Fr. Richard “Dick” John Leffler died on Friday, July 31, 2026, at the age of 74.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective on October 5, 2026.

Sr. Maria Candelaria, OP, died on June 18, 2026, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green.

Fr. William “Bill” John Hower died on July 3 at the age of 87 at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Wis.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, June 27, 2026.

The way God arranges things can lead to genuine joy and humor, even in the midst of a seven-year journey.

The Diocese of Madison has announced the creation of a new merged parish— St. Isidore the Farmer Parish — effective June 27.

The Diocese of Madison has announced the creation of a new merged parish — St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish — effective June 20.

A group of Wisconsinites recently led another successful medical mission trip to Ateos, El Salvador.

Almost two years after lightning struck St. John the Baptist Church in Jefferson, a new steeple once again crowns the building.

“The designs of His Heart are from age to age, to rescue their souls from death.”

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, June 20, 2026.

Sr. Duchesne Maxwell, OP, died Aug. 2, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis.

Fr. Dennis Stephen Smith died on June 11 at the age of 79 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.

Sr. Mary Catherine St. Martin, OP, died April 19, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Ignatius Orellana, OBT, Age 91, died on April 13, 2025 at St. Mary’s Care Center.

Sr. Mary Therese O’Malley, OP, died May 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Antonetta Martinka, OP, died April 13, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Eleanor “Ellie” Hoffmann, OP, died April 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Fr. Donald Lange, retired priest of the Diocese of Madison, died on April 4, 2025, at the age of 89 at Sienna Meadows Memory Care in Oregon, Wis.

Sister Elizabeth Rodkewich, OP, died April 4, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.