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Author: Kevin Wondrash

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On June 4, 2025June 3, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

Go fish, gone fishin’, etc . . .

Fishing has been around forever. Ever since people got hungry and lived by water, they went fishing.

The Gospels talk about fishing a lot. It wasn’t the “rod and reel” style that we commonly associate with fishing today, nor was it the sportiness of expensive bass boats with competitions shown live on TV but people still went fishing.

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On May 28, 2025May 23, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

Life is no movie

Art has existed for a long time. Ever since someone put something on the wall of a cave, there has always been visual and creative expression. This evolved into other media such as pottery, paintings, tapestries, and other works.

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On May 21, 2025May 20, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

Four men ordained to the transitional diaconate

The night of May 16 marked the ordination to the transitional diaconate for Deacons Casey Cooney, Barry Meinholz, Luis Reyes, and Mark Wagner at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, part of Stella Maris Pastorate.

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On May 21, 2025May 20, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

‘I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it. . . (You can’t have it!)’

My beloved and I recently watched a documentary on TV that, in part, described the emergence of the mall pretzel — the things I put her through.

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On May 7, 2025May 6, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

New priests to be ordained on May 30

On Friday, May 30, God-willing, four men will be ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Madison.

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On May 7, 2025May 6, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

New deacons to be ordained on May 16

On Friday, May 16, God-willing, four men will be ordained to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Madison.

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On May 7, 2025May 6, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

We are not in control, God is

Every day we try to do things our way. We set an alarm for when to wake up to have power over when we start our days. Sometimes the alarm doesn’t go off and we find that we have not made our own decision when to wake up.

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On April 30, 2025April 28, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

A perfect Church for imperfect people

Well, Happy Easter, everyone. There are a lot of things I could write about this week. I guess I can’t really ignore the top topic on the Catholic Church — Pope Francis has died and soon we will have a new pope.

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On April 16, 2025April 28, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

Happy Easter! Don’t overdo it

Easter is a time to feast and celebrate. It’s a time to be joyful — or maybe glorious — in the Resurrection of the Lord and the hope of the resurrection to come at the end of the age.

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On April 2, 2025April 1, 2025
Kevin Wondrash

Pastor installed at Mater Dei Parish

If words could be used to describe the 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 30, at All Saints Church in Berlin, they would be “gratitude” and “thanksgiving”.

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