BELOIT — Will you be tired after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? Need some time to refocus?
Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) Parish will be celebrating Lessons and Carols on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, beginning at 7 p.m. in the church, 2222 Shopiere Rd.
The 25-voice OLA Parish choir, under the direction of Randy Gracyalny, will be joined by instrumentalists from the parish and area to provide an uplifting prayer and musical experience.
MADISON — The Respect Life Committee of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish will host a two-part series, “Every Life is Worth Living.”
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, Fr. Pat Norris, OP, will present “Catholic Thought on End-of-Life Care.” Father Norris is priest chaplain and ethicist at St. Mary’s Hospital and the bishop’s coordinator for health care for the Diocese of Madison. He will explore Catholic ethical thought on assisted suicide/euthanasia and other end-of-life issues, including palliative care and hospice.
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How wonderful that Our Lady of Guadalupe appears as a pregnant woman clothed in the sun!
In the Book of Revelation, Mary is described in just this manner (Rev 12:1). But we should not approach this symbolism in a superficial or merely sentimental way.
The woman clothed in the sun and with the moon at her feet is portrayed in Revelation precisely as a warrior. Confronting her is a terrible dragon intent upon devouring her child as soon as it is born.
BARABOO — From Friday, Dec. 18, through Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19, the Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Vigil for Life will be hosting the eighth annual Respect Life Retreat.
This special Advent retreat will be held once again in the beautiful retreat center of Durward‘s Glen W11876 McLeisch Rd., Baraboo.
The 4K class […]
MADISON — St. Raphael Cathedral Parish will hold its annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Redeemer Church, 120 W. Johnson St., on December 11 and 12.
While Mary has long been the patron saint of Mexico, St. John Paul II proclaimed her the Patroness of the Americas in 1999. Juan Diego, to whom Mary appeared in 1531, was canonized in 2002, making him the first Amerindian saint.
Today people across Latin America — not only Mexicans — venerate Our Lady of Guadalupe, including many Latin American immigrants in the United States.
MADISON — Fr. […]
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“Women’s health” has become a hot-button issue lately, often for the wrong reasons.
But Our Lady of Hope Clinic, located on Odana Rd. on Madison’s west side, has positively focused on women’s health issues since it opened over six years ago.
BARABOO — Monsignor […]
PORTAGE — A young man on a spiritual mission, biking across the state of Wisconsin for a higher cause, is undeterred by his cerebral palsy.
Christopher Pundzak is biking from the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Holy Hill near Milwaukee to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, a distance of over 190 miles. He is on a mission is to raise awareness that the soul is stronger than the body and that we can do great things for God and others when motivated by love.
