Dear Friends,
As we celebrated Memorial Day this week, I know that our thoughts and prayers were, and are, very much with our men and women who serve so generously and courageously in the armed forces and those who have gone to see the face of Christ, especially those who have made the supreme sacrifice.
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Summer seminarian assignments
Following are the 2012 summer assignments of Diocese of Madison seminarians for all or part of the summer:
‘Heavenizing’ our freedom
Dear Friends,
This past Sunday we marked the Feast of the Ascension when, the Gospel tells us, Jesus took His place at the Father’s right hand; He took His place as the Eternal High Priest. This means something very powerful and very real for us today, for Jesus ascended and became the Eternal High Priest who leads all creation in the Eternal Divine Liturgy in Worship of God the Father, in the Communion of the Holy Spirit.
Diocese honored to have priest chosen to train for Vatican Diplomatic Corps
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino is happy to announce the Holy See’s appointment of Fr. John D. Putzer, 27, pastoral associate at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish in Sun Prairie, to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy — a school dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See.
Appointments (May 19, 2012)
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective Saturday, July 7, 2012, unless otherwise specifically stated, and announced at weekend Masses of Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, 2012:
- Rev. James Hinnen, from pastor, St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, in accordance with canon 538 §1, to pastor emeritus.
- Rev. Robert Hughes, from pastor, St. Mary Magdalene Parish, Johnson Creek, and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Lake Mills, in accordance with canon 538 §1, to pastor emeritus.
- Rev. Monte Robinson, to pastor, St. Philomena Parish, Belmont, and St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, St. Philomena Parish, Belmont, St. Michael Parish, Calamine, and Immaculate Conception Parish, Truman.
- Rev. David Wanish, to pastor, St. Mary Magdalene Parish, Johnson Creek, and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Lake Mills, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, St. Joseph Parish Argyle, St. Joseph Parish, Gratiot, St. John Parish, South Wayne, and St. Michael Parish, Yellowstone.
- Rev. Randy Budnar, to pastor, St. Michael Parish, Calamine, Holy Rosary Parish, Darlington, St. Peter Parish, Elk Grove, Our Lady of Help Parish, Seymour, and Immaculate Conception Parish, Truman, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, Holy Rosary Parish, Darlington.
Appointments (May 12, 2012)
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Mary, the Mystical Rose, is link to God
Dear Friends,
This past Sunday we heard the moving Gospel passage of “the vine and the branches,” wherein Jesus makes clear that He, Himself, is the true vine to which we must all remain attached, and only through which can we bear any fruit.
It takes bravery to follow Christ as priests
This past Sunday is often called, “Good Shepherd Sunday.” The word the Scriptures use is really not adequately translated in English as simply, “good.” The word really means, “honorable, worthy, noble,” or, “so excellent in every way that its goodness is itself beautiful.”
Statement of the Diocese of Madison
Statement of the Diocese of Madison, regarding coverage of the delicate situation in Platteville, in the Wisconsin State Journal
This past weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal chose to run a story on the sad events surrounding the closing of St. Mary’s School in Platteville.
Instead of reporting the facts as they are, the State Journal opted to turn one of the expressed reasons of Bishop Robert C. Morlino’s letter (that of “In charity and in justice, I must caution you most strongly that this cannot continue. I do this now in sincere hopes of avoiding the issuance of Canonical warnings [or penalties]”) into the exact opposite and the basis for their entire story.
Seeking peace of God through repentance
Dear Friends,
In the Gospel passages of the last few weeks, we have heard time and again how real the Resurrection is. Jesus rose, not with the same physical body He had before, but He rose with a real body that could be touched. His real glorified body could somehow be touched, with the nail marks in the hands and the feet, and the wound in the side from the soldier’s lance. All those wounds were visible and tangible in Jesus’ glorified body.