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Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
St. Augustine banquet celebrates present, looks forward to future
It was a night to get together, celebrate, and look ahead to blessings to come.
The annual St. Augustine University Parish Newman Banquet took place on March 12.
Help Camp Gray continue its mission at Benefit Dinner
REEDSBURG — “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness!” said Pope Benedict XVI.
These words are words that we should all live by as we go about our daily lives. And that is just what the staff at Camp Gray does each and every day.
Living the Liturgical Year
Most of us have some sense of the Church’s liturgical year. The priest wears purple during Advent, the sanctuary is filled with poinsettias during the Christmas season (and beyond), and our parishes add extra hours for the Sacrament of Penance during Lent. The life of the Church is ordered around the rhythm of the liturgical year.
Unfortunately, most people’s lives are ordered around a different calendar. School starts every fall, December is packed with too many things to do, travel plans are made when the kids are on spring break, etc.
Public Square Rosary Crusade to be held in Green Lake
GREEN LAKE — The 2016 Traditional Marriage Public Square Rosary Crusade will be held on Saturday, March 19, in downtown Green Lake. Prayer will begin at 12 noon at Deacon Mills Park, corner of Mill and South Sts.
In The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort said, “Public prayer is more powerful than private prayer to appease the anger of God and call down His mercy, and Holy Mother Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, has always advocated public prayer in times of public tragedy and suffering.”
St. Dennis Parish hosts grief support series
MADISON — St. Dennis Parish will host a four week “Moving Through Grief” series on Wednesday evenings, April 6, 13, 20, and 27 at the church, 505 Dempsey Rd. A group reunion will be held on Wednesday, May 11.
Sessions facilitated by the St. Dennis grief ministry team include presentations, prayer, small group discussion, handouts, and refreshments.
Good Friday Walk for Justice and Mercy to be held in Madison
MADISON — What do walking for justice and mercy have to do with the three foci of Lent: fasting, prayer, and charity? Everything!
During the Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy and the coming Good Friday time of meditating on the suffering and death of Jesus, Madisonians are invited to walk together to 10 stations in downtown Madison that will call to mind the need for justice and mercy in the world.
On Friday, March 25, all will gather at 4:30 p.m. at Cathedral Place, near the corner of West Washington Ave. and S. Henry St., to commence a one-hour, one-mile loop walk to 10 locations, including the Dane County Jail and the State Capitol.
‘Mass mob’ to be held on Palm Sunday in Princeton
PRINCETON — You’ve heard of “flash Mobs”? Behold! St. John Catholic Church, 1211 W. Main St, in Princeton, is celebrating its third annual Mass mob. It will take place on Palm Sunday, March 20, at the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
Ladies of Divine Mercy Evening of Reflection
CROSS PLAINS — All women are invited to a Ladies of Divine Mercy Evening of Reflection at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Church, 3673 CTH P, Cross Plains, on Friday, March 18.
The evening begins with the Angelus and sung Vespers at 6 p.m., followed by Eucharistic Adoration. Around 7 p.m., Fr. Scott Jablonski will give a spiritual reflection. The evening concludes with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction.
St. Ambrose Academy performs The Sound of Music
MADISON — This spring, St. Ambrose Academy students will bring Roger and Hammerstein’s beloved classic, The Sound of Music, to life.
Performances will be held April 8 to 10 at the Verona High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St.