BERLIN — All Saints Parish is again hosting its paczki sale. Fat Tuesday is approaching and the Polish tradition continues. Paczkis are made from an old family recipe that contains mashed potatoes with the traditional prune-filling, or plain, and then sugar-coated.
Year: 2018
Dorothy Day’s granddaughter to speak at Edgewood College
MADISON — Kate Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, will speak at Edgewood College’s 13th annual Aquinas Forum at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 8, in Anderson Auditorium, 1000 Edgewood College Dr.
Hennessy will present the biographical story of her grandmother and her mother, Tamar Hennessy. She will draw from memories, diaries, and family letters as she explores the themes of love, suffering, voluntary poverty, pacifism, and what it means to perform Works of Mercy.
Catholic Schools Week Celebration
Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States, including in schools in the Diocese of Madison. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2018 is January 28 to February 3.
The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2018 is “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.
Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses, and other activities for students, families, parishioners, and community members.
Make straight the path for Lent
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Word on Fire
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In these days, therefore, let us add something beyond ordinary expectations of our service. Let each one, over and above the measure prescribed, offer God something of his own freewill in the joy of the Holy Spirit. ~ Rule of St. Benedict, Sixth century
In roughly three weeks, Ash Wednesday will arrive and with this commemoration, the Church begins the penitential practices of Lent.
Renew commitment to Catholic schools
My 12 years attending Catholic schools — eight in elementary school and four in high school — definitely helped shape the person I became in life.
I received an excellent academic education in the Catholic schools I attended, but I benefited from much more than that. My teachers — clergy, Religious, and lay — also taught me about my faith and how to live it out in daily life. I learned the importance of service to others and how to be a leader. And all of these things helped me succeed in life, not only professionally but as a person.
‘Start of Lent’ retreat offered for Madison-area men
MADISON — Madison-area men will have a “start of Lent” opportunity to enhance their Lenten experience at the newly renovated Jesuit Retreat House overlooking Lake Winnebago near Oshkosh.
It’s a rare chance to spend time with God in prayer, surrounded by the beauty, peace, and solitude of nature.
“What God reveals in Scripture is the love in which we are created, the love that sustains us, and the love in which we will rest,” said Fr. Chris Manahan, Retreat House director.
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Women’s retreat to be held in Janesville
JANESVILLE — The annual Women’s Retreat Day, cosponsored by the Janesville Cluster Spirituality Group and the Janesville Catholic Women’s Club, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Speaker will be Juliana Rudnick, author and creator of the Sacred Intercession Prayer Journal and founder of Interceding Life Ministries. Her topic is “‘I am the Vine, you are the branches,’ An Invitation to Intimacy and Intercession.”
All women are invited to refresh their prayer lives, deepen their connection to God, and learn to pray more effectively for loved ones. Rudnick will have her prayer journal available for sale.
Love animals more than our own offspring?
To the editor:
A person breaking an eagle egg gets arrested. A doctor piercing a baby’s heart inside the womb is not arrested. They don’t call it a baby.
A doctor who fixes a baby’s heart in the womb is praised, and they call it a baby.
They call it a mother’s choice to kill or not to kill. Yet they advertise on TV to save the animals. Send money to help animals, because they are mistreated.