About St. Patrick · Lodi, Wisconsin
St. Patrick Catholic Church is a worship site of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, a unified Catholic pastorate of four churches serving Lodi, Dane, Waunakee, and Westport in Columbia and Dane counties, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Madison. The Lodi congregation of St. Patrick was established in 1885, built its first church on Fair Street, and dedicated the present church in 1964. Today St. Patrick shares pastoral staff, faith formation, music, and Catholic-school resources with the three sister parishes under Parochial Administrator Rev. Joseph Baker, and is served alongside Blessed Trinity School. The historic FaithStreet directory still lists St. Patrick as 'Founded 1885' and describes the combined Lodi/Dane worship sites as the former Blessed Trinity Parish.
- Established
- 1885
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Rector
- Rev. Joseph Baker (Parochial Administrator of St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Madison
Why belong here
St. Patrick, Lodi is a warm, well-established country parish founded in 1885 and now part of a four-church Catholic pastorate that pools its clergy, faith formation, music, and school resources across Lodi, Dane, Waunakee, and Westport. Parishioners benefit from daily and weekend Mass, weekly Eucharistic Adoration on Wednesdays, regular Confession, an active Council of Catholic Women (the annual Holiday Cookie Walk and Vendor Sale is a Lodi tradition), Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children, youth ministry that travels to diocesan events like Frassati Fest, and a parish cemetery managed through the parish office. Joining the parish means registering with the St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate office in Waunakee or the Lodi Regional Office on Fair Street so the staff can serve your sacramental and formation needs.
Mass times at St. Patrick
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Wednesday 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM (St. Patrick, Lodi)
- Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM (St. Patrick, Lodi)
Adoration times
- Wednesday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM — Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction at St. Patrick, Lodi (Blessed Trinity)
Our Story
St. Patrick, Lodi is the historic Catholic congregation of the city of Lodi, Wisconsin. Its roots run back to the first Catholic Church in the Township of Lodi — St. Kiernan, built in 1857. The St. Patrick congregation itself was formally established in 1885, with its first church on Fair Street. Over the decades the parish grew, a new rectory was added in 1907, and the present-day church and parish center were built in 1963 and dedicated in 1964. For many years the Lodi parish was paired with St. Michael in Dane as 'Blessed Trinity Parish', a name that still lives on in the parish school.
- 1857 — St. Kiernan built in the Township of Lodi
- 1885 — St. Patrick congregation established
- Turn of the 20th century — additional property acquired
- 1907 — new rectory built on Fair Street
- 1963 — construction begins on current church and parish center
- 1964 — present St. Patrick church dedicated
St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate
St. Patrick is one of four worship sites in the St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate, a unified Catholic community created from the merger of St. Patrick (Lodi), St. Michael (Dane), St. John the Baptist (Waunakee), and St. Mary of the Lake (Westport). The pastorate shares clergy, pastoral staff, faith formation, music, and Catholic-school resources across all four sites, and maintains a centralized office (currently in Waunakee) along with the Lodi Regional Office at 521 Fair Street. The pastorate is also running a $1.5 million campaign to renovate the St. John the Baptist rectory into a centralized pastorate office, with a target opening of September 30, 2025.
- St. Michael — Dane, WI
- St. Patrick — Lodi, WI
- St. John the Baptist — Waunakee, WI
- St. Mary of the Lake — Westport, WI
- Centralized pastorate office campaign: $1.5 million goal
Clergy & Pastoral Staff
St. Patrick is served by the pastorate's Parochial Administrator, two Parochial Vicars, and a Senior Deacon, supported by a full team of pastoral staff who coordinate formation, sacraments, sacred music, finance, and parish operations across the four worship sites.
- Rev. Joseph Baker — Parochial Administrator ([email protected])
- Rev. Simon Tipps — Parochial Vicar ([email protected])
- Rev. Anthony Kersting — Parochial Vicar ([email protected])
- Deacon Norbert Brunner — Senior Deacon
- Jackie Nerat — Director of Finance and Operations
- Kim Piazza — Parish Office Manager
- Maria Anderson — Parish Office Assistant (Lodi Regional Office)
- Lindsay Finn — Director of Mission & Catholic Identity
- Eileen Daley — Coordinator of Formation for Children and Adults
- Landy Kafan — Coordinator of Formation for Teens
- Rhonda Reis — Assistant Coordinator of Formation for Teens
- Sheila Utter — Coordinator of Sacraments for Children
- Bridget Daniels — Coordinator of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
- Patrick Francis — Director of Sacred Music
- Mary Gantz — Pastorate Sexton (cemetery & facility contact)
Faith Formation & Religious Education
The pastorate runs a full faith-formation program out of the Waunakee and Lodi offices, with dedicated coordinators for children, teens, adults, and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium. Sacramental preparation for First Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation is coordinated centrally, and teen ministry participates in the diocesan Frassati Fest each year.
- Formation for Children and Adults — Eileen Daley
- Teen Faith Formation — Landy Kafan (Rhonda Reis, Assistant)
- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd — Bridget Daniels
- Sacramental preparation for children — Sheila Utter
- Bible and the Virgin Mary study — held at St. Patrick (SP)
Sacred Music & Liturgy
Music and liturgy for St. Patrick and the wider pastorate are led by the Director of Sacred Music, Patrick Francis. The Lodi worship site is included in the pastorate's combined music schedule alongside St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary of the Lake.
- Director of Sacred Music: Patrick Francis ([email protected])
Parish School — Blessed Trinity School
Blessed Trinity School is the Catholic grade school serving the Lodi/Dane campus of the pastorate, operating under the St. Maximilian Kolbe umbrella. It shares resources with St. John the Baptist School in Waunakee and offers parish families a K–8 Catholic education rooted in the faith tradition of the pastorate.
- Blessed Trinity School Principal: Alicia Zepp
- School phone: (608) 592-5711 ext. 5401
- Email: [email protected]
- Located on the Lodi/Dane parish campus
Parish Cemetery
St. Patrick maintains a parish cemetery in Lodi. Inquiries about purchasing a plot are handled through Mary Gantz, the Pastorate Sexton, via the St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate offices.
- Cemetery contact: Mary Gantz, Pastorate Sexton
- Reach through the pastorate office at (608) 849-5121
Parish Life & Community
Beyond Mass and formation, the Lodi campus is known for the Council of Catholic Women's annual Holiday Cookie Walk and Vendor Sale — a Saturday-morning tradition at St. Patrick that brings the parish and the wider Lodi community together each December. The pastorate also uses FlockNote for parish-wide announcements, and invites new parishioners to register online or through the parish office.
- Council of Catholic Women — annual Holiday Cookie Walk & Vendor Sale
- FlockNote parish messaging
- Parish Registration — online or in person at the Parish Office
Visiting & Contact
St. Patrick is in downtown Lodi at 521 Fair Street. The Lodi Regional Office is open on Tuesdays from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. The main St. Maximilian Kolbe Pastorate offices are in Waunakee at 209 South Street, Monday–Friday 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For sacramental emergencies outside office hours, parishioners can call the after-hours sacramental line at (608) 849-5121 ext. 1.
- Lodi address: 521 Fair Street, Lodi, WI 53555
- Lodi Regional Office hours: Tuesday 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Pastorate phone: (608) 849-5121
- After-hours sacramental emergency: (608) 849-5121 ext. 1
- Pastorate email: [email protected]
- Main pastorate offices: 209 South Street, Waunakee, WI 53597
- Listed as Handicapped Accessible