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	News Briefs: Worship Office holds new, used book sale MADISON -- The Office of Worship will be selling new and used books in the exhibit area (gymnasium) during Diocesan Leadership Days at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, 702 S. High Point Rd., Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Wednesday, Oct. 24. New and used copies of ritual books, hymnals, guidebooks, and other books for pastors, musicians, and liturgists will be available. Most books will be sold at a 50 percent discount or more. Bring cash or check to pay at the conference. Grant Deanery fall meeting LANCASTER -- "God's Special Gift to Us" is the theme for the Grant Deanery fall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at St. Clement Parish here. Registration is at 4:15 p.m. followed by Rosary at 4:30 p.m. A concelebrated Mass will be offered at 5:15 p.m. with Fr. Lorin Bowens, Lime Ridge, diocesan moderator, as homilist. There will be dinner at 6:15 p.m. with program following. Deacon Larry Tranel, Cuba City, will speak on "Sexuality: God's Special Gift to Us." Reservations are due October 22 to Katie Crosby, 3917 Cty. Hwy. A, Lancaster, WI 53813. Cost is $9 for parish priests and members; $15 for member and daughter; and $8 for religious education coordinators. Attending the program only is free. Those attending are asked to bring a carry-on suitcase for children or teens in foster care and/or a blanket for those in need. Blood drives held in Monroe and Sinsinawa MONROE -- According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in America needs blood and four million patients in the United States need blood each year. Monroe Clinic and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive on Monday, Oct. 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The blood drive will be held in Founders Hall, which is located on the lower level of the clinic building on 515 22nd Ave. in Monroe. To make an appointment or to learn more about blood donation, call the Human Resources Department at 608-324-1152. Walk-ins are also welcome. All blood types are needed. A blood donor card or driver's license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Donors must be at least 17 years old and must weight at least 110 pounds. SINSINAWA -- Sinsinawa Mound Center will host a blood drive sponsored by the Red Cross from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 608-748-4411, ext. 811, or visit www.sinsinawa.org Sinsinawa Mound, motherhouse for the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, is located in southwest Wisconsin on Cty. Rd. Z, off Hwy. 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. Caregivers' Resource Group to meet at Queen of Peace MADISON -- The Caregivers' Resource Group will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Center, 401 S. Owen Dr. The group is a collaboration of Queen of Peace and Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. It provides a place for those involved with caring for an ill or aging spouse or parent to come together to share both challenges and blessings. It is a place to find people to talk to, someone to listen, understanding hearts, and caring people. Newcomers are welcome. Call Heather Crade, parish nurse, at 608-663-2996 for more information. Nominate someone for "Profiles from the pew" To nominate someone to be featured in "Profiles from the pew," download a nomination form (PDF file, 269 KB). "Profiles from the pew" runs in the Catholic Herald print edition NOTE: The nomination form is a Portable Document Format file (PDF), which can be viewed using the freely available Adobe® Reader® software. Many computers already have this software and will automatically open the document when you click the nomination form link, above. Adobe Reader is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Forty Days for Life:
Bishop Morlino will pray
at abortion clinic

By Mary C. Uhler
CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

MADISON -- Bishop Robert C. Morlino will join those praying for life outside the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Madison this weekend.

	Related items this week: • Bishop Morlino -- Respect Life Month: Must remain faithful to what we know • Editorial -- Health care for all: A goal we need to achieve • Forty Days for Life (sidebar)

Bishop Morlino will participate in the vigil starting at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 21, until 1 a.m. on the morning of Monday, Oct. 22.

Planned Parenthood is located on the east side of Madison at 3706 Orin Rd., just north of the intersection of Stoughton Rd. and E. Washington Ave.

People are invited to join Bishop Morlino in praying for life.

The national vigil has moved past its half-way mark. Thousands of people are praying for life on the doorsteps of Planned Parenthood facilities at 89 different locations in 33 states around the United States, including Madison.

They are joining in 40 Days for Life from September 26 to November 4. "This is the largest and longest simultaneous pro-life mobilization in American history," said David Bereit, national director of the campaign.

At least two persons are scheduled to be present at the vigil sites. In Madison, volunteers are still needed to fill some of the slots.

For more information on becoming involved in the vigil, contact Amy by e-mail at 40DaysForLifeMadison@gmail.com or by phone at 608-698-3877. Let her know what days and times you might be able to commit and she will get in touch with you to confirm a time that will work with your schedule.

Vigil participants are expected to sign a Statement of Peace pledge. This vigil is centered on prayer and fasting and is not a "protest" or "picket." As such, participants may only carry signs provided by 40 Days for Life.

All participants are asked to conduct themselves in a peaceful and prayerful manner at all times.

In the fall of 2004, Bereit planned the first 40 Days for Life in College Station, Texas. It included prayer, fasting, and community outreach with volunteers visiting 25,000 households with pro-life literature.

"We saw a continual drop in abortions," he said, up to 28 percent the year of the 40-day vigil.

The 40 Days for Life spread to Dallas, then Green Bay, Wis., Houston, and other cities. "It is astounding how God has worked," said Bereit. "Ultimately it falls on each of us. Our example speaks louder than words."

Mass using Roman Missal of 1962: Plans for celebration in Madison

By Jacek Cianciara
FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

(See also front-page sidebar: Bishop to celebrate Missa Pontificalis.)

MADISON -- Earlier this year, in the apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, Benedict XVI allowed for a broader use of the Roman Missal of 1962, the Mass missal revised by Blessed John XXIII.

The pope emphasized that the teachings of Vatican II must be interpreted in light of Catholic tradition within the continuity of magisterial teachings.

The Holy Father expressed hope that a broader use of the Missal of 1962, the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, would encourage "interior reconciliation in the heart of the Church" and would restore a more reverent approach to the ordinary form of the rite, celebrated according to the current missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1970.

Bishop Robert C. Morlino, in his comments on the apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum (Catholic Herald, July 19, 2007), announced that he intends to celebrate Mass according to the missal of Blessed John XXIII, also known as the Roman Missal of 1962, as a "joyful act of obedience to the motu proprio of Pope Benedict and grateful to be freed from the limitation of his own judgment."

The bishop also pointed out that "every celebration, either in the ordinary form or the extraordinary form, will express the reverence proper to the truth that this celebration unites earth to heaven and joins us here in the Diocese of Madison with the great assembly of angels and saints."

Even before Summorum Pontificum was issued, a number of Catholics representing various parishes in the Diocese of Madison met to ascertain how Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 could be sanctioned in the Diocese of Madison, under the provisions of the apostolic letter Ecclesia Dei of 1988.

After several meetings and consultation with Bishop Morlino, a society in the Diocese of Madison was formally established on August 30, 2007. The purpose of the society is to facilitate the initial celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 in the Diocese of Madison.

In addition, the society will provide ongoing support for the weekly regular celebration of the Mass and assist in providing full catechesis with regard to the liturgy based on the Roman Missal of 1962.

The next meeting of the society will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Holy Redeemer Church, 120 W Johnson St., Madison. At the meeting, additional information about the society and its various activities, including plans for the Mass of Blessed John XXIII in the Diocese of Madison, will be provided.

All individuals and families interested in Mass according to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII, also known as the Roman Missal of 1962, including Gregorian chant, are invited to participate in the meeting and to join the society. For more information, call Duane Zinkel at 608-238-4420.