PRINCETON — You’ve heard of “flash Mobs”? Behold! St. John Catholic Church, 1211 W. Main St, in Princeton, is celebrating its third annual Mass mob. It will take place on Palm Sunday, March 20, at the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Ladies of Divine Mercy Evening of Reflection
CROSS PLAINS — All women are invited to a Ladies of Divine Mercy Evening of Reflection at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Church, 3673 CTH P, Cross Plains, on Friday, March 18.
The evening begins with the Angelus and sung Vespers at 6 p.m., followed by Eucharistic Adoration. Around 7 p.m., Fr. Scott Jablonski will give a spiritual reflection. The evening concludes with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction.
St. Ambrose Academy performs The Sound of Music
MADISON — This spring, St. Ambrose Academy students will bring Roger and Hammerstein’s beloved classic, The Sound of Music, to life.
Performances will be held April 8 to 10 at the Verona High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St.
St. Mary Parish Players presents Variety Show
BLOOMINGTON — Members of St. Mary Parish in Bloomington and residents of the surrounding area will present their third annual Variety Show.
“Down Home Fun” is the theme of this year’s performances which will be performed at St. Mary School gym, 531 Congress St., on Sunday, March 20, beginning at 1 p.m. The doors will open at 12 noon.
Priest’s mission: getting people — and God — to dinner table
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| Chef Fr. Leo Patalinghug displays a Lenten seafood pasta meal he prepared in his Baltimore kitchen recently. The priest has started an apostolate, “Grace Before Meals,” which aims to bring families to the dinner table and bring God to the table. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) |
BALTIMORE (CNS) — For Fr. Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other.
“The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures. It’s implicit in our liturgical calendar,” he said, also adding that without question it’s a key component of the Mass.
Blending food and faith
The 45-year-old Filipino-American, known as the cooking priest, has made the blending of those two worlds his life’s work with his apostolate, “Grace Before Meals,” which aims, as he puts it: “to bring families to the dinner table and bring God to the table.”
He not only does a cooking show on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) called Savoring our Faith, but he also travels across the country giving parish workshops and speaks at conferences, on radio programs, and via social media about the need for families to celebrate not just Catholic feast days but everyday meals together.
He also has written three books and is currently working on two more.
Without irony, he says there is a hunger for this ministry, noting that the parish workshops he gives are typically booked, filled with parishioners of all ages interested in how food and faith meet and on connecting or reconnecting with each other and God.
When Catholic News Service met Father Patalinghug at his Baltimore home February 24, he had just returned from a series of parish missions in California and Chicago and was about to leave the next day for the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
Oh, and he also was having about 30 family members over that night for dinner, so he needed to get meat in the oven and a pasta dish started.
Our Lady of Hope Clinic and Women’s Care Center benefit dinner
Our Lady of Hope Clinic and the Women’s Care Center are partnering in a Celebration of Life with a benefit dinner for both organizations to be held on Friday, April 1, at the Madison Concourse Hotel.
Easter Triduum 40 Hours for Life vigil to end abortion
MADISON — There’s no time like the days of the Easter Triduum to venture to the sidewalk to pray for women and men contemplating abortion, that they might choose life.
As we ponder Christ’s crucifixion and death at Calvary on Good Friday, it is appropriate to remember that Christ died for all our sins, including the sin of abortion committed by so many in our country.
Neocatechumenal Way Ministry begins series of talks at Marshall parish
MARSHALL — Neocatechumenal Way Ministry will begin a series of talks Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Parish in Marshall.
Neocatechumenal Way Ministry is a team of missionaries who give a series of talks on the Catholic faith. The program will include talks/catechesis every Monday and Thursday through May 5.
“Catechesis” is a proclamation of the Good News of Christ to the people, not just as lectures but also as an experience of the significance of what it means to be a Christian in today’s times.
Catechumens, candidates take steps to join the Church
At the conclusion of Lent, nearly 140 people are going to become new members of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Madison.
Catholic Multicultural Center launches updated English as a Second Language Program
MADISON — “I have lived here [in the U.S.] for 12 years. I come to the CMC to learn English because I need it for my job . . . for everything, even when you go to the store. And, to know how to speak two languages is very important.”
Gregorio is a typical student coming to English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC).