MADISON — Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison and the diocesan Office of Rural Life will host listening sessions beginning Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, in Monroe.
Month: August 2021
‘Ordinary’ people, extraordinary examples
There are 300,000 Catholics in the Diocese of Madison. 300,000 souls. 300,000 stories.
Outdoor Rosary in Dodgeville
DODGEVILLE — The Knights of Columbus Council 4871 will be hosting an outdoor Rosary at the Kramer Shrine outside of Dodgeville.
Contemplating eternity
One of my favorite newly-discovered places in our diocese is Natural Bridge State Park in Sauk County. I often take visitors there because of the beautiful drive, the opportunity to take a short hike in the woods, and to explore the wonder of the natural bridge carved from centuries of wind and rain.
Former seminary is renovated for use as diocesan pastoral center
After the Diocese of Madison closed Holy Name Seminary in Madison in 1995, a year of transition in 1996 was spent studying plans for use of the renamed Holy Name Catholic Center.
‘Quitting’ IS courageous when you’re the ‘GOAT’
More people than ever probably know who Simone Biles is. To many, she’s either the successful Olympic and world champion gymnast who needed to step away from recent competition in Tokyo due to some issues she was dealing with, or she’s the overhyped gymnast who quit on her team when things got tough.
Fr. Laverne Meier dies
Fr. Laverne Meier died August 7, 2021, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Sr. Theresa Byrne, OP, has died
took place July 23 in the Motherhouse Cemetery. The funeral Mass was held at the motherhouse, Sinsinawa, July 27.
Masks required indoors at Edgewood College
Madison — Edgewood College announced students, faculty, staff, and visitors will be required to wear masks when inside campus buildings. The updated protocol comes in response to a national trend of an increase in COVID-19 cases, attributed to the Delta variant.
Priest appointment (7-31-2021)
Msgr. James Bartylla, […]