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Bishop Donald J. Hying

The second movement of the kerygma

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What a difference a year makes! Who could have imagined last Advent the place we would find ourselves in at this moment?

The COVID pandemic, the presidential election, and the ongoing violence in our cities have completely changed and challenged us in unimaginable ways. The entire human race is hurting. We can see the power of sin and death all around us.

This Advent, I have never felt the need for prayer more profoundly or heard the longings of the Old Testament prophets more keenly.

We seek liberation. We desire a savior. We need Jesus Christ and all that He has to give us.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Deacon Kumud Nayak to be ordained to the priesthood on December 7

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Deacon Kumud Nayak

MADISON — Deacon Kumud Chandra Nayak is set to complete his journey to the priesthood.

The transitional deacon, currently assigned to St. Olaf Parish in DeForest, is scheduled to be ordained on Monday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. in the oratory at Holy Name Heights in Madison.

Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison will celebrate the Mass.

The Mass is not open to the public. Only those with tickets — personal guests of Deacon Nayak — will be admitted.

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Bishop Donald J. Hying

Understanding the kerygma

In the initial efforts to launch our Go Make Disciples evangelizing initiative, the word, “kerygma” comes up often.

Meaning “proclamation” in the original Greek, the kerygma is the essence of the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ distilled to its shining essence.

In the Acts of the Apostles, Simon Peter stands up on Pentecost morning, addresses the assembled crowd, and proclaims that this Jesus, whom they crucified, God has made both Lord and Savior.

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Catholic Herald Staff

Appointments (11-20-2020)

Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following priest appointment and deacon assignments made by Most Reverend Donald J. Hying, Bishop of Madison, effective Friday, November 20, 2020

• Rev. Fr. Michael Radowicz, to Presbyteral Advisor to the Office of the Permanent Diaconate, from Director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate, and remaining as pastor, St. Bernard Parish, Madison.

• Deacon Christopher Schmelzer, to Director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate, with any parish deacon assignment remaining.

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Bishop Donald J. Hying

Always be thankful

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I speak often of gratitude as a foundation of the spiritual life; giving thanks to God and others for the remarkable gifts we receive is a hallmark of our fundamental posture of humility before the Lord.

When we acknowledge everything as a gracious gift, an undeserved grace, we can live in wonder, awe, and generosity as we contemplate the astonishing miracle of our existence.

For many, this Thanksgiving will be difficult because of COVID.

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Bishop Donald J. Hying

An autumn reflection

The bare tree outside my office, which only days ago was laden with fiery red leaves, reminds me that autumn is rapidly moving us towards the snow and cold of winter, as nature falls asleep.

This fallow period of dormancy, rest, and apparent lifelessness we know well, both because we live in Wisconsin, where our trees are leafless six months out of the year and because we have tasted the cycles of the Paschal Mystery, the dying and rising of Christ.

The poignancy of these colder and darker November days speaks of the golden summer now past, the brevity of life as we pray for the dead and the cycle of the seasons of the heart.

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Jane Lepeska Grinde, Catholic Herald Correspondent

Farmers invited to Rural Life Listening Sessions

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Tom Nelson, far right, member of St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Monroe, works in the St. Thomas Aquinas outreach garden in Madison. With him, from left, are St. Thomas Aquinas parishioners Neil Vassau, Paul Scheffelman, and Tom Hartberg.
(Photo by Jane Lepeska Grinde)
NOTE: The first Rural Life Listening Session scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, in Highland has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No decisions have been made yet on other scheduled sessions in November. A session in Iowa County will be rescheduled sometime after January 1.

MADISON — “Our bishop has planted the seeds, and now we must cultivate and tend the row so the harvest may be fruitful and sustaining across the heartland of our rural diocesan home,” said Tom Nelson, diocesan rural life coordinator in announcing three Rural Life Listening Sessions to be held this month.

The first session will be on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Ss. Anthony and Philip Church, 726 Main St. in Highland.

The next session will be on Monday, Nov. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at St. Clare of Assisi Parish, St. Victor Church, 1760 14th St. in Monroe.

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