MONONA — Christopher Padilla was ordained by Bishop Robert C. Morlino as a transitional deacon on Friday, June 5, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona.
Bishop Morlino thanked everyone for coming to the “night of great joy.”
Deacon Padilla is a member of the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest.
MONONA — Christopher Padilla, a seminarian with the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest, will be ordained as a transitional deacon on Friday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona.
A transitional deacon is a man who has completed his third year of theology studies and intends to be ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church.
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| At St. Aloysius School in Sauk City, priests have a constant presence at the school. Here, Fr. Pedro Escribano teaches fourth graders. (Contributed photo) |
SAUK CITY — One of the most important decisions parents must make is where to send their children to school.
St. Aloysius School in Sauk City not only offers a complete education that includes curriculum and programs that provide for a well-rounded graduate, it also offers an additional advantage seldom found these days: the continual presence of priest instruction in the classrooms.
“I love to see our priests come happily into school many times every week,” commented Pam Sternberg, school secretary at St. Aloysius School.
“Our children are very comfortable and warmed with their presence and our priests are very much a part of our school.”
Five priests from the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest already have many responsibilities at their individual parishes. In addition, they take advantage of all opportunities available to instruct the children by also spending time teaching at St. Aloysius School.
According to Daniela Saldana, principal of St. Aloysius School, “Just having the priests walking down the hallway of our school, the place gets filled with peace and a sense of the sacredness.”
The December 9 observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception was a special one for three men.
On Friday, Aug. 9, Bishop Robert C. Morlino will ordain four men to the transitional diaconate during a Mass at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison.
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
ROXBURY — On Sunday, Nov. 29, Fr. Alfonso Galvez, a native of Spain and founder of the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest, had the occasion to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass according to the Extraordinary Rite at St. Norbert Church in Roxbury.
St. Aloysius School in Sauk City was considering a proposal to expand to grades six, seven, and eight for the fall of 2009, but after a feasibility study conducted this year Bishop Robert C. Morlino has recommended that the grades not be added for the coming school year.
What are the most important characteristics of priests in the world today? Bishop Robert C. Morlino asked during his homily of the three young men shortly to be ordained.
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino joyfully announces the ordination of Deacons John Patrick Blewett, Osvaldo Briones Césped, and George Alexander Navarro Sáenz, all members of the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest, to the Sacred Order of Priests, this Friday, July 31, at 5:30 p.m., at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison.
Through the laying on of hands and the prayer of consecration these three men will be ontologically transformed into priests, called to attend no longer to their own concerns, but to those of Christ and to those of the people of God.
