Year: 2016

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Bishop Robert Barron

Called to be salt and light for all

This is the second in a two-part series on salvation history, with the goal of understanding the role we play in this history. In the first part, Bishop Barron discussed how the creation narrative in Genesis teaches us that our role as human beings is to “praise God on behalf of all creation” and that the Fall is man’s loss of this “priestly identity.” In this second part, he covers the three other acts in the “drama” of salvation history: The Formation of Israel, the Coming of the Messiah, and the Church.

Beginning with the covenant with Abraham, God shapes a nation according to his own mind and heart; he teaches a particular tribe to worship him aright, to be his priestly people. His ultimate intention is to use Israel for the instruction of all the nations of the world.

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Nick and Kay Ringelstetter

Voters should consider abortion issue in choosing candidates

To the editor:

As the election approaches, we must ask which party, policies, and candidate is most in line with our Catholic Church?

There are so many issues to consider . . . immigration, racial injustice, war, education, the economy, and healthcare.

However, there is one issue that is deemed an intrinsic evil by the Catholic Church: the killing of unborn innocent babies. We must never commit, promote, or enable the killing of babies, regardless of their age.

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Voting is our responsibility as faithful citizens

Four years ago, during the last presidential election, I wrote that living in a swing state isn’t much fun. We had been inundated with television advertising and campaign phone calls for many months.

Just as it was four years ago, this election season has also been a trying time for Wisconsinites, who find themselves bickering with relatives, friends, co-workers, and even church members over political candidates and issues. I’ve noticed people have even requested Facebook friends to stop posting information on politics.

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Kevin Wondrash

Annual quilt show to be held in Waunakee

WAUNAKEE — St. John’s Piecemakers Quilt Club of Waunakee will hosts its 16th annual “Quilting through the Ages” quilt show on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. John School gym, 114 E. Third St.

Among the many quilts displayed will be an applique quilt exhibit by Alice Schutz along with quilts that will be donated to local charities.

There will be a silent auction and a quilt sale benefitting the Waunakee Food Pantry. Luncheon will be served by the Ashton Go-Getters 4-H Club.

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Kevin Wondrash

Cathedral Parish hosts Healing Mass, prayer service

MADISON — The Cathedral Parish is hosting a Healing Mass and prayer service with Fr. Aniello Salicone, a Xavierian priest from Franklin, Wis. The Mass will take place on Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, 404 E. Main St.

Born in Italy in 1940, Father Salicone has served as a missionary priest in Italy, London, West Africa, and many states in America. He took a fourth vow to serve the missions.

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Kevin Wondrash

Mass for deceased bishops and priests of Diocese of Madison

MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino will celebrate a special Requiem Mass for deceased priests and bishops of the Diocese of Madison. November is a month when Catholics pray in a special way for the repose of the dead and, by God’s will, for the rapid entrance into heaven of the poor souls.

On Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Holy Name Heights, Bishop Morlino, with clerical and lay ministers, will celebrate a Pontifical Requiem Mass “at the Throne” in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

 

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Bishop Robert Barron

Who we are and what role we play

This is the first in a two-part series on the five “acts” in the drama of salvation history.

This fall, I am giving presentations to all of the high school teachers, staff, and administrators in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. These talks take place on an annual basis, and they are dedicated to a regular cycle of topics. This year, the theme is morality. Lucky me!

My guess is that disquisitions on doctrine or Church history or pastoral practice wouldn’t raise too many hackles, but ethics is practically guaranteed to rile people up, especially now when issues of same-sex marriage, transgenderism, and assisted suicide are so present to the public consciousness.

Who we are as Christians

I am not sure whether I’m delighting or disappointing my audiences, but I am not ordering my talks to address these hot-button questions. Indeed, it is my conviction that a good deal of mischief and confusion is caused precisely by characterizing Catholic morality primarily as a matrix for adjudicating such matters.

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