MADISON — The Rite of Election of Catechumens and Call to Continuing Conversion for Candidates for Full Communion in the Catholic Church will be celebrated by the churches of the Diocese of Madison on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee.
Among accolades honoring Arlene McMorran for serving 25 years as Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) School principal is the Outstanding Catholic Educator Award in the Diocese of Madison. The honorary plaque was recently presented to McMorran by Madison Diocesan Superintendent of Schools Michael Lancaster.
On Sunday, Jan. 17, 51 seminarians of the Pontifical North American College were instituted to the Ministry of Lector during a celebration of the Eucharist. Scott M. Jablonski of the Diocese of Madison, who is in his first year of theological studies, was among those seminarians instituted.
At a recent Knights of Columbus meeting, members received information about a new Supreme Council program called the Ultrasound Initiative.
On Friday to Sunday, Feb. 26, 27, and 28, the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center will be host to a YOUTH 2000 retreat for high school and young adults, led by the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal.
Christopher West, author of the bestselling books Good News About Sex & Marriage, Theology of the Body Explained, and Theology of the Body for Beginners, will speak in Madison Friday, Feb. 19, at the Bishop O’Connor Center, 702 S. High Point Rd., as part of the free St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture Series.
MADISON — People in Ghana are very grateful for the assistance they have received from people in the Diocese of Madison through the Global Solidarity Partnership, said the priest who coordinates the partnership in Ghana.
Upcoming marriage enrichment opportunities in the Madison area:
Our Lady of Hope Clinic, 6425 Odana Rd., holds an open house and tour of the clinic each second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Parishes throughout the Diocese of Madison will be selling Divine Chocolate the weekends of February 6 and 7 and February 13 and 14 (the weekend before Lent begins). However, parishes can sell Divine Chocolate at any time during the year.
