

September 21, 2006 Edition • Volume 136, No. 34 • Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

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Services: To be held for Fr. John Walsh

-- Posted: 9/26/2006, 6:52 p.m. Central Time


	Fr. John B. Walsh

LAKE MILLS -- A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 602 College St., Lake Mills, for Fr. John B. Walsh, 78, pastor emeritus of the Diocese of Madison, who died September 22.

Bishop Robert C. Morlino will be the principal celebrant of the Mass and Fr. David Runde will be the homilist.

Visitation will be Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 8 p.m., at Joyce-Ryan Funeral Home, 5701 Odana Rd., Madison, and at St. Francis Xavier Church on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 10 to 11 a.m.

Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill., on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 12 noon.

Father Walsh was born on September 11, 1928 in Chicago, Ill., to Ellen and Bartholomew Walsh. Siblings Cleta Herman and Thomas Walsh survive him.

He served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1956. He then studied philosophy at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill., and theology at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Bishop William P. O'Connor ordained Father Walsh a priest on May 25, 1957 at St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison.

He served as assistant pastor at St. John Vianney Parish, Janesville, and St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison. He became a chaplain in the Wisconsin National Guard in 1959, served on active duty with the United States Army in 1961-62, and was honorably discharged in 1969.

Following active duty he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Thomas Parish, Beloit, and instructor at Beloit Catholic High School (BCHS). He continued at BCHS while serving his first pastorate at St. Augustine Parish, Footville.

He also served as pastor at St. Joseph Parish, Edgerton; St. Joseph Parish, Baraboo; and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Lake Mills, with the mission of St. Mary Magdalene Parish, Johnson Creek, from which he retired in 2001.

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Bishop Morlino:
Names new vicar general, cathedral rector


	Fr. Donald J. Heiar, Jr.	Fr. Kevin D. Holmes

MADISON -- The appointment of Msgr. Paul J. Swain as eighth bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D. necessitated that Bishop Robert C. Morlino fill two positions he held: vicar general and rector of St. Raphael Cathedral and pastor of Holy Redeemer and St. Patrick Parishes.

Bishop Morlino has appointed Fr. Donald J. Heiar, Jr., as vicar general of the Diocese of Madison and Fr. Kevin D. Holmes as rector of St. Raphael Cathedral and pastor of Holy Redeemer and St. Patrick Parishes in Madison.

	Related articles: August 31, 2006 edition: • Pope Benedict XVI Names Msgr. Paul J. Swain Eighth Bishop of Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota • More articles on St. Raphael Cathedral

Bishop Morlino commented, "I am very pleased to appoint Father Heiar and Father Holmes to their respective new assignments. Father Heiar will be my trusted collaborator in the day-to-day governance of the diocese, and Father Holmes will be my trusted collaborator in my preaching and teaching office at the Cathedral Church and a most able pastor of our parish communities at Holy Redeemer and St. Patrick's."

Father Heiar is a native of Viroqua. He attended UW-Platteville and did his seminary studies at Mundelein Seminary in Ill. Father Heiar was ordained to the priesthood in 2000. Full story ...

Garden of Innocence:
Remembering babies who have died

By Pat Casucci
CATHOLIC HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BELOIT -- Three pink tulips were carefully placed on the large granite monument in the Garden of Innocence at Mt. Thabor Cemetery, following the blessing ceremony by Bishop Robert C. Morlino.

They seemed to reflect the love of the group of more than 150 persons who gathered in the serene setting on a recent sunny afternoon.

Remembering babies

	Those interested in remembering a recent or past death of a baby can call the cemetery office at 608-754-3472 for information.

The Garden of Innocence is dedicated exclusively for the burial and/or the memorialization of the unborn. "There is now a place to bury these babies, or to memorialize babies who have died years ago but were not buried or remembered with a memorial," explained Sandy Blevins, who is the driving force for the project. Full story ...

Apostolate Mass:
'Just because we are'

By Tom Michele
CATHOLIC HERALD CORRESPONDENT

LAKE DELTON -- The rain didn't bother most people as Mass soon got underway. They huddled under umbrellas and ponchos like Green Bay Packers fans in an ice storm, blizzard, or rain.

Mass went on and the rain quit after 10 minutes, returned for a few more minutes, finally leaving.

That was part of the scene, but not the mood, of the annual Mass for the Apostolate to the Handicapped August 25 on stage at the Tommy Bartlett Water Ski Shows in Lake Delton. Full story ...

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