Photos from Fr Z's trip to Madison WI

Father Z has some very nice pictures over at his site from his recent trip to Madison.

Perhaps you had heard that a few years ago the Cathedral of Madison burned down.  Bp. Morlino told me that no one would let him into the wreckage to retrieve the Blessed Sacrament.  The Bishop found some Catholic firefighters who rescued the Lord from the ruins.  It was enshrined in painting.

It seems to me that the image of lay people, indeed a type of warrior/guardian helping the main priest in an effort to rescue the Blessed Sacrament, the source and summit of our Catholic identity, from a burning ruin is a way of understanding what Bp. Morlino is facing in his mandate as Bishop of Madison, arguably one of the most liberal regions in the USA.

I got a sense of the spirit of the community of priests who have the HQ in Sauk City, about 30 minutes away from Madison.  These are happy and hard working guys with a whole cluster of churches to mind.  Also, they are taking care of each other as well.  One of their group has been suffering terribly from leukemia and everyone is on deck.  They are prayerful, charitable, with great humor, theologically and liturgically sound.

Also St. Norbert's where Verso lAlto and I have attended Mass.  Beautiful church, religious order, and community.

Many, more check out the rest. 

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