News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
MADISON — Preparations are full steam ahead for our participation in the upcoming World Youth Day (WYD) Madrid 2011.
The dates are August 8 to 24. The Diocese of Madison is teaming up with St. Paul University Catholic Center to sponsor this pilgrimage to Madrid.
MADISON — Since she turned 18 — 12 years after her father brought her legally into the United States from Mexico— Guadalupe Mancilla has worked towards becoming a citizen.
MADISON — The Knights of Divine Mercy is sponsoring a pilgrimage to the National Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, Mass., for Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011.
A number of parishes throughout the Diocese of Madison will be selling Divine Chocolate the weekends of February 12 and 13 and February 19 and 20. However, parishes also sell Divine Chocolate at any time during the year.
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MADISON — In recent months, Madison-area Catholics have heard of the new changes planned for St. Paul University Catholic Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
The proposed building project and program will have an important and lasting impact on many future generations of Catholic leaders in our city and state.
St. Paul’s invites and strongly encourages all Madison-area Catholics to attend an informational presentation, at which the community will hear the full vision and plans for the new St. Paul Catholic Center and Residential College.
As the campus ministry has grown and affected thousands of Catholic students and families, new areas of growth and development have occurred. Hear about the current campus ministry and the need for an expanded and upgraded physical space, as well as an exciting new program launching in summer 2011 in partnership with Edgewood College.
FORT ATKINSON — A one-of-a-kind work of art has been planned and the call for alumni volunteers from St. Joseph School in Fort Atkinson has gone out.
JANESVILLE — An open class weekend for Ave Maria University’s Institute for Pastoral Theology will be held at St. John Vianney Parish, 1250 E. Racine St., Janesville. Prospective students can attend the following classes during the event:
The 85-year-old Brother Dutton Grade School will close in June, 2011, at the end of this school year.
MADISON — The theme for this year’s Diocesan Men’s Retreat (March 4 to 5) is taken from Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).
MADISON — The Office of Worship of the Diocese of Madison is sponsoring workshops for clergy and parish music and liturgy leaders entitled “Music and the New Roman Missal.”
