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Year: 2012

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On November 21, 2012
Obispo Robert C. Morlino

Dar gracias a Dios todos los días

Esta columna es la comunicación del Obispo con los fieles de la Diócesis de Madison. Cualquier circulación más amplia va más allá de la intención del Obispo.

Queridos amigos:

Mi abuela con frecuencia me decía. “Bobby, envejecer no es para cobardones”. La abuela vivió hasta los 96 y recién tengo 65, sin embargo puedo confirmar que en esto (como en casi todo), ella sabía de que estaba hablando.

La semana pasada fui a Baltimore para la asamblea anual de los Obispos de los Estados Unidos. Recién estábamos comenzando con nuestras reuniones cuando sentí un mareo y caí (con todo mi peso) de cara contra el pavimento. En la caída sufrí varios cortes, me rompí la nariz y mi rodilla quedó muy golpeada. ¡Gracias a Dios no fue peor!

Afortunadamente había otro Obispo y dos sacerdotes a mi lado y me llevaron al Mercy Hospital, donde los doctores decidieron trasladarme al University of Maryland Medical Center. Si pudiésemos escoger el momento de nuestros accidentes, habría preferido, por supuesto, estar con mi excelente doctor en St. Mary’s, pero como sucedió, la atención que recibí fue realmente de primera y sigo agradecido a todos esos excelentes hombres y mujeres, a todos y cada uno de ellos.

Las heridas fueron lo que fueron, pero se hicieron más serias debido a los anticoagulantes que he tomado desde mi cirugía al corazón. Nuevamente, “¡envejecer no es para cobardones!” Estoy muy bien y muy agradecido a Dios por eso. Perdí algunas reuniones y estaré más cerca a casa para Acción de Gracias, pero todo está bien. Gracias a todos por sus oraciones, buenos deseos, llamadas y notas.

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  • Letters to the editor
On November 21, 2012September 6, 2023
Tyler J. W. Dickinson

The Mass is not about us but for us, a gift from God

To the editor:

I wanted to take a brief opportunity to respond to two recent letters (both November 1, 2012), by Mr. Paul Krogman and Mr. Bill Wambach. As I read them, I was saddened because they both seem to have been offended by the articles of Mr. Nico Fassino and Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo regarding liturgical music.

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  • Editorial
On November 21, 2012February 15, 2022
Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Thanksgiving Day: Following in the footsteps of President Lincoln

Editor's View by Mary C. Uhler

We usually think of Thanksgiving Day as hearkening back to the story of the Pilgrims and Indians in the 17th century. Certainly the observance of a day of thanksgiving in our country does trace its origins back to the harvest feast held in Plymouth, Mass., in 1621.

However, what many of us may not know is that the official proclamation of Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday happened in the middle of the American Civil War. Perhaps with our own “civil war” of sorts happening in 2012, in the aftermath of a contentious election, it might be worth noting what President Abraham Lincoln said at that time.

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  • Ask Jean
On November 21, 2012
Jean Mueller

Helping elderly neighbors in need

Ask Jean column by Jean MuellerQ: I have been helping an older neighbor who is 79, for the past year. I started helping casually with things like bringing up the mail during snowstorms or helping him shovel. It was never consistent or “expected’ until now. He does not have any family and is alone and I want to be neighborly, but now he is asking if I can help with everything from cleaning to meals to transportation. I think he has enough money to be able to pay for such services, but I don’t think he wants to. How do I back out without making him feel bad? (Monroe).

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  • Grand Mom
On November 21, 2012May 20, 2021
Audrey Mettel Fixmer

Learning to cook with ‘appeal’

Grandmom column by Audrey Fixmer

My late husband taught me two important lessons about cooking.

When I confessed to him a few weeks before our wedding that I knew nothing about cooking (zilch!), he advised me in his typical philosophical manner, “There are two ways to look upon the challenge of cooking: one as an art, which requires creative talent, and the other as a science, which requires a cookbook. Get a cookbook.”

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  • Seeing with Jesus' Eyes
On November 21, 2012
Fr. Donald Lange

Thanksgiving invites us to share our gratitude

Seeing with Jesus' Eyes, a column by Fr. Donald Lange

In Living Life on Purpose, Greg Anderson tells of a mother and her little daughter who were eating breakfast in a restaurant. The little girl asked, “Mommy, why don’t we pray here before we eat like we do at home?”

The waitress overheard her and said, “Honey, it’s okay to pray here. Why don’t you say the prayer before meals for us now?” Then the waitress asked everyone in the restaurant to bow their heads.

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  • Cutting Edge
On November 21, 2012
Sr. Margie Lavonis

We’ve got to work at learning to be grateful

Cutting Edge by Sr. Margie Lavonis

There are special times during the year when most of us at least make an extra effort to express our gratitude and appreciation for the people in our lives and the gifts we have been given — Mother’s and Father’s Day, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Now there are even designated days to celebrate grandparents, bosses, secretaries, and so on. For the most part these days are marketing tools to get us to spend our money. On the other hand, they do serve as reminders to us of how important it is to thank others and show our appreciation for them.

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  • Appointments
On November 17, 2012October 5, 2025
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Appointment (Nov. 17, 2012)

Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointment made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:

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  • The Catholic Difference
On November 15, 2012December 18, 2024
George Weigel

The crisis of a second Obama administration

President Obama’s re-election and the prospect of a second Obama administration, freed from the constraints imposed by the necessity of running for re-election, have created a crisis for the Catholic Church in the United States.

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  • Around the Diocese
On November 14, 2012September 27, 2025
Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Offering of the Angels exhibit in Madison

In his speech delivered at the closing of the Second Vatican Council on December 8, 1965, Pope Paul VI said, “It is beauty, like truth, which brings joy to the heart of man and is that precious fruit which resists the wear and tear of time, which unites generations and makes them share things in admiration.”

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