Diocesan Events June 25-30, 2004 Diocesan Institute for Lay & Diaconate Formation Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, Madison Contact: Office of Pastoral Services, 608-821-3083 July 23, 2004 Ordination to Permanent Diaconate St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison 7 p.m. August 27, 2004 Ordination to Transitional Diaconate Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, Madison 7:30 p.m. September 26-29, 2004 Presbyteral Assembly Diocese of Madison Chula Vista Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells November 11, 2004 St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of Milwaukee Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, Madison 7 p.m. Contact: Office of Pastoral Services, 608-821-3083

Around the Diocese

Dinners and festivals

JEFFERSON - Summer festival, St. Coletta of Wisconsin, Picnic Grove on campus, just off Hwy. 18, Sunday, June 27, 12 noon to 4 p.m.: Mass in chapel, 11 a.m., with commemoration of Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, Milwaukee; games; music; refreshments; raffle drawing for cash prizes totaling $2,000.

MADISON - Parish festival, St. Bernard Parish, 2450 Atwood Ave., Sunday, June 27: roast pork dinner, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; outside activities; food; karaoke; prizes; bingo, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MONROE - Parish festival, St. Victor Parish, Green County Fairgrounds, Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27: Both days: silent auction; games; beer garden; food stands; Saturday: tractor pull, 12 noon; Mass, 5:15 p.m. on fairgrounds; Sunday: Polka Mass, 10:30 a.m.; Lena-Maid Meats ham dinner, 11 a.m.; music, 1 to 3 p.m.; raffle drawing.

Bishop O'Connor
Catholic Pastoral Center

MADISON - Scheduled events, Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, 702 S. High Point Rd., call 608-821-3130 for information:

• Eucharistic Adoration for vocations, 11 a.m., followed by daily Mass, noon, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

• Sunday, June 27-Monday, June 28 - Emmaus Retreat

• Monday, June 28 - Office of Religious Education-LIMEX-Course 5

• Tuesday, June 29 - Office of Religious Education-Catholic Scouting sub-committee meeting; Office for Justice and Peace-Intern luncheon

Send announcements of parish and diocesan organizations' activities to: The Catholic Herald, P.O. Box 44985, Madison, WI 53744-4985; fax: 608-821-3071; e-mail: info@madisoncatholicherald.org. Deadline is the Wednesday preceding the week of publication.