MCFARLAND — Christ the King Parish in McFarland hosted its kick-off Rosary Rally on Thursday, June 27, with Fr. Steve Smith, pastor, presiding.
Fifteen people, from three parishes came to pray at the outdoor Marian Garden.
Author: Kevin Wondrash
Mass to honor Father Mazzuchelli on August 25
BENTON — The Father Samuel Mazzuchelli Assembly 4th Degree Knights of Columbus extend an invitation to all to attend the annual Mass to honor the Venerable Father Samuel Mazzuchelli.
The Mass will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 3 p.m. at St Patrick Church in Benton.
Fr. Richard Leffler, Faithful Friar of the Mazzuchelli Assembly, will concelebrate the Mass with other local clergy.
Holy Rosary Parish thanks mobile pantry volunteers
DARLINGTON — Over the past five years, Holy Rosary Parish has been able to serve the Monthly Manna Mobile Food Pantry to community members in need because of the dedicated work of many volunteers.
However, the mobile food pantry will no longer be run by Holy Rosary.Platteville hosts mobile food pantry
PLATTEVILLE — St. […]
Youth gets rank of Eagle Scout
MUSCODA — Nickolas Wiederholt, a senior from Riverdale High School, was recognized at a Court of Honor ceremony at St. John the Baptist school gym in Muscoda on Sunday, July 28.
This is the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to scouts, and only approximately four percent of all Boy Scouts attain the rank of Eagle.
Cottage Grove parish welcomes priest from India
COTTAGE GROVE — St. Patrick Parish in Cottage Grove welcomes a new priest from India to the Diocese of Madison.
Please join the congregation of St. Patrick’s for a “meet and greet” reception with Fr. Michael Tarigopula at St. Patrick Church, 424 N. Main St., on Sunday, Aug. 11, following the 10 a.m. Mass.
Father Michael is from Pannur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He is the eighth of 10 children born to his father, a farmer, and his mother, a housewife.
EWTN personality concerned about modern education
WAUNAKEE — The air-conditioned parish hall at St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee was a welcome break from the heat one recent Sunday afternoon.
A crowd of families and supporters from Madison’s St. Ambrose Academy, as well as varying degrees of literary fans, gathered to hear about Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton.
Chesterton has become one of the most quoted writers in the English language. Scholars and fans of the author say he foresaw and wrote about the issues Catholics struggle with today, such as social injustice, the culture of death, the decline of the arts, assaults on religion, and attacks on the family and on the dignity of the human person.
St. John the Baptist students raise funds for tornado victims
JEFFERSON — First graders at St. John the Baptist School in Jefferson recently helped to raise funds to help the victims of the devastating spring tornadoes in Oklahoma.
The 20 students in Lisa Kotz’s class were very concerned with the people who were injured, lost their homes, or had to deal with the tragic deaths of family and friends.
Adding to their daily prayers, the first graders decided that they had a responsibility to be the “hands and feet of Christ” in reaching out to their brothers and sisters in need.
Local youth return from World Youth Day 2013
After a long, 25-hour adventure of traveling that got us to Rio de Janeiro for the beginning of World Youth Day, the Madison pilgrims, having joined with our new friends from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, were finally en route to the church we would be able to call home for the week.
On the bus, we travelled across the entire city all the way to a far west suburb, Recreio dos Bandeirantes. As we passed through famous areas of Rio, Copacabana, and Ipanema, I craned my neck to try to find the statue of Christ the Redeemer towering above the city, welcoming us to town.
Inviting others to know Christ in a life-changing way
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This column is the bishop’s communication with the faithful of the Diocese of Madison. Any wider circulation reaches beyond the intention of the bishop. |
Dear Friends,
I suppose (after all the coverage here, as well as a very fair and good piece by Doug Erickson in the State Journal) it will come as no surprise to you that this past week I marked 10 years as Bishop of Madison.
I’m so grateful to God for having given me the blessing of these 10 years of service to this local Church and I’m so very grateful to you all. Thank you for your prayers, your faith, your encouragement, and, yes, your constructive criticism through the past years. God willing, I’ll have almost 10 more with you, and I hope we can continue to do great things together — always with His grace and help.
Communicating with the people of the diocese
Over the past 10 years I’ve had many a good person come to me — whether through letters or in person, at Masses and events around the diocese — to say basically, “Bishop we want to help, but we’re not really sure where you’re going. What are you trying to do?”
It seems, from speaking to them, that much of the confusion comes from my taking a different style than that to which they may be accustomed — I speak rather loudly and in a straightforward manner, in a culture which has become obsessed with an idea of “tolerance” (which equates to never making Truth claims,) and never saying anything that may make people uncomfortable.