For the past decade and a half, the eighth day of the Easter Octave has become a time of celebration in its own right.
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At Chrism Mass, Bishop blesses oils
It was an hour before Mass and the parking lot at St. Maria Goretti Church in Madison was already filling up.
It was a familiar sight that both spring and Holy Week have arrived.
Fort Atkinson Parish, School unveil mosaic
After several months of planning, and only a few days of hard work to put it together, St. Joseph Parish and School in Fort Atkinson has a “museum quality site” that parishioners and students will “cherish for years.”
New pipe organ celebrates ‘connections’
Whether because it was a “pot of gold” at the end of the rainbow just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, or a dream “fulfilled” for one pastor, a newly-installed pipe organ at St. Patrick Parish in Doylestown was a reason to celebrate.
More than 120 catechumens and candidates participate in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion
A range of emotions were seen on the faces of more than 120 soon-to-be full members of the Catholic Church on Sunday, Feb. 22, at St. John the Baptist Church in Waunakee.
‘Principal for the Day’
On Friday, Feb. 6, Max Jonas walked the halls of St. Joseph School in Fort Atkinson, gussied up in a dress shirt, tie, and sport coat, like any school principal would — checking in on all the classrooms, greeting students and staff, and also helping out in gym class.
Teens unite in faith and fun at Frassati Fest
“I’ve never known anyone who’s gone to Frassati Fest and hasn’t had a good time.”
That’s how youth minister Andy Schindhelm from Blessed Trinity Parish in Lodi and Dane sums up the “coolest weekend around for Catholic High School students in the Diocese of Madison.”
Apostolate to the Handicapped holds annual Christmas party
One of the most commonly-used words during the Advent season, as everyone looks ahead to Christmas, is “tradition.”
She has goal to serve Mass in all 50 states
Her “goal is to be a saint.”
When 16-year-old Kara Jackson’s mother, Christina, helps her daughter tell her story, it all starts there — she wants to be a saint.
St. Peter School celebrates the ‘Miracle at Midnight’
PHOTO: ‘Mary’ and ‘Joseph’ — St. Peter School, Ashton, students Stephanie Kalscheuer and Peter Volkman — smile with the student cast of ‘Miracle at Midnight,’ at the conclusion of the school’s annual Christmas program.