Adam Hamilton tells a story about a camping trip he took with his two young daughters on his birthday.
Month: June 2022
Day at the Duck Pond on July 13
What better way to spend a summer afternoon than at the ballpark!
Letters to the editor (6-16-22)
– We cannot ignore the lives lost due to abortion
– A need for a conversion of hearts
– Some facts about guns
We’re living in ‘the past’
For those of us humans who can never really live “in the moment,” we’re doing one of two things — either looking forward or looking backward.
Los Transcendentales, Segunda Parte: La Belleza
Santo Tomás de Aquino define la belleza como “aquello que, visto, agrada”. Puede sonar bastante abstracto, pero tiene sentido. Llamamos “hermosos” a los atardeceres, océanos, estrellas, pinturas, personas, etc. cuando experimentamos una sensación de placer con solo mirarlos con un sentido de asombro y aprecio. Lo mismo ocurre con la música. Cuando escuchamos algo que realmente nos conmueve, nos levanta el ánimo o nos llena de una sensación de placer o paz, tendemos a describirlo como “bello” o “hermoso”.
Two churches dedicate prayer spaces to St. Monica
“I love St. Monica,” said Meg Aspinwall, the director of faith formation at St. Luke Parish in Plain and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Spring Green. “And I love her story. We all have family members who have either fallen away from the faith or who have chosen other directions or never found the faith, so I always ask for her prayers.”
Annual Catholic Appeal — Your gift in action: Love Begins Here
Love Begins Here (LBH) provides middle and high school youth with an opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ in a life-changing way through week-long local mission trips, where students work in Catholic community and continue His work on earth.
Bishop honors sacrifices of first responders at annual Blue Mass
“Tonight, we gather not only to honor our first responders, but to remember those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice,” said UW-Madison Chief of Police Kristen Roman at the fifth annual Blue Mass.
Xavier Mission Team looking for new members
The Xavier Mission Team in the Diocese of Madison is now hiring new missionaries for the 2022-2023 year.
Pentecost and making disciples
This Sunday’s celebration of Pentecost marks the second anniversary of the launching of Go Make Disciples, our diocesan effort to be renewed in the power of the Holy Spirit, to deepen the understanding and practice of our own Catholic faith, and to evangelize others with a joyous confidence.