newspaper – Madison Catholic Herald Archive (2001-2025)

Third in a series on the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Madison

The Milwaukee Catholic Herald Citizen had been published for many years and often included news from southwestern Wisconsin and the Madison area.

However, Bishop William P. O’Connor wanted a diocesan newspaper for the new Diocese of Madison. In the fall of 1947, the Madison edition of the Catholic Herald Citizen made its debut.

Priest named editor

Bishop O’Connor asked Fr. Andrew R. Breines (later Msgr.), a diocesan priest, to take journalism courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then became editor of the Madison paper in 1948. The paper’s name was changed to the Catholic Herald in 1982.

Please keep the print edition of paper

To the editor:

I read with interest your Editor’s View column for the week of February 4.

I know printed articles are expensive to do. However, I really sincerely hope that you do not do everything online in the future.

I like the newspaper version and read it every week.

Catholic Herald calls him back for second, third time

To the editor:

We are lucky and I am thankful to get the chance to read the good news. The Catholic Herald paper calls me back a second and third time to make sure something wasn’t missed.