MADISON — After seven years leading SSM Health’s operations in Wisconsin, Damond Boatwright will be leaving the organization to become CEO of Illinois-based Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS).
Boatwright will lead the system’s nearly 2,300 physician partners and more than 13,000 associate staff in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Boatwright joined SSM Health in 2014 as the Wisconsin Regional President of Hospital Operations.
Eleventh in a series on the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Madison
Holy Name Seminary in Madison was completed by 1965. The $4 million structure was dedicated on June 10, 1965.
In its second full year in Madison, the student body included four years of high school and two years of college. The seminarians found a modern building with a special concept in learning.
The building was planned on a unit system, a concept whereby the student body is broken up into small groups, each under the direct supervision of a priest or unit moderator who lives at the end of his unit’s corridor.
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| St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner Carol making a delivery of the home altar kit./Miembro parroquial de Santo Tomás de Aquino entregando el paquete del altar de la casa. (Photo by St. Thomas Aquinas Parish/Fotos por el Parroquia de Santo Tomás de Aquino) |
MADISON — “If you want to drain Christianity of its power, drain Sunday of its meaning and practice.”
Recently Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison has urged us to reclaim Sundays as a day for us to spend time nurturing our relationships with God, family, and friends.
As the bishop says, they are meant to be “days free of servile work, dedicated to worship, prayer, time spent with family and friends, rest, study and works of charity.” (Go Make Disciples newsletter, September 2020)
Sunday is a gift to us from God. And in the midst of the many stressors and challenges of the last year, it is clear that we need that gift more than ever.
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madison has focused its evangelization efforts using the tagline of “Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples.”
Since launching the Make Sundays Special initiative at Advent, that tagline has been a useful way of introducing ways for households of all types to make Sundays special.
Here are some examples, included in a bilingual booklet that was mailed to all parish households.
Going to Mass is key to loving God and letting God love us.
The high point of our week as Catholics is the celebration of the Sunday Mass.Tenth in a series on the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Madison
While Holy Name Seminary was being built, 80 young men from 40 different parishes were accepted for the freshman year of the new Diocese of Madison minor seminary.
They actually studied in Milwaukee at a temporary location at the former De Sales Preparatory Seminary. Classes began on September 5, 1963.
The holiest week of the year — the days from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday — are quickly approaching.
Last year our churches were closed. These liturgies were celebrated with a priest and a handful of ministers.
This year congregations will be present, but certain parts of the Holy Week liturgies may look differently because of the pandemic.MADISON — Along with so many other problems increased by the COVID-19 pandemic, many services for women seeking help with their pregnancies have been stretched very thin.
An inspiring new effort is taking place across the United States, to discover, share, and create new resources to help women and their families when they are in need during a difficult or unexpected pregnancy.
The U.S. bishops started a unifying and heart-warming task in 2019. It is called “Walking with Moms in Need.”The 40 Days for Life mid-point vigil was held on March 7 on the sidewalk surrounding the Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd in Madison.
BARABOO — During this Year of St. Joseph, a week dedicated to St. Joseph will be celebrated at St. Joseph Parish in Baraboo concluding with a Holy Hour on Friday, March 19, the feast day of its patron saint.
Following is the schedule for the week:
Friday, March 12 — St. Joseph Pastor Fr. Jay Poster will present and bless a statue of St. Joseph to each of the school classrooms.
Saturday, March 13, and Sunday, March 14 — Steve Angrisano, will be introducing himself as the Lenten parish mission speaker at all the Masses.Ninth in a series on the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Madison
In 1949, the Pallottine Fathers opened Queen of Apostles Seminary on Madison’s east side. They made it available to diocesan seminarians.
The growth of the Diocese of Madison was reflected in an increase in vocations.
By 1962, Queen of Apostles Seminary was filled to capacity, and neighboring seminaries were overcrowded.
MADISON — Edgewood College has committed to a return to classes on-campus and in-person when the 2021-22 academic year gets underway.
