A record 565 guests gathered at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton on December 15 for a benefit dinner supporting St. Ambrose Academy middle school and high school. Bishop Robert Morlino and dozens of priests and religious were joined by faculty, school families, benefactors, and supporters in a celebration of Catholic education in the Diocese of Madison.
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Apostolate Christmas Mass, party highlights community, love
Reaching out to one another with a spirit of camaraderie and joy, hundreds of guests and dozens of volunteers participated in the annual Apostolate to the Handicapped Advent/Christmas Party at Monroe High School (MHS).
Walter Heilman, father of Fr. Richard Heilman, dies
Walter Michael Heilman, age 83, father of Fr. Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Pine Bluff, St. Ignatius Parish in Mt. Horeb, and Holy Redeemer Parish in Perry, died on Saturday, Dec. 1, surrounded by his family at St. Mary’s Care Center.
Sister Antoinette Drabeck, OP, dies
Sister Antoinette Drabeck, OP, died Nov. 26, 2012, at St. Dominic Villa.
Appointment (Nov. 17, 2012)
Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointment made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
Standing up for freedom
A rally was held at the steps of the Capitol on October 20 to protest the intrusion of the federal government into religious freedom through a recent mandate by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Aging Conference offers advice for living healthier lives
Life expectancy has risen dramatically in the last two centuries. Trends now show that people are living longer and healthier lives. “People who turn 65 today have a lot of years ahead of them,” Dr. Dorothy Farrar Edwards told those attending the recent Catholic Charities Aging Conference held at the Bishop O’Connor Center.
Plain, Spring Green youth make first mission trip
St. Luke and St. John the Evangelist Parishes of Plain and Spring Green helped to send 11 students and three chaperones on their first mission trip in June of this year.
Bishop celebrates Rural Life Day Mass, blessing in Footville
This year’s Rural Life Day on September 18 was, unlike much of the harvest season that has preceded it, a day of perfect weather: pleasant temperatures, just a touch of rain that passed over the area, and otherwise blue skies.
Beauty and the Mass
A reverent silence is difficult for anyone to achieve, but with more than 3,000 students from middle school and high school filling the seats and stands in the vast Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall in Madison, it was something extraordinary.