As Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison looked among those in attendance at Mass and delivered his homily, he said, “This is a strong parish within the diocese. You are a dynamo.”
Author: Kevin Wondrash
Finding the Faith in baseball
Whether they are baseball, another sport, a different hobby, or so on, we always need to be sure that our distractions aren’t taking us away from our important priorities, the most important of which is our Faith and living out our call.
Where from and where to
I recently got to visit Heritage Hill State Historical Park in Green Bay. Through old buildings and professional storytellers, the park attempts to help people step back in time, learn about the past, and see the area for what it used to be.
New vicariates announced
As part of “maintenance to mission,” the Into the Deep strategic planning initiative has resulted in organizing parishes and churches into pastorates and eventually new parishes in the Diocese of Madison.
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.
Go fish, gone fishin’, etc . . .
Fishing has been around forever. Ever since people got hungry and lived by water, they went fishing.
The Gospels talk about fishing a lot. It wasn’t the “rod and reel” style that we commonly associate with fishing today, nor was it the sportiness of expensive bass boats with competitions shown live on TV but people still went fishing.
Life is no movie
Art has existed for a long time. Ever since someone put something on the wall of a cave, there has always been visual and creative expression. This evolved into other media such as pottery, paintings, tapestries, and other works.
Four men ordained to the transitional diaconate
The night of May 16 marked the ordination to the transitional diaconate for Deacons Casey Cooney, Barry Meinholz, Luis Reyes, and Mark Wagner at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, part of Stella Maris Pastorate.
‘I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it. . . (You can’t have it!)’
My beloved and I recently watched a documentary on TV that, in part, described the emergence of the mall pretzel — the things I put her through.
New priests to be ordained on May 30
On Friday, May 30, God-willing, four men will be ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Madison.