Fr. Brian Dulli, parochial vicar at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish in Sun Prairie, bears the Eucharist during a procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 14, leading parishioners through the streets of Sun Prairie.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Fr. Jason Hesseling reports on his experience as Army chaplain in Afghanistan
MADISON — The day Fr. Jason Hesseling, United States Army Chaplain, left Alaska for his posting in Afghanistan, he prayed the Liturgy of the Hours and read the passage: “When O Lord, will I come to the end of my pilgrimage and enter the presence of God!”
“Kind of funny to read that on that day,” he wrote in his newsletter to friends back home. “Not sure I would term my time in Alaska as a pilgrimage, and I certainly wouldn’t say that Afghanistan is the presence of God. But it did kind of put a good spin on the flight and the next 12 months of my life.”
After intense three year program, graduates receive master’s degrees
Commencement ceremonies are often bittersweet events and this was no exception.
CMC update: Madison parish coordinating efforts to save center
MADISON — Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison has begun coordinating efforts for the future reopening of the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC).
The Diocese of Madison handed over keys to the center to Msgr. Kenneth Fiedler, pastor of the parish, on June 8. The diocese had closed the center on Madison’s south side on May 29 as part of diocesan cutbacks due to economic difficulties.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish is researching and studying the use and programs of the Catholic Multicultural Center. “We have dialogued with former staff of the CMC, diocesan priests (all priests were invited to a meeting held at the parish on June 19), members representing civic organizations, Edgewood College, St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Vincent de Paul, LaSup (Latino Support Network), the City of Madison, and the Dane County Executive’s Office,” reported the parish.
Free life insurance program offered for working families
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) will issue $50,000 term life insurance policies to benefit children of eligible working families in the Madison area, at no cost to the families. MassMutual pays the premiums.
Parish’s festival proceeds to help benefit CMC
Christ the King Parish in McFarland will join with Madison area parishes in raising funds to reopen the Catholic Multicultural Center by contributing 10 percent of the profit from King Fest, the annual parish festival.
Camp closes as staff member diagnosed with flu
REEDSBURG — Campers and parents are being notified this morning that Camp Gray (a Catholic youth summer camp) will be closed until Sunday, July 5, after one staff member was confirmed as positive for the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, late Monday. Immediately upon learning of the confirmed case, camp directors decided to close the camp, for the health and well-being of the campers.
Free meal program relocated to Lutheran church
The free community meal program held at the Catholic Multicultural Center until its closing by the Diocese of Madison May 28 has been temporarily relocated to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce St., starting June 15.
Diocese cuts staff; parish to assume responsibility for CMC
MADISON — Due to a downturn in investment income and a new Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) which has not reached its goal, the Diocese of Madison announced on May 27 that it was cutting 19 full-time and four part-time diocesan employees and closing the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) in Madison.
However, on June 5 the diocese announced that Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison had offered to assume primary responsibility for the operation of the CMC. The offer, made through pastor, Msgr. Kenneth Fiedler, with the support and collaboration of neighboring pastors and parishes, was “weighed and gratefully accepted” by Bishop Robert C. Morlino.
Q & A on diocesan cutbacks, center closing
Following are questions and answers provided by the Diocese of Madison on the diocesan cutbacks and the closing of the Catholic Multicultural Center.