Blessed Sacrament School’s most recent service project was collecting toys, toiletries, socks, and small personal items to share with children across the world via the Operation Christmas Child program.
Year: 2022
St. Vincent de Paul-Madison honors dedicated volunteers
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul-Madison recognized 15 volunteers for their years of dedicated service to neighbors in need, on the evening of November 14 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.
Treasure your traditions
Whatever your traditions are, they are what make your time during these holidays unique and your own. For better or for worse, make note of the fact that they will not last forever.
Statement regarding the recent arrest of Br. Rajnal Rehmat
The Diocese of Madison offers the following statement regarding the recent arrest of Br. Rajnal Rehmat, a religious brother from Pakistan of the Canons Regular of Jesus the Lord (CJD), an international Religious community.
Bishop Paul J. Swain dies at age 79
The Diocese of Madison, with sorrow, shares the news of the death of Most Reverend Paul J. Swain, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, ordained a priest of the Diocese of Madison in 1988. Bishop Swain died on Saturday, November 26, at the age of 79, in hospice care after suffering significant medical complications in recent weeks. In recent days, Catholics in the Dioceses of Sioux Falls and Madison were asked to pray for Bishop Swain, as his condition worsened. Funeral arrangements in Sioux Falls are pending.
Parish to host Advent mission and first class relic of St. Jude
Fr. Andy McAlpin, OP, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Madison is inviting all of the faithful to a parish mission with Fr. Michail Ford, OP, director of the Dominican Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Chicago.
Blessed Carlo Acutis’ Eucharistic Miracles exhibition travels the Diocese of Madison
The year is 2002. The Church is hurting, and an 11-year-old boy is attending an annual Catholic festival, looking at various exhibits, when he gets an idea. He wants to stage his own exhibition on miracles of the Eucharist recognized by the Church to help affirm people in their faith.
Rediscover the tenacity of love!
God planted an unquenchable desire to know and to love Him within our souls. St. John of the Cross describes it as a desire to go “where the pure water flows”, where divine truths are clear. Desire grows.
John Sittard is new diocesan director of music
The Diocese of Madison has hired a new director of music. John Sittard brings years of experience and a great love for music and liturgy to the diocese. In addition to this role, he has also been hired as the director of sacred music at St. Bernard Parish in Madison.
Advent time is here again
Every Advent, we hear the mighty voice of John the Baptist calling out in the desert, his radical voice urging people toward repentance, conversion, and purification.