Protocol #: 015-2020
Whereas, during this time of disease, it has been necessary to take such drastic measures as the cancellation of all public celebrations of the Holy Mass in order to protect the public health by slowing the spread of contagion;
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St. Paul’s University Catholic Center membership clarified
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino has issued a decree clarifying the status of the “community of faithful” constituting the “personal parish” at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center in Madison.
Bishop Morlino notes that in 1967, Bishop Cletus F. O’Donnell erected the personal parish of St. Paul, indicating who would be considered members of the parish and further stipulating that registration would be required for parish membership.
Decree of Abrogation
Whereas the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, exists on earth as a visible society, which must be well and lawfully ordered in order to manifest the Lord’s presence to the world effectively; and …
Decree Designating a Place of Pilgrimage for the Year of Faith and Determining Certain Days for Obtaining a Plenary Indulgence
Whereas our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in the hope of arousing in every believer the aspiration to profess the faith in fullness and with renewed conviction, of intensifying the celebration of the faith in the liturgy, and of encouraging the faithful to rediscover the content of the faith that is professed, celebrated, lived, and prayed, has proclaimed a Year of Faith from October 11, 2012, to November 24, 2013;
St. Michael, Dane and St. Patrick, Lodi merger
St. Michael Parish, Dane, and St. Patrick Parish, Lodi, are merged into Blessed Trinity Parish.
Ridgeway, Barneveld merger
Decree of Canonical Merger:
St. Bridget Parish, Ridgeway, and Immaculate Conception Parish, Barneveld, into St. Bernadette Parish in the County of Iowa in the State of Wisconsin.