The Obama administration had dragged its feet on providing the final version of HHS mandate regulations, a tactic that effectively prevented many groups suing for their religious freedom to be allowed to do so, on the basis that the government had not actually finalized the regulation they were objecting to. They released it today, and… (read more)
Bishop Morlino says: It is unclear exactly what the Supreme Court decisions will legally mean in our country. The fact remains that marriage means something, and this something is from God and cannot be changed by us, our laws, or by our courts. The truth of marriage is an absolute, with which we have no… (read more)
We had a very beautiful evening for our Rosary with Bishop Morlino. Be with us every Thursday evening at 7pm on the State Street Steps of the Capitol for this weekly event! Bishop Morlino gave an inspiring talk after we prayed, scroll down to the bottom of this post and click the player to hear… (read more)
Thursday, June 20th at 7pm on the State Street Steps of the Capitol! There’s also an official Capitol Rosary Rally Website, which has some information, pictures and video from last year, as well as this new announcement. I believe you can click the image above for a large JPG version, or click here for a… (read more)
Bishop Swain, when he was still Monsignor Swain, was pastor of Madison’s Holy Redeemer Church at the time he was appointed bishop of Sioux Falls. That was only a short while after I returned to the practice of my Faith, so I never met him, though I did attend a talk he gave here to… (read more)
Bishop Morlino was on a secular conservative talk radio program, the Vicki McKenna Show, yesterday. I looked up a podcast of this program. His interview starts at about 20:00. First, McKenna asks him about the “pathologically silly” belief that the world might end when the Mayan calendar ended, jettisoning their own core value system, to… (read more)
Badger Catholic Blog had a news item about the Freedom From Religion Foundation placing an irreverent nativity display in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Since that’s 4 minutes walk from me, I decided to go see what was up. Although it’s not actually Advent till Sunday, it turns out Christmas is very much what’s up;… (read more)
It is a little flock that is following Jesus, in fair weather or in stormy with a really earnest fidelity and desire for holiness, because it is not a way of ease. “All my longing was and still is that since He has so many enemies and so few friends that these few friends be… (read more)
President Obama has twice been to Madison this campaign season, and we have twice been on the scene with a pro-life and religious freedom protest, Oct 5 and then again today, scroll halfway down the article if you want the most current stuff first! October 5 we were at the corner of University and N… (read more)
Today was the third Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally that has been held in Madison, as part of a national movement. This time it was during the Farmer’s Market on Saturday at noon at the State Street Steps of the Capitol where on Thursdays we have the Rosary Rally. Several different key things went… (read more)
