Dominican Sister Alice Mary Glennon, OP (Archangela), died Sept. 30, 2009, at Horizon Hospice Home, Billings, Mont. A memorial Mass was held Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, Billings. The funeral Mass will be held in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa Oct. 9, 2009, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Month: September 2009
Sister Ann McFall, OP, dies
Dominican Sister Ann McFall, OP (Geoffrey), died as a result of injuries from a car accident in North Fort Myers, Fla., Sept. 27, 2009.
White Mass held to honor those in medical fields
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| Bishop Robert C. Morlino receives the Offertory gifts from Dr. Elizabeth and Peter Larson and their children Anthony, Gianna, and Alexander (not shown), during the Diocesan White Mass, held September 19 at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center in Madison. (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner) |
MADISON — When Jesus gave Pontius Pilate the testimony of the “noble confession,” that he is the Christ and son of God, Pontius Pilate gave us the symbol for how to reject truth: “What is Truth?”
“That’s our world — it’s a world very hostile to the noble profession Jesus made and very hostile to the noble confession you and I are going to make,” Bishop Robert C. Morlino said during his homily at the White Mass September 19 at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center in Madison.
But those in the health care profession should remember that the human person is a mind/body unity, he said, “and as you work to heal the body, with God’s help and those around you, you have to work to heal the spirit — the mind, the soul.”
Good news in the Year for Priests
Median age? Currently 66. Transitions out of active service? Currently 1500 with 400 to replace them annually.
You guessed it. These are priest statistics in our country.
Priests to gather for annual assembly
Priests and bishops of the Diocese of Madison will celebrate the Year for Priests at their 29th annual Presbyteral Assembly to be held at the Chula Vista Resort here Sunday evening through Wednesday, Sept. 27 to 30.
Setting goals as part of planning
“It is up to the bishop with the help of the priests, deacons, religious, and lay people to implement a coordinated pastoral plan which is systematic and participatory involving all members of the church and awakening in them a missionary consciousness.” — Ecclesia in America, 36, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II (January 1999)
As mentioned previously, pastoral planning can be a vital part of an ongoing renewal, since it enables a group of parishes to find the ways and means to be better Church communities in our diocese in the most effective manner possible.
Baraboo school marks 100 years of Catholic education
BARABOO — Over 1,200 invitations were sent to past graduates, staff, and faculty for a centennial celebration and reunion that will take place at St. Joseph School on Saturday, Oct. 3.
The festivities will begin with Mass at 4 p.m. celebrated by Fr. Larry Bakke. Following Mass, all are invited to the school for supper, an open house, and entertainment. Alumni can take time to tour the school, laugh over memorabilia, and enjoy connecting with past acquaintances.
Remembering pre-born babies who have died
My family moved to Madison last June from St. Louis. We miscarried our fourth child this past January. She was eight weeks old.
I elected not to have a D & C, but to go home and miscarry naturally. This gave me time to research, “What is the Catholic response to miscarriage?”
The ethics of ‘correcting’ mitochondrial disease
Mitochondria are small, elongated structures in a cell that produce energy. These “cellular batteries” contain their own small piece of DNA, separate from the rest of the cell’s DNA found in the nucleus.
When defects or mutations occur in this mitochondrial DNA, it can result in a number of diseases. In severe cases, children can be born blind, epileptic, unable to crawl, and may manifest severe neurological delay and die at an early age. No real therapies exist for most mitochondrial diseases beyond treating the symptoms.
Treinta y cinco años de sacerdote, 10 de obispo
Queridos amigos,
El 2009 es un año muy especial para mí ya que, el 1º de junio celebré 35 años como sacerdote y, esta misma semana, el 21 de septiembre, celebré 10 años como obispo. Fui ordenado Obispo de Helena, Montana, en la Catedral de St. Helena el 21 de septiembre de 1999, en la Fiesta de San Mateo.