The Mazzuchelli Assembly 4th Degree Knights of Columbus of Lancaster announced the annual memorial Mass to honor the Venerable Father Samuel Mazzuchelli will be held at St. Patrick Church in Benton on Sunday, Aug. 22, at 3 p.m.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Support for Marriage Rally to be held July 27
On Tuesday, July 27, supporters of marriage will gather at the State Capitol to show support for the sanctity of marriage and to show appreciation for a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in favor of the state constitutional amendment.
Love begins here
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| Bridget, an incoming junior at St. Ambrose School in Madison, brushes accumulated grime off of the crucifix in St. Andrew Parish Cemetery in Verona, before painting it July 14 during the Love Begins Here service project. (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner) Click here for more photos of Love Begins Here. |
VERONA — The final week of Love Begins Here could have been called “Extreme Church Makeover.”
Working outside in uninterrupted sun and what felt like enough heat to cook their dinner that night, groups of high school students painted the outside walls of St. Andrew Church in Verona and scrubbed the accumulated grime from the crucifix in the cemetery July 14. Another set of students was likewise engaged with cleaning and painting and other tasks at St. Bridget Church in Ridgeway.
These students had come from parishes and families around the Diocese of Madison to do work for those in need within the diocese.
Raised beds offer gardens for seniors
MADISON — A senior center gardening project that has been in the dreaming stage with one resident for several years has came to fruition this spring at the All Saints Retirement Community in Madison.
Rosary for the bishop extends worldwide
Rosary for the Bishop, an online campaign praying for Catholic bishops, celebrated six months of international service on July 1.
Christmas in July donation drive
A hot July turns out to be a great time for Christmas giving to needy Dane County kids.
Honoring Msgr. Campion and Campion’s Champions
Recently the people of St. Victor Parish in Monroe, and many others around the diocese gathered for the unveiling and dedication of a statue recognizing Msgr. Thomas F. Campion, founder and director of the Apostolate to the Handicapped, and the many volunteers called “Campion’s Champions.”
College to sell Durward’s Glen
DURWARD’S GLEN — Magdalen College, a Catholic liberal arts college in Warner, N.H., has decided to sell Durward’s Glen, a Catholic retreat center located in the Baraboo bluffs about 30 miles north of Madison.
Local CCHD funds distributed
MADISON — As the nation’s bishops continue to scrutinize the distribution of the national portion of the U.S. Church’s annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), Bishop Robert C. Morlino has assured the Diocese of Madison that all donations earmarked for local use will only benefit initiatives, groups, and programs consistent with authentic Catholic social teaching, as a matter of justice.
Two new priests ordained
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| Bishop Robert C. Morlino receives the promises of Deacon David Carrano as Deacon Gregory Ihm, far right, looks on. (Catholic Herald photo by Kat Wagner) Click here for more photos of ordination. |
MADISON — Incense. Trumpets. A procession of priests and bishops. Knights of Columbus in their colorful regalia. Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in their black and white garb.
All these elements added to the solemnity of the ordination Mass celebrated on Friday, June 25, at St. Maria Goretti Church.
Signs of great joy
But while it was a very serious occasion marked by reverence and tradition, the Mass and ordination rite were also filled with signs of great joy as Deacons David A. Carrano and Gregory S. Ihm were ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Madison.