BLOOMINGTON — Families at St. Mary School in Bloomington recently hosted students and a teacher from Shijiazhuang No. 40 Middle School in China. They learned about American education and culture during their two-week stay.
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St. Maria Goretti School wins national art grant
MADISON — St. Maria Goretti School (SMG) in Madison has received a $2,500 grant from American Girl as a runner-up winner of the national American Girl Elevate the Arts School Grant Contest.
According to the American Girl website, “American Girl, in partnership with Americans for the Arts, invited elementary school art teachers to submit student projects and an essay about how their schools value art, as well as how a grant would be used to further art in their schools. With hundreds of entries from schools across the country, determining the winners was challenging. Using criteria of artistic merit, effort, and effective expression of the theme, our judging committee rewarded 13 schools with grants totaling $45,000.”
St. Vincent de Paul celebrates grand opening of new store
STOUGHTON — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is grateful for the warm welcome the new Stoughton “St. Vinny’s” location has received from customers and the community since opening the store’s doors in late August.
The large new store, located at 1509 U.S. Highway 51/138, replaced a smaller location — now closed — that the society had operated in Stoughton since 1991.
Grand opening celebration
A grand opening celebration will be held at the new location from Thursday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 6. Light refreshments will be served each day, and the newest Dane County St. Vinny’s thrift store will offer the following promotions:
Helping university students see life in Jesus Christ
MADISON — “Without St. Paul’s,” University of Wisconsin-Madison student Jamie Wheeler reflects, “without the guidance it offers . . . ” She pauses. Then she smiles. “We would be missing the Big Picture.”
Jamie is a chemistry Ph.D. student from Texas. Three years ago, she made the big move north to study at the University of Wisconsin.
The “Big Picture” Jamie refers to is, of course, life in Jesus Christ. Students like Jamie can’t even imagine what their years of formation as young adults would be like without the grounding they receive at St. Paul University Catholic Center.
Young adults coming out of the shelter of home and into a world-class campus like the University of Wisconsin face what too often becomes a subconscious decision to the Big Question: now that my parents aren’t around to drag me to Mass on Sunday, am I going to keep the faith or leave it behind?
West Dane Vicariate meeting October 8
MARTINSVLLE — The West Dane Council of Catholic Women (CCW) will meet Tuesday, Oct. 8, at St. Martin Parish Center, 5959 St. Martin Cir., Cross Plains. Registration is from 8:30 to 9 a.m., followed by business meeting. The theme is “Made in God’s Image.”
Rona Neri-Bergmann and Genna Eaton from the Waunakee Neighborhood Connection (WNC) will speak at 10, focusing on “seeing God in everyone we meet and treating everyone with respect.”
Renovated student chapel blessed in Platteville
PLATTEVILLE — A new era at St. Augustine University Catholic Parish began on September 8 when Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison blessed the recently-renovated chapel.
The project lasted all summer and “was well worth it,” according to parish development director Carly Hood.
The project came to life from the suggestions of parishioners. Hood met with many of them back in December when she first moved to the area.
West Dane Vicariate meeting October 8
MARTINSVLLE — The West Dane Council of Catholic Women (CCW) will meet Tuesday, Oct. 8, at St. Martin Parish Center, 5959 St. Martin Cir., Cross Plains. Registration is from 8:30 to 9 a.m., followed by business meeting. The theme is “Made in God’s Image.”
Rona Neri-Bergmann and Genna Eaton from the Waunakee Neighborhood Connection (WNC) will speak at 10, focusing on “seeing God in everyone we meet and treating everyone with respect.”
Going forward and looking back
MADISON — As the 2013 National Assembly of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul entered its third full scheduled day of events, it was a time to look back on how all the society’s works started.
The year 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Retreat on Ozanam’s life
A crowded Grand Ballroom at the Concourse Hotel in Madison, filled with members and volunteers from all across the country, spent part of the morning in a retreat, reflecting on Ozanam’s life.
The retreat was led by Ralph Middlecamp, society executive director for the district council of Madison, and by Sr. Kieran Kneaves, Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul since 1958.
St. Henry Parish to host Family Trivia Night
WATERTOWN — St. Henry Parish, 412 N. Fourth St., will host its second annual “Family Trivia Night” on Saturday, Oct. 12. The event is sponsored by the Home and School Association.
“Gather your family and friends, dust off your gray matter, and join us for some light-hearted competition involving trivial matters,” said Katie Schroeder, member of the St. Henry Trivia Committee.
Virtual pilgrimage
All area Catholics are invited to encounter Our Lady and St. Bernadette through a “Virtual Pilgrimage of Lourdes” which will take place at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 209 South St., on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m.