Though a half hour late, Bishop Robert C. Morlino made it through the snowstorm on December 16 to pray with the people of Janesville and the surrounding community for faith, support, and hope during the current economic and employment turmoil.
Month: December 2008
St. Thomas Aquinas concludes golden jubilee year
The final event marking St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) Parish’s 50th anniversary was the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12.
People show support for Bishop Morlino
Recently, it seemed that some in the Diocese of Madison felt that our own Bishop Robert C. Morlino was a bull’s-eye.
Navidad Gozosa, bendiciones de Año Nuevo
Navidad Gozosa, bendiciones de Año Nuevo
¡Bendito sea Jesús Cristo! Es mi agrado desearles a ustedes y sus seres queridos todas las bendiciones de Navidad y de esta estación de fiesta — bendiciones que se extenderán a través del Año Nuevo.
Es un tiempo alegre para todos nosotros, incluso aquellos de nosotros que pudiéramos estar, por una u otra razón, sufriendo. No estamos dispensados del llamado de estar alegres en Navidad, porque Cristo nuestro Salvador nace, y Él es la única fuente verdadera de nuestra esperanza y de la luz para nuestra vida.
Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe in Janesville
St. Patrick Church in Janesville was the host site for a Mass in celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6:45 p.m.
Edgerton hospital affiliates with SSM
Edgerton Hospital and Health Services (EHHS) and SSM Health Care of Wisconsin (SSMHC/WI) have signed a limited affiliation agreement. The agreement expands the current relationship and provides the legal framework to allow the two organizations to work together to enhance health care in south-central Wisconsin.
Looking at the Code of Canon Law
Many of you know that my current priority focus is on our Diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, of which I’ve now taken on personally the role of Director.
There has been little doubt for me, since even before I was ordained a priest, that we have, as a Catholic Church, been seriously lacking in our understanding of and teaching about the faith, for some time. With a string of recent events, it has been made even more clear than before that many of our truly faithful people are overdue for receiving a continually better catechesis than has been previously offered them. There is much work to be done in this area as a whole, and we priests and religious have a good many lay men and women ready and willing to collaborate in this area — though we need more!
Joyful Christmas, new year’s blessings
Praised be Jesus Christ!
It’s my joy to wish you and your loved ones every blessing of Christmas and of this holiday season — blessings which will extend throughout the new year.
It’s a joyful time for all of us, even those of us who might be, for one or another reason, hurting. We are not dispensed from the call to be joyful at Christmas, because Christ our Savior is born, and He is the only true source of our hope and of light for our life.
Tractors sought for southern farmers
The Diocese of Madison’s Rural Life Office has received a request from Family Farm Defenders President John Kinsman of Holy Family Parish, La Valle, to share the following message for Catholic farm families across the diocese.
Expand your hearts and build peace
The World Day of Prayer for Peace, celebrated on New Year’s Day, is highlighted by the Holy Father’s message. This year, Pope Benedict XVI set the theme “Fighting Poverty to Build Peace.”