  The land was to be used for the site of a Catholic Church and cemetery for the congregation.  Parishioners contributed $1,300 to build a small frame church.  It was the first church in the village of Cottage Grove.

After Fr. Kuehne's death in 1905, Fr. Henry Blum became paster and remained the mission's priest until 1910.  Fr. Christian M. Nellen was the next pastor and it was during his tenure, approximately in 1912, that St. Patrick became a mission of St. Mary Church in Marshall.

The size of the parish grew and in 1916, under the guidance of Fr. Nellen, with $1800 in parishioner donations and a $500 loan from the Cottage Grove State Bank, construction began to increase the size of the church.  A rear addition and a new belfry were erected, increasing the seating capacity to 150.

By 1929, St. Patrick Church had 85 adult Catholic parishioners.  Annual contributions were about $650 with expenditures almost equaling that amount.

In 1944, a census conducted by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee revealed that 29 families were members of St. Patrick Church. Sixteen families were of German descent and 13 Irish, for a total of 130 people.  Along with the increase in the number of parishioners, there came a need for more land.  In 1947, the parking lot across the street from the church was purchased from Bruno Kautz for $500.