STOUGHTON — All married couples are invited to a Roundup Square Dance sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter in the Madison community on Saturday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Ann gym, 323 N. Van Buren St.
There is a 5:15 p.m. Mass for those who wish to attend beforehand. A potluck dinner and drinks will be followed by two hours of square dancing guided by an official caller.
MADISON — Michael C. Koval, chief of police of Madison, brings an interesting skill set to speak to Catholic attorneys at the St. Thomas More Society meeting on Friday, May 1, at 7:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Church, 404 E. Main St.
Koval holds a journalism degree from UW-Madison and a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. He will speak on “Law Enforcement and Lawyers.”
MADISON — Christopher West, globally recognized as a leading chastity speaker and author, will speak to University of Wisconsin-Madison’s students Thursday, April 23, at 7:15 p.m., at St. Paul University Catholic Center, 723 State St.
Badger Catholic invites all students and their friends to join the organization’s speaker event, “What is Love? A New Sexual Revolution.”
During the event, students will have the opportunity to learn more about “Theology of the Body,” a bold, biblical vision of love and sexuality written by St. John Paul II.
MADISON — St. Thomas Aquinas Parish will host a Family Fun(d) Night, “Heads, Shoulders, Kneelers, Toes,” on Saturday, May 2, beginning after the 4:30 p.m. Mass in the social hall and gathering area, 602 Everglade Dr. This family-centered event will help to raise funds to purchase new kneelers for the church.
Tickets are $15 per person, $25 a couple, or $40 for families with parents and children under 18 years of age.
For the past decade and a half, the eighth day of the Easter Octave has become a time of celebration in its own right.
MADISON — The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison will perform free concerts on Wednesday, April 29, 7 p.m., at Oakwood West; Friday, May 1, 7:30 p.m., at Monona United Methodist Church; and Sunday, May 3, 2 p.m., at Bethany United Methodist Church.
The chorus, under the direction of Patrick Gorman, will perform Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning with soloist Shannon O’Brien-Kaszuba.
Considered the Dean of American Music, Copland composed the choral work in 1947, setting 38 verses from the Book of Genesis.
MADISON — Pope Francis’ universal prayer intention for the month of April this year is “That people may learn to respect creation and care for it as a gift of God.”
This summer the pope is expected to issue an encyclical on ecology.
In synch with the pope’s prayer intention and in anticipation of his encyclical, Steve Coleman, a parishioner of St. Dennis Parish in Madison and a retired mechanical engineer, will present “A Catholic Response to Global Warming” on Thursday, April 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 602 Everglade Dr.
Women of the diocese are invited to spring vicariate meetings scheduled at St. John the Baptist Church, Princeton, April 22; Holy Ghost Church, Dickeyville, April 23; and St. Joseph Church, Baraboo, April 25.
Rosa Ropers, president of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW), encourages women to attend a gathering to pray, socialize, and learn with other Catholic women in their area.
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.
MADISON — Even as St. Paul University Catholic Center has been a fixture of the Madison-area Catholic community for over 100 years, there’s always something new being added to offer the life of the faith and the Catholic presence to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
