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Bishop’s Schedule:

  • Bishop Donald J. Hying Schedule

    Thursday, April 17, 2025, 10 a.m.: Chrism Mass, St. Maria Goretti Church, Madison; 7:30 p.m.: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, St. Maria Goretti Church, Madison

    Friday, April 18, 2025, 3 p.m.: Good Friday Service with Veneration of the Cross, St. Victor Church, Monroe

    Saturday, April 19, 2025, 8 p.m.: Easter Vigil Mass, St. Andrew Church, Verona

    Sunday, April 20, 2025, 10 a.m.: Easter Mass, Blessed Sacrament Church, Madison; 1 p.m.: Easter Mass (en Español), St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Madison

    Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 11 a.m.: Centennial Mass for St. Vincent de Paul-Madison, Alliant Energy Center, Madison; 7 p.m.: Confirmation for St. Cletus Pastorate, St. Joseph Church, Edgerton

    Thursday, April 24, 2025: Jacmel Advisory Committee meeting, Holy Name Heights, Madison; Catholics in Higher Education gathering, Holy Name Heights, Madison

    Saturday, April 26, 2025: Jubilee for Teenagers gathering, Camp Gray, Reedsburg; Institute on Religious Life National Conference, Mundelein, Ill.

    Sunday, April 27, 2025, 10 a.m.: Mass for Feast of St. Margaret of Castello for the Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities-Diocese of Madison, Holy Name Heights, Madison; 12:05 p.m.: Divine Mercy Festival Mass, James Madison Park, Madison; 4 p.m.: Confirmation Mass, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Madison

    Monday, April 28, 2025: School Mass, Divine Mercy Academy, Middleton; Suicide Loss Group gathering, St. Patrick Church, Cottage Grove

    Tuesday, April 29, 2025: Mass for Columbia North Vicariate Council of Catholic Women, St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Briggsville; 4:30 p.m.: Mass with Sacraments of Initiation, St. Augustine University Parish, Platteville; 6:30 p.m.: Knights of Columbus Mass and Clergy Appreciation Banquet, St. Mary Church, Platteville

    Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7 p.m.: Confirmation Mass for Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish, St. Mary Church, Fennimore

From the Bishop’s Desk:

  • The source of our hope and joy
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the most beautiful and important event in all of human history! Without it, Jesus’ mission was an abject failure, we are trapped in our sins and bereft of any hope for eternal life!
  • Feeling Christ’s love during Holy Week
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    The Jewish celebration of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, finds its origins in Leviticus 16, which lays out the complexity of the ritual for the people to atone for their sins and seek forgiveness from God.
  • Palm Sunday and the Passion
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Every Holy Week, we listen to the proclamation of the Passion of Christ twice. On Palm Sunday, we hear from the Gospel of the current liturgical cycle, (this year, it is St. Luke) and on Good Friday, it is always the Passion from the Gospel of John.
  • We can convert like St. Paul
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    St. Paul is one of the most significant and influential figures in the Church, so much so that his conversion to Christ has its own liturgical memorial on January 25 every year.
  • Youth provide hope for the Church
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Every month in this Jubilee Year dedicated to hope, I am writing one column on a particular ministry in the diocese which offers hope to others.
  • Perseverance in our faith
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    At this point of Lent, I usually need a little (or a lot) of encouragement to keep faithful to my commitments in this holy season, and so I am thinking that a reflection on perseverance is opportune, maybe for all of us.
  • Let us glorify Him
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    The Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent is always the Transfiguration scene when Peter, James, and John momentarily glimpse the glory of the risen Christ.
  • Let us give our hearts to the Lord
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    In these recent weeks leading up to Lent, I have spent much time in prayer meditating on the heart — my heart, your heart, the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Bible mentions “the heart” more than 700 times. We know the heart symbolizes our deepest self, the center of our emotions, desires, longings, and loves.
  • Living the mission of Christ
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    The practice of our Catholic faith finds its summary in the two-fold commandment given to us by Jesus: Love God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
  • Catholic Charities: A sign of God’s presence
    by Bishop Donald J. Hying
    Each month in this Jubilee Year, I am dedicating a column to an organization or ministry in our diocese which gives hope and inspiration to our people.