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Year: 2012
Open house planned at Women’s Care Center
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| At the new Women’s Care Center in Madison, a pregnant woman (at left) receives an ultrasound of her unborn baby. (Contributed photo) |
MADISON — The new Women’s Care Center in Madison is planning an open house on Saturday, May 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate its successful first four months of operation and allow the public to see the crisis pregnancy center located at 3711 Orin Rd. on Madison’s east side.
“We’ve had great support in both time and money from so many wonderful people and organizations, and that’s why we want to open our doors for people to see what we’ve accomplished together,” said Margie Blau of Madison, a member of the center’s board.
Angela Gorenc, BS, RN, the center’s director, said the Women’s Care Center has been getting “busier and busier.”
The center opened on January 18. There were 10 visits from clients in January. “Last month we had 42 visits from clients,” said Gorenc, making a total of over 100 visits since the center opened.
The Women’s Care Center is located right across the street from the Planned Parenthood Clinic where abortions are performed. Gorenc said there have been clients who planned to go to the clinic and instead walked across the street to the Women’s Care Center and decided to have their baby.
Mission trip to Haiti
OREGON — In January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. News coverage scenes showed massive and widespread devastation.
It is estimated that 316,000 people died and 1,000,000 people were made homeless as a result of the earthquake.
Archbishop Listecki visits Diocese of Madison
MADISON — Archbishop Jerome Listecki, archbishop of Milwaukee, paid a visit to the Bishop O’Connor Center in Madison recently in order to become better acquainted with Bishop Robert C. Morlino’s diocesan staff and collaborators.
Mary, the Mystical Rose, is link to God
Dear Friends,
This past Sunday we heard the moving Gospel passage of “the vine and the branches,” wherein Jesus makes clear that He, Himself, is the true vine to which we must all remain attached, and only through which can we bear any fruit.
Encouraging mothers: Society can do more to support mothers and mothers-to-be
We all need mothers. Obviously we wouldn’t be here if our mothers didn’t give us life. Yet, as we look forward to Mother’s Day on this Sunday, May 13, I think we need to examine what our society is doing to encourage and support mothers and mothers-to-be.
Queen of Peace students raise money for Spina Bifida Family Network
MADISON — Our Lady Queen of Peace School students, through their fundraising efforts, made a group of parents and their children very happy. This school year the students held a fundraiser for the Spina Bifida Family Network (SBFN). Each grade unit participated and the unit that raised the most money was rewarded with a “Root Beer Float” party. The students altogether collected $1,868.63 for the SBFN. During a recent assembly, a check was presented to the SBFN and accepted by Aimee Tobin whose daughter, Caitlin, also a Queen of Peace student, was born with spina bifida.
María, la Rosa Mística, une a Dios
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| Esta columna está dirigida a los fieles de la Diócesis de Madison. Cualquier circulación más amplia transgrede la intención del Obispo. |
Queridos amigos:
El domingo pasado escuchamos el conmovedor pasaje del Evangelio sobre “la vid y los sarmientos”, en el que Jesús deja claro que Él, Él mismo, es la verdadera vid a la que siempre debemos estar adheridos y solo a través de Él podemos dar fruto.
La imagen de la vid y los sarmientos claramente se refiere a nuestro rol en la Iglesia de Cristo, y mientras me veo tentado a reflexionar extensamente sobre la Iglesia con ustedes aquí, me gustaría reflexionar un rato más particularmente sobre María en esta primera columna de mayo.
El rol de la Madre de Dios en la viña del Señor
Al reflexionar sobre el rol de la Madre de Dios en la viña del Señor, nuestros pensamientos se dirigen a las mismas raíces de la vid y a otra imagen de las escrituras: la de Isaías 11: “una generación brotará de la raíz de Jesé, y una flor brotará de su raíz, y el Espíritu de Dios se posará sobre ella (Is 11, 11).
La conexión a la raíz de Jesé y a la Casa de David se refiere a Jesús, a través de María, y estas raíces son esenciales en nuestra historia de la salvación. Dios elige salvar a la humanidad a través del pueblo de Israel y específicamente a través del linaje de David. María es el cumplimiento de la larga espera de los judíos por el Mesías y porta, correctamente, el título de “Amada Hija de Sión”.
Sr. Lucinda Lee, OP, dies
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Sr. John Fisher Soeldner, OP, dies
SINSINAWA, Wis. — Sr. John Fisher Soeldner, OP, died April 21, 2012, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. The funeral Mass was held in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa April 24, 2012, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sister John Fisher made her first religious profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican March 8, 1938, and her final profession Aug. 5, 1941. She ministered in education for 44 years, 38 as a teacher, three as assistant principal, and three as library assistant while also serving in family care. Sister John Fisher coordinated the canceled stamp program at the Motherhouse for 22 years. She served in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Wyoming and Oklahoma.