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Kevin Wondrash

Blue Mass to be held for law enforcement personnel

MADISON — St. Bernard Parish, along with the Knights of Columbus St. Bernard Council and the Bishop William O’Connor 4th Degree Assembly, are sponsoring a Blue Mass, in thanksgiving for their faithful service, for all law enforcement personnel and all fire personnel on Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Bernard Church, 2450 Atwood Ave.

All law enforcement officers and fire personnel — both active and retired, regardless of faith — are invited to attend in full uniform. This includes police, sheriff, Department of Natural Resources personnel, firefighters, EMTs, and EMS personnel.

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Kevin Wondrash

St. Vincent de Paul Youth Service Council develops new scholarship, plans hike

MADISON — The Madison St. Vincent de Paul Youth Service Council (SVdP YSC) continues to organize a variety of service, faith, and friendship activities throughout the year.

New scholarship

A new initiative this academic year was the creation and development of a scholarship designed to provide financial support for future education to a high school senior qualifying for free/reduced lunch.

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Kevin Wondrash

Holy Week services

Following are special Holy Week services being held in various places in the Diocese of Madison area.

Stations of the Cross at Durward’s Glen

BARABOO — Fr. Pedro Escribano will lead the Stations of the Cross at Durward’s Glen Retreat Center on Good Friday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. Participants can meet on the chapel porch.

The outdoor stations will be used unless the weather forces use of the indoor stations at the Immaculate Conception Chapel. All are welcome.

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Why service matters in Catholic schools

During my own 12 years of Catholic school education, students were encouraged to be involved in service projects at school, in our parishes, and in our communities.

I can still remember Aquinas High School students in La Crosse in 1965 sandbagging along the Mississipi River. Severe flooding had caused the river to crest at 16 feet, nearly four feet above flood stage. Many students came out to help save the community.

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Kevin Wondrash

Students in Monona collect art supplies for flood affected schools

MONONA — The third and fourth graders at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School in Monona started the year with a service project to help people affected by the flood in Louisiana.

Sr. Sue Keim, second grade teacher at IHM, has a sister, Judy, and nieces and nephews who live in one of the hardest hit areas of Louisiana.

Judy is a member of Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Denham Springs, La., which sustained considerable damage in the floods

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Service Fair for Edgewood High students

MADISON — As a new school year got underway, incoming freshmen at Edgewood High School in Madison got a chance to get started living the Sinsinawa Dominican values of Truth, Compassion, Justice, Partnership, and Community.

On September 14, the school held its first Service Fair in the school’s Wilke Gymnasium.

Representatives from several local organizations were on hand to meet with students interested in getting involved and helping others.

Edgewood High School students are required to complete 100 hours of service prior to graduation.

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Kevin Wondrash

Youth Service Council raises money for the poor in Lebanon

MADISON — The Madison Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Youth Service Council (YSC) recently sent more than $1,000 to St. Vincent de Paul-Lebanon to assist the poor, unemployed, and refugees there.

While attending a national St. Vincent de Paul meeting in Providence, R.I., last fall, YSC members Claire Finucane and DC Morris heard Julien Spiewak, the society’s international secretary general, outline the struggles the country of Lebanon currently faces and how the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is trying to help.

Challenges in Lebanon

The SVdP has been active in Lebanon since 1860 but has recently faced greater challenges than usual.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Edgewood, St. Ambrose students come together to celebrate Catholic Schools Week

MADISON — While many students may have hoped for a snow day, and extra sleep, on February 2, the day’s less than anticipated snow fall gave them an opportunity to give thanks and give back.

Edgewood High School (EHS) students, along with high school students from St. Ambrose Academy in Madison, arrived at the EHS Wilke Gymnasium this morning for a Mass celebrating Catholic Schools Week.

The annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States ran from January 31 to February 6. Schools across the diocese had a variety of fun and faith-filled events for students, faculty, and parents.

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Jean Mueller

Gather facts while choosing an assisted living facility

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Q. My mother made the decision to move to an assisted living facility.

The challenges of keeping up her home while attending to her own health have caused far too much stress for her.

She made the decision on her own and shared this with the family at a recent gathering.

Although we (siblings) are saddened to see mom move out of our family home, we are simultaneously relieved that hopefully life will be easier for her. We have started touring various facilities and find them to be very different.

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