St. Ann Parish in Stoughton will have a recorded Memorial Day Mass that will be shown on Monday, May, 25. It can be seen on the St. Ann Parish YouTube channel called “St. Ann Catholic Parish, Stoughton” or the parish Facebook page called “St. Ann Catholic Parish, Stoughton”.
Category: Around the Diocese
News from around the 11 counties of the Diocese of Madison.
Madison artist is transforming former cathedral steeple into works of art
MADISON — What can an artist make out of 20 tons of material salvaged from a former church steeple?
That’s what Madison artist Jeremiah Logemann is asking. He obtained the steeple that used to grace the top of St. Raphael Cathedral in downtown Madison.
Diocese of Madison to roll out reopening plan early next week
MADISON — With the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling of May 13, which overturned Governor Tony Evers’ state-wide Emergency Order #28, i.e., the “Safer at Home” Order, Most Reverend Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison offered the following brief statement:
“I certainly appreciate the exception added to the Public Health Madison and Dane County Order of May 13th, which while continuing to list religious entities as ‘Essential Businesses and Operations’, also allows for more reasonably-sized congregations for public worship while maintaining appropriate health-related safeguards, and I look forward to seeing this exception for religious entities being adopted in our other ten counties in the Diocese of Madison, and hopefully statewide in any possible future state order.
Two parishes host Drive-Thru Taprooms to provide food and support local businesses
MADISON/WAUNAKEE — Two parishes — St. Maria Goretti in Madison and St. John the Baptist in Waunakee — supported local businesses by hosting Drive-Thru Taprooms providing food and beverages.
Those attending the event also had the option of offering a free will donation to the parish with their order.
Promoting businesses, helping parishioners
“This all came together quickly, and we didn’t have much of a playbook to follow,” said Mark Shapleigh, business manager at St. Maria Goretti parish. “The central event coordinator was Karben4 Brewing company.
Facing challenges with distance learning
JANESVILLE/STOUGHTON — “Do you guys remember when Mrs. Harker told us we didn’t have to come to school on Wednesday, and we were all cheering, and now we’re all wishing we could go back!”
That was a comment made by one of the students in Jane Harker’s fifth grade class during their weekly Google Meet video conference session on May 6.
Harker has taught fifth grade at St. John Vianney School for the last two years in Janesville. Before that, she taught at Jefferson Elementary school in the same city.
Apostolate announcement about Day at the Dells
Given the recent announcement that the Tommy Bartlett Show has been forced to cancel its 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Apostolate must cancel our annual Day at the Dells event scheduled for August 21, 2020.
Drive-Thru Food Drive on May 17
Many people are asking for ways to help as COVID-19 continues to affect the community on a daily basis. Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish’s Social Action & Community Enrichment Board teamed up with the St. Vincent de Paul conference to find a creative way to help neighbors in need.
Convention postponed until 2021 for women
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| MDCCW officers to be elected this year include, from left: Judy Lyons, president-elect, succeeds Bernadette Schaefer as MDCCW president; Katie Crosby continues as treasurer; and Linda Ripp is a candidate for president-elect. This year’s election will take place virtually as will the installation of officers by Msgr. Duane Moellenberndt, MDCCW spiritual advisor, left. (Jane Lepeska Grinde photo) |
MADISON — “Five years ago, at the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Convention in Orlando, it became my dream to celebrate the 100th anniversary of NCCW at our diocesan convention in 2020,” said Bernadette Schaefer, Lancaster, who is in her final year as president of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW).
“Now, instead,” she wrote in the MDCCW newsletter, “I have to announce that our convention and celebration have been cancelled.”
With concerns about the health and safety of its members during this pandemic, the MDCCW board voted by email to cancel the annual convention scheduled for June 13 in Cross Plains. The board will meet virtually May 16 to elect officers and conduct other business which is allowed during times of crisis.
Much accomplished
The June convention was to be the 66th annual convention. During those 66 years, area Catholic women have participated in countless activities at their parish, vicariate, and diocesan levels.
Add 34 years to that for the 100 years of organized activities of the NCCW, and the result is countless charitable projects in this country and internationally, said Schaefer.
Three mothers reflect on pregnancy, birth, and faith during pandemic
MADISON — Pregnancy can be both a joyous and stressful time for new mothers. It can come with health hurtles, worries about the future, but usually not to the level of a global pandemic.
Three new and expecting mothers — Tabitha Hansen, Diana Bur, and Kristin Dvorsky — talked about what it is like to be expecting a child during this time and how their faith has been supporting them in their struggles.
Offering it up
Tabitha Hansen, a convert to Catholicism and member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madison, had already lost three children to miscarriage and has four living children. Her daughter, Julia, is due to be born in September.
Our Lady of Hope Clinic challenged by pandemic and personnel issues
MADISON — Our Lady of Hope Clinic has been hit by multiple challenges during the last three months.
The pandemic has not only altered how health care is provided but has all but eliminated the availability of volunteer medical assistants at the 11-year-old Odana Rd. clinic on Madison’s west side.
Open for members and uninsured recipients
Dr. Michael Kloess and Dr. Elizabeth Larson continue to serve an average of six uninsured patients daily, while providing enhanced access primary care to members of the clinic.