Year: 2020

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Brent King, For the Catholic Herald

Follow Bishop Hying on social media

MADISON — In late June, Bishop Hying waded back into the Twitterverse, and started tweeting brief personal messages and reflections for the first time since coming to Madison last year.

His messages are clearly designed to inspire and invite us all into closer relationship with Christ, and therefore with one another.

So, here in print, and online, is your invitation to “follow” Bishop Hying on social media (@bishophying on both Twitter and Facebook) and invite your friends, children, and grandchildren to do the same.

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Kevin Wondrash

Rosary Rally at the State Capitol on August 15

The following information is from www.UniteWisconsin.com

We are all living in perilous times facing EPIDEMICS and THREATS TO OUR FREEDOMS. Our cities are disintegrating into anarchy with RIOTS damaging the property and taking the lives of innocent people. More than ever, we are being called to pray together – to UNITE Wisconsin against all evil.

God said “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

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Kevin Wondrash

‘How is your prayer life?’

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What is the one thing that we want to do more of, never make enough time for, are capable of doing in countless different ways, always wondering if we’re doing it right, are skeptical of its effectiveness, and the topic thereof is always seeming to pop up in our lives?

If you read the title of this editorial, you know it’s one of those words, and it’s not “how,” “is,” “your,” or life”.

Since you’ve made it to paragraph three, I’ll assume you know I’m talking about prayer, and you’re perfectly fine with this topic.

Whether it be in the confessional, in a conversation with a close friend or spiritual director, in a small group setting, or the occasional “sidewalk discipleship” encounter, talk of our struggles and challenges will come up.

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Bishop Donald J. Hying

Building a monastery of the heart

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Last week, I was blessed to lead the annual retreat for the Cistercian Nuns here in our diocese.

The Valley of Our Lady Monastery in Prairie du Sac has been a sacred place of contemplative prayer, cloistered life, and beautiful peace since it was established in the 1950’s.

This community of Sisters radically dedicated to God through a life of prayer, silence, and work is a blessing for all of us. Being with them was a privilege and a grace.

Four degrees of love

St. Bernard of Clairveaux breathed new life into Cistercian monasticism in the Middle Ages during the 11th century and monasteries began all over Europe in a refreshing movement of spiritual fervor.

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