MADISON — The Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) in Madison is getting ready to hold its second annual Radiothon fundraiser on Friday, Dec. 13, from 12 noon until 6 p.m. Funds raised during the event will allow the CMC to continue its history of offering services to the Madison community.
Author: Chris Lee
Thanks for donations for Jeremy Meinholz benefit
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Feast of Immaculate Conception points to Advent
Franz Werfel wrote a popular book called The Song of Bernadette. The reason he wrote this book goes back to World War II.
Shrine at Lourdes, France
As a controversial Jew in occupied France, he was on the Nazi hit list. He and Alma, his wife, fled from the Nazis who pursued them.
They sought shelter in Lourdes where the famous shrine of Mary is located. One night he went alone to the shrine.
In the darkness, he prayed, “God, I’m not a believer. I must be honest and say so. I am a Jew. But in my extreme need, on the chance that I could be wrong, I ask you to help me and my wife. If you see us safely to the United States, I promise to write a story of Lourdes for all the world to read.”
Ser más que “bueno” en Adviento
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Queridos amigos:
El Adviento ya está con nosotros. Hemos concluido el Año de la Fe con gusto y ahora estamos llamados a iniciar, nuevamente, el camino de un nuevo año litúrgico.
Este camino comienza, como siempre, con nuestra preparación para ingresar al momento más importante de la historia: cuando Dios se hizo hombre.
Que el Creador eterno del universo haya venido entre nosotros, no solo para morar, sino para llamarnos a la vida con y como Él, significa un completo reordenamiento de todo, de cada pequeña cosa.
La realidad profunda de la Encarnación y sus implicancias para nuestra vida es la razón por la que tenemos un tiempo de Adviento cada año: nos damos el tiempo para considerar cómo cada uno responde a la presencia de Dios en nuestra vida y lo que eso significa para nosotros.
Focused on the New Evangelization
There’s a lot for U.S. Catholics to be thankful for at Thanksgiving 2013: seminaries that have turned the corner from the doldrums of the immediate past and are now full, or getting close; a reform of the liturgical reform that is bringing a new sense of the sacred back to Catholic worship; a pope who’s put a new face on the Church while holding fast to the Church’s settled teaching; the finest multimedia exposition of Catholic faith ever produced, Father Robert Barron’s Catholicism series; strong leadership from our bishops in meeting challenges to religious freedom and moral reality; a burgeoning men’s movement that draws thousands to witness for Christ; a new feminism that rejects a unisex approach to life and that is robustly pro-life.
Letter about Common Core State Standards
Dear Friends in Christ,
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:5).
Our Catholic schools are great treasures, both of the Church, and of our society. Many of our Catholic schools have been assisting parents in the education and formation of their children for well over 100 years, allowing generations of children to receive the extraordinary benefit of a Catholic education.
St. Paul’s unveils new website, chapel renderings
MADISON — The St. Paul Catholic Center’s “Christ the Cornerstone” campaign to build a new chapel and student center continues to develop in exciting ways. A recently redesigned campaign website is filled with renderings and up-to-date information about one of the most important Catholic projects in our lifetime.
Expressing gratitude
When I think of November, three things always come to mind. For Catholic Christians it has traditionally been a time when we pray for those who have died and give thanks for the ordinary saints, living and deceased, who have touched our lives. We also celebrate Thanksgiving, which is one of the favorite holidays of many Americans.
Saying ‘thank you’ to others
Every time I go to a wake or funeral — and I have been to many lately — and hear the beautiful comments made about the persons who died, I cannot help but wonder how many of those things were said to that person when he or she was alive?
Gratitude is our response to God’s blessings
Thanksgiving is a national holiday when we Americans thank God for our blessings.
Origins of the holiday
Its roots go back to the pilgrims whom the Old Testament influenced. After a severe winter when over half of the pilgrims died from scurvy, exposure to the elements, and other causes, they set aside three days to thank God for their blessings. One way that they thanked God was by sharing their blessings with Indian friends.
The pilgrims can inspire us to thank God for our blessings on Thanksgiving Day by sharing with friends, family, and the needy.
St. Thérèse lecture covers physics, existence of God
MADISON — For the second time this month, the auditorium inside the Bishop O’Connor Center in Madison was packed with a Friday night audience. Back on November 1, All Saints Day, hundreds gathered to hear Fr. Michael Gaitley talk on 33 Days to Morning Glory and the consecration to Jesus through Mary.