Since the appointment of Bishop Hying to the Diocese of Madison in 2019, this year’s event marked the largest number of catechumens and candidates in attendance — 234.
Living out God’s law
Whenever I have taught the Ten Commandments to youth, I begin by posing the following scenario: How would you feel if you came home from school today and your parents announced that there are no more rules in the family?
Catholic Herald correspondent celebrates 100th birthday
Bernhardt, who has four children and nine grandchildren, celebrated with friends and family for her tremendous occasion.
Communion bread baking ovens arrive at new monastery site
With the help of technicians who flew in from France, the Sisters’ altar bread baking machines were disassembled at their current monastery near Prairie du Sac, taken to their new and nearly finished monastery near Hollandale, and reassembled.
Teens ‘restored’ at Frassati Fest
Frassati Fest is a yearly event for high school students in the Diocese of Madison and includes Adoration, Confession, keynote talks, Mass with the bishop, and time at the waterpark.
The pivotal experience of Transfiguration
The Second Sunday of Lent presents the pivotal experience of the Transfiguration for our prayerful reflection. Serving as a midpoint in the Gospels, this sacred moment on Mount Tabor is an extraordinary revelation of the identity and glory of Jesus Christ as the Beloved Son of the Father.
‘God is not limited by geographical boundaries’
After residing in the Diocese of Madison for well more than a decade, Fr. Tafadzwa Kushamba said, “I can call Madison my home now.”
A faith-filled learning environment — IHM School helps students with special needs
“The joke used to be that IHM was the best kept secret in Monona, [but] I don’t want it to be a secret,” said Callie Meiller, principal of Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School in Monona.
Cathedral importance and update shared in press conference
On January 24, Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison hosted a press conference at St. Bernard Church in Madison to officially make public the Holy See’s approval of the church’s elevation to cathedral status.
St. Ambrose Academy is moving to Holy Name Heights in Madison
Aligned with the creative use of resources encouraged by the diocesan “Into the Deep” initiative and in a spirit of Christian collaboration, St. Ambrose Academy (SAA) and the Diocese of Madison recently entered into a long-term lease agreement to bring the independent sixth to 12th grade Catholic school into the Holy Name Heights facility in Madison as an anchor tenant at market rate.