A Men’s Christian Experience Weekend (CEW) will be held on Friday to Sunday, March 13 to 15, at St. Ann Parish, Stoughton.
Year: 2020
Rosary Crusade being held in Green Lake to restore traditional marriage
We are currently in a battle to preserve the sanctity of traditional marriage.
Sisters to hold discernment retreat
The Cistercians Nuns and Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity invite single Catholic women, ages 20 to 32, to a Discernment of Spirits Retreat, specially designed for young adult and young professional women.
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.
Volunteers needed at The Beacon
The Beacon, the homeless day resource center operated by Catholic Charities in downtown Madison, has a need for volunteers.
Girl pursues deams thanks to new kidney
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Many news releases arrive in my email box, and I try to glance through most of them.
But one story this week caught my attention, and I read the whole thing — with some tears in my eyes.
It was about a little girl from Indiana who is now pursuing her dreams after suffering from kidney failure. She was fortunate to receive a kidney transplant in the nick of time with the help of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA).
A season to receive Sacrament of Reconciliation
An unemployed man unsuccessfully tried to find work. His wife nagged him for his failure. He explained that he was trying his best and he needed the understanding and support she promised to give him in their marriage vows.
Make this the best Lent of your life
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| Fr. Brian Wilk, pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Middleton, distributes ashes to a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass last year. (Catholic Herald photo/Kevin Wondrash) |
Every Lent, the whole Church goes on a retreat together with Jesus in the desert for 40 days. Through increased attention to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we grow in virtue and holiness, more attentive to the grace and love of the Lord, more dynamic in the practice of our faith, more spiritually ready to celebrate the great Paschal Mystery, the death and resurrection of Christ.
The etymology of “religion” is “relationship,” so we deepen the relationships in our lives this Lent. Through prayer, we grow in our experience and attention to the Lord; through almsgiving, we serve and love others by sharing our time and treasure, especially with the needy and suffering; through fasting, we empty ourselves out, so the Lord can more truly reign on the throne of our hearts.
More Jesus. Less me. If I am especially faithful to fasting, there will literally be less of me, come Easter!
More about subtraction than addition
In a sense, Lent is more about subtraction than it is addition. By removing the noisy demands of my selfishness and the distracting clutter of my heart, God has greater freedom and capacity to live, move, and act within me.
This path of self-emptying is imitative of Jesus, who followed a trajectory of remarkable humility, in order to reach, heal, forgive, love, and save us. Jesus Christ was laser-focused on doing the will of the Father, radically directing every aspect of His life and personality to His mission.
What is ‘synodality’ and walking the synodal path?
It was a great privilege for me to participate in the Synod on Young People in the fall of 2018.
Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion
WAUNAKEE — The Rite of Election of Catechumens and Call to Continuing Conversion for Candidates for Full Communion in the Catholic Church will be celebrated by the parishes of the Diocese of Madison on Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Church in Waunakee.
Parishes from throughout the diocese will send those who will celebrate the sacraments of initiation this Easter, as well as their sponsors, family, and friends. About 500 people are expected to attend, with Bishop Donald J. Hying presiding.