Every year, millions of Catholics participate in Operation Rice Bowl (ORB), Catholic Relief Services’ annual Lenten program that starts Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25.
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Climate Change Advocacy Workshop March 7
The Rural Life Office of the Diocese of Madison announces that a “Raise Your Voice” Climate Change Advocacy Workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, at St. Victor Parish Catholic School in Monroe.
Serra Club honor Sisters at Valentine’s dinner
Bishop Robert C. Morlino expressed gratitude to women and men in consecrated life at the second annual Valentine’s Sisters’ Appreciation Dinner sponsored by the Serra Club of Madison and hosted by Edgewood College.
Over 60 Resource Directory released
People age 60 and older in Dane County are about to receive a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips as the Dane County Agency on Aging, along with St. Mary’s Hospital, release their biennial Over 60 Resource Directory.
Lenten regulations
The following are Lenten regulations to be practiced by all Catholics:
Busiest local food pantry moves to new quarters
With the main part of its new home now ready, Dane County’s busiest food pantry moved into its freshly built space and opened there on February 2.
John Philipp named Director of Finance for diocese
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MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced that John Philipp has been named Director of Finance for the Diocese of Madison.
According to the Code of Canon Law in the Catholic Church, the bishop appoints a financial administrator of the diocese after consulting with the College of Consultors and the diocesan Finance Council. The financial administrator is to be an “expert in financial matters and of truly outstanding integrity.”
Our Lady of Hope Clinic secures location
Our Lady of Hope Clinic announced that it has signed a five-year lease for what will become Dane County’s newest and most unique primary care clinic.
Bringing Catholics back home through music
MADISON — In the title song of Aaron Thompson’s most recent album, 10,000 Angels, the refrain’s lyrics speak of returning to God, saying, “You can come back today.”
He had written the song for the Catholics Come Home Campaign, an independent, non-profit charity aimed at welcoming those who have left the Church or anyone interested in becoming Catholic.
“I was at a concert recently in Georgia,” Thompson said, “and I had a guy come up afterwards in tears. He was Jewish, and he wanted to inquire into the RCIA process.
Catholic Charities honors Gerald Ring for 15 years of volunteer leadership
Catholic Charities of Madison has named a roadway “Gerry Ring Way” at the new assisted living section at All Saints Retirement Neighborhood on Madison’s west side to honor Gerald Ring’s 15 years of volunteer leadership.