George – Page 3 – Madison Catholic Herald

MADISON — The UW-Madison student organization Badger Catholic invites all students and their friends to attend the organization’s first Speaker Event, “Breaking Boundaries,” featuring George Weigel.

Weigel, distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, in Washington, D.C., will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., in the Gordon Dining and Event Center.

During the presentation, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the topic of “Evangelical Catholicism” as the Church begins to embrace the culture of the 21st century.

What voting in conscience means

American political campaigns have never been for the squeamish. With the sole exceptions of George Washington’s two uncontested elections, every presidential campaign has seen its share of vulgarity, skullduggery, and personal disparagement.

Lent calls us to grow in our Easter faith

When Matt Hasselbeck, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, was a Boston College junior, he volunteered to spend eight days in the missions of Jamaica during spring break.

The people’s poverty shocked him. But their faith, especially the faith of George McVee, a leper, inspired him.

George, a horribly disfigured leper, had no money, no nose, no feet or hands. Yet he daily thanked God for his blessings.