March 24, 2021 – Madison Catholic Herald

MADISON — “If there ever was a year to say no, this was the year,” said Kim VanBrocklin, a kindergarten teacher at Edgewood Campus School in Madison who spent part of the fall semester of 2020 piloting the new APPRISE app with her students.

But neither VanBrocklin nor Principal Anne Palzkill let the pandemic get in the way of the way of helping researchers to develop a new tool to identify children at risk for developing dyslexia and other reading disabilities before they start struggling in school.

On March 24, 2021

Laura Karlen, For the Catholic Herald

St. Ambrose Academy presents Singin’ in the Rain

MADISON — Sold out. Filled to capacity. Past St. Ambrose Academy (SAA) musical productions like Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sound of Music have drawn full-house crowds.

SAA student actors have built a reputation for excellent, entertaining musicals that frequently earn Jerry nominations and awards for their on-stage and behind-the-scenes talent.

Latest show

But, what about the latest SAA show, Singin’ in the Rain?

On March 24, 2021

Catholic Herald Staff

Leadership change at SSM Health of Wisconsin

MADISON — After seven years leading SSM Health’s operations in Wisconsin, Damond Boatwright will be leaving the organization to become CEO of Illinois-based Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS).

Boatwright will lead the system’s nearly 2,300 physician partners and more than 13,000 associate staff in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Boatwright joined SSM Health in 2014 as the Wisconsin Regional President of Hospital Operations.

On March 24, 2021June 18, 2021

Deacon Luke Powers

As the penitent, so the confessor

There is a saying in the seminary: “As the seminarian, so the priest.” While I have thought about this phrase many times during my years in formation, it has recently taken on a new light.

On March 24, 2021

Kevin Wondrash

Nothing new under the sun

Full disclosure: My writing this week is really just an excuse to use the photo on the right somewhere in the paper.

That picture is what could be seen in the sky around 7 a.m. on Monday, March 15.

In the preceding 24 hours or so, prior to me snapping it, I had been grumbling and complaining that “daylight savings” did its thing and I lost an hour between Saturday and Sunday.

On March 24, 2021May 8, 2021

Mary C. Uhler, For the Catholic Herald

New Holy Name Seminary completed by 1965

Eleventh in a series on the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Madison

Holy Name Seminary in Madison was completed by 1965. The $4 million structure was dedicated on June 10, 1965.

In its second full year in Madison, the student body included four years of high school and two years of college. The seminarians found a modern building with a special concept in learning.

Unit system

The building was planned on a unit system, a concept whereby the student body is broken up into small groups, each under the direct supervision of a priest or unit moderator who lives at the end of his unit’s corridor.