The hearts of Doris Miller’s students danced with Easter joy. A week before she had given each student a hollow plastic Easter egg.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Diocese of Madison Chrism Mass to take place on April 12
The annual celebration of Chrism Mass is to take place on Tuesday of Holy Week in the Diocese of Madison.
‘It’s about relationships,’ says Director of Apostolic Mission
“It looks small because it starts small,” said Elizabeth Monaghan, describing the work she’s been doing since taking the position of Director of Apostolic Mission at St. Cecilia Parish in Wisconsin Dells.
St. Joseph Men’s Retreat set for April 30
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
Appreciating invisible grace of the Eucharist
Ever since our children were little, I’ve strived to explain to them the mystery of transubstantiation — the point at which, under the appearance of bread and wine, the substance of the Eucharist becomes the Body and Blood of Christ.
Striving for holiness and peace at St. Mary Parish in Pine Bluff
When Bishop Hying first called parishes in the diocese to embark on the Go Make Disciples initiative, we knew that we had a great opportunity in front of us at St. Mary Parish in Pine Bluff.
Family of faith presents ‘Blanket of Prayer’
A family of faith supports each member in prayer and works of mercy, especially when one of them is suffering.
The return of St. Paul’s Spring Wine Fest
St. Paul’s Catholic Student Center, located near the UW-Madison campus, will be hosting its 11th annual Spring Wine Fest on Friday, April 22.
Parish mission in Montello
St. John the Baptist Parish in Montello and Good Shepherd Parish in Westfield are hosting a Lenten mission nightly from Monday, April 4, to Wednesday, April 6.
Bishop Hying joins in consecration of Russia and Ukraine
In his homily on the Solemnity of the Annunciation in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison said “one could possibly posit that there’s never been a precise historical moment in the entire unfolding of Salvation History when more people have been praying at exactly the same time for exactly the same thing. And, that is a fulfillment of the request that Our Lady made at Fatima for the consecration of Russia and for world peace.”