Every year, large numbers of people remember and celebrate three historic days that they believe changed the world.
Author: Kevin Wondrash
Communion bread baking ovens arrive at new monastery site
With the help of technicians who flew in from France, the Sisters’ altar bread baking machines were disassembled at their current monastery near Prairie du Sac, taken to their new and nearly finished monastery near Hollandale, and reassembled.
Leaping back to 1996
We thought it would be “fun” to go back 28 years (wow) and see what the world according to the Catholic Herald was like in late February of 1996.
Don’t be a ‘sometimes sinner’
I’m certainly not encouraging us to be obligatory about this and feel that “if we’re going to sin anyway, we might as well make it a good one (see: presumption),” but even if we don’t see ourselves — and probably aren’t — as bad as some of the most evil people who may or may not be in the bad place, we’re still sinners who sin.
Even if we’re bright shining lights for all six out of seven days, that remaining day could be the difference in what happens to us when we die.
Putting ourselves into Lent
Welcome to Lent, everyone. Welcome to 40-plus days (actual number dependent upon how you handle Sundays, solemnities, and so on) of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, “giving up” things, and not eating meat on certain days.
How to live in a ‘bad news’ world
we know that all is well and all will be well because Jesus was born, died, and rose again all in the name of the “Good News”.
Vatican approves new cathedral site in Madison
The Diocese of Madison is closer to having a cathedral once again.
Election season is coming
Just a few days from now, on Monday, Jan. 15, the 2024 election season gets formally underway.
An open letter to 2023
Dear 2023, it’s almost time to say “goodbye”. Soon you’ll be nothing but a memory getting further and further away.
Christmas time is (almost) here again
Christmas will be here before you know it and whether you like it or not.