Before embarking on any trip, in my family it is a common custom for my husband or myself to ask, “Is everyone wearing shoes?” before we start the car.
This custom developed after I drove to the grocery store one day and discovered one of our children clad only in bare feet.
Recently, as my husband asked this customary question of our four children in the car, he decided to test their attentiveness as well.
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| Members of MDREO (Madison Diocese Religious Educators’ Organization) participate in a videoconference with Michele Chronister, the co-chair of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability’s Council on Intellectual and Development Disabilities, during a recent session at Holy Name Heights in Madison. (Catholic Herald photo/Kevin Wondrash) |
MADISON — “The only real disability is rejecting the Holy Spirit.”
Those powerful and profound words were some of many heard at a recent session of MDREO — the Madison Diocese Religious Educators’ Organization.
Their January 26 session at Holy Name Heights was all about the importance of adaptive catechesis — catechesis for those with disabilities, especially intellectual and developmental.
The presenter was Michele Chronister, the co-chair of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability’s Council on Intellectual and Development Disabilities.
Chronister has written books and articles on adaptive catechesis.
She was originally scheduled to travel to Madison for the program, but was unable to, and instead pre-recorded some videos, specially for the Madison audience. She also participated in a live videoconference later in the day.
The program was made possible with help from a grant from the Diocese of Madison Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities.
Chronister’s first pre-recorded talk was on the theology of vocation.
She said when one hears “vocation,” they usually think of marriage, the priesthood, or the Religious Life and added there are people with disabilities who are living out all of those vocations.
MADISON — Ralph Middlecamp, CEO and executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) council in Dane County, has been elected to a six-year term as the society’s national president.
The result of the national election was announced by the SVDP National Council of the United States. Middlecamp’s six-year term as national president, an unpaid volunteer position, is slated to begin October 1.
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Recently in the Gospels, we heard Jesus calling the first Apostles: Peter, Andrew, James, and John, saying “Come and follow me.”
Can you imagine the adventure that Jesus led them on for the next three years?
Not only did He lead them to a deeper knowledge of who they were, but even more profoundly, who He was.
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The Netflix original series The Crown, which has to do with the last months of the reign of King George VI and the first years of the reign of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, is just the kind of program that Americans in particular seem naturally to love.
It features beautiful photography of palaces, processions, and formal receptions; and it provides a behind-the-scenes look at the ne plus ultra of the British aristocracy. Consider it Downton Abbey on steroids.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students at St. Ambrose Academy in Madison recently returned from their biennial trip to the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
The junior and senior classes, along with their chaperones, departed for the nation’s capital on January 25 for the nearly 900-mile journey.
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What a sight! Over 25 times from the top of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., I have seen a sea of people marching to proclaim the dignity of unborn human life, and how death-dealing abortion sends the unholy message that some human beings are disposable.
As I write, I am a just one day away from marching with and viewing that sea of people once again. It’s always a moral and spiritual shot-in-the-arm for me.
Sr. Bernadette Prochaska, […]
BARABOO — Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity throughout the Fatima 100th anniversary year. There are three ways of obtaining the indulgence.
To obtain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must fulfill the ordinary conditions, go to Confession and Communion, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, in addition to the following:
FORT ATKINSON — St. Joe’s 55-PLUS Group will have their annual Valentine potluck social on Friday, Feb. 10, at St. Joseph Parish Hall at 1 p.m.
Baked salmon with hoisin sauce, steamed asparagus, coffee, lemonade, and tableware will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a dish to pass.
