Holy water and blessed salt were among the items in the gift bags for the women participating in the 67th gathering of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW) held at All Saints Church in Berlin last month.
Year: 2022
What is Divine Mercy Academy? Part two
Last year, Divine Mercy Academy, a “Catholic Classical Montessori school” for children ages three to 12 opened on Madison’s west side.
La Necesidad de un Avivamiento Eucarístico
“Cuanto más viva es la fe eucarística del Pueblo de Dios, más profunda es su participación en la vida eclesial en el firme compromiso con la misión confiada por Cristo a sus discípulos,” dijo el Papa Benedicto XVI en su exhortación apostólica postsinodal Sacramentum Cartitatis.
Learning from the media ‘venerables’
I just finished reading two books that I would encourage anyone interested in “modern” evangelization and catechesis to read.
God knows what time will tell
I know you’re all avid cover-to-cover readers of the Catholic Herald, so you know what happened on June 24 — the never-thought-we’d-ever-see-this U.S. Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade and other related cases thus ruling that there is no right to an abortion in the U.S. Constitution.
We can rebuild culture and society
“St. Benedict . . . found the world, physical and social, in ruins, and his mission was to restore it in the way, not of science, but of nature . . . not professing to do it by any set time or by any rare specific or by any series of strokes, but so quietly, patiently, gradually . . . Silent men were observed about the country, or discovered in the forest, digging, clearing, and building; and other silent men, not seen, were sitting in the cold cloister, tiring their eyes, and keeping their attention on the stretch, while they painfully deciphered and copied and re-copied the manuscripts which they had saved. There was no one that “contended, or cried out,” or drew attention to what was going on; but by degrees the woody swamp became a hermitage, a religious house, a farm, an abbey, a village, a seminary, a school of learning, and a city . . .
Chapel expansion project at Camp Gray
The summer has been busy and exciting at Camp Gray, not only because of the kids but because of its expansion projects too.
Ecumenical gathering highlights messages and resources in a post-Roe world
Overturning Roe v. Wade was a major milestone for the pro-life movement and a monumental step toward a society that recognizes the inherent value of human life at all stages.
Outdoor Mass at St. James, Vermont, on August 7
The annual outdoor Mass at the St. James, Vermont, site will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7, at 1 p.m. The Mass will be held at the St. James cemetery site, located three miles north of Blue Mounds on Hwy. F. There will be a potluck lunch after the Mass at Brigham County Park, 3160 Cty. Hwy. F, Blue Mounds. In case of rain, the Mass and potluck will be held at Immaculate Conception Church, 100 Church St., Barneveld.