People are often surprised to learn that seminary formation takes a minimum of seven years. Why so long?

The St. Raphael Prayer Society is a new diocesan initiative to encourage prayer for vocations to the priesthood.

Fr. Greg Ihm was installed as pastor on September 13 during a Mass at St. Mary Church in Platteville.

St. Ambrose Academy in Madison is marking America250 with a semester-long series of academic and community programming.

There was a joyful celebration of wedding anniversaries on August 30 at St. Francis Xavier Church in Cross Plains.

September 8 wasn’t just the first day of school for St. John the Baptist School in Waunakee, a part of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish.

The new organ will be blessed by Father Renz, followed by a concert, on Friday, Sept. 11, starting at 7 p.m.

44 students attend the Encounter School of Ministry (ESM) with the Madison campus.

Father Kubicki, a Jesuit priest, serves as a retreat director at the Jesuit Retreat House on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Read about CDMF fundholders who generously support countless charitable organizations. 

Two new staff members have started in their roles with the Diocese of Madison.

A fund at the Catholic Diocese of Madison Foundation that makes a significant impact on the community is the Heart of Mercy Endowment.

Deacon Yount already serves the diocese by working in the chancery offices.

Held at St. Ignatius Church in Mount Horeb, was a week of laughter, prayer, and growing in Faith for kids and teens.

The month of July saw two pastors installed at two newly merged parishes in the Diocese of Madison.

Catholic schools prepare to open their doors for the upcoming academic year.

On May 25, Pope Leo XIV issued his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas.

Attendees were eager to explore intersections of history, science, and Scripture surrounding the linen cloth and the man of the Shroud.

If there was a single image or theme that I would draw more than any other, it would be the Sacred Heart.

Deacon Michael Hess, a seminarian for the Diocese of Madison, was ordained a transitional deacon on May 15.

Love Begins Here (LBH) is a diocesan program designed to give teens the opportunity to be local missionaries.

Saint Paul’s students spent the week giving their time to the children.

The mosaic, an image of St. Francis of Assisi, is part of a partnership with Josh Winer, an artist who was invited to orchestrate the design.

Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison is inviting everyone to a special celebration on Friday, June 12.

Ninth annual Blue Mass honors first responders and encourages prayer