To the editor:
Thank you for your pictorial report on the Fatima rallies attended on Saturday, May 13, in some diocesan parishes. Thank you to all the parishioners who attended these rallies.
How is it that we can spend money, large parts of our days on sports events, TV, and electronic devices, but only 50 or fewer individuals could find an hour or less to honor Our Lady on the 100th anniversary of her first apparition at Fatima?
At their spring assembly held June 14-15 in Indianapolis, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted to made their ad hoc religious liberty committee a permanent committee.
In some ways, it is unfortunate that we need this committee at all. However, freedom of religion has eroded in our country as it has in many other parts of the world.
Although Catholics in the United States can worship freely in our churches and homes, the freedom to practice our religion in the public arena has been questioned and even curtailed.
From Bishop Robert C. Morlino:
I was recently invited, as I am each year, to celebrate Mass for and take part in the graduation ceremony for the graduating seniors at St. Ambrose Academy, in Madison. I offer the following valedictory remarks from two outstanding young men who were recently graduated, as they exemplify their readiness for Catholic lay mission.
Justin Hineline, whose remarks were published in the June 15 issue, will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, beginning this fall, and will be enrolled in the Army ROTC curriculum.
William Donohoe, whose remarks are published here, will be attending the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md. reporting later this month.
Let us keep both Justin and William and all our recent graduates in our prayers as they enter this next phase of their lives and continue to discern God’s will for their future.
WATERTOWN — The 2017 Watertown Catholic Festival takes place July 15-16 at Riverside Park. Watertown Catholic welcomes world-renowned guitarist Daryl Stuermer and his band performing Phil Collins and Genesis hits on Saturday at 8 p.m., the “Fifth Quarter” UW-Madison Marching Band on Sunday at 3:30 p.m., and Cold Sweat and the Brew City Horns on Saturday at 12 noon.
In addition to free admission, there will be over $10,000 in cash raffle prizes, a Bucky Badger prize package, silent auction and raffle items, bingo, bean bag tournaments, children’s carnival games, and an array of food and beverage items, including the famous chicken dinner on Sunday. No carry-ins of food and beverage is allowed.
MADISON — The Blessed Sacrament chapter of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary meets every First Friday at 7 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church in Madison.
The July 7 prayer gathering will include a talk by Fr. Andy McAlpin, OP, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish. He will speak on his recent retreat at Medjugorje.
The Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary is an international association of the Catholic faithful established in the 1470s “to praise and honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and to secure her patronage by the recitation of the Rosary.”
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There is a crackle glass bowl in our living room, a decorative bowl we set out for special occasions. It’s stunning, with hand-painted designs in bright colors.
Running through the entire piece are tiny cracks, hairline fissures in the clear glass that forms the bowl. When light shines through it, however, those cracks make the bowl shine more magnificently than before.
Deacons Jared Holzhuter, Andrew Showers, and Luke Syse will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison on Friday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Maria Goretti Church in Madison.
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Robert Cardinal Sarah’s recent book The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise explores a number of themes both theological and spiritual, all centering around the unhappy role that noise has come to play in our culture and more specifically in the Church.
His observations are most trenchant in regard to the liturgy, which should come as no great surprise, given his role as head of the Vatican Congregation devoted to liturgy and sacraments. As I read the sections of his book dealing with the importance of silence during Mass, I often found myself nodding vigorously.
