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Kevin Wondrash

Good Friday Walk for Justice and Mercy to be held in Madison

MADISON — What do walking for justice and mercy have to do with the three foci of Lent: fasting, prayer, and charity? Everything!

During the Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy and the coming Good Friday time of meditating on the suffering and death of Jesus, Madisonians are invited to walk together to 10 stations in downtown Madison that will call to mind the need for justice and mercy in the world.

On Friday, March 25, all will gather at 4:30 p.m. at Cathedral Place, near the corner of West Washington Ave. and S. Henry St., to commence a one-hour, one-mile loop walk to 10 locations, including the Dane County Jail and the State Capitol.

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Laura Green, For the Catholic Herald

Catholic Multicultural Center launches updated English as a Second Language Program

MADISON — “I have lived here [in the U.S.] for 12 years. I come to the CMC to learn English because I need it for my job . . . for everything, even when you go to the store. And, to know how to speak two languages is very important.”

Gregorio is a typical student coming to English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC).

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Kevin Wondrash

Lenten Women’s Day of Reflection

MADISON — A Lenten Women’s Day of Reflection will be held on Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Schoenstatt Marian Shrine, 5901 Cottage Grove Rd.

With the theme, “Queen of Mercy, Refuge of Sinners,” the day will include talks and discussions, Mass, opportunity for Confession, private prayer, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and indulgence prayers for the Year of Mercy.

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Fr. Rick Heilman, For the Catholic Herald

Wisconsin’s Into the Breach Tour empowers men

This past September 29, on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix, Ariz., promulgated an Apostolic Exhortation calling men to step “Into the Breach.” Bishop Olmsted began his exhortation:

“I begin this letter with a clarion call and clear charge to you, my sons and brothers in Christ: Men, do not hesitate to engage in the battle that is raging around you, the battle that is wounding our children and families, the battle that is distorting the dignity of both women and men.

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Doug Ulaszek, For the Catholic Herald

Becky Thompson receives Jack McBride Ministry Award

MADISON — Recently, parish catechetical leaders from the Diocese of Madison honored the hard work and dedication of Becky Thompson of St. Joseph, Baraboo.

Thompson received the Jack McBride Leadership in Ministry Award. The Madison Diocese Religious Educator’s Organization (MDREO) presented the award at the Catechetical Convocation at the Bishop O’Connor Center in Madison.

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Kevin Wondrash

Jesuit Retreat House opens new lodgings wing for session for Madison-area men

OSHKOSH — Madison-area men seeking to enhance their Lenten experience will get to make a weekend silent retreat at the newly renovated Jesuit Retreat House overlooking Lake Winnebago.

It’s a rare chance to spend time with God in prayer, surrounded by the beauty, peace, and solitude of nature.

A time to be with God

“What God reveals in Scripture is the love in which we are created, the love that sustains us, and the love in which we will rest,” said Fr. Chris Manahan, Retreat House director.

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