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Spring Fling to be held for Our Lady of the Assumption School in Beloit
BELOIT — It’s a fundraiser to benefit Our Lady of the Assumption Grade School (OLA) as people support its faith-based education But, it also promises to be so much more, according to Aron Bussan, chairperson for the event.
The sixth annual Spring Fling takes place Saturday, April 13, from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. at La Casa Grande Banquet Hall, 818 Fourth St., in Beloit.
Besides parishioners and school parents, the public is invited and welcome to enjoy an evening featuring a potpourri of entertainment, according to Bussan, who is an alumnus of the school.
Event on ‘Responding to a Digital World’
MADISON — Our Lady Queen of Peace School will host a relevant event on Thursday, March 21, “Responding to a Digital World.”
In our world today, technology is a vehicle to enhance learning and to promote various modes of communication.
Here, at Our Lady Queen of Peace School, we strive to continue to build knowledge through exposure to many forms of technology. With this knowledge comes great responsibility.Event on ‘Responding to a Digital World’
MADISON — Our Lady Queen of Peace School will host a relevant event on Thursday, March 21, “Responding to a Digital World.”
In our world today, technology is a vehicle to enhance learning and to promote various modes of communication.
Here, at Our Lady Queen of Peace School, we strive to continue to build knowledge through exposure to many forms of technology. With this knowledge comes great responsibility.Relics of popes available for veneration at Valley of Our Lady Monastery
Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the [apostles]. . . . Because of the faith he confessed, Peter will remain the unshakeable rock of the Church. His mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to strengthen his brothers in it. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 552)
The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor, “is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 882; quotation from LG 23)
PRAIRIE DU SAC — During these difficult days in the Church, perhaps our friends the saints can help us and provide a guiding light. We celebrate the feast of the Chair of St. Peter on February 22, so it seems fitting to highlight the role of the papacy and the many popes who have been canonized.
Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration held in Beloit
BELOIT — More than 600 people honored Our Lady of Guadalupe at a lively, yet spiritual celebration on her feast day, December 12.
The evening’s events included a concert by the Mariachi Juvenil del Sur Band from Harvard, Ill., Mass, and a sharing meal featuring Hispanic specialties.
People from Beloit, Janesville, Clinton, and areas of Northern Illinois gathered at Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) Church for the celebration that is meaningful and part of the heritage to residents in Latin American countries, especially in Mexico.
Beloit parish hosts free Thanksgiving dinner
BELOIT — For the third year, a group of Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) parishioners are organizing, preparing food, and inviting anyone in the Beloit community to a free Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings on Thursday, Nov. 22.
Serving will be from 12 noon to 2 p.m. in Assumption Hall. There is an elevator to the lower level dining hall. People who are alone are especially invited to attend.Parish hosts Piano Recital and Hymn Sing on new piano
MADISON — There will be a Piano Recital and Hymn Sing on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 401 S. Owen Dr.
Yana Avedyan, DMA, will be the guest artist. She will perform the following works: Bach’s Prelude and Fugue 1 WTC No. 2, Beethoven’s Sonata Op 27 No. 1 movements 2 and 3, and Liszt’s Rhapsody No. 6.
Avedyan will be playing on the new Steinway Model B Grand Piano. Amy Yanzer, director of liturgy and pastoral music at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, explains the background of the new piano.
Our Lady Queen of Peace School hosts inaugural Game Day planned by Spirit Club
MADISON — Our Lady Queen of Peace School (a.k.a. QP) recently hosted an inaugural QP Game Day, which promoted school athletics in a festive, interactive atmosphere that excited players, coaches, and fans.
Organized by QP’s own Spirit Club, which is made up of over 20 middle school students, the event was filled with activities to promote athletics and school pride.
The fall Game Day focused on girls volleyball, as QP’s fifth to eighth grade teams faced off against opponents from other Madison Area Independent Sports League (MAISL) schools.Our Lady of Hope Clinic and Women’s Care Center partnering for fifth annual ‘Celebration of Life’
MADISON — Our Lady of Hope Clinic and the Women’s Care Center are partnering in a “Celebration of Life” with the event to benefit both organizations on Friday, April 20, at the Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St.
The benefit, now in its fifth year, will begin with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and will feature Steve “Homer” True, from ESPN radio, as the emcee of an evening of Luxury Bingo, with bingo, auction, and raffle prizes ranging from fine dining at some of the area’s best restaurants, to a round of golf for four at the historic Maple Bluff Country Club, and a week stay at a four bedroom mountain home in Estes Park.