Now that the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama is over, it seems that there will be tactical efforts used to pass a bill in Congress despite many concerns raised by lawmakers and citizens.
The U.S. Catholic bishops and other Catholic leaders have urged all parties to commit themselves to health care reform that is affordable, accessible, and protects the life and dignity of every person.
Sister Consuela Wall, OP, died Feb. 27, 2010, at the Dominican Motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Wis.
WAUNAKEE — For the catechumens and candidates who came to St. John the Baptist Church on February 21, the journey to becoming Catholic has already been a long process.
MADISON — Sex has almost become a religion, said Christopher West at a talk on “Your Call to Greatness: God, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.”
After 15 years of living in the United States, Fr. Paul Ugo Arinze is now a citizen of this country.
The 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison are rural and the few communities in areas defined as urban are dramatically affected by the success or the failure of farming communities. The diocesan Church seeks to provide some relief from the financial downturn through its partnership with Catholic Charities and its Rural Life Office, which opened on July 1, 2009.
In the past eight months our family has benefited from the dedicated services of hospice nurses, social workers, and chaplains.
That is in addition to the loving round-the-clock care my husband receives from a devoted staff at Countryside Home in Jefferson. Add that to the steady stream of visits from our 10 children, 19 grandchildren, and me, and you can see that Bob is one loved man.
An important but often unacknowledged angle of the abortion debate involves the serious effects that legalized abortion has on men.
A recent scandal surrounding John Edwards, former North Carolina Senator and U.S. presidential candidate, brought this issue into plain view.
Mr. Edwards publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter in the summer of 2008, a few months after pulling out of the presidential race. Even after admitting to the affair, however, he continued to deny having fathered Ms. Hunter’s daughter, Quinn, until January of 2010, when he finally admitted that he was, in fact, her father.
MADISON — Each week, St. Paul University Catholic Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus hosts a dinner to bring together the student community in a fun setting with the comfort of a family-style meal.
The dinner on February 4, however, had an additional intent — to learn a little more about Haitian culture through its cuisine, to understand the current situation in Haiti, and to contribute to the relief efforts there.
Starting March 3 through Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11, join the Apostolate for Family Consecration, St. Aloysius Parish and St. Mary Parish, and cluster parishes St. Norbert, St. Barnabas, and St. John the Baptist as they pray for the outpouring of Divine Mercy on families and the country.
