Alleluia! During this time, when so many seek hope, may the blessing of Our Risen Savior, our only sure hope, be with you all. Let us look to Jesus Christ, who in generous love gave His life for mankind and who has risen from the dead, to find the hope which will not disappoint! May you and your families have a joyous Easter! He is Risen! Alleluia!
	Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino Bishop of Madison	Most Reverend William H. Bullock Bishop emeritus
	Most Reverend George O. Wirz Retired auxiliary bishop

The Lenten poster for Catholic Relief Services says, "Through the eyes of faith, the starving child, the believer in jail, and the woman without clean water or health care are not issues, but Jesus in disguise." Blessed Mother Theresa frequently mentioned seeing the people she served as "Jesus in disguise."

The people of the Diocese of Madison have their eyes and hearts open to see through disguises! The generous hearts of people set a new record of raising $115,887.46 in last year's Catholic Relief Services (CRS) collection, a whopping 80 percent more than the previous year. The Office of National Collections took notice and presented an award to Susanna Herro, for the diocese, at the Catholic Social Ministries Gathering, in Washington, D.C. in February.

Operation Rice Bowl, the humble Lenten project where cardboard is folded into a small "rice bowl" to accept Lenten sacrifices, is also part of CRS. People are encouraged to pray, fast, learn about other countries (www.crs.org), and to give of their bounty. While 75 percent of this generous outpouring alleviates hunger in other countries, the remaining 25 percent goes to our neighbors within the 11 counties of our diocese.

Mobile food pantry

A great partnership has developed between the Catholic Charities, Second Harvest, and the Office of Justice and Pastoral Outreach. Catholic Charities provides a Mobile Food Pantry to six parishes in the diocese. Each parish provides volunteers one day a month to help distribute the food, but the parish does not need to fundraise, purchase, or store food. All that is taken care of by Catholic Charities and Second Harvest.

Fr. Bart Timmerman is pastor of St. Mary Parish, Bloomington, and St. John Parish, Patch Grove, where he now runs the largest mobile food pantry in Grant County. He said, "It was hard to get started because none of us had run a food pantry before. But through lots of discussion, we decided on where, when, and how. We only served 13 people the first time, but now we're serving over 70 families."   Full story ...

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