Category: Around the Diocese

News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.

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Kevin Wondrash

Food Fair & Farmers’ Market in Reedsburg

REEDSBURG — The joint Justice & Peace Commission of three Sauk County Catholic parishes (Sacred Heart-Reedsburg, Holy Family-LaValle, and St. Boniface-Lime Ridge) is holding its eighth annual Food Fair & Farmers’ Market on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Sacred Heart School Gym in Reedsburg.

The fair is an effort to support local growers, help people purchase locally grown foods, and educate the public about sustainably-grown and locally-produced foods. There will be a gym full of vendors offering pastured meats, vegetables, grains, flours, seeds, preserves, cheese, bakery goods, maple syrup, mushrooms, and honey.

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Kevin Wondrash

St. Dennis Parish welcomes Dr. Robert Enright for Lenten mission

MADISON — On Sunday, March 4, St. Dennis Parish will welcome Dr. Robert Enright, founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, as he returns to the parish for an evening focused on “The Church as a Forgiving Community.”

Last fall, Dr. Enright introduced St. Dennis Parish and guests to “forgiveness therapy” and spoke about the power of forgiveness to heal individual wounds and restore a wounded world. His presentation defined forgiveness, offered insight on reasons to forgive, shared steps in the process of forgiveness, and connected therapeutic forgiveness to Catholic understanding of what it is to forgive.

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Merger of Catholic health care systems is off to a good start

MADISON — The merger of Catholic health care systems in Wisconsin and northern Illinois is off to a good start. “We are getting to know one another,” said Damond Boatwright, regional president of operations for SSM Health in Wisconsin.

In an interview, Boatwright discussed the recent transfer of the sponsorship of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes (CSA) health care ministries to SSM Health. Agnesian HealthCare, based in Fond du Lac, and Monroe Clinic, based in Monroe, are now part of SSM Health.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Active shooter training held for diocesan staff

MADISON — With stories of workplace and school shootings making up the latest news headlines, the task of learning how to protect one’s self and save lives is gaining importance.

Staff members from the Diocese of Madison and other organizations in the Holy Name Heights building recently took part in active shooter training in order to be prepared to react to an event, if it should happen.

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Kevin Wondrash

Berlin parish offers puppet show

BERLIN — All Saints Parish in Berlin is sponsoring the Scott Street Puppets on Sunday, March 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the All Saints Social Hall located on Hwy. 49 south of Berlin.

This event is free to the public. There will be free refreshments served after the puppet show.

This year’s theme is “Hero Headquarters.” Who are the heroes in your life? Do you have religious heroes, family heroes, public heroes, or past heroes? There will also be a sing-a-long with popular songs.

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Kevin Wondrash

‘Our Faith Stories’ at St. Ann Parish

STOUGHTON — “Our Faith Stories” will feature Shaun Kleitsch and Kersten Roeven speaking on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m. in Healy Hall at St. Ann Church in Stoughton.

Sharing their journeys of faith will be Kersten Roeven, a teen from St. Ann Parish, who will speak about the impact that Frassati Fest and Love Begins Here have had on his faith. Shaun Kleitsch will speak about following the will of God, even when it is difficult to understand.

 

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Dorothy Day’s granddaughter visits Madison

MADISON — “If you’re admiring my grandmother, you’re not paying attention.”

Those were strong words said by the granddaughter of Dorothy Day, but perhaps true meaning one shouldn’t focus on the women herself, but the work that needs to be done, and what that means for you in your life.

Day is known for being a driving force behind the Catholic Worker Movement, which tackled issues of social justice. Day’s cause for sainthood is underway with her currently being designated as a “Servant of God”.

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