Missive

Last Saturday Bishop Hying of Madison and Archbishop Listecki led a rosary march to the Capital in Madison with over 2,000 people participating.  This was an effort to show solidarity in the face of the continuing fear brought about by the present pandemic as well as the violence of the past couple of months.  They beautifully sought to use the resources of our faith to bring about a conversion in the hearts of people and to ward off the evil that has attached itself to these two realities in our lives and the many other evils that continue to bedevil and divide us. Deacon Sam and I were discussing this and have decided that we should do likewise in our Tri-Parish Catholic Community. 

Eucharistic and Marian processions have been, until the past 40 years, an important part of our Catholic life, especially in times of disease and social unrest.  The point of these processions is to come together behind our Lord and our Blessed Lady in solidarity.  In so doing we are built up as the Body of Christ confronting not only the evils within our world, but the evil that spiritually drives those earthly realities.

Because we want to do this well, we will give ourselves some time in which to prepare.  We will have this procession down the streets of Cashton on Sunday, September 13 (the eve of the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross), after the 10:00 am Mass.  Mass will take place in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Church so that we will be free of the capacity issues presently in force.  After holy Mass, we will process with the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and the statue of our Lady down the parade route and back, praying the rosary and singing songs.  On our return prayers of deliverance and blessing will be offered followed by Benediction.  Those who cannot walk the distance may follow us in their cars.  The parking lot next to Sacred Heart Church will be reserved for these people.

If you can be of help in organizing this effort, I would be most grateful; let me know!  More details will be made available in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, ALL THE FAITHFUL ARE ASKED TO PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS EFFORT of bringing the resources of grace to bear against the forces of fear and division that have beset us over these past months and years.

“Who will separate us from the love of Christ?  Trial, or distress, or persecutions, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?  Yet in all this we are more than conquerors because of Him Who has loved us.”  (Romans 8:35, 37)