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Author: Chris Lee
Sister Mary Catherine Ann Dahmen dies
BRIDGETON, Mo. — A funeral Mass was celebrated August 1 in the The Sarah Community chapel in Bridgeton, MO, for Sr. Mary Catherine Ann Dahmen, a Franciscan Sister of Mary for 56 years who provided housekeeping and dietary help for the sisters. Sister Mary Catherine Ann died July 28, 2013 at The Sarah Community. She was 103. Her burial was in Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.
Born on Easter Sunday in 1910, in Springfield Township, Wis., she left school after the sixth grade to help her mother care for the home and the children. She worked as a housekeeper until her father’s illness in 1952 brought her home to be with her mother. She then worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., where she met the Sisters of St. Mary. She entered the community in 1957 and received the name Sr. Mary Catherine Ann. She professed final vows on February 11, 1965. (In 1987, the Sisters of St. Mary of St. Louis and the Sisters of St. Francis of Maryville, Mo., reunited as the Franciscan Sisters of Mary.)
Catholic women from diocese meet in Belmont
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| Officers of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women include, from left: Carol Rogers, secretary; Rosa Ropers, president-elect; Coreen Marklein, president; Barbara Agasie, treasurer; and Carol Brennan, immediate past president. (Photo by Kathy Loy) |
BELMONT — Hosted by the Grant Vicariate, the 59th annual meeting of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW) focused on the theme of “Uniting Women of Faith” and brought together women from throughout the 11-county Madison Diocese to the Belmont Convention Center recently.
MDCCW President Coreen Marklein, Baraboo, presided at the convention. Jeffrey Arrowood, Somerset, founder and director of From the Abbey, gave the keynote on “Take Control of Your Life.” He also led a shareshop on evangelization.
Another shareshop was presented on foster care and resulted in more than 100 backpacks and personal items donated by MDCCW to foster children.
Individual membership approved
Women may now join the MDCCW as individual members whether or not their parish is affiliated with MDCCW as a result of action taken at the convention.
Marklein thanked the members for voting unanimously to change the constitution and by-laws to allow individual membership. Because fewer parishes have councils that provide for membership in MDCCW, the change gives all diocesan women “an opportunity to unite and share our spirituality, leadership, and service with other women of the council in the Madison Diocese.”
As a result of the change, the website for the diocesan council, www.mdccw.com, includes a new brochure and membership form.
Hope Haven consolidates programs and services
MADISON — Catholic Charities has announced that Hope Haven, a Catholic Charities company, will be consolidating their programs and services from three facilities to two, effective on July 31 of this year.
The Hope Haven program, located at 425 W. Johnson St. in Madison, will be relocated to 3602 Memorial Dr., the current location of the North Bay Lodge program.
Continuing to fight for marriage
Responses from right-minded marriage proponents to the Supreme Court’s June 26 decisions in two cases involving the (re)definition of marriage seemed to come in three waves.
The immediate reaction, influenced no doubt by a partisan press, was that the friends of marriage had suffered a severe, and perhaps lethal, blow when the court first struck down the key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and then denied standing to those challenging the judicial overturn of California’s “Proposition 8,” an initiative that restored the classic meaning of marriage to California law.
Sacrament of Penance: examination of conscience
By Abbot Marcel Rooney, OSB
We have seen, in the first article about this sacrament, that three things are necessary for its valid celebration: contrition for the sins one has committed; confession to a priest of all serious sins; and satisfaction of the penance which is asked of the penitent.
400,000 enfrentan viento, lluvia en Misa de apertura de JMJ en playa Copacabana
RÍO DE JANEIRO (CNS) — El mosaico de centenares de banderas nacionales ondeando en el viento frío en la playa Copacabana fue simbólico, según peregrinos de todo trasfondo, impulsados ??por un mismo credo, participaron en la Misa de apertura de la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud.
“Provenimos de diferentes culturas, hablamos idiomas distintos, pero cantamos las mismas canciones y tenemos la misma fe”, dijo Nancy Issa de Ramallah, Cisjordania. Issa y otros 20 palestinos vinieron a Brasil para los eventos del 23 al 28 de julio.
El arzobispo Orani Joao Tempesta de Río abrió oficialmente la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud con la Misa vespertina.
Multitud en Rio enjambra al papa, quien quería estar ‘cerca del pueblo’
RÍO DE JANEIRO (CNS) — Cientos de miles de personas vitoreando recibieron al papa Francisco en Brasil el 22 julio mientras comenzaba el primer viaje internacional de su pontificado a su región natal de América Latina.
El avión papal aterrizó en el aeropuerto internacional de Río a las 3:43 p.m. hora local y el papa emergió de este 18 minutos más tarde con los vítores de un grupo relativamente pequeño que incluyó un coro de niños.
Después de intercambiar saludos con la presidenta brasileña Dilma Rousseff y otros dignatarios durante 15 minutos, el papa se subió a un compacto Fiat Idea de fabricación brasileña para el viaje hasta el centro de la ciudad acompañado por vehículos de seguridad y helicópteros sobrevolando.
Volunteers keep costs low, free clinic running smoothly
MADISON — In June, Our Lady of Hope Clinic celebrated its fourth anniversary of providing free medical care to Dane County’s uninsured men, women, and children.
The clinic, which first opened its doors to uninsured patients on June 1, 2009, is the area’s only completely free full-time primary care clinic for people without health insurance.
Vigil for life expands in Madison
MADISON — Madison-based Vigil for Life has reported a dramatic increase in the number of babies saved from abortion at the local Planned Parenthood over the last few months.
The organization has held a public vigil to end abortion in front of Planned Parenthood every business day since January of 2011.