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Kevin Wondrash

World-famous statue of Mary to visit Monroe in October

MONROE — The World Apostolate of Fatima will bring its United Nations Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to St. Victor Church, 1760 14th St., Monroe, on Saturday, Oct. 5, to Monday, Oct. 7.

This statue of Mary is based in Rhode Island and is owned by the Fatima Sanctuary in Portugal. One of the four International Pilgrim Virgin statues, it was blessed by Pope Pius XII, and shortly thereafter it began being taken on a continuous worldwide pilgrimage on May 13, 1947, the 30th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary at Fatima.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, appeared several times to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. The Catholic Church venerates Mary’s appearances there by giving her the title of “Our Lady of Fatima.”

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Kevin Wondrash

A special invitation to all people with disabilities, shut-ins, the elderly, and their caregivers

PORTAGE — St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Portage, will be celebrating a Mass in remembrance of Blessed Margaret of Costello for the cognitive and physically disabled and their parents, caregivers, and guardians.

The celebration will be on Saturday, April 27, at the 4 p.m. Mass. People of all faiths are invited and welcome. There will be a delicious dinner to follow in the school cafeteria.

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Kevin Wondrash

A special invitation to all people with disabilities, shut-ins, the elderly, and their caregivers

PORTAGE — St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Portage, will be celebrating a Mass in remembrance of Blessed Margaret of Costello for the cognitive and physically disabled and their parents, caregivers, and guardians.

The celebration will be on Saturday, April 27, at the 4 p.m. Mass. People of all faiths are invited and welcome. There will be a delicious dinner to follow in the school cafeteria.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

New school year, new playgrounds

MONONA/DARLINGTON — Students at Catholic schools in Monona and Darlington will have more to look forward to as the school year starts than just seeing their friends again and learning new lessons.

Both Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School in Monona and Holy Rosary School in Darlington have just completed building their new playgrounds, fully ready for recess times.

A common goal

The new playground at IHM was the culmination of a two-year process.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Immaculate Heart of Mary School to start all-year early childhood program

MONONA — “They’re going to get a whole lot of Jesus, and that’s a good thing,” said Callie Meiller, principal of Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School in Monona.

She spoke on the new all-year round, full-time early childhood program starting at the school this fall.

It will be open to children ages three to five.

A new opportunity

The program is taking the place of the preschool program, which previously ran only two-day and three-day programs during the school year.

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John Joy

Creed of the People of God, Part Four

Knowing Your Faith column

John Joy

Continuing on with our series on the Creed of the People of God, in honor of its 50th anniversary this year, the next two sections are about the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This creed of Pope Paul VI is based on the Nicene Creed we say at Mass, but it goes into greater detail about what Catholics are required to believe in order to be “practicing Catholics” and (more importantly) in order have that faith without which we cannot be saved.

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