Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him on Friday, March 25, in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started announcing the minute they heard what the pope had planned.
Year: 2022
Providing Mental Health First Aid training to parishes
On March 19 and 26, Mental Health First Aid training will take place at St. William Parish in Janesville.
Pro-Life Summit in Madison on April 2
The Supreme Court of the United States has taken up a late-term abortion case in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and will render judgment in the near future.
The need for a Eucharistic revival
“The more lively the Eucharistic faith of the People of God, the deeper is its sharing in ecclesial life in steadfast commitment to the mission entrusted by Christ to his disciples,” said Pope Benedict XVI in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Cartitatis.
Cathedral Parish seeks to grow in faith together
The morning was in English and the afternoon in Spanish. All of it was joined together by time for Eucharistic Adoration with prayers in Spanish, Latin, and English, and two talks (one in English and the other in Spanish) by Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison.
An ‘interview’ with the Prodigal Son
I often have wondered what an interview with the Prodigal Son would reveal to us, so I imagined it would go something like this:
Lent: A time to let Christ’s light shine
A painter had a bad habit of thinning paint which enabled him to submit lower bids.
Serie Cuaresmal: La Oración
La oración es ese “espacio” (inexplicable en palabras) en el que, por la Gracia Divina, podemos tener un encuentro sobrenatural, una conversación con ese Dios omnipotente, pero a su vez misericordioso que nos ama infinitamente. Es un hermoso encuentro entre lo temporal y lo eterno; entre lo terreno y lo divino. Afirma Santa Teresa de Ávila que la “Oración, a mi parecer, no es otra cosa que trata de la amistad con Aquél que sabemos que nos ama”. San Agustín nos dice que “la oración, sepámoslo o no, es el encuentro de la sed de Dios y de la sed del hombre. Dios tiene sed de que el hombre tenga sed de Él”. Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús en su ternura nos ilustra: “para mí, la oración es un impulso del corazón, una sencilla mirada lanzada hacia el cielo, un grito de reconocimiento y de amor tanto desde dentro de la prueba como en la alegría”.
‘Our Faith Stories’ in Stoughton
On Sunday, March 20, St. Ann Parish, 323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton, will have another “Our Faith Stories” evening. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Healy Hall.
KCs sponsor Pilgrim Icon Prayer Service in Waunakee
An icon of St. Joseph will be the centerpiece of a special prayer service at St. John the Baptist Parish, 209 South St., Waunakee, on Saturday, March 19, at 8 a.m.