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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.