On Friday, May 16, God-willing, four men will be ordained to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Madison.
Author: Kevin Wondrash
We are not in control, God is
Every day we try to do things our way. We set an alarm for when to wake up to have power over when we start our days. Sometimes the alarm doesn’t go off and we find that we have not made our own decision when to wake up.
A perfect Church for imperfect people
Well, Happy Easter, everyone. There are a lot of things I could write about this week. I guess I can’t really ignore the top topic on the Catholic Church — Pope Francis has died and soon we will have a new pope.
Happy Easter! Don’t overdo it
Easter is a time to feast and celebrate. It’s a time to be joyful — or maybe glorious — in the Resurrection of the Lord and the hope of the resurrection to come at the end of the age.
Pastor installed at Mater Dei Parish
If words could be used to describe the 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 30, at All Saints Church in Berlin, they would be “gratitude” and “thanksgiving”.
Hidden in the hearts
I saw one of the best sunrises ever this morning. Since I still retain a measure of journalistic ethics, I should make that statement a little more accurate.
Pastor installed at new parish on Madison’s east side
Fr. Gary Krahenbuhl called it an “opportunity and [a] privilege to unite together two distinct, holy, and stable parishes [and] to create something new — the parish of Queen of Apostles.”
Learn about silence from silents
Ask me about what film won “Best Picture” this year or what is currently playing at the movie house and I couldn’t give you answers to either.
Half a Lent is better than no Lent
A couple of weeks into a new year, there’s a day called “Quitter’s Friday”. It’s the alleged day in which many people who had noble goals — eat less, exercise more, donate more money to charities, be less angry at outcomes of sporting events — decide to, well, “quit,” and go back to how things were prior to that respective January 1.
Joy through penance
By the time you get this issue of the paper, we’ll be at least a week into Lent. When you’ll actually be reading it is another matter, but here we are.