To the editor:
Thank you for section on the State of the Diocese (January 10 issue), listing the many accomplishments of Bishop Robert C. Morlino over these past 15 years.
Year: 2019
Catholic schools are a gift to our nation
My 12 years of education at Blessed Sacrament Elementary School and Aquinas High School in La Crosse prepared me well for life.
I received an excellent academic education, but more importantly, I learned about my Catholic faith and how to put it into practice in serving others.
Gift to our nation
But while my education was good for me personally, I didn’t realize at the time that our Catholic schools are also a gift to our country.
Madison Catholic Woman’s Club to hold baby shower meeting
MIDDLETON — All women of the Diocese of Madison are invited to join Madison Catholic Woman’s Club (MCWC) members at their annual baby shower lunch meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 2015 Parmenter St., Middleton.
Rosary and Mass begin at 10:40 a.m. followed by lunch and program. Marge Fenelon, nationally known speaker and author of several books on Marian devotion and Catholic spirituality, and a consecrated member of the Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt, will present the program, “Our Catholic Love Stories: Evangelization and Apologetics.”Celebration for Sr. Lauretana Gorman
JANESVILLE — Sr. Lauretana Gorman, OP, will be retiring at the end of January after 62 years of consecrated Religious Life as a Sinsinawa Dominican and nearly 24 years of service at St. John Vianney Parish in Janesville.
In appreciation of her lifetime of service and many years spent at the parish, St. John Vianney Parish is hosting a retirement celebration during the weekend of January 26 to 27.Solanus Casey movie
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul holds 27th annual Recycle the Warmth blanket drive
MADISON — For good health, school or work success, and general well-being, the warmth and comfort of a good night’s sleep matters to everyone.
But not everyone in our community has a clean, warm blanket to call his or her own this winter, so the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Dane County is holding its 27th annual Recycle the Warmth blanket drive to collect thousands of donated new and gently used clean blankets and other bedding to give away to families or individuals living in low-income households.Damian Lenshek named Director of Cemeteries
MADISON — Damian Lenshek, who joined the Diocese of Madison in October as Manager of Special Projects, has been named Diocesan Director of Cemeteries.
Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator, and Eric Schiedermayer, director of the diocesan curia, announced that Damian Lenshek has been appointed Diocesan Director of Cemeteries, effective immediately.
Lenshek will take over diocesan cemeteries, while continuing to assist with a number of diocesan projects in the chancery.Cistercian Sisters invite the public to view and venerate the relics
Our communion with the saints is a reality we too often forget. Throughout the history of the Church, the intercession and example of the saints have strengthened and inspired all the faithful, while their relics have been both objects of veneration and sources of miraculous graces.
Roe v. Wade and the damage done by abortion
In his speech to Catholic health care professionals and gynecologists on September 20, 2013, Pope Francis said, “Every child who is condemned unjustly to being aborted bears the face of Christ, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection.
Care Net’s new mobile clinic to bring services directly to women
Imagine this: You’re a young woman who thinks you might be pregnant. You’re scared and alone and not sure where to turn for help.
And then you see it, right in your neighborhood: a mobile medical clinic that offers free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds.