Dr. Patrick Gorman and the Madison Diocesan Choir invite the public to sing joyfully with them at their free spring concert, “A Sacrifice of Praise,” Saturday, May 8, at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center.
Month: April 2010
Program offers youth a chance to help at home
Since June of this past summer, I have been experiencing a very odd phenomenon. Weekly, if not daily, parents of middle and high school students that I work with make a point to stop by my office, send me e-mails, or chat with me at local sporting events.
Pope encourges us to help our neighbors
The devastating earthquake in Haiti has focused our attention on that country and the living conditions of its poor. Hunger, disease, and illiteracy can be found in other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This region provides a good background for reflecting on Pope Benedict’s latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, which addresses the development of peoples.
Notre Dame Choir to perform benefit concert
The University of Notre Dame Liturgical Choir will be presenting a concert of sacred music at St. Andrew Church on Monday, May 10, to benefit St. Hermine’s Home for the Destitute in Tamilnadu, India.
Is God your GPS?
In the past year a family set out to get to a place in a mountainous area using a new GPS system. While the system could tell them which roads would be the shortest, it could not tell which roads were the safest to travel in difficult conditions.
In our spiritual journey, we have a divinely inspired life direction system which tells us in advance of hazardous conditions as well as the best way to go, each and every day.
God provides us direction so we will be faithful in our everyday duties: “Be still and know” — God is working even when we question if, how, and why/what God is working.
Toward ‘passive euthanasia’
In recent years, some medical practitioners have suggested that death from dehydration may not be such an unpleasant way for patients to die. This conclusion, however, remains rather doubtful.
Thirst and appetite are very primal drives, and anyone who has ever done a voluntary fast knows well the discomfort that arises from even a single day of fasting.
National Day of Prayer: Our country should continue its long tradition of public prayer
Should we be offering public prayers for our country? Should there be events such as the National Day of Prayer?
These questions have come to the forefront because of a ruling issued on April 15 in Madison by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb. She said that the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer violates the First Amendment prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion. Judge Crabb did postpone enforcement of her ruling until all appeals are exhausted.
Sacerdotes: Elegidos por el Espíritu Santo, trabajando con Cristo
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| Esta columna está dirigida a los fieles de la Diócesis de Madison. Cualquier circulación más amplia transgrede la intención del Obispo. |
Queridos amigos:
Pese a la continua concentración en los horrendos crímenes de relativamente pocos sacerdotes dentro de la Iglesia, seguimos avanzando, un pueblo de fe, conocedor del hecho de que nuestra Iglesia está compuesta por pecadores –nuestros sacerdotes y obispos incluidos–, pero cada uno de nosotros tiene fe en que Jesucristo mismo fundó esta Iglesia, para nuestra salvación, y que Él ha enviado al Espíritu Santo para protegerla de las “puertas del infierno”.
Sin importar los pecados de sus miembros, incluso los terribles pecados de algunos de sus ministros, el Espíritu Santo sigue con la Novia de Cristo para cuidarla, para reconciliar a todos sus miembros con Cristo, y darnos la vida eterna.
Divine Mercy Sunday in Sauk City uplifts hearts and touches souls
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| Bishop Robert C. Morlino celebrates the Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday at St. Aloysius Church in Sauk City with priests of the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest concelebrating. (Catholic Herald photo/Joe Ptak) |
SAUK CITY — Divine Mercy Sunday was celebrated on April 11 at St. Aloysius Church in Sauk City and may be best portrayed by the results that followed.
Joyous families, couples, and individuals with uplifted hearts and bright smiles left Sauk City and drove back to their homes as far away as Milwaukee or Janesville with memories of an afternoon that had touched their souls and left them changed.
Hundreds of people poured into St. Aloysius Church to receive the benefits offered by Jesus on Divine Mercy Sunday.
Pope John Paul II declared in the Great Jubilee Year 2000 that the Sunday after Easter would from then on be known as Divine Mercy Sunday in reference to the many revelations received by St. Faustina. Jesus told St. Faustina in 1931 that the feast of Divine Mercy would be a very special day when “all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened.” Jesus promised that, “The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.”
College Connection Program keeps students connected to their faith
MADISON — When high school graduates go off to college, their faith and moral life are often tested in this new environment.