Sr. Kathleen Loughrin, OP, died April 29, 2019, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Janetta.
Day: May 2, 2019
Bishop Donald J. Hying introduced as diocese’s fifth bishop
“I’m very enthused, excited, and grateful to be here,” said Bishop-designate Donald J. Hying of Madison.
With many relatives in the Diocese of Madison and a lot of time spent here over the years, he added, “I feel very much at home here,” saying “I have great memories of southwest Wisconsin. The beauty of the faith here, the beauty of the land here.”
Be still and know that He is God
God gave me an unexpected forced retreat last month, a literal message to “slow down.”
I was on my way to an indoor water park, traveling a few cars behind my children’s school bus in order to help chaperone at the park.
It was the day of a spring snow storm, and I hit an icy patch and started sliding off the road.
St. Thérèse Lecture Series features Melissa Ohden
The Diocese of Madison welcomes Melissa Ohden, abortion survivor and pro-life speaker, on Thursday, May 16, at Holy Name Heights at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
Human suffering and the experiences of God
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I write these words on Holy Thursday, as the Christian world enters into the holiest and most spiritually intense time of the year. The long season of Lent has prepared us to delve once more into the mystery of the dying and rising of the Lord Jesus.
As I have been contemplating the events of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, my mind has turned, again and again, to the brute fact of pain.
Madison Diocesan Choir spring concert
Under the direction of Dr. Patrick Gorman, the Madison Diocesan Choir will celebrate Fifty Days of Easter with alleluias, Scripture readings, and congregational hymns, in a free spring concert entitled He is risen indeed! on Friday evening, May 17, at Holy Name Heights.
Mass to be celebrated on May 5 at historic St. Philip Church in Highland
In honor of the Feast of St. Philip, Fr. Jim Murphy has scheduled a Mass on Sunday, May 5, at 1 p.m. at St. Philip Church in Highland.
Annual White Mass held May 19 at St. Maria Goretti Church
The annual White Mass for those who work in health care will be held on Sunday, May 19 [2019], at 11 a.m. at St. Maria Goretti Church 5313 Flad Ave.
Mensaje de parte del Monseñor Jim Bartylla, administrador diocesano de la Diócesis de Madison
Queridos Feligreses de la Diócesis de Madison:
Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum — ¡Les tengo noticias de gran alegría! Es con honor y con un gran placer que yo, el actual Administrador Diocesano de la Diócesis de Madison, anuncio que Su Santidad, Papa Francisco, ha nombrado al Reverendísimo Donald J. Hying, el Quinto Obispo de Madison.
Let’s pray for and welcome Bishop Hying
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As Madison’s new bishop, Bishop Donald J. Hying says he feels “very much at home here.”
In fact, he noted that about half of his relatives live in the Diocese of Madison, most of them in the southwestern Counties of Grant and Iowa.
“It’s great to come home to the state,” he repeated in a press conference, at a meeting with diocesan staff, at a 12 noon Mass, and in an interview with this writer and Tim Hein of Relevant Radio.