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Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Bishop celebrates Extraordinary Form of Mass on April 18
In the motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum,” issued in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI declared that the Mass currently celebrated throughout the Catholic Church is the normal form of the Mass.
Blessing the oils and the priesthood
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| Bishop Morlino distributes the holy oils to parishes around the diocese. (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner) |
MADISON/VATICAN CITY — The Chrism Mass is held every year during Holy Week to bless the oils to be used throughout the year for the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Ordination, and the Anointing of the Sick.
The Mass also is an opportunity for priests to gather and to renew the promises they made at ordination.
Bishop Robert C. Morlino presided at the Chrism Mass in the Diocese of Madison on the Tuesday of Holy Week, March 30. Hundreds of priests, religious, seminarians, and laity filled St. Maria Goretti Church for the diocesan celebration.
After acknowledging the presence of Bishops William H. Bullock and George O. Wirz, Canon John Pintabone, Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea, and the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre in his opening remarks, Bishop Morlino thanked all of the priests from around the diocese who came to the Mass.
Program reclaims ex-offenders’ lives
MADISON — Four ex-offenders spoke about their lives at a recent celebration marking the seventh anniversary of the Pathfinder Jail Diversion Program.
Retreats offer post-abortion healing
Susan* was just 15 the first time she became pregnant. Scared and alone, she turned to her mother for help.
Divine Mercy event held in Sauk City
Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated on April 11 at St. Aloysius Church, 115 Madison St., in Sauk City. The festivities will begin at 12:30 p.m. and conclude with the holy sacrifice of the Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert C. Morlino at 4 p.m.
Diocesan seminarian installed as acolyte
On Sunday, March 7, 55 seminarians of the Pontifical North American College in Rome were installed as acolytes during a celebration of the Eucharist. Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Ark., the principal celebrant of the liturgy, instituted the seminarians including Mark W. Miller of the Diocese of Madison, who is in his second year of theological studies.
Retrouvaille offers help for marriages
Is your marriage tearing you apart? Do you feel lost and alone? You are invited to find help through Retrouvaille, where husbands and wives are helped to re-discover each other and discover that there is hope and grace.
Multicultural Center long-term lease
The Catholic Multicultural Center of Madison (CMC) has secured a long-term lease with the Diocese of Madison, further helping to secure its future.
Parishes join together to help Haiti
ALBANY/BRODHEAD/MONROE — Tom LaPointe, a parishioner of St. Patrick Parish, Albany, returned from Haiti on December 22, 2009, after a two-week trip there. He had brought with him tools and soccer balls to share with the people.