MADISON — A team of eighth-grade students at St. James School recently won $10,000 in the national Lexus Eco Challenge contest with a proposal and fundraising campaign to put a solar panel on the school.
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St. James School team competes in national challenge contest
MADISON — A team of eighth-grade students at St. James School recently won $10,000 in the national Lexus Eco Challenge contest with a proposal and fundraising campaign to put a solar panel on the school.
Food, eating, and Lent
Eating is a sacred act, for it represents the natural inclination for sustenance which powers all living bodies and therefore is the life-sustaining force of the Creator.
The Psalmist wrote: “(O Lord) You raise grass for the cattle, and vegetation for men’s use, Producing bread from the earth and wine to gladden men’s hearts, So that their faces gleam with oil, and bread fortifies the hearts of men” (Psalm 104: 14, 15).
In the same passage he continues, “They all look to you to give them food in due time. When you give it to them, they gather it; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.”
Tending the earth
In the earliest section of the Genesis narrative, God the Creator blows life into a shaped lump of earthen clay and from this act of His spirit the human family was born.
In advance of Catholic Schools Week, a teacher becomes a citizen
MADISON — Since she turned 18 — 12 years after her father brought her legally into the United States from Mexico— Guadalupe Mancilla has worked towards becoming a citizen.
Sister Theresa Ann Palmisano, OP, dies
Dominican Sister Theresa Ann Palmisano (Augustino), died Feb. 5, 2011, at the Dominican Motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Wis.
Vision and plans for St. Paul Catholic Center
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MADISON — In recent months, Madison-area Catholics have heard of the new changes planned for St. Paul University Catholic Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
The proposed building project and program will have an important and lasting impact on many future generations of Catholic leaders in our city and state.
St. Paul’s invites and strongly encourages all Madison-area Catholics to attend an informational presentation, at which the community will hear the full vision and plans for the new St. Paul Catholic Center and Residential College.
As the campus ministry has grown and affected thousands of Catholic students and families, new areas of growth and development have occurred. Hear about the current campus ministry and the need for an expanded and upgraded physical space, as well as an exciting new program launching in summer 2011 in partnership with Edgewood College.
St. Ambrose Benefit Dinner draws large crowd
MADISON — Just before Christmas, nearly 400 supporters gathered to recommit to the mission of Catholic education and especially making education in the faith available to any teenager who seeks it.
Winter farmers market and brunch to be held
Madison-area residents are increasingly seeking local foods produced on organic and sustainably-run farms.
Perpetual Adoration Chapel dedicated
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| Bishop Robert C. Morlino elevates the monstrance at the new Perpetual Adoration chapel at Holy Redeemer Church in Madison on December 22. (Catholic Herald photo/Joe Ptak) |
MADISON — Dennis Ganser, a parishioner at the Cathedral Parish and the proprietor of Ganser exteriors, had been an adorer for a number of years at the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Redeemer Church.
Inspired by a strong spiritual impetus from our Blessed Mother, he was moved to donate a striking antique wooden statue of the Virgin Mary to the Adoration chapel. Indeed, the new statue of Mary brought new life to the chapel.
But it was only the beginning. Mary knew Ganser’s predilection for improving and perfecting — his talent for bringing both beauty and functionality to the exterior of homes throughout Southwestern Wisconsin. And so the design of an Adoration chapel more worthy of our Lord had begun.
Parishioners at St. Bernard’s enjoyed his sense of humor
To the editor:
When he was pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Madison, we were often treated to Bishop George Wirz’s unique sense of humor in getting a point made. Our yearly “money talk” consisted of a three-minute egg timer and however much he could say until it ran out, even when he was stopped mid-sentence!
Always health conscious, he walked in our neighborhood until so many people were stopping him to talk that he had to resort to walking in circles in the church parking lot.