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PRAIRIE DU SAC — Sister Christina Marie, 33, was an entomologist. Sister Mary Benedicta, 36, studied to be an aeronautical engineer. And Sister Mary Bede, 30, intended to become a professional violinist. They left those lives to become nuns, cloistered together at Valley of Our Lady Monastery in a small village in Sauk County. It’s home to a Cistercian order, the only Catholic convent of its kind in the country. Read more of this story.
Christa Fisher receives a couple hundred requests from Dane County Jail inmates per week, asking for her services as a chaplain that range from one-on-one spiritual guidance to providing extra pairs of socks. She is a chaplain with the Madison Area Jail Ministry, a nonprofit ecumenical Christian ministry that serves jail inmates of many faiths. The organization is celebrating its 50th year in 2017 and originally formed to provide support to Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies delivering death notices and to the families receiving them.
The handsome brick and stone structure that is the Redeemer Lutheran Church has stood in its spot on W. Wisconsin Ave. for 100 years, and among those who came Sunday to celebrate the building’s centennial was Bessie Bray, who is herself 100 years old.Bessie sat in her usual spot, which is not in the very back and not in the very front, but in the modestly forward fourth pew from the altar on the west side of the church.
The financial unraveling of a once-thriving company called SupplementWarehouse.com Inc. has created headaches for lots of people. There are, of course, the creditors. They’re owed millions, and Supplement’s assets appear to be worth nowhere near that much. There are thousands of customers, who purchased things like Muscle Milk protein powder and Lipodrene Hardcore diet pills, but didn’t receive them. And there’s one unusual potential victim — a Waukesha church.
The nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education brought about plenty of protests across the country, heated confirmation hearings, two rounds of voting, and plenty of social media criticism. One main reason why many are against her is because she is a big supporter of private Voucher schools or Charter schools; something that many see as detrimental to the public education system in the nation. A little over a week after DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education, the Wisconsin State Journal reported on the proposed expansion of Lighthouse Christian School, the only private school in Dane County that…
Looking back on 37 years in law enforcement, Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said he knew even as a child he would be involved with law enforcement. He just wasn’t sure which side it would be. Sometimes light hearted, most of the time very serious, and occasionally with a tear in his eye, Sheriff Mahoney shared about his law enforcement career with a Saturday morning men’s breakfast at Madison’s City Church, a career that included a visit with other sheriffs to the Oval Office to meet with President Trump last week.
A Madison religious school that has grown quickly as part of the state’s private school voucher program is eyeing a major expansion. Lighthouse Christian School, 5202 Regent St., is proposing to relocate to a building with more than double the number of classrooms.
(CNN)Scores of evangelical leaders, including at least two from Madison, have taken out a full-page newspaper advertisement to denounce President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on refugees, urging him to reconsider his executive order and welcome people fleeing persecution and violence.
Thinking about a trip to the Dells or Door County this summer? Or maybe even booking a vacation at Disney? Gov. Scott Walker has a better idea. The governor and first lady Tonette Walker are planning to host an “inspirational” cruise to Alaska on Aug. 12-19 along with a small group of evangelical Christian leaders and musicians.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students at St. Ambrose Academy in Madison recently returned from their biennial trip to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. The junior and senior classes, along with their chaperones, departed for the nation’s capital on January 25 for the nearly 900-mile journey.