MADISON — A familiar figure in the important work of helping others in the Diocese of Madison is moving on to the next part of his life journey.
“I think it goes by fast because you’re not really tracking it, you’re having the time of your life, you feel like you’re making a difference, and you’re working around really smart people,” said Jackson Fonder, whose time as president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Madison is coming to an end on October 1.Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
40 Days for Life starts in Madison
On September 23, 40 Days for Life returned to Madison to continue its tradition of prayer, fasting, and grassroots educational outreach to end abortion.
Schools in Dane County fully open
MADISON — School parents and administrators, teachers, and staff in Dane County got a victory in their efforts to open Catholic schools to all students.
On September 10, the State Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction halting the Dane County Order requiring all schools, public and private, in the county to open virtually for students in grades three through 12.
This meant Catholic schools in Dane County could hold in-person instruction for all students immediately.
Families take action
The county order, Emergency Order #9, was issued on August 21 just days before many Dane County schools in the Diocese of Madison were scheduled to open for full in-person instruction.
Schools had spent most of the summer making preparations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monastery part of Fermentation Fest D’Tour
PRAIRIE DU SAC — During the upcoming Fermentation Fest D’Tour, you are invited by the Nuns of Valley of Our Lady Monastery in Prairie du Sac to visit their home on the edge of what was once the great Sauk Prairie to learn about their life of “ora et labora” (prayer and work) — from September 26 through October 4.
The Sisters serve God and the world by praying for those in need, singing psalms in Gregorian chant seven times each day, along with planting, harvesting, sewing, and baking altar breads in an enclosed environment of silence and sacrifice.
An onsite exhibit will share their story.
D’Tour is a diverse 50 plus mile self-guided, free family drive through the artistic, cultural, and natural highlights of southern Sauk County.Presbyteral assembly to be held September 21 and 22 in Cross Plains
This year’s annual presbyteral assembly will be at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Cross Plains on Monday, Sept. 21, and Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Sauk City to observe 40 Days for Life
St. Aloysius Church and School (part of Divine Mercy Parish) in Sauk City is joining in with volunteer efforts in Madison and around the world by involving students and parishioners in various pro-life opportunities during 40 Days for Life this fall.
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Catholics invited back to weekly Sunday Mass; safety protocols remain in place
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Statement from the Diocese of Madison:
MADISON — As has been circulated in recent days, the five Wisconsin bishops jointly decided to lift the suspension of the Sunday Mass obligation in their respective dioceses this month. For the Diocese of Madison, this suspension will be lifted beginning on Sunday, September 27th.
As Bishop Hying wrote to the priests of the diocese, “We have been living with the obligation suspended for almost six months and we rightly chose to be cautious, concerned for the safety and health of our people, especially at the beginning of the pandemic.”
Since late May, diocesan guidelines, observing all state and local orders for safe reopening of our 134 churches have been in place throughout the 11-county Diocese of Madison. These measures have proven effective. Our churches were reopened for public worship with limited capacity, distancing, and great caution for the public health, without any known spread of COVID-19.
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MADISON — March and April of this year was a time to adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many people were affected by quarantines, the state’s “Safer at Home” order, and other measures taken to try and “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus numbers.
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Beloit to hold ‘retooled’ Fall Festival
BELOIT — Change seems to be one word often used when dealing with events during pandemic in 2020.
At Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) Parish, the annual Fall Festival on Sunday, Sept. 27, was retooled by committee members to conform with safety protocols that have been put into practice on the entire church campus.