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Patrick Delaney, For the Catholic Herald

St. Ambrose Academy juniors and seniors attend march in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty years ago, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., St. John Paul II affirmed the validity of absolute moral norms including prohibitions against sins such as perjury, adultery, and in this case, abortion.

Only six years after the intrinsically unjust Roe v. Wade decision was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, St. John Paul addressed not only the decriminalizing of abortion but implicitly warned against the cascading moral relativism it helps to engender.

He stated: “If a person’s right to life is violated at the moment in which he is first conceived in his mother’s womb, an indirect blow is struck also at the whole of the moral order, which serves to ensure the inviolable goods of man.

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Carolyn Averill, For the Catholic Herald

St. Ambrose Academy students put faith into action during fall Service Day

MADISON — St. Ambrose Academy students are developing love for Jesus both in the classroom and the chapel throughout the school year.

But, in order to embody the school motto “Christ is Everything for Us,” that love must also spill over into acts of charity toward others, bringing the love that God has for us into our regular habits and actions.

On Friday, Oct. 19, the entire student body put that principle into practice at 15 sites throughout the Diocese of Madison — from Camp Gray in Reedsburg to The Beacon in downtown Madison and Second Harvest on the east side — during the fall semester Service Day.

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Kim Donohoe, For the Catholic Herald

Celebrating Catholic education at St. Ambrose Academy

“Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).

MADISON — At the 11th annual St. Ambrose Academy Benefit Dinner Gala, the evening’s program, entitled “Right Here, Right Now: Find Greatness,” was based on St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, emphasizing the immediacy of the benefits of Catholic, classical education in the Diocese of Madison.

Approximately 450 guests attended the gala, which took place at the Alliant Energy Center on Saturday, Dec. 9. It is tradition that the evening honors Bishop Robert C. Morlino as a special guest, and he happily celebrated with his friends from St. Ambrose Academy and across the diocese. The school was founded in 2003, the same year that Bishop Morlino came to Madison.

“Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).

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Kevin Wondrash

St. Ambrose Academy Reading Institute gives presentations

MADISON — Debra Krebs, director of the St. Ambrose Academy (SAA) Reading Institute, will give two presentations on dyslexia and the program the SAA Reading Institute uses to provide participating students the help they need to become successful readers.

The presentations will be given on Sunday, July 16, at 11:15 a.m. in the basement of St. Clare of Assisi Church at 1760 14th St., Monroe, and Saturday, July 22, at 5:15 p.m. in the St. Dennis Parish Center, 505 Dempsey Rd., Madison. Snacks will be provided.

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Kevin Wondrash

Protecting the truth throughout life

From Bishop Robert C. Morlino:

I was recently invited, as I am each year, to celebrate Mass for and take part in the graduation ceremony for the graduating seniors at St. Ambrose Academy, in Madison. I offer the following valedictory remarks from two outstanding young men who were recently graduated, as they exemplify their readiness for Catholic lay mission.

Justin Hineline, whose remarks are published here, will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, beginning this fall, and will be enrolled in the Army ROTC curriculum.

William Donohoe, whose remarks will be published in the next issue, will be attending the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md. reporting later this month.

Let us keep both Justin and William and all our recent graduates in our prayers as they enter this next phase of their lives and continue to discern God’s will for their future.

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Kevin Wondrash

St. Ambrose Academy presents “Hello Dolly!”

MADISON — Students from St. Ambrose Academy, Madison, are diligently working on their choreography, songs, and lines for their upcoming production of Hello, Dolly!

Performances of the musical will be held Friday, March 31; Saturday, April 1; and Sunday, April 2; at the Verona High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., Verona.

With a history of crowd pleasing and TOMMY award-winning performances such as The Sound of Music, The Music Man, and Beauty and the Beast, students are planning on another successful musical.

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Kim Donohoe, For the Catholic Herald

Challengers win 8-man title

MADISON — The 2016 Challenger varsity football team, comprised of student athletes from St. Ambrose Academy and Abundant Life Christian School (ALCS) in Madison, capped off their undefeated season by winning the WIAA 8-Man Football Jamboree Showcase game on October 29 effectively making them 8-man state champions.

The Challengers, representing the Great Eight South Conference, took on the Panthers from Prairie Farm High School of the Lakeland Conference at D.C. Everest Stiehm Stadium in Schofield.

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Joan Carey, For the Catholic Herald

St. Ambrose Academy celebrates the saints at fundraiser for March for Life

MADISON — Each year, St. Ambrose Academy holds an All Saints Day party whose proceeds fund the students’ biennial journey to Washington, D.C., to march on behalf of the unborn.

Hundreds recently flocked to the wooded hills of southwestern Dane County on a sunny but crisp autumn afternoon for frolic and fellowship in support of the great cause of sending young people to the March for Life.

Saints alive!

Many of this year’s party guests dressed as saints: Gianna Mollo strolled about in a white doctor’s jacket, a little Kateri Tekakwitha rode on her uncle’s shoulders in a leather fringed wrap with feathers.

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