Catholic Schools Week (CSW) was such a special week for St. Joseph School (SJS) in Fort Atkinson.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Evansville, Footville parishes welcome Awaken Mission Team
The parishes of St. Paul in Evansville and St. Augustine in Footville are excited to invite speaker and musician Nick De La Torre and his wife Alina to our parish for our Lenten mission.
St. Aloysius School teacher receives Distinguished Graduate Award
St. Aloysius School in Sauk City held its traditional Chili Cookoff on January 30 in conjunction with Catholic Schools Week.
Waunakee KCs host FUNdraiser for family
On Sunday, Feb. 12, the Knights of Columbus and St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee will be hosting a Super Bowl Sunday tailgate fundraiser, titled “Fetters Family FUNdraiser”, starting at 4 p.m. The event will be held in the gym of St. John the Baptist School at 114 East 3rd St. and there is a suggested $50 entrance fee donation at the door.
Metanoia retreats: A time to focus on transformation of minds and hearts
So much change has happened in our diocese in the past three years.
Relic of St. Francis of Assisi comes to Camp Gray
More than 50 years ago, a Capuchin priest gave his cousin, Nancy Lietz, a relic of St. Francis of Assisi.
Life is a ‘masterpiece’
In a reflection on Psalm 139, Pope Benedict XVI wrote, “In the second part of the Psalm, God turns his loving gaze upon the human being, whose full and complete beginning is reflected upon. He is still an unformed substance in his mother’s womb: the Hebrew term used has been understood by several biblical experts as referring to an embryo, described in that term as a small, oval, curled-up reality, but on which God has already turned his benevolent and loving eyes . . .”
A Eucharist-centered community
Authentic devotion to our Eucharistic Lord gives students at St. Augustine University Parish in Platteville the strength to live their vocations and the courage to spread the Gospel
‘I never imagined trafficking could happen to our family’
Lisa never thought sex trafficking could happen to her family. It seemed like something that only happened in big cities, to people from “broken” homes, who didn’t go to church, and weren’t paying attention to their kids.
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madison to offer retreat for grieving parents
Losing a child is one of life’s most tragic and difficult experiences, leaving parents with deep and horrific grief that can test and challenge the faith and spirituality of a mother and father.