MADISON — Along with so many other problems increased by the COVID-19 pandemic, many services for women seeking help with their pregnancies have been stretched very thin.
An inspiring new effort is taking place across the United States, to discover, share, and create new resources to help women and their families when they are in need during a difficult or unexpected pregnancy.
The U.S. bishops started a unifying and heart-warming task in 2019. It is called “Walking with Moms in Need.”This Lent, my parish has been focusing on the character of Simon of Cyrene along Jesus’ walk to Calvary.
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QUESTION: “Especially as the cold settles in this winter, I want to reach out to the homeless in my community. At the same time, this is outside of my comfort zone and I’m afraid of being asked to take on burdens that I’m not ready for. What is a good balance to strike?”
RESPONSE: Sarah Lowrey, M.S. Student at the IPS Center for the Psychological Services
How beautiful that you want to serve and make a difference in your community!
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In John 3:16 it says, “For God so loved the world that God gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but have might have eternal life.”
Gilbert Keith Chesterton wrote, “Out of love for us, the mighty hands that created the sun, moon, and stars became so tiny that they could not reach up to touch the noses of the oxen who tried to warm him with their hayed breath.”
Deeply moved by the infant Jesus, St. Thérèse of Lisieux asked, “Why should we fear God who became a tiny baby?”
MADISON — Through the effort of Pregnancy Helpline of Madison and the National Diaper Bank Network, the week of September 8 to 14 has been proclaimed Diaper Need Awareness Week in Wisconsin as a result of the great amount of needed support.
People are encouraged to aid this critical issue by donating funds or diapers during Diaper Need Awareness Week. Diapers can be dropped off at three Madison Shopko stores September 8 to 14. Diapers can also be brought to the Lil Badger Consignment Sale in Monona September 11 to 13.
Donations can be made online at www.pregnancyhelpline.net
MADISON — “This is your work. We do this work in your name.”
Dr. Carolyn Woo, CEO and president of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), emphasized those words as she began her talk on Friday, April 11, at the Bishop O’Connor Center in Madison.
Her presentation was the first of 2014’s two lectures in the St. Thérèse series in the Diocese of Madison.
