News Briefs: Training sessions offered MADISON -- The Diocese of Madison's Office of Pastoral Services is sponsoring training sessions for pastoral and finance council members, commission members, staff, and clergy. Each session includes norms and guidelines for councils and commissions; relationships between councils; relationships between councils and commissions; setting an agenda; conducting meetings; suggestions for effective commissions and councils. All sessions will be held at the following locations from 6 to 9 p.m.: Wednesday, June 19, at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, Madison; Tuesday, July 16, at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, Madison; Thursday, Sept. 5, at St. Mary Church, Platteville; Monday, Sept. 9, at St. John the Baptist Parish, Montello. Parish workshops for council and commission members may also be scheduled for individual parishes through the Office of Pastoral Services. For more information, call 608-821-3083. Divine Savior run-walk PORTAGE -- At 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, the public is invited to participate in the Divine Savior Healthcare Canal Days Run/Walk. The event consists of three running events (one-mile, five-kilometers and 10-kilometers) and two fun walks (one-mile and five-kilometer). The course starts and finishes near the Chamber Mall. Trophies, medals, and ribbons will be awarded to individuals. There is also a traveling trophy for first place teams in the 5K and 10K races. T-shirts, refreshments, and eligibility for door prizes are included in the entry fee. After May 28, fees are $20 per person. Registrations are accepted on race day until 8:45 a.m. More information and entry forms are available by calling Tracy at 608-745-5165. Screenings in Columbus, Princeton COLUMBUS/PRINCETON -- Life Line Screening is offering health screenings Thursday, June 6, at St. Jerome Church in Columbus and Monday, June 10, at St. John Church in Princeton. Life Line Screening will offer three primary health screenings to detect the risk of stroke and vascular disease: Carotid Artery Screening test, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) test, and Ankle Brachial Index (ABI). Life Line Screening will also offer a bone density screening. Anyone interested in either the vascular or bone density screenings must register in advance. Call 1-800-407-4557 to schedule an appointment. All-night adoration WATERTOWN -- Watertown Knights of Columbus Council 1478 will sponsor an all-night Eucharistic Adoration Friday, May 31, at Saint Bernard Church, beginning at 8 p.m. Friday and concluding at 7:45 a.m. Saturday. Call Phil Nachazel at 920-262-0097 or Steve Kraemer at 920-261-6765 for more information. Corpus Christi procession PERRY -- A Corpus Christi procession will immediately follow the 10:30 a.m. Mass at Holy Redeemer Parish here Sunday, June 2. Participants will recite the rosary and sing songs during the procession, which begins in the church and continues outdoors around the church, weather permitting. Leading the procession will be Fr. Paul U. Arinze, pastor, who will stop at three different stone chapels on the church grounds featuring statues such as the Sacred Heart of Jesus, built by parishioners.

Ordination to priesthood:
Bishop ordains three new priests
to serve diocese

By Mary C. Uhler
CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

MADISON -- Trumpets sounded, followed by the majestic sounds of the organ.

Then, the congregation joined in singing, "Lord, you give the great commission" as the procession began. Bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians, and readers walked slowly up the aisle toward the sanctuary of St. Raphael Cathedral.

The ordination Mass on Friday, May 24, was a solemn yet joyful occasion. Following the rites passed down for countless generations, Bishop William H. Bullock ordained three men as priests for the Diocese of Madison: Michael Eugene Moon, Tait Cameron Schroeder, and David Allen Wanish.

"It is with great joy that we gather this evening to ordain our brothers to the order of priest," said Bullock in greeting those present.

Calling of candidates

The ordination rite began when Msgr. Paul J. Swain, vicar general and diocesan vocation director, called forth the candidates for ordination. As their names were called, each of the ordinands stepped forward and said "present" in a loud voice.

Bullock asked Swain if he judged the men worthy for ordination. Swain replied that he testified to their worthiness.

"We hereby choose our brothers for ordination," said the bishop. His statement was followed by applause from the congregation as a sign of joy and consent.

Bullock's homily followed (see Bishop Bullock's column for a complete text).

Examination, promise of obedience

Following the homily, the three ordinands stood in front of the bishop for the Examination of the Candidates. The bishop asked them if they were ready to discharge the order of priesthood, celebrate the mysteries of Christ, exercise the ministry of the Word (preaching the gospel and explaining the faith), and unite themselves more closely each day with Christ, the high priest.

To the examination questions, the ordinands replied, "I am." To the last question, they said, "I am with the help of God."

Each man then knelt individually before the bishop for the Promise of Obedience, promising obedience to the bishop and his successors. "My God who has begun the good work in you bring it to fulfillment," the bishop told each ordinand.

The three ordinands then lay prostrate in front of the altar during the singing of the Litany of the Saints.

Laying on of hands

The bishop and the concelebrating priests then laid hands on the head of each ordinand. The choir and congregation sang "Veni Sancte Spiritus," softly at first and rising to a crescendo, then soft again.

Pour out the blessing of the Holy Spirit," prayed Bullock. "Support them with your unfailing love."

After the Prayer of Consecration, concelebrating priests helped the three ordinands don their stoles and chasubles. The bishop anointed the hands of the ordinands, and then during the Kiss of Peace, concelebrating priests gave the newly ordained priests a sign of peace. Through this gesture of hospitality, they are welcome into the order of the presbyterate (priest).

The newly ordained then approached the altar to concelebrate the Mass.

Thanks to choir

At the end of the Mass, Bullock thanked the Madison Diocesan Choir directed by Dr. Patrick Gorman for "enhancing our liturgy."

Bullock also noted that he may be the first Catholic bishop to ordain a "Reverend Moon." He gave his best wishes to the newly ordained and their families for their support, along with the priests, religious, and lay people of the diocese for working together to "produce promising new priests."

Other liturgical ministers for the Mass included: Glenn Schuster, organist; Steve Harrison, cantor; Reverend Mr. Walter Oxley II, a classmate of Schroeder's from the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, deacon; Kate Wiskus, a member of the diocesan Vocation Team, and Daniel Olsen, Chicago, also a classmate of Schroeder's, readers.

Master of ceremonies was Fr. Nicholas S. Okere. Servers were diocesan seminarians Diego Cuevas, James Poster, Michael Radowicz, Eric Sternberg, and Brian Wilk.

New priests

Moon and Wanish graduated from the University of St. Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Ill., Schroeder from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas "Angelicum" in Rome.

For their new appointments see the Official Appointments.