On October 9, we celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. This day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. The 2021 theme is “Leave No One Behind — equity in access to palliative care.”
Day: October 20, 2021
Looking ahead to the synod
Since the Second Vatican Council ended, gatherings of the world’s bishops, called synods, have occurred in Rome.
These meetings have always dealt with a particular ecclesial theme, such as Religious Life, youth, evangelization, marriage and family, the vocation, and mission of the laity.
St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Jefferson celebrates fall
JEFFERSON — The parish community of St. Francis of Assisi (St. John the Baptist and St. Lawrence Churches) in Jefferson kicked off the annual Fall Festival in a very special way this year with their first Eucharistic Procession, bringing the church communities of St. John and St. Lawrence together for the celebration.
Diocesan priest works to restore Endeavor Guadalupe Shrine
ENDEAVOR — In Columbia County in the small town of Endeavor, a small shrine has sat neglected, overgrown, and mostly forgotten for decades.
St. Thomas Aquinas to host pro-life sidewalk counseling seminar
MADISON — The Respect Life Team at St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) Parish in Madison invites you to learn more about how to lovingly and effectively reach abortion-bound women from the sidewalks in front of abortion clinics.
MDCCW sponsors Boxes of Joy
BARABOO — Through its service commission, headed by Coreen Marklein, the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW) is sponsoring another year of Boxes of Joy to provide gifts to children “who wish for just one gift.”
Diocese launched Priests for Our Future, encouraged building of new student center, church
From the time he became Bishop of Madison in 2003, Bishop Robert C. Morlino made the fostering of vocations to the priesthood his number one priority.