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MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino invites all to join him, in communion with Pope Benedict XVI, for a worldwide vigil on Saturday, Nov. 27, for all nascent human life. Pope Benedict called for Catholics around the world to participate in the vigil for unborn babies, which coincides with first vespers on the eve of the first Sunday of Advent. In response to this call, Bishop Morlino will celebrate a prayer vigil, beginning at 7 p.m., at St. Patrick Church, 404 E. Main St., Madison.
In a classy and touching move, former Green Bay Packer cornerback Al Harris thanked Packer fans for supporting him during his years with the Green and Gold in an advertisement in Sunday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Barbara Vaughan helped wake up Madison for four years as one of the two news anchors on WKOW-TV’s morning news show. She left the program last August and by next August hopes to be living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband Brian and their two daughters. Right now the family still lives in Janesville, where they’ve made their home for the past five years. As is the case for many who feel the call to the mission field, they’re focusing first on putting together a team of people who will stand behind them with prayer and financial support.
Many jobs in ministry require a seminary degree or other theological training. But there are other ministry jobs locally that do not require theological training. For instance, some local churches and other local ministries need support staff. Door Creek Church and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship currently have such openings.
MADISON (WKOW) — Operation Christmas Child in Madison is collecting shoe box donations Nov. 15th through Nov. 22nd. Individuals, churches and community groups can help by packing shoe boxes with toys, candy, school supplies, hygiene items, etc.
It’s only 40 miles from UW-Madison, but the rules by which its students must abide to avoid discipline or expulsion are quite different than those you’d find at nearly every other college or university.
For 43 years, Msgr. Thomas Campion was the face of the Catholic Church for thousands of shut-ins. His televised Mass, broadcast Sundays at 7 a.m. on WISC-TV (Ch. 3) in Madison, brought comfort to the homebound and a degree of fame to Campion that he often sought to tamp down.
For decades, the Rev. Alexander Gee has worked to help solve community problems, both as pastor of Fountain of Life Worship Center on Madison’s South Side and as founder, in 1992, of the nonprofit Nehemiah Community Development Corp., which promotes family self-sufficiency. Now Gee, 47, a Madison resident since age 6, has launched a fundraising effort to support Zimele USA, a nonprofit organization that works to develop community self-reliance in a region of South Africa devastated by HIV/AIDS. An October benefit concert in Madison raised about $2,000 for the cause.
The Wrong Stuff is the name of a blog featured by the online magazine Slate, subtitled What It Means To Make Mistakes. The latest installment features a particularly revealing interview with Chuck Colson, the former White House “hatchet man” who went to prison on a Watergate-related plea bargain and then founded Prison Fellowship, a ministry to prisoners. While reading the interview I was reminded that a key event in the growth of Prison Fellowship’s ministry took place at a federal prison just 60 miles north of Madison.
Tony Crescio was drinking and driving when he lost control of the car, flipping it into a ditch, killing his passenger and best friend. He hopes his story can educate people about the dangers of drinking and driving. This was the third time Crescio was caught drinking and driving. It was also the costliest. “I would go to bed at night and pray for him (God) to take me out of this world somehow, just pray for him to not let me wake up the next day I mean, it’s just overwhelming,” added Crescio. Burdened by guilt, Tony turned to…