Unity is one of the four marks of the Church, which is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.
This unity finds its source in Christ, who, during the Last Supper, prayed that His followers would always be united.
Month: July 2025
Guiding youth to Jesus through the Blessed Mother
The seeds for a bright future were planted and nourished by one of this year’s Totus Tuus teams through faith-enriching games and activities at St. John the Baptist Church in Montello, part of St. John Henry Newman Pastorate.
Why start a donor-advised fund?
Matthew and Sarah Gonnering decided to start a unique type of fund with the Catholic Diocese of Madison Foundation (CDMF), known as a donor-advised fund.
What does ‘stewardship’ really mean?
What does the word “stewardship” mean? Unfortunately, the word is often associated with money, but it is so much more.
In the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) pastoral letter on stewardship, they say it is “a way of life”.
La Diócesis de Madison introduce el nuevo Instituto de Misión y Liderazgo Mazzuchelli
El Instituto de Misión y Liderazgo Mazzuchelli es una nueva iniciativa de la Diócesis de Madison, diseñada para formar a fieles católicos en su llamado bautismal a ser discípulos misioneros.
El Instituto cuenta con un triple propósito: Encuentra a Jesús (formación teológica y catequética), Asume la Fe (formación espiritual y personal) y Entrénate para la Misión (herramientas, habilidades y carismas).
A new priest’s reflection on Into the Deep
Let’s face it. Into the Deep is tough. With so many changes these past two years, it’s hard to see why we started all this reconstruction in the first place.
Though there are many reasons that I can use to prove that Into the Deep is “worth it,” I want to share with you just one perspective, specifically the benefits of Into the Deep for the new priest.
Introducing the Mazzuchelli Institute of Mission and Leadership
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison and the Diocese of Madison are excited to announce a new evangelization initiative, the Mazzuchelli Institute of Mission and Leadership.
The Mazzuchelli Institute was born out of the Go Make Disciples initiative as a way to form faithful Catholics in their Baptismal call to be missionary disciples.
Boring or blessed?
Back in 2010, a computer decided that April 11, 1954, was “the most boring day since the dawn of the 20th Century”. That’s a pretty bold statement to make from something that wasn’t there at the time.
The reasoning was “very few significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened” on that day.
Mountains of melo-trauma
I could spend an entire year’s worth of columns trying to share the volume of information floating in cyberspace (and piled on brick-and-mortar bookshelves) about trauma.
Sticking with my chosen metaphor, it’s like that giant snow bank at the end of your driveway as December draws to a close, and before any January thaw comes to the rescue.
The progress of Go Make Disciples and Into the Deep
Five years ago, the Diocese of Madison launched Go Make Disciples, our evangelizing initiative to live the mission of the Church. Two years ago, we launched Into the Deep, our strategic restructuring of our parishes to better utilize our resources in the service of that mission.