To the editor:
As long as homilists in all religions avoid instructing the laity on the evils and horrors of abortion, the pro-abortion forces will dominate and control pro-life forces.
Author: Chris Lee
Buscando una reforma ética de salud
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Queridos amigos,
El Obispo de Sioux City (Iowa), Monseñor Walker Nickless, ha expresado muy claramente la enseñanza de nuestra Iglesia en cuanto a la reforma de salud (sus observaciones están a continuación). Es urgente que lean esto, considerando que aún no existe una ley, como tal, en el Congreso de Estados Unidos.
New Seat of Wisdom Diocesan Institute
First in a series
MADISON — This fall, the Diocese of Madison’s Office of Evangelization and Catechesis (OEC) is starting the new Seat of Wisdom Diocesan Institute (SOWDI), a program of catechetical certification and adult faith formation in the diocese.
The first course in the institute will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael at St. Patrick Church in Madison.
To clarify and improve the effectiveness of diocesan catechetical efforts, the OEC hopes to unify the missions of what was previously referred to as the Diocesan Lay Institute and the current Formation of Religious Education Ministers by subsuming both into the “umbrella” of the SOWDI.
Play on St. John Vianney comes to Janesville parish
JANESVILLE — In honor of the Year for Priests, St. John Vianney Parish in Janesville will be the site of a one-man play entitled VIANNEY performed by Leonardo Defilippis, the director and star of the feature film Therese.
The play will take place on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m., at St. John Vianney Parish, 1250 E. Racine St., Janesville.
Pope Benedict XVI declared the Year for Priests to be under the patronage of St. John Vianney. The play is the story of this saint, who battled the devil and saved a whole village and thousands of souls.
Building a place for peace, remembrance
MADISON — Through his Eagle Scout project, Evan Feller hopes to provide a place of peace for those coming to the Diocese of Madison’s Bishop O’Connor Center.
Feller will alter the entrance of the center with two gardens, each with a bench, to give visitors and residents a place for prayer.
“I really wanted to do something for the Church,” Feller said of his decision to work on this project. He had called around to several places and found he liked the idea of transforming the entrance to the center with the meditation gardens.
Mission founder to speak in McFarland
MCFARLAND — Fr. Stan Martinka, the founder of San Alfonso Mission in Mexico, has been visiting Christ the King Parish in McFarland for approximately 25 years requesting support for the mission’s education and health programs aiding the poor of Juarez, Mexico.
This August, Father Martinka will speak at all three parish Masses the weekend of August 22 and 23.
Seniors share memories with students going back to school
To the editor:
I am the activities director at St. Elizabeth Manor in Footville. For one of our activities, residents told me about their memories and experiences of school. I wrote it down in the form of a letter to the students going back to school this fall.
Keri Mertens, Activities Department
St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville
Support amendment excluding abortion from health care reform bills
To the editor:
Cardinal Justin Rigali, chair of the U.S. Catholic Conference on Pro-Life Activities, said it best in his August 11 letter to members of the House of Representatives regarding abortion mandates in proposed health care reform bills in Congress.
House Bill H.R. 3200 “delegates to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the power to make unlimited abortion a mandated benefit . . . nationwide.”
La sabiduría de Dios y 50 años de matrimonio
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Esta columna está tomada de la homilía de Monseñor Morlino en una Misa de Bodas de Oro matrimoniales celebrada el 16 de agosto.
Queridos amigos:
Tengo tres puntos de las lecturas (Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Salmo 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; Ef 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35) y luego algunas conclusiones. Hemos escuchado en las primeras dos lecturas de este domingo muchas cosas sobre la sabiduría y la necedad.
Resulta interesante que el autor de la Escritura indique que la necedad es lo opuesto a la sabiduría. Pudo haber dicho que lo es la ignorancia o incluso que la estupidez es lo opuesto a la sabiduría. ¿Por qué dice entonces que la necedad es lo opuesto a la sabiduría?
Muchos de nosotros somos ignorantes de muchas cosas y estúpidos con respecto a algunas otras. Pero es raro que escojamos ser ignorantes o que elijamos ser estúpidos. No solemos decir cosas como: “Sé que es estúpido, pero quiero defender eso de todas maneras”. Cuando las personas no son conscientes o cuando las personas son estúpidas en alguna área, con frecuencia no eligen serlo. Pero, en cambio, uno sí tiene que elegir ser necio. Por eso la necedad es lo opuesto a la sabiduría: ha de elegirse y uno tiene que hacerse responsable de ello. Por ejemplo, las Escrituras nos recuerdan que “el necio dice para sí en su corazón: ‘no hay Dios'” (Salmo 14:1).
Dream to sing at Packers game comes true
ALLOUEZ — Holly Rottier’s role as Catholic schools director for the Diocese of Green Bay will take her to 62 Catholic schools around northeastern Wisconsin this fall.
In a circuitous way it will also take her to Lambeau Field, where she will sing the national anthem at the 24th annual Bishop’s Charities Game August 22.
Rottier was named Catholic schools director on July 6, following 10 years as co-principal at St. John Nepomucene School in Little Chute.