“Tonight, we gather not only to honor our first responders, but to remember those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice,” said UW-Madison Chief of Police Kristen Roman at the fifth annual Blue Mass.
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Xavier Mission Team looking for new members
The Xavier Mission Team in the Diocese of Madison is now hiring new missionaries for the 2022-2023 year.
Bishop Hying’s statement on violence
Tragically, we live in a culture of violence and death. The recent mass shootings in New York and now Texas break our hearts, as both adults and children are murdered in the course of a normal day of grocery shopping or attending school by a troubled loner who has embraced some crazed ideological mix of racism, carnage, and/or revenge. The Gospel of Life challenges us to embrace our own human dignity, to build a culture in which every person is welcomed, nurtured, respected, and loved. The Church proclaims the right to life, not only for the unborn, but for every human being, created in the image and likeness of God.
Celebrating Rural Life
Sunday, May 15, was the feast of Sts. Isidore and his wife Maria, the patrons of farmers and rural life. They lived in Spain near Madrid in the 11th century, and worked as agricultural laborers, their lives marked by a deep Catholic faith, an intense piety, a love for the poor and for nature, as well as a strong work ethic.
Two new deacons
On the night of May 13, two men prayed at the statue of Our Lady of Fatima on her feast day.
‘Show me how you are loved by God’
Missionary shares her story of conversion and gives advice on sharing the gospel with others
“I’m convinced that people are no longer able to hear dry Gospel words that just come out of our mouth without us allowing God to penetrate everything deeply,” said Ukrainian-born Catholic missionary Valentyna Pavsyukova. “It is not possible. People are too thirsty.”
‘Be great in little things’ — St. Francis Xavier
I thought I knew what it meant to “be great in little things”. Making even the most minimal tasks ways to holiness, for both ourselves and others.
Pentecost novena to be prayed in diocese
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison is asking everyone in the Diocese of Madison to pray a novena ahead of the feast of Pentecost, which is on Sunday, June 5.
Bishop Hying’s statement regarding San Francisco’s bishop decision regarding Speaker Pelosi and Holy Communion
Statement from Bishop Donald Hying, regarding Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco’s recognition of Speaker Pelosi’s choice to separate herself from full communion with the Catholic Church
Online Catholic high school starting in diocese
In response to the needs of families who desire a Catholic high school for their students, The Office of Schools in the Diocese of Madison has announced the founding of Blessed Carlo Acutis Academy. It is a new Catholic high school in the diocese opening this coming 2022-2023 school year.