Our Lady of Hope Clinic is celebrating its second anniversary of providing free medical care to Dane County’s poor and uninsured population.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
David Johannes to be ordained to diaconate
MADISON — David Johannes will be ordained to the transitional diaconate by Bishop Robert C. Morlino on Friday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison.
Johannes has attended St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colo., for the past six years.
His home parish is the Cathedral Parish in Madison. Johannes graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was active in the Knights of Columbus at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center. He served as grand knight of the UW council, which won the Most Outstanding College Council Award at the national level for two years.
Through the Knights of Columbus, Johannes became involved as a volunteer with the Apostolate to the Handicapped of the Diocese of Madison. He became a server and commentator on the weekly television Masses sponsored by the apostolate on Channel 3.
Celebrating the purchase of Durward’s Glen
BARABOO — It was a joyful day at Durward’s Glen on Saturday, May 14, as the new local owners celebrated their purchase of the retreat and educational center.
Catholic Woman’s Club honors Msgr. Fiedler
MADISON — The Madison Catholic Woman’s Club presented its Christian Achievement Award to Msgr. Ken Fiedler at the club’s 96th annual spring celebration held at the Blackhawk Country Club recently.
Protecting life at all stages
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| Bishop Robert C. Morlino, surrounded by pro-life advocates, stands outside the Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin building in Portage to pray a Rosary. The Peace and Justice Committee at Immaculate Conception Parish in Portage has included pro-life efforts in its agenda for years. (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner) For more pictures click here. |
PORTAGE — Several dozen people, many from the Portage area and others who had come more of a distance to be present, gathered on the sidewalk in front of the local Planned Parenthood clinic on a main street here recently.
The April 26 prayer gathering, which featured a Rosary led by Bishop Robert C. Morlino, was one of the many pro-life efforts engaged in by members of the local parish. In fact, the St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish’s Peace and Justice Committee invites people of all faiths and denominations to gather outside the Planned Parenthood every second Tuesday of the month from 5 to 6 p.m. for prayer to end abortion.
This focus on the protection of the unborn is only a part of the parish’s broader acknowledgement of the importance of social justice in Catholic teaching.
“Social justice begins in the womb, and we start from there,” said Eileen Knecht, a member of the Peace and Justice Committee.
Conquering earthly pride
The belief human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society is the foundation of all the principles of Catholic social teaching, the U.S. bishops have said.
“It’s earthly pride that causes hatred and earthly pride that makes people feel that they are in charge of human life from conception to natural death — and we know by reason alone that God is in charge,” Bishop Morlino said during the prayer gathering.
Miracle of Life Rosary Garden to be dedicated
PINE BLUFF — Bishop Robert C. Morlino will dedicate the Miracle of Life Rosary Garden at St. Mary of Pine Bluff on Tuesday, May 24, at 6 p.m.
Two priests ordained for Madison Diocese
After attending the Beatification of Blessed John Paul II in Rome where he is doing graduate studies, Fr. Greg Ihm (ordained a priest for the Diocese of Madison last year) e-mailed Bishop Robert C. Morlino.
Local group secures Durward’s Glen
DURWARD’S GLEN — “We’ve got it!” announced Director Mardell Krejchik at Durward’s Glen.
Effective April 28, 2011, the non-profit group Durward’s Glen Our Lady of the Rosary Group (OLRG) Ltd. owns and operates this 150-year-old Catholic retreat center and nature sanctuary.
New Roman Missal workshops offered
The Office of Worship is sponsoring eight workshops on the New Roman Missal that are open to all people of the Diocese.
Exploding the myth of Hitler’s pope
MADISON — At the most recent St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture held at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center April 7, renowned Jewish-American author Rabbi David G. Dalin confronted the myths and legends surrounding the papacy of Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust.