We can’t live out our vocation as faithful citizens unless we are also active between elections, when the hard work of making laws and policies is done.
Some of that hard work will take place in the next few weeks when the Joint Committee on Finance schedules its hearings on Governor Scott Walker’s state budget proposal. Those hearings will give Catholics and others a chance to influence the content of that budget. It is a chance we should exploit.
MONONA — St. Ambrose Academy will host a faculty lecture entitled “The Clash between Catholicism and National Socialism” by James Reuter, faculty history teacher, at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, 5101 Schofield St. on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m in Marian Hall.
SINSINAWA — Sister Mary Nona McGreal, OP, died March 20, 2013, at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa. The funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa Tuesday, March 26, 2013, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery. Friends may call after 5:15 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, at the Motherhouse, Sinsinawa, where a wake and remembering service will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Sister Mary Nona McGreal made her first religious profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican Sister March 8, 1933, and her final profession Aug. 5, 1936. She taught in elementary schools of the Congregation for eight years, including St. Clement, Sheboygan, Wis., 1933; St. Brendan, Chicago, 1933–1937; and St. Thomas the Apostle, Chicago, 1937–1941. Sister Mary Nona completed her graduate studies at the Catholic University of America, receiving her Ph.D. in 1951. With Sister Mary Joan Smith, OP, she developed a widely used new curriculum for U.S. Catholic schools, publishing the three-volume work Guiding Growth in Christian Social Living: A Curriculum for the Elementary School during the 1940s.
Queridos amigos:
Estamos justo en medio del Año de la Fe y a punto de emprender lo que el Beato Juan Pablo Magno y el Papa Emérito Benedicto han alentado que hagamos, es decir, la “Nueva Evangelización”. Y no sólo eso, sino que nos encontramos en la era de un nuevo Papa. Mientras escribo esta columna, el Cónclave aún debe empezar, pero al momento en que la lean, es posible que ya tengamos un nuevo Papa.
A diferencia de las noticias en los medios (considerando su interés en el escándalo) una de las cosas claves en que los Cardenales en el Cónclave se concentrarán o en que se han concentrado, por inspiración del Espíritu Santo, es la elección de un Papa que seguirá en la realización de esa Nueva Evangelización.
De hecho, ha habido y hay gente pecadora en la Iglesia, y de hecho hay pecaminosidad “desde abajo hasta lo más alto” porque hay pecadores en todos los ámbitos de la Iglesia aquí en la tierra, pero nuestro primer pecado es y ha sido siempre alejarnos de Dios y de lo que Él nos llama. Volver a Dios es precisamente de lo que se trata la Nueva Evangelización y allí es donde cualquier reforma de la Iglesia tiene que empezar. Todo hombre, mujer y niño en la Iglesia – desde el Papa hasta el último – tiene que ser llamado nuevamente a encontrarse con la persona auténtica de Jesucristo de modo que transforme la vida y debe ser cambiado por Él. Toca ser sacudidos de la somnolencia que golpea a Pedro y los Apóstoles en el huerto de Getsemaní y que nos acecha cada vez que puede. Por medio de su Vicario, Cristo tiene que volver a nosotros, una y otra vez, para decirnos “¡Levántense… recen… la hora está cerca!”(ver Mt 26:36-46, y ss).
Last weekend in Madison, more than 100,000 meals were packed for hungry people at home and around the world.
A good number of the meals are going to children. Many of the meals were packed by children.
Saturday, March 16, was the second annual Lenten “Feed My Sheep” food-packing day at the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) in Madison.
The driving force behind the event is “6:8,” a group based out of Prairie du Sac that spearheaded a fundraising event and brought the money needed for the 100,000 meals. Last year, the group raised enough money to package more than 68,000 meals.
The executive directors of 6:8 are the husband and wife team of John and Sarah Ramthun.
As volunteers, including many children of all ages, poured into the chapel at the CMC for orientation, John shared the message of 6:8: “We desire to transform communities by making service personal,” said John.
As of: March 2, 2013
Beloit:
3rd Sunday of the Month, 10:30 am – St. Jude Parish, 737 Hackett St.
Janesville:
2nd Sunday of the Month, 5:00 pm – St. Patrick Parish, 315 Cherry St.
3rd Sunday of the Month, 12:30 pm – St. Patrick Parish, 315 Cherry St.
Jefferson:
2nd Sunday of the Month, 12:30 pm – St. John the Baptist Parish, 214 N. Sanborn Ave.
4th Sunday of the Month, 4:00 pm – St. John the Baptist Parish, 214 N. Sanborn Ave.
Madison:
Saturdays 6:30 pm – Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael, (Holy Redeemer Church), 120 W. Johnson St.
Sundays 11:00 am – Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael, (Holy Redeemer Church), 120 W. Johnson St.
Sundays 1:00 pm – St. Peter Parish Church, 5001 N. Sherman Ave.
Sundays 6:30 pm – Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael, (Holy Redeemer Church), 120 W. Johnson St.
Sundays 7:00 pm – Good Shepherd Parish, (St. Joseph Church on the Beltline), 1905 W. Beltline Hwy.
MADISON — Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats offer healing for those who have been affected by abortion.
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| This column is the bishop’s communication with the faithful of the Diocese of Madison. Any wider circulation reaches beyond the intention of the bishop. |
Dear Friends,
We are right in the midst of our Year of Faith and at the heart of an attempt to undertake what both Blessed John Paul the Great and Pope Emeritus Benedict have called us to — that is, a “New Evangelization.” And not only that, but we find ourselves in the era of a new pope. As I write this column the Conclave has yet to begin, but by the time you are reading it, it is quite possible that we will have a new Pope.
MADISON — The sudden abdication from the pontificate by Benedict XVI shocked many around the world, but a number of young adults in the Diocese of Madison decided that the papal resignation and coming conclave were the perfect opportunity to plan a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Several diocesan employees began talking one day at the chancery offices: the new Tribunal staff desired to explain the canon law aspects behind the upcoming conclave, and the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis was excited to bring folks together to showcase the beauty and excitement of the Catholic faith. Soon, the creative sparks began to fly and a fantastic evening was in the works.
MADISON — When the longtime church supply store and Christian retailer Madison Church Supply went out of business in 2011, a void was left in the local community.
Into that breach stepped Kevin Niles, the owner of By The Cross Church Supply and Catholic Gift and Bookstore in Stevens Point. Originally from Texas and a transplant to Wisconsin by virtue of his wife, with whom he has six children, Niles has owned and operated the store in Stevens Point for three years.
