MADISON — Last October, Pope Benedict XVI released his apostolic letter Porta Fidei (“The Door of Faith”) announcing a Year of Faith to begin for the Universal Church on October 11, 2012, and concluding on the Feast of Christ the King, November 24, 2013.
Month: August 2012
Sister Judy Miller, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Judy Miller, OP (Laurentine), died August 9, 2012, at the Dominican Motherhouse, in Sinsinawa. The funeral Mass was held in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa on August 13, 2012, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
The blessings of God throughout our lives
 |
|
| This column is the bishop’s communication with the faithful of the Diocese of Madison. Any wider circulation reaches beyond the intention of the bishop. |
Dear Friends,
I hope that this summer has been as blessed for each of you as it has for me. As if it couldn’t get any better as we enter this week, I am preparing to spend time with our outstanding seminarians. Hopefully many of you have had a chance to meet some of the great men studying to give their lives in service to you, through Christ and His Church. Please keep them in your prayers, along with several new young women from our diocese who are entering into religious life this year.
In terms of our seminarians, I’d ask that you also give special consideration to offering what financial support you can to our St. Joseph’s Fund for seminarian education. When all is said and done, we may have 32 men studying for the Diocese of Madison. With the blessing of these outstanding men comes the responsibility of paying for their formation and education.
Attending Mass on vacation enhances appreciation for Cathedral Parish music
To the editor:
During a recent vacation, which included attending Mass at a variety of new (to me) Wisconsin Catholic parishes, boy, am I happy to be back at Madison’s Cathedral Parish, where the Mass is the Mass, the music is appropriately solemn and dignified, and the lyrics don’t center on us and on God’s good fortune that we showed up, but on a humble, grateful, and reverent attitude towards God.
Don’t forget to vote! State has first primary in August since World War II
Don’t forget to vote! That’s something we haven’t heard in August for many years. In fact, this is Wisconsin’s first partisan primary in August since World War II, according to the Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.).
The state Legislature moved the partisan primary from the second Tuesday in September to the second Tuesday in August so Wisconsin can comply with a federal law designed to give military and overseas voters enough time to vote by absentee ballot, said Kevin Kennedy, director and general counsel of the G.A.B.
Wisconsin last held partisan primaries in August in 1944 and 1946. That means that only voters over age 84 would remember voting in August.
Mary’s Assumption inspires us to imitate her discipleship
Fr. Mark Link shared an inspiring story of a Catholic teenager who felt that her mother rejected her. She transferred her anger for her mother to Mary.
The girl reluctantly went on a required Confirmation retreat. The director talked about Mary. As the girl listened, angry feelings towards her mother surfaced. She rejected everything good the speaker shared about Mary. After the talk, she went outside to walk off her anger. She wanted to cry but her tears froze. She felt bitter loneliness and rejection.
She wandered aimlessly until her curiosity attracted her to a small grotto-like building. She looked inside and discovered a large statue of Mary from whom she was trying to escape. She wanted to run, but she was drawn to the kneeler at Mary’s feet. She fell on her knees, weeping in the folds of Mary’s robes. When she stopped crying, she felt cleansed and renewed. Touched by Mary, she began to accept her as her spiritual mother.
Subsidiariedad, solidaridad y la misión de los laicos
 |
|
| Esta columna es la comunicación del Obispo con los fieles de la diócesis de Madison. Cualquier divulgación más amplia va más allá de la intención del Obispo. |
Queridos amigos:
No me sorprendió saber que nuestro hijo nativo de esta diócesis, Paul Ryan, ha sido escogido para ser candidato a la vicepresidencia de los Estados Unidos. Estoy orgulloso de sus logros como hijo nativo, un hermano en la fe, y mis oraciones están con él y especialmente con su familia mientras enfrentan las increíbles exigencias de una campaña presidencial aquí en los Estados Unidos. No le toca al obispo ni a los sacerdotes adherirse a un candidato en particular o a partidos políticos. Cualquier esfuerzo de parte de cualquier obispo o sacerdote debe evitarse. Y pueden estar seguros de que ningún sacerdote que promueve una agenda partidaria está actuando en comunión conmigo o con la Iglesia Universal.