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Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Compassionate Friends Candle Lighting December 13
MADISON — The Compassionate Friends (TCF) Worldwide Candle Lighting, which unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon, will be held Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m.
As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children who have died.
Fort Atkinson 55-plus Christmas party
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Berlin’s All Saints Parish to perform ‘The Wondrous Story’
BERLIN — All Saints Parish in Berlin strives to encourage participation and appreciation of the arts within its parish community.
To this end, its members will perform The Wondrous Story on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m., at Berlin High School, 222 Memorial Dr.
Tickets are $3.50 and are available at the parish office and at the door.
Diocese of Madison to observe Year of Mercy
Pope Francis has declared a Year of Mercy — December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 — throughout the worldwide Church.
Major transition ahead for St. Paul Catholic Center’s bold future
MADISON — Each day brings St. Paul’s Catholic student community on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus a little closer to having a new place to call home.
The Student Center is buzzing with excitement as the clock ticks out the final weeks for savoring the happy memories associated with what will be soon known as “old St. Paul’s.”
Solemn Mass for Feast of Immaculate Conception
MADISON — A special Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will be celebrated at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Center, 702 S. High Point Rd., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., in the presence of Bishop Robert C. Morlino.
December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and a Holy Day of Obligation.
A Solemn Mass includes the service also of a deacon and subdeacon.
Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration to be held at Cathedral Parish
MADISON — St. Raphael Cathedral Parish will hold its annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Redeemer Church, 120 W. Johnson St., on December 11 and 12.
While Mary has long been the patron saint of Mexico, St. John Paul II proclaimed her the Patroness of the Americas in 1999. Juan Diego, to whom Mary appeared in 1531, was canonized in 2002, making him the first Amerindian saint.
Today people across Latin America — not only Mexicans — venerate Our Lady of Guadalupe, including many Latin American immigrants in the United States.
Donations will be matched in Catholic Multicultural Center Radiothon
MADISON — If the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) can raise $11,000 on December 11, generous donors have agreed to match donations dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact of each donation.
The CMC can only do this with the help of donors as part of the fourth annual Radiothon fundraiser on La Movida Spanish radio, being held on Friday, Dec. 11, to benefit CMC programs such as the newly expanded English as a Second Language program.
Dinner, discussion on Dorothy Day
MADISON — Pope […]