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Author: Chris Lee
At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of new hope
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When their baby is born, the hearts of many parents beat with the joyful hope that he or she will help to make their home, school, neighborhood, and the world a better place. Like St. John Paul II, they believe that the young are the hope of the future.
Hurricanes damage Schoenstatt shrines
MADISON — On the evening of Friday, Aug. 24, to Saturday, Aug. 25, 18 Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Lamar, Texas, experienced the brunt of Hurricane Harvey, including the eye of the hurricane, as it crossed over their property.
Damage from Hurricane Harvey in Texas
The damage left in its wake was catastrophic. Just about every building on the campus was damaged. Some were destroyed, others lost part or all of the roof, most experienced extensive water damage. Even the Schoenstatt Shrine itself lost part of its roof.
Since then, volunteers and generous donors have been helping to clean up the debris, secure the buildings from further water damage, and supply food and other necessities to the Sisters.
Diocesan seminarians plan annual Caroling Tour
MADISON — Seminarians of the Diocese of Madison are planning their annual Caroling Tour at parishes and health care facilities on Friday, Dec. 22, and Saturday, Dec. 23. Locations and times include:
Friday, Dec. 22
8 to 8:45 a.m. — Opening Caroling Tour Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Madison
10 to 10:30 a.m. — Park Place Assisted Living, Platteville
11:20 a.m. to 12 noon — Holy Ghost and Immaculate Conception School, Dickeyville
12:30 to 1 p.m. — Atrium Post Acute Care of Lancaster, Lancaster
2:30 to 3 p.m. — Good Samaritan, Fennimore
3:15 to 3:45 p.m. — Boscobel Care & Rehab, Boscobel
Minimum requirements mentioned, but go beyond
Mr. Studinski made a great point in the December 7 issue about the importance of many other things that weren’t mentioned explicitly in my November 23 piece about what it means to be a practicing Catholic, such as the Works of Mercy and the Beatitudes.
But there was a reason for emphasizing the commandments. The terminology of “practicing Catholic” is one typically used to specify a minimum requirement for fulfilling certain functions within the Church (e.g. catechist, school teacher, godparent, etc.). And in the moral life, although the Works of Mercy and the Beatitudes are certainly more perfect than merely observing the commandments, yet still observing the commandments is the minimum.
Don’t publish letters promoting violence
We are deeply saddened that you would publish a letter that promotes violence.
The person who recommends use of automatic weapons to “protect” our churches and schools should not be given access to readers of a Catholic publication dedicated to promoting a message of peace and respect. May Our Lord grant him the wisdom to understand peace and respect.
Sr. Mary Clemente Davlin, OP, dies
SINSINAWA, Wis. — Sr. […]
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Msgr. James Bartylla, […]
Advent and the many faces of anticipation
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This article is the first of two parts from Bishop Robert Barron.
Advent is the liturgical season of vigilance or, to put it more mundanely, of waiting. During the four weeks prior to Christmas, we light the candles of our Advent wreaths and put ourselves in the spiritual space of the Israelite people who, through many long centuries, waited for the coming of the Messiah (“How long, O Lord?”).
Restored pipe organ has uplifting sound
MADISON — Enter the quiet chapel at Holy Name Heights, walk down the aisle, then turn and look to the balcony. The pews are gone, and an organ console is visible. That’s different. Otherwise, not much to see, nothing all that remarkable.
Yet, there is now something truly noteworthy in the choir loft. Behind a wall of organ swell shades are the pipes and inner workings of a superb instrument, an Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, old and used, but newly restored and installed in the chapel.