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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

EWTN personality concerned about modern education

WAUNAKEE — The air-conditioned parish hall at St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee was a welcome break from the heat one recent Sunday afternoon.

A crowd of families and supporters from Madison’s St. Ambrose Academy, as well as varying degrees of literary fans, gathered to hear about Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton.

Chesterton has become one of the most quoted writers in the English language. Scholars and fans of the author say he foresaw and wrote about the issues Catholics struggle with today, such as social injustice, the culture of death, the decline of the arts, assaults on religion, and attacks on the family and on the dignity of the human person.

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Trisha Hebert, For the Catholic Herald

Cottage Grove parish welcomes priest from India

COTTAGE GROVE — St. Patrick Parish in Cottage Grove welcomes a new priest from India to the Diocese of Madison.

Please join the congregation of St. Patrick’s for a “meet and greet” reception with Fr. Michael Tarigopula at St. Patrick Church, 424 N. Main St., on Sunday, Aug. 11, following the 10 a.m. Mass.

Father Michael is from Pannur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He is the eighth of 10 children born to his father, a farmer, and his mother, a housewife.

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Chris Lee

Federal judge extends preliminary injunction blocking part of new Wisconsin abortion law

MADISON — A federal judge in Madison has extended a preliminary injunction blocking part of a new Wisconsin law, Wisconsin Act 37, that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic.

The order, issued August 2 by U.S. District Judge William Conley, stems from a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood and Affiliated Medical Services filed last month. The groups claim the law would shut two of the state’s four abortion clinics because providers at those facilities, in Appleton and Milwaukee, lack admitting privileges.

Conley issued a temporary restraining order July 8. This injunction blocks the requirement through a trial about the law’s constitutionality, which is set to begin November 25. Until Conley’s final ruling, the two clinics currently without admitting privileges can remain open.

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Chris Lee

Judge rules in favor of Milwaukee Archdiocese regarding cemetery trust funds

MILWAUKEE — An important decision on the separation of church and state was issued July 30, 2013, by United States District Court Judge Rudolph Randa. Randa ruled that the decades old practice of putting a portion of the money received from cemetery lot and mausoleum sales into trust for the perpetual care of those cemetery sites could not be undone for the benefit of claimants in bankruptcy proceedings.

Because these funds were held in trust as prescribed by Canon Law, they were independent of the general assets and could only be used for their intended and pledged purpose — to care for the resting places of the departed as sacred places under Canon law. As the judge said, “removing some or all of these funds from the trust and placing them in the bankruptcy estate would undoubtedly put “substantial pressure” on Archbishop [Jerome] Listecki to “modify [his] behavior” and “violate [his] beliefs”.

 

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Jane Lepeska Grinde, For the Catholic Herald

Catholic women from diocese meet in Belmont

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Officers of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women include, from left: Carol Rogers, secretary; Rosa Ropers, president-elect; Coreen Marklein, president; Barbara Agasie, treasurer; and Carol Brennan, immediate past president. (Photo by Kathy Loy)

BELMONT — Hosted by the Grant Vicariate, the 59th annual meeting of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (MDCCW) focused on the theme of “Uniting Women of Faith” and brought together women from throughout the 11-county Madison Diocese to the Belmont Convention Center recently.

MDCCW President Coreen Marklein, Baraboo, presided at the convention. Jeffrey Arrowood, Somerset, founder and director of From the Abbey, gave the keynote on “Take Control of Your Life.” He also led a shareshop on evangelization.

Another shareshop was presented on foster care and resulted in more than 100 backpacks and personal items donated by MDCCW to foster children.

Individual membership approved

Women may now join the MDCCW as individual members whether or not their parish is affiliated with MDCCW as a result of action taken at the convention.

Marklein thanked the members for voting unanimously to change the constitution and by-laws to allow individual membership. Because fewer parishes have councils that provide for membership in MDCCW, the change gives all diocesan women “an opportunity to unite and share our spirituality, leadership, and service with other women of the council in the Madison Diocese.”

As a result of the change, the website for the diocesan council, www.mdccw.com, includes a new brochure and membership form.

 

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Chris Lee

Hope Haven consolidates programs and services

MADISON — Catholic Charities has announced that Hope Haven, a Catholic Charities company, will be consolidating their programs and services from three facilities to two, effective on July 31 of this year.

The Hope Haven program, located at 425 W. Johnson St. in Madison, will be relocated to 3602 Memorial Dr., the current location of the North Bay Lodge program.

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Chris Lee

Volunteers keep costs low, free clinic running smoothly

MADISON — In June, Our Lady of Hope Clinic celebrated its fourth anniversary of providing free medical care to Dane County’s uninsured men, women, and children.

The clinic, which first opened its doors to uninsured patients on June 1, 2009, is the area’s only completely free full-time primary care clinic for people without health insurance.

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Chris Lee

Vigil for life expands in Madison

MADISON — Madison-based Vigil for Life has reported a dramatic increase in the number of babies saved from abortion at the local Planned Parenthood over the last few months.

The organization has held a public vigil to end abortion in front of Planned Parenthood every business day since January of 2011.

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Chris Lee

Judge freezes law’s mandate abortion doctors have hospital privileges

MADISON (CNS) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker July 5 signed into law a bill that requires women who want an abortion to get an ultrasound of their unborn child and doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic.

The law “will empower women to make truly informed decisions regarding how they will proceed with their pregnancies and will protect the lives of women who experience complications after their abortions,” Susan Armacost, legislative director of Wisconsin Right to Life, said in a statement.

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