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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Bishop Morlino has continued to ‘badger them lovingly with the truth’

Bishop Robert C. Morlino
Bishop Robert C. Morlino was installed as the fourth Bishop of Madison on August 1, 2003. This week’s Catholic Herald includes a special section as a tribute to Bishop Morlino on his 15th anniversary as the shepherd of the Diocese of Madison. People are encouraged to include the bishop in prayer. (File photo)

MADISON — When Bishop Robert C. Morlino came to Madison as our new bishop in 2003, he said he hoped to practice BLT: “Badger them lovingly with the truth.”

Bishop Morlino has continued to practice BLT throughout his 15 years as Bishop of Madison. “That’s what I’m doing every blessed day,” he has said. “I know that some feel more badgered than others, but I hope to help them to be both badgered and loved.”

He will celebrate the 15th anniversary of his installation on August 1. He was installed as the fourth Bishop of Madison on August 1, 2003. The pro-life community in the diocese will be hosting a 5:30 p.m. Mass with Bishop Morlino at St. Mary Catholic Church of Pine Bluff, to which all are invited.

Joy in vocations

“My greatest joy continues to be in terms of the number of seminarians and vocations in the diocese,” said Bishop Morlino. “We pray that the Lord will continue to bless us.”

When he came, there were six diocesan seminarians. That number grew to a high of 33 seminarians.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Diocese marks 50th anniversary of Humanae vitae

MADISON — On July 25, 1968, Blessed Pope Paul VI promulgated his encyclical Humanae vitae.

The document reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s teaching about the duty of married couples to collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator in the creation of new human life, and therefore, the rejection of artificial contraception.

Nearly 50 years later, on the evening of July 21, 2018, the Diocese of Madison marked the anniversary with a Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrated by Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, and a talk by Dr. Janet Smith, noted writer and speaker on Humanae vitae and related topics.

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Kevin Wondrash

Island Church to celebrate 155th anniversary

WATERLOO — The Island Church Foundation invites the public to visit the historic St. Wenceslaus (Island) Church on Sunday, July 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The day will begin with the rededication of the steeple, which was repaired this spring, at 12 noon. At 12:30 p.m., Steve Balding and Judy Gerstner will talk about the Pyramids of Rock Lake in the multi-purpose building next to the church.

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Kevin Wondrash

Mass in Highland church marks 130th anniversary

HIGHLAND — In honor of the feast of St. Philip, Fr. Jim Murphy, pastor of SS. Anthony and Philip Parish, has scheduled an annual Mass on Sunday, May 6, at 1 p.m. in St. Philip Catholic Church, 1032 Dodgeville St.

The Highland Catholic community has been blessed with celebrating their faith in historically beautiful churches. Their ancestors laid the cornerstone in some of the finest built churches of the diocese. 2018 represents a great year to reflect on 130 years of Our Lord providing the opportunity to gather and sing his praises.

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Kevin Wondrash

Catholic and Lutheran bishops to hold service commemorating Reformation anniversary

MILWAUKEE — On Tuesday, Oct. 31, the Roman Catholic bishops of Wisconsin will join with the bishops of Wisconsin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at a service commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. The joint service will be one of reconciliation and witness, focusing on 50 years of sustained and fruitful Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.

Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee, Bishops Robert Morlino of Madison, David Ricken of Green Bay, William Callahan of La Crosse, and Auxiliary Bishops Jeffrey Haines, James Schuerman, and Emeritus Richard Sklba, all of Milwaukee, and the Very Reverend James Tobloski, representing Bishop James Powers of Superior, will lead the service.

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Kevin Wondrash

Holy Family Parish in La Valle celebrates church centennial

LA VALLE — Holy Family Parish in La Valle will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the erection of its church with a special Mass on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 12 noon, with Bishop Robert C. Morlino presiding.

The church is located at 310 Bluff St. in La Valle. Fr. Sanctus K. Ibe is the pastor.

Dates back to 1915

Holy Family Catholic Parish of La Valle originated in 1915 under the leadership of Father Kriel. The first services were held in a vacant shoe store.

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Bishop Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison

Meditate on Mary during month of May and special Fatima year

Dear Friends,

This month of May is, as always, a month for honoring and devoting ourselves to Mary, the Mother of God.

And in a particular way, as was marked by Pope Francis last week during his Apostolic visit to Portugal, we commemorate 100 years since the Blessed Virgin appeared several times to the three “shepherd children.” The two of those children who died in their youth are now Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco Marto, having been canonized by Pope Francis on Saturday, and the third, Servant of God Sr. Maria Lucia, who only passed from this life in 2005, has her cause for canonization underway.

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Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

Fatima at 100: Story of apparitions continues to attract attention

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This postcard, set for release by the Vatican May 4, marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary to the three shepherd children in Fatima May 13, 1917. (CNS photo/courtesy of Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office)

While conversion and prayer are at the heart of Mary’s messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained phenomenon that accompanied the events 100 years ago continue to intrigue believers and nonbelievers alike.

The apparitions of Mary at Fatima in 1917 were not the first supernatural events reported there.

Two years before Mary appeared to the three shepherd children — Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto — they saw a strange sight while praying the Rosary in the field, according to the memoirs of Sister Lucia, who had become a Carmelite nun.

“We had hardly begun when, there before our eyes, we saw a figure poised in the air above the trees; it looked like a statue made of snow, rendered almost transparent by the rays of the sun,” she wrote, describing what they saw in 1915.

The next year, Francisco and Jacinta received permission to tend their family’s flocks and Lucia decided to join her cousins in a field owned by their families.

It was 1916 when the mysterious figure appeared again, this time approaching close enough “to distinguish its features.”

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Kevin Wondrash

Plenary indulgence for Fatima 100th anniversary at Durward’s Glen

BARABOO — Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity throughout the Fatima 100th anniversary year. There are three ways of obtaining the indulgence.

Obtaining indulgence

To obtain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must fulfill the ordinary conditions, go to Confession and Communion, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, in addition to the following:

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