MADISON — Bishop John O. Barres, current bishop of Allentown, Pa., spoke to a group of about 100 Catholics, including priests, catechists, and parishioners from all over the diocese, on Thursday night, Nov. 11, at the Bishop O’Connor Center in conjunction with the ongoing St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture Series.
Day: November 18, 2010
Cardinal-designate Raymond Burke’s friends are not surprised by elevation
His friends in the Diocese of Madison were not surprised to hear that Pope Benedict XVI is elevating Archbishop Raymond L. Burke to the status of cardinal on November 20.
Catholic Charities Faith in Action Awards Dinner
MIDDLETON — Catholic Charities (CC) of the Diocese of Madison had its largest crowd ever for its 15th annual Awards Dinner held on November 9 at the Marriott Hotel.
My cinderella story
Sometimes I ask […]
Feed the physically and the spiritually poor
It didn’t take […]
OLA Child Care Center receives grant
On October 8, Our Lady of the Assumption Child Care Center received a Community Needs Grant from the Stateline Community Foundation.
Appointment (Nov. 18, 2010 edition)
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointment made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
Plans for student center seem more than is necessary
To the editor:
I have read with dismay of the grand plans for the makeover of the St. Paul Center on the Madison UW campus.
While I can understand that it has been many years since the building has been updated, the present plans seem to be more than is necessary.
Remembering Monsignor Campion: His ‘parishioners’ will carry on his legacy
It brought tears to my eyes the first time I saw it. And I probably had to rub my eyes on subsequent times. It always amazed me.
What I’m talking about is the Offertory procession at the Christmas and Easter Masses for the handicapped held for many years at Monroe High School. What happens is about two dozen young men — many of them large football and basketball players — each come up paired with a disabled or elderly person.
Thanksgiving and autumn harvest reflections
As nature decorates the hillsides with the beautiful autumn leaves, our thoughts turn to the harvest.
No mere artist can model the natural hillside of trees in arrangement and color, nor the bounty that feeds all creatures.
God is revealing himself to people and gives us abundant reason in which to see, honor, and be grateful for the order in nature.
As we behold this autumn of 2010, let us stop to praise God not only for the beauty we see in nature but also for his providential care through crops — corn, soybeans, squash, pumpkins, and all — each of which has a color, form, and purpose.