The next Theology on Tap will be Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 7 p.m. at The Brink Lounge. Shawn Willox will present “Pop-Christology: Engaging the Jesus of Popular Culture.”
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Dinner for singles
MIDDLETON — Singles are invited to join the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Singles for the monthly dinner, this month at Benvenuto’s West, 1109 Fourier Dr., Middleton, on Wednesday, June 20 at 6 p.m.
Deacons to be ordained
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| Vince Brewer | Garrett Kau |
MADISON — Two new transitional deacons will be ordained for the Diocese of Madison on Friday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel of the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison.
Bishop Robert C. Morlino will ordain Vince Brewer and Garrett Kau as transitional deacons. God willing, they will be ordained to the priesthood in 2013.
Vince Brewer
Brewer is in his third year of theology studies at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass.
A native of Richland Center, Brewer served in the Navy for six years during the Iran-Iraq War. After that he attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications management.
He worked for a radio station in Dubuque, Iowa, and then worked for TDS in Madison.
The call to the priesthood came off and on during his life and emerged again after he finished a year of duty for the U.S. Central Command in Qatar.
For Greater Glory movie recommended viewing
For Greater Glory (opening Friday, June 1) is a timely historical film about the fight for religious freedom.
Set in the increasingly-secular, increasingly-socialist, and increasingly-power-hungry political atmosphere of 1920s Mexico, For Greater Glory tells the true story of anti-Catholic and anti-clerical oppression by the Mexican Government, led by President Plutarco Elías Calles.
Oregon parish hosts presentation on Christ, creation, and fate of earth
OREGON — “Christ, Creation, and the Fate of the Earth” is a presentation by Deacon David Backes to be held Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m., in Consolation Hall at Holy Mother of Consolation Church in Oregon. All are welcome.
Abbot Marcel Rooney founds institute to deepen understanding of sacred liturgy
MADISON — In Latin, “orate” means “pray.” More than just an invitation, it is a command to pray, says Abbot Marcel Rooney, OSB, former abbot primate of the Benedictine Order.
Schemmel to conclude tenure as EHS president in 2013
MADISON — Judd Schemmel, the president of Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart (EHS), recently informed the school of his decision to complete his tenure as president at the end of the 2012-13 school year. Schemmel began as president of the Catholic high school in May of 2005.
St. Mary’s Hospital launches first high-tech historical tour
MADISON — Melding a rich history of care with the latest technology is done daily and seamlessly at St. Mary’s Hospital.
The hospital has been known for many firsts over its past 100 years in Madison, and on May 10, it made the history books once again as the first hospital in the nation to launch a Near Field Communications (NFC) enabled historical tour, giving visitors and patients a high tech way to interact with the hospital’s history.
Open house planned at Women’s Care Center
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| At the new Women’s Care Center in Madison, a pregnant woman (at left) receives an ultrasound of her unborn baby. (Contributed photo) |
MADISON — The new Women’s Care Center in Madison is planning an open house on Saturday, May 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate its successful first four months of operation and allow the public to see the crisis pregnancy center located at 3711 Orin Rd. on Madison’s east side.
“We’ve had great support in both time and money from so many wonderful people and organizations, and that’s why we want to open our doors for people to see what we’ve accomplished together,” said Margie Blau of Madison, a member of the center’s board.
Angela Gorenc, BS, RN, the center’s director, said the Women’s Care Center has been getting “busier and busier.”
The center opened on January 18. There were 10 visits from clients in January. “Last month we had 42 visits from clients,” said Gorenc, making a total of over 100 visits since the center opened.
The Women’s Care Center is located right across the street from the Planned Parenthood Clinic where abortions are performed. Gorenc said there have been clients who planned to go to the clinic and instead walked across the street to the Women’s Care Center and decided to have their baby.
Mission trip to Haiti
OREGON — In January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. News coverage scenes showed massive and widespread devastation.
It is estimated that 316,000 people died and 1,000,000 people were made homeless as a result of the earthquake.