MONROE — Recently St. Clare of Assisi Parish has been gifted with 100 teens who stepped up to be part of a local mission project called Love Begins Here. They came together from Appleton, Green Bay, Madison, and Monroe to reach out and lend a hand.
Author: Chris Lee
MDCCW hosts annual convention
JOHNSON CREEK — Women from across the diocese came together in mid-June on the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua for the annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW). Hosted by the Jefferson Deanery, MDCCW President Carol Brennan, Berlin, presided at the event.
Continue efforts to protect life and defend marriage
To the editor:
Sometimes it is easy to grow weary as we battle for the rights of unborn children, the elderly, the handicapped, and to defend the institution of marriage in a culture that advocates for abortion rights, euthanasia, and same sex marriage.
We need to focus on the words of St. Paul to the Christian community at Galatia, “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up” (Galatians 6: 9).
West Africa desperately needs your help
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Imagine being very hungry nearly all the time. Imagine telling your children to wait until the end of the day to eat a very small meal. Imagine eating every other day. Imagine not eating at all.
Very sadly, over 18 million people in West Africa’s Sahel region — an area between the Sahara Desert and the African tropics — do not have to imagine severe hunger; they are either experiencing it, or getting very close to it.
Crises have grown
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “Food and nutrition crises in the region have grown in frequency and severity in recent years, mostly driven by sporadic rainfall, insufficient local harvests, high food prices, and insecurity.
Paper wins national award for excellence
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Catholic Herald, Diocese of Madison, was presented with three high-achievement awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada during the Catholic Media Convention June 22 in Indianapolis.
Libertad para entregarnos a Dios
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Queridos amigos:
La semana pasada, el viernes, tuvimos una liturgia muy concurrida y me gustaría recordar las tres áreas que cubrimos, porque cada una está ligada a la otra y cada una es digna de atención para ustedes.
Antes que nada, celebramos la gran fiesta de los Santos Pedro y San Pablo, una importante celebración de la Iglesia y luego tuvimos la alegre ordenación de dos grandes y jóvenes hombres, un momento de tremenda felicidad para nuestra diócesis, y finalmente, tuvimos las actividades de la “Quincena por la Libertad” en la que rezamos por la preservación de la libertad religiosa y la libertad en general, con la ayuda de Dios.
Primeramente me he referido a la fiesta de los Santos Pedro y Pablo. El Papa Benedicto XVI resaltó en su homilía de ese día que la fraternidad de Pedro y Pablo era algo verdaderamente notable. Era interesante ver lo bien que se relacionaban las lecturas de esa fiesta mientras celebrábamos la Quincena por la Libertad, dado que las primeras dos lecturas tenían afirmaciones sobre la libertad de estos dos grandes apóstoles. La primera lectura (Hechos 12:1-11) se refería a cómo Pedro fue liberado para su ministerio apostólico por la directa intervención del ángel del Señor. En la segunda lectura (2 Tim 4, 6-8; 17-18) Pablo agradece a Dios porque se le ha dado la libertad para “pelear la buena pelea” y porque “el Señor lo rescató de la boca del león”.
Lord Teach Me to Pray facilitator training to be offered in Diocese of Madison
MADISON — The Diocese of Madison Office of Evangelization and Catechesis (OEC) will offer facilitator training for the “Lord Teach Me to Pray” (LTMTP) series.
State bishops reiterate opposition to mandate
MADISON — Wisconsin’s bishops reaffirmed their opposition to a federal mandate that all health insurance plans provide coverage at no cost for contraceptive and sterilization services.
Judges on board deserve our thanks
It is difficult to think of a scandal as a good thing. But the scandal triggered by violations of election and lobby laws 10 years ago, that led to reforming state regulation of both activities, had a positive effect.
One such reform merged the State Elections Board and the State Ethics Board into a new Government Accountability Board (GAB) with different membership. This has proven to be a very good thing.
Most members of the former Elections Board were designees of partisan leadership in the legislature. Board members did their best, but they had limited powers and were often expected to represent the interests of partisan leaders who appointed them.