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Catholic War Veterans of USA look for new members

To the editor:

The Catholic War Veterans of the USA is looking for new members to continue our work for God, country, and home. Would you allow some space in the Catholic Herald to publish our letter to parish pastors to locate Catholic veterans to start posts in your diocese? You can learn more about us through our Web site www.cwv.org

Here’s the letter and God bless you!

Dear Reverend Father:

Our Bishop Protector, Rev. Richard B. Higgins, of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, recently told us the Catholic War Veterans of the USA must continue our work for God, country, and home to face the challenges of this new century.

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Hardline politics doesn’t work, may affect charities

To the editor:
I can understand Bishop Morlino’s neutral position on the issues now facing the state of Wisconsin, but there are many repercussions should the governor’s budget bill pass.

Mr. McCluskey (Catholic Herald Mailbag, March 10) touched briefly on a decline in healthcare. To add to that, nurses and other hospital staff can be forced to work double shifts even though they have family at home to attend to or if they have plane reservations for the same time-frame.

My daughter faced this situation at UW Hospital. If she hadn’t been protected by the union, she would have been out the money for her plane ticket and if she refused to work another shift, she would have faced the possible loss of her job.

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Diocesan staff changes announced

MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced several diocesan staff changes effective immediately.

Eric Schiedermayer, executive secretary of the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, has been named vice chancellor and director of the Office of Planning for the Diocese of Madison.

Grant Emmel, former director of the Office of Planning, has been named assistant to the Office of the Vicar General for special projects.

Patrick Delaney, associate director of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, has been named acting director of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis.

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Getting involved in your government

Next to voting, the most important way citizens can participate in government is to communicate their wishes to legislators.

Become informed

In order to communicate most effectively with your legislators, it is necessary to know the issue under consideration. Many issues are very complex, both for legislators and the average citizen. If you want to influence the legislator, you must study the issues. An aware citizen can:

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Rite of Election calls forward those seeking to ‘join the team’

Bishop Robert C. Morlino receives candidate Kimberly Kazort during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at St. John the Baptist Church in Waunakee on March 13.  (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner) For more Rite of Election pictures click here.

WAUNAKEE — Bishop Robert C. Morlino has often likened being a member of the Catholic Church to being on a battleship headed towards heaven. Unlike a cruise ship, the journey will be rough and will get stuck on the rock of Calvary before it gets there — but it will get a better reception when it does arrive.

Like the crew on the battleship — or the players on a team, as the bishop said at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion March 13 at St. John the Baptist Church in Waunakee — it is important for Catholics to be unified in the fight.

Joining the team

The Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion is an annual event traditionally held in the Diocese of Madison on the first Sunday of the Lenten season. It brings together the catechumens — those who are as yet unbaptized — and candidates — those baptized Christian and now seeking the Sacraments of Confirmation and the Eucharist in the Catholic Church — from parishes around the diocese. In ceremonies at their home parishes, they were sent forth to declare at the rite their intention of receiving the Sacraments of Initiation and full reception into the Church.

 

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Common good must be focal point of budget debate

Eye on the Capitol by John Huebscher

Now that the governor has presented his state budget to the Legislature, fiscal issues and spending priorities will dominate the legislative agenda for the next several months.

First, the Joint Committee on Finance will hold hearings on the proposals. Then some of the standing committees may hold “subject matter” hearings on aspects of the budget related to their areas of expertise.

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The paradox of democracy

To the editor:

On the topic of democracy, 50 years ago the Rev. John Courtney Murray, in his book We Hold These Truths, described majoritarianism as a kind of democratic tool shed in which the weapons of tyranny may be forged. We see this in the American political system, where you get both war and abortion, or usury and the normalization of sodomy no matter who you vote for.

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