Day: March 4, 2020

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Sara Christenson, For the Catholic Herald

Youth grow in faith, friendship at Frassati Fest

WISCONSIN DELLS — At the beginning of February, approximately 350 high school teens and chaperones gathered together at the Kalahari in the Wisconsin Dells to attend the 21st annual “Frassati Fest.”

This youth gathering is named after Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was from Italy and died at a young age. He is the patron of this event.

Grow in faith and friendship

This annual retreat offers a place for teens to encounter Jesus Christ and grow in faith and friendship with Catholic teens from all across the Diocese of Madison.

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Bishop Donald J. Hying

Learning from the ‘Hound of Heaven’

One of my favorite poems is the “Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson, in which the poet experiences God as a hugely powerful dog who resolutely chases him down the pathways of his life.

Despite every attempt to escape, hide, or elude the mighty hound, Thompson cannot do so, ultimately surrendering to being caught, only to find that this creature, which he mightily feared, is actually his very salvation.

Difficult life

The poet speaks profoundly of his own difficult experience. Thompson was born in London in 1859, entered medical school at the behest of his father, but eventually dropped out of his studies and left home.

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Julianne Nornberg

Focusing on forgiveness this Lent

“Say ‘I’m sorry,’” I remember telling my children when they were toddlers squabbling over toys.

“I’m sorry,” parroted the perpetrator, who sometimes had to repeat it a few times before exhibiting the requisite tone of remorse.

“Now say ‘I forgive you,’” I would tell the victim, who also parroted the phrase without completely understanding its meaning.

For years we have done this in our household, trying to explain to the children the importance of forgiveness. And yet, I myself was an adult before I understood its full meaning.

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Tony Magliano

The time is 100 seconds to midnight

On January 23, 2020, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board, together with 13 Nobel Laureate consultants, moved their famous Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds before midnight — warning how extremely near humanity is to a global catastrophic midnight posed by the increasing threats of nuclear war and climate change.

“We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds — not hours, or even minutes. It is the closest to Doomsday we have ever been in the history of the Doomsday Clock.

 

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Sacred Heart Parish in Reedsburg hosts 10th annual Food Fair

REEDSBURG — In an effort to support local growers, to offer locally grown foods for sale, and to educate the public about sustainably-grown and locally produced foods, the joint Justice and Peace Commission of three Sauk County Catholic parishes (Sacred Heart-Reedsburg, Holy Family-LaValle, and St. Boniface-Lime Ridge) is holding its 10th annual Food Fair & Farmers’ Market on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Sacred Heart School Gym in Reedsburg.

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