January 4, 2026 is the Feast of the Epiphany! Are you planning on doing an Epiphany house blessing? Use this prayer and be sure to pick up some blessed chalk at your parish or check with neighboring parishes to see if they have any!

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, December 20, 2025, and announced the same day.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointment, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, on December 2, 2025, and effective Thursday, January 1, 2026.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Monroe and Brodhead, St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Belleville and Albany, and the portion of St. Isidore Parish in Argyle, to become Christ the King Parish, and the decree uniting St. Bernadette Parish in Barneveld and Ridgeway, St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Mt. Horeb and Perry, and the portion of St. Isidore Parish in Blanchardville, Hollandale, and Yellowstone, to become St. Francis of Assisi Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison,and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, November 22, 2025, and announced the same day.

St. John Paul II Pastorate will celebrate its patron’s feast day on Wednesday, Oct. 22, with the opportunity to venerate a first-class relic of St. John Paul II. The relic veneration is part of a joint celebration of the feast day and of the Jubilee Year of Hope.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following appointment made by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, effective October 7, 2025.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting St. Joseph Parish in Dodgeville, Sts. Anthony and Philip Parish in Highland, Sts. Mary and Paul Parish in Mineral Point, and St. Thomas Parish in Montfort, to become St. Pius of Pietrelcina Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, September 27, 2025, and announced the same day.

On September 10, Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison celebrated the first of six special Masses honoring the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting St. Joseph Parish in Edgerton, St. Paul Parish in Evansville, St. Augustine Parish in Footville, Holy Mother of Consolation Parish in Oregon, and St. Ann Parish in Stoughton, to become St. Cletus Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, September 20, 2025, and announced the same day.