The Youth 2000 retreat, held for the third time in the Diocese of Madison, drew a smaller group of youth and young adults than previous years, but the reaction to the weekend of Eucharistic Adoration, Mass, Reconciliation, and talks on the faith remained high.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
A 12-day Catholic pilgrimage to Italy February 12 to 23
MADISON — People in the Diocese of Madison are invited to consider making a special 12-day Catholic pilgrimage to Italy from February 12 to 23, 2012.
Rural Life Day recognizes the fruits of labor and faith
For the past five years, the Diocese of Madison has set aside a day to recognize the importance of the rural community to our society.
Bishops offer guidance on concealed carry
As Wisconsin’s law permitting people to carry concealed weapons takes effect, Wisconsin’s Roman Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to reflect on the meaning of freedom, the Catholic tradition of nonviolence, and to remember that churches are “sacred spaces.”
Planning your legacy seminar offered
MADISON — In Matthew 25, we hear the parable of three men who are given talents by their master and what each does with the talents that are entrusted to them.
It’s a familiar reading and the lesson is that when we are blessed, it is pleasing to God for us to use our gifts and resources prudently.
40 Days vigil continues prayers to end abortion
In the twilight hours of October 18, more than 80 people gathered on the sidewalks and terrace grass outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Madison’s east side to pray at a candlelight midpoint rally for the 40 Days for Life Vigil.
WCC supports bill to restore flexibility, local control to sex ed
The Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC) urged support for legislation to provide local districts more flexibility in teaching human growth and development classes, as well as to permit abstinence-based instruction.
Bill may keep abortion from health exchanges
The State Senate gave its approval to legislation to prohibit health insurance providers that participate in future state exchanges from including elective abortions in their coverage.
Working in the community
The morning of September 29, a handful of Edgewood High School (EHS) students were to be found tramping through the mud and rain in a garden outside of Madison, some 10 miles from their desks.
Mark Miller is ordained to transitional diaconate
On October 6, Mark Miller of the Diocese of Madison was one of 35 seminarians of the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) ordained to the transitional diaconate during a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican.