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Bishop’s Schedule:

  • Bishop Donald J. Hying schedule

    Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025: School Mass, Chesterton Academy-Queen of Martyrs, Sun Prairie; Jacmel Advisory Committee meeting, Holy Name Heights, Madison; Legatus of Madison event, Madison

    Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, to Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025: Diocese of Madison Permanent Deacon Retreat, Marytown, Ill.

    Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, 4 p.m.: St. Dominic Pastorate Confirmation, St. Mary Church, Platteville

    Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025: Cathedral Campaign Regional Reception, St. Maria Goretti Church, Madison

    Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, 7 p.m.: St. Thérèse Lecture with Dr. Edward Sri, Holy Name Heights Oratory, Madison

    Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, 6:40 a.m: Live Relevant Radio interview, 1240 AM and 97.3 FM in the Madison area; 7:30 a.m.: Beacon and Eggs, The Tinsmith, Madison

From the Bishop’s Desk:

  • Loving God’s gift of life
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Each one of us, made in the image and likeness of God, is a beloved son or daughter of Him.
  • The Church and angels
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    This week, we liturgically celebrate angels twice, the Feast of the Archangels on September 29 and the Memorial of the Guardian Angels on October 2. 
  • Finding peace through God
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    In times of trial, tribulation, and suffering, Jesus seeks to console and strengthen us! 
  • Choose love over hate and evil
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Our nation continues to reel from the recent deadly shootings of Catholic school children at Mass in Minnesota and the murder of Charlie Kirk last week. 
  • Jesus IS the Savior
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    When Jesus returned to Nazareth after His Baptism, He proclaimed in the synagogue the passage from the prophet Isaiah that spoke of the coming Messiah and His saving actions.
  • Knowing the presence of God
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Through divine revelation, we know a lot about God. The Bible reveals Him as the Creator, the Lord who establishes a covenant with the children of Israel.
  • Where there’s faith, there’s fire
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Throughout the Bible, fire is a physical expression of God’s presence and power.
  • Knowing the identity of Jesus
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Christianity is the only world religion that believes that the universal, mysterious, all-powerful, invisible God humbled Himself to embrace our humanity without losing His divinity.
  • What we believe
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    In the previous column, I reflected on the Nicene Creed, as we celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of its formulation this year. Two of the principal doctrines professed in the Creed are the Most Blessed Trinity and the identity/nature of Jesus Christ, two beliefs which are absolutely unique to Christianity.
  • 1,700 years of the Nicene Creed
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    As we observe this Jubilee Year and celebrate the recent election of Pope Leo XIV, the Church also marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, from which came the Nicene Creed, the profession of faith we proclaim every Sunday at Mass.