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The Diocese of Madison is excited to announce this year's St. Therese Lecture! We welcome Fr. James Kubicki, SJ, as our speaker on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 pm at Holy Name Oratory in Madison. He will speak on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. All are invited to attend this free event!

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa to become St. Dominic Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, August 8, 2026, and announced the same day.

The Reverend Father Richard “Dick” John Leffler entered eternity on Friday, July 31, 2026, at the age of 74. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church (St. Pius of Pietrelcina Parish), 305 E. Walnut St., Dodgeville, on Monday, August 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., with a visitation immediately prior beginning at 9:00 a.m.

On a campus of tens of thousands in the heart of the Diocese of Madison, more and more college students are asking questions about faith – and finding their way to the Catholic Church. Beginning Wednesday, July 29, Bishop Donald J. Hying takes up that story in a new two-part series on "Things Visible and Invisible," in conversation with Fr. David Carrano, pastor of the St. Paul University Catholic Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, effective on October 5, 2026.

Over three conversations, Bishop Hying sits down with Tristan Borland, the diocese's associate director of marriage and family ministry, and a former Evangelical pastor, to trace Borland's long road to the Catholic Church.

The Reverend Father William “Bill” John Hower entered into eternity on Friday, July 3, 2026, at the age of 87 at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting the parishes of St. Philomena in Belmont, Our Lady of Fatima in Darlington, St. Joseph in Gratiot, St. Matthew in Shullsburg, and St. John the Apostle in South Wayne to become St. Isidore the Farmer Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, June 27, 2026, and announced the same day.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, publishes the decree uniting the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, and announces the following clergy appointments, all effective Saturday, June 20, 2026, and announced the same day.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, as issued by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison, on June 5, 2026, and effective immediately.

The Diocese of Madison today announced the launch of Things Visible and Invisible, a new podcast hosted by Bishop Donald J. Hying. The series explores life, faith, current events, culture, and history, all in relation to Jesus Christ and his Church.

Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison is inviting everyone to a special celebration on Friday, June 12. The bishop will consecrate the Diocese of Madison to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during a 7 p.m. Mass at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church, part of Epiphany of the Lord Parish, 221 Columbus St., Sun Prairie.

Holy Cross Parish invites all in the Diocese of Madison to a multimedia exhibit that will be visiting St. Bernard Church in Middleton from May 26 through June 2!