“Gracias por su alegría” y “gracias por asumir esta responsabilidad”.
Estas fueron las palabras que el Obispo Donald J. Hying de Madison pronunció para expresar su agradecimiento el día que inauguró al Padre Bart Timmerman como párroco de la Parroquia Reina de los Mártires en Beloit y Clinton.
“Thank you for your happiness” and “thank you for taking on this responsibility.”
Those were the words Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison used to show his appreciation on the day he installed Fr. Bart Timmerman as pastor of Queen of Martyrs Parish in Beloit and Clinton.
The seeds for a bright future were planted and nourished by one of this year’s Totus Tuus teams through faith-enriching games and activities at St. John the Baptist Church in Montello, part of St. John Henry Newman Pastorate.
Matthew and Sarah Gonnering decided to start a unique type of fund with the Catholic Diocese of Madison Foundation (CDMF), known as a donor-advised fund.
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison and the Diocese of Madison are excited to announce a new evangelization initiative, the Mazzuchelli Institute of Mission and Leadership.
The Mazzuchelli Institute was born out of the Go Make Disciples initiative as a way to form faithful Catholics in their Baptismal call to be missionary disciples.
Let’s face it. Into the Deep is tough. With so many changes these past two years, it’s hard to see why we started all this reconstruction in the first place.
Though there are many reasons that I can use to prove that Into the Deep is “worth it,” I want to share with you just one perspective, specifically the benefits of Into the Deep for the new priest.
What does the word “stewardship” mean? Unfortunately, the word is often associated with money, but it is so much more.
In the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) pastoral letter on stewardship, they say it is “a way of life”.
Why is this taking so long? I thought we were supposed to be done by now.
As the Diocese of Madison marks two years since launching the Into the Deep realignment process, the Catholic Herald reached out to pastors, staff, and parishioners from three merged parishes to get a candid look at how the transition is unfolding.
In the spring of 2020, the Diocese of Madison launched the Go Make Disciples initiative in all parishes. The goal that year was to create a plan and opportunity for every parish to go from maintenance to mission by first focusing on a small group of believers — their Go Make Disciples teams.
