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Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Program on human trafficking in Berlin
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Valentine social in Fort Atkinson
FORT ATKINSON — St. Joe’s 55-PLUS Group will have their annual Valentine potluck social on Friday, Feb. 10, at St. Joseph Parish Hall at 1 p.m.
Baked salmon with hoisin sauce, steamed asparagus, coffee, lemonade, and tableware will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a dish to pass.
Plenary indulgence for Fatima 100th anniversary at Durward’s Glen
BARABOO — Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity throughout the Fatima 100th anniversary year. There are three ways of obtaining the indulgence.
Obtaining indulgence
To obtain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must fulfill the ordinary conditions, go to Confession and Communion, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, in addition to the following:
An amazing life continues into retirement for Sr. Bernadette Prochaska, FSPA
Sr. Bernadette Prochaska, […]
Looking forward to Catholic Schools Week
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Reading institute to help kids with dyslexia
MADISON — The Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities (formerly known as the Apostolate to the Handicapped) recently approved a grant to fund the St. Ambrose Academy Reading Institute.
The Reading Institute will help coordinate tutoring for students with dyslexia at diocesan schools by providing student screening, assessments, and training tutors who will then provide one-on-one tutoring for students.
The Reading Institute will use a proven tutoring method to provide students with the tools they need to be able to read.
St. Vincent de Paul ‘Recycle the Warmth’ blanket drive
Imagine another sleepless night, shivering in a cold bed without a clean, warm blanket.
Some people in the community will go to bed tonight without the basic warmth and comfort of a blanket and it will affect their ability to work, learn, and stay healthy.
Pontifical Mass for the Feast of Candlemas to be celebrated
MADISON — On Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino will celebrate Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Presentation of the Lord) with a Pontifical Mass at the Throne in the chapel of the Holy Name Heights, 702 S. High Point Rd., Madison.
The music will be Gregorian Chant and polyphonic motets.
There will be the traditional blessing of candles and a procession.
The rites are in the Church’s ancient, traditional form of the Roman Rite in Latin.
Blessed candles will be distributed.
Women’s Care Center expecting 155 babies
Kila Hagie is expecting 155 babies! Not her own babies, of course. These are babies of pregnant women Hagie is helping at the Women’s Care Center (WCC) in Madison.