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News Briefs:
QuickBooks seminar
MADISON -- A free QuickBooks seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 10, at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison.
Sponsored by the Diocese of Madison's Office of Finance and Wegner LLP certified public accountants and consultants, the seminar is for people who have QuickBooks and require help with basic skills, setting up company information, and beginning balances. For parishes considering purchasing QuickBooks, the seminar will be a demonstration of the software's capabilities. To suggest specific topics contact Linda Dziadzio at 608-821-3025 or e-mail ldziadzio@straphael.org
Those choosing to stay may purchase lunch at the center for $7. Register for the seminar and lunch with: Diocese of Madison, Finance Department, 702 S. High Point Rd., P.O. Box 44983, Madison, WI 53744. Phone 608-821-3025 to confirm reservation. Registration deadline is May 27.
Knights of Columbus Clergy Appreciation Night
MADISON -- Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Assemblies 1200 and 1948 are hosting a Clergy Appreciation Night on Sunday, June 12, at the Knights of Columbus 4527 Club House located at 5256 Verona Rd.
There will be a 5:30 p.m. social, 6:30 p.m. buffet catered by Delitalia, and program at 7:30 p.m.
Knights, spouses, and friends are invited. Cost is $15 per person. RSVP and make checks payable to Fourth Degree. Mail payment to: David L. Fisher, 8202 Highview Dr., Apt 202, Madison, WI 53719 or call him at 608-831-5794. Suits or tux with Balderic are optional.
Retreat combines poetry with spirituality
SINSINAWA -- A new retreat offering at Sinsinawa Mound Center opens up great poetry as a resource for personal spiritual growth. "Meditating with Poets of the Soul" will be held from 4 p.m. Monday, June 20, through 1 p.m. Friday, June 24.
The retreat leaders, Peggy Rosenthal and David Impastato, welcome anyone who is interested in poetry. They both celebrate poetry and spirituality in their lives. The registration deadline is June 6 and there is a fee. For more information, contact Janice DeMuth at 608-748-4411, ext. 811, or visit the Web site at www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter
Bible study for women suffering after abortion
BELOIT -- Stateline Pregnancy Center in Beloit is offering a Bible study, "Forgiven and Set Free," which can be used in pairs or small groups. "Forgiven and Set Free" ministers God's healing grace to women who are suffering after an abortion.
This 12-week study will begin in June. For more information about this study, including time and location, phone Terri White at 608-365-5433 or e-mail recoveryandhope@hotmail.com
Eucharistic procession
in Perry
PERRY -- Following the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 29, the annual traditional Eucharistic procession will take place at Holy Redeemer Parish in Perry, near Mt. Horeb.
This procession will include Benediction, incense, canopy, the rosary, songs, and litanies just as it did for more than 70 years. Everyone is welcome to participate.
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Ordination: "I Bring You News of Great Joy"
By Fr. James Bartylla
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONS,
DIOCESE OF MADISON
"Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum" - "I Bring You News of Great Joy." These were the words recently proclaimed by the cardinal at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as he announced the election of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI.
Likewise, I echo these words in proclaiming the ordination to the priesthood of Rev. Mr. Michael Radowicz and Rev. Mr. Eric Sternberg, our two fourth-year seminarians. It is a year of great joy for our Diocese of Madison.
Michael and Eric will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert Morlino at the 7:30 p.m. Ordination Mass at St. Aloysius Church in Sauk City, Wisconsin, on Friday, May 27th. It is particularly poignant that in this Year of the Eucharist we are able to celebrate the ordination of these two young men on the weekend of the Feast of Corpus Christi. The priesthood and the Eucharist are intimately linked, for there is no Eucharist without the priesthood.
As we approach this great event for our diocese, we reflect on Pope Benedict XVI's words from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after his election to the papacy, "[I am] a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by the fact that the Lord can work and act even through insufficient instruments, and I especially entrust myself to your prayers. In the joy of the risen Lord, and trusting in his permanent help, we go forward. The Lord will help us, and Mary his most holy mother is on our side."
In this season of ordinations and anniversary of ordinations, Michael and Eric as ordinandi and all of the priests in the Diocese of Madison naturally reflect on the gift of priesthood and how God uses us as imperfect instruments in His vineyard.
I want to take this opportunity to thank those who have been involved in Michael and Eric's formation for the priesthood: our bishops and priests, the previous directors and previous and current staff in the Office of Vocations, the faculty and staff at Mundelein Seminary, the families and friends of Michael and Eric, and all the others in our diocese who are too numerous to mention.
I especially wish to thank those involved in Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations. The Serra Clubs, parishioners throughout the diocese, and many others have been praying before
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for our seminarians and for an increase in vocations. These prayers are being answered.
In November, our diocese will be honored to receive a traveling monstrance blessed by the late Pope John Paul II specifically to encourage prayer before the Eucharist for vocations around the world. The monstrance will be in our diocese from November 18th through
November 23rd.
In conclusion, I echo to Michael and Eric the sentiments that Msgr. Paul Swain conveyed to me and the other men at our ordination in 2001. From his article as Director of Vocations, he reflected, "May it be for them a day of awe, joy, and humility. And may they have many years of happy ministry as priests, always remembering that to be a priest is a special privilege and a grave responsibility." Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.
Annual convention:
Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women
By Dorothy Lepeska
FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD
SINSINAWA -- The 51st annual Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW) convention will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14 to 15, at the Mound here. Theme is "Eucharist: Food for Life."
Registration for Convention Day, June 15, will begin at 7:30 a.m. along with a continental breakfast. Ann Nelson, Cambridge, diocesan president, will begin the meeting at 9.
Benedict T. Nguyen, chancellor of the Diocese of La Crosse, will give the keynote address entitled "The Eucharist: Our Encounter with God." In 2002 at the age of 29 Nguyen was appointed as one of the youngest American chancellors and the first Vietnamese-American chancellor in the United States.
A concelebrated Mass will be offered in Queen of the Rosary Chapel followed by luncheon. The raffle drawings and door prizes will be awarded at 1:30 p.m.
Tours will be offered at 2 p.m.: Academy Apartments/St. Clara's Chapel; the Labyrinth; Chapel and Reliquary; Museum-Heritage Room; and Rosary Collection-Heritage Room.
There will be convention registration on Tuesday, June 14, at 1:30 p.m. followed by MDCCW board meeting; rosary at 4:30; social at 5; and banquet 5:45, followed by entertainment.
Fees include: June 14 - social, banquet, entertainment, $18; Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14 and 15, banquet, keynote speaker, liturgy, luncheon, tours, single room at the Mound and full breakfast Wednesday morning, $53.
Register by Friday, June 1, with Maureen Pickel, 4434 West Ln., Cuba City, WI 53807. Checks should be made payable to Grant Deanery CCW.
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