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Fifty years ago Thursday, the fourth child from a family of Italian sharecroppers convened a epochal meeting of Roman Catholic Church leaders designed to “open the windows” of the nearly 2,000-year-old institution and let some of the modern world’s “fresh air” inside. Pope John XXIII’s Second Vatican Council, now remembered as “Vatican II,” began Oct. 11, 1962, with pomp and ceremony. It concluded more than three years later under Pope Paul VI with a transformed church, a church still struggling to digest – and in some cases accept – the changes that the conclave approved.
Three days a week, UW-Madison senior Billy Burnside attends anatomy class in an auditorium at Agriculture Hall. Thursday nights, he’s often back in the same room praying and singing alongside dozens of classmates as a student leader with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
Hard life lessons arrived early for Hee-Soo Jung, the new bishop for the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church. His parents kicked him out of the family home in his native South Korea as a teenager. His offense was not poor grades or drug use or gang activity. Jung fell in with a crowd of Korean Methodists and boldly embraced Christianity
Stephan Bauman, the president of World Relief, has many memories of Madison. As a University of Wisconsin student he spent four years in college here and then worked in finance for two years after graduation. He also remembers the orange carpet that used to grace the floor of the sanctuary at Madison Gospel Tabernacle, now City Church, at 4909 E. Buckeye Road. “We were married on that carpet,” he said, as he spoke at the church Sunday morning to kick off this week’s missions conference. “We kneeled in prayer on that carpet. And we received our vision and calling on…
At a time when municipalities are looking to shed anything extraneous, the Dane County town of Rutland stands out. It owns a church. Well, a former church. Rutland Center Church, erected in 1852 by a Protestant sect called The United Brethren in Christ, once was part of Rutland Center, a bustling stagecoach stop three miles south of the village of Oregon. Read more of this story.
Thousands of students who attend Catholic schools in the Madison Catholic Diocese converged on Alliant Energy Center Thursday for an all-schools Mass, only the second such gathering in the diocese’s 66-year history. They came from as far away as Berlin and Cassville and Lancaster, some in school T-shirts, others in suits and dresses.
MILWAUKEE — Lebanese American Elie Hasbani never dreamed he’d live in Milwaukee, and he never imagined he’d be running a marathon. “My main inspiration is Jesus,” he told CBN News. “That’s why I’m doing this and, of course, He changed my life.”
Driving north on Green Bay Road in Milwaukee, it’s easy to miss Memorial Lutheran Church, nestled back from the road with much of its brick facade obscured by the greenery. It’s harder to ignore its pastor and parish nurse sitting under a tent at its entrance, beckoning passers-by to stop for a moment of prayer.
Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, has left little doubt that he is a great leader. Aaron led the Packers in 2009 back to the playoffs with an 11-5 record. “My most memorable moment so far as a Packer,” Rodgers says, “was celebrating with my teammates after beating Seattle to get into the 2009 playoffs.” Yet there is another side of Aaron Rodgers—that of a quiet leader in his personal life. Rodgers grew up in a home where his parents, Ed and Darla, were Christian models for Aaron and his brothers, Luke and Jordan. Read more of…
Yesterday, on the steps of the Racine County Courthouse, Great Marriages Racine held a public signing of the Community Marriage Agreement, a document that holds a commitment to preserve and strengthen, prepare, build and repair traditional marriages. Many pastors were in attendance, with many others who were unable to attend but have signed also taking part in the marriage agreement. This is good news for Wisconsin.