When Deacon Roger Scholbrock is scheduled to preach at churches around St. Joseph the Worker Pastorate, he brings a traveling healing ministry with him.
Tag: Into the Deep
Schools, youth efforts seek to drive pastorate toward unity
When Msgr. Donn Heiar visits the two Catholic schools in St. Teresa of Calcutta Pastorate, his interactions with students showcase what is hoped to be accomplished through Into the Deep.
New vicariates announced
As part of “maintenance to mission,” the Into the Deep strategic planning initiative has resulted in organizing parishes and churches into pastorates and eventually new parishes in the Diocese of Madison.
Parish merger announced 7-19-25
The Diocese of Madison has announced the merger of a new parish — St. Maximilian Kolbe — as of July 19.
Unity as part of the Catholic Church
Unity is one of the four marks of the Church, which is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.
This unity finds its source in Christ, who, during the Last Supper, prayed that His followers would always be united.
A new priest’s reflection on Into the Deep
Let’s face it. Into the Deep is tough. With so many changes these past two years, it’s hard to see why we started all this reconstruction in the first place.
Though there are many reasons that I can use to prove that Into the Deep is “worth it,” I want to share with you just one perspective, specifically the benefits of Into the Deep for the new priest.
The progress of Go Make Disciples and Into the Deep
Five years ago, the Diocese of Madison launched Go Make Disciples, our evangelizing initiative to live the mission of the Church. Two years ago, we launched Into the Deep, our strategic restructuring of our parishes to better utilize our resources in the service of that mission.
Answers to the most common Into the Deep questions
Why is this taking so long? I thought we were supposed to be done by now.
Two years in: Parishes reflect on the journey of Into the Deep
As the Diocese of Madison marks two years since launching the Into the Deep realignment process, the Catholic Herald reached out to pastors, staff, and parishioners from three merged parishes to get a candid look at how the transition is unfolding.
Going into the deep and making disciples
In the spring of 2020, the Diocese of Madison launched the Go Make Disciples initiative in all parishes. The goal that year was to create a plan and opportunity for every parish to go from maintenance to mission by first focusing on a small group of believers — their Go Make Disciples teams.