People age 60 and older in Dane County are about to receive a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips as the Dane County Agency on Aging, along with St. Mary’s Hospital, release their biennial Over 60 Resource Directory.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Lenten regulations
The following are Lenten regulations to be practiced by all Catholics:
Busiest local food pantry moves to new quarters
With the main part of its new home now ready, Dane County’s busiest food pantry moved into its freshly built space and opened there on February 2.
John Philipp named Director of Finance for diocese
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MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced that John Philipp has been named Director of Finance for the Diocese of Madison.
According to the Code of Canon Law in the Catholic Church, the bishop appoints a financial administrator of the diocese after consulting with the College of Consultors and the diocesan Finance Council. The financial administrator is to be an “expert in financial matters and of truly outstanding integrity.”
Our Lady of Hope Clinic secures location
Our Lady of Hope Clinic announced that it has signed a five-year lease for what will become Dane County’s newest and most unique primary care clinic.
Bringing Catholics back home through music
MADISON — In the title song of Aaron Thompson’s most recent album, 10,000 Angels, the refrain’s lyrics speak of returning to God, saying, “You can come back today.”
He had written the song for the Catholics Come Home Campaign, an independent, non-profit charity aimed at welcoming those who have left the Church or anyone interested in becoming Catholic.
“I was at a concert recently in Georgia,” Thompson said, “and I had a guy come up afterwards in tears. He was Jewish, and he wanted to inquire into the RCIA process.
Catholic Charities honors Gerald Ring for 15 years of volunteer leadership
Catholic Charities of Madison has named a roadway “Gerry Ring Way” at the new assisted living section at All Saints Retirement Neighborhood on Madison’s west side to honor Gerald Ring’s 15 years of volunteer leadership.
Surgery center board approves abortion plan
MADISON — Pro-life groups have denounced the unanimous vote by the Madison Surgery Center board of directors on February 6 to begin performing second-trimester abortions at the clinic’s 1 S. Park St. location.
Board approves abortion proposal in Madison
MADISON — The UW Hospitals and Clinics (UWHC) Authority Board approved a proposal February 4 to begin performing abortions at the Madison Surgery Center (MSC).
Marchers oppose abortions in Madison
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| Dr. Haywood Robinson speaks to over 800 people attending a pro-life rally held on the Library Mall in Madison to protest a plan to provide second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. (Catholic Herald photo/Joe Ptak) |
MADISON — Thirty years ago a young doctor finished medical school. He wanted to help people by treating diseases.
In his first year of practice, he began delivering babies. He found it to be an awesome experience.
But to earn some extra money, he also began to perform abortions. At first he experienced uneasiness, but soon it became easier.
Experienced conversion
That young doctor was Dr. Haywood Robinson. He talked about his conversion to the pro-life cause at a rally on the State St. Mall on the University of Wisconsin campus on Saturday, Jan. 31. Over 800 people from throughout Wisconsin attended the rally, many carrying signs such as “What about the baby’s rights” and “Thou shalt not kill.”
After “coming to know the Lord,” Robinson said he now thinks of his payment for performing abortions as “blood money.”
He insisted that doctors “can’t have it both ways.” They can’t take care of pregnant women who want their children on one hand and kill the babies of those who don’t want them on the other.
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Robinson, who is chief of staff at the College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas, urged the crowd to “hold people accountable” at the University of Wisconsin and Meriter Hospital, which are partners in the Madison Surgery Center. Plans are being proposed to offer second-trimester abortions at the Surgery Center.
“They can’t open a death camp in Madison,” Robinson told the rally.