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Joseph M. Hanneman writes from Madison, Wisconsin.
The Dispatch

Catholic schools stay open in WI; court date set over COVID closure order

September 17, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 5

MADISON, Wisconsin — Students returned to the classrooms of St. Ambrose Academy this week under a Wisconsin Supreme Court temporary injunction that prevents the Dane County health agency from enforcing a COVID-19 school-closure order, just […]

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Wisconsin Catholics again obligated to attend Sunday Mass

September 14, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 17

Starting in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Diocese of Green Bay on September 19-20 and phasing in at three other dioceses the remainder of September, Wisconsin Catholics are no longer dispensed from mandatory attendance […]

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Wisconsin Supreme Court says Catholic schools can open

September 11, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 17

MADISON, Wisconsin — Stating local health officials likely do not have legal authority to order closure of schools, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction late Thursday suspending the Dane County health agency’s August […]

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New organization working to promote Eucharistic Processions nationwide

September 5, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 25

MADISON, Wisconsin — The success of the highly visible Eucharistic Procession and patriotic Rosary rally that drew 2,000 to 3,000 people to the Wisconsin Capitol Building on August 15 is spreading to more states with […]

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COVID-19 closing order causes “irreparable harm” to Catholic schools, lawsuit argues

August 28, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 9

MADISON, Wisconsin — The last-minute COVID-19 school-closing order by the Dane County health authority tramples on constitutionally protected freedom of religion and has caused “irreparable harm” to local Catholic schools that spent hundreds of thousands […]

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Attorney says Wisconsin COVID-19 closing order is unconstitutional

August 26, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 2

MADISON, Wisconsin — A coalition of Catholic schools will seek an emergency injunction from the Wisconsin Supreme Court to allow all Dane County schools to open in-classroom instruction on September 7, the schools’ attorney said […]

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Wisconsin Catholic academy hires legal counsel to fight COVID closing order

August 24, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 14

MADISON, Wisconsin — A classical Catholic school academy voted Monday to hire a former Wisconsin solicitor general to pursue litigation against a school-closing order issued by the Dane County public health agency just 60 hours […]

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Wisconsin Catholic schools will challenge local COVID-19 closing order

August 22, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 24

MADISON, Wisconsin — A coalition of Catholic schools, parents and benefactors plan to hire a law firm to challenge an order issued late Friday to close all schools in Dane County to in-person instruction for […]

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Bishop Hying and Archbishop Listecki lead Eucharistic procession in Madison, WI

August 15, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 57

MADISON, Wisconsin — The Second Person of the Holy Trinity was given a police escort up riot-scarred State Street to the Wisconsin Capitol building on Saturday, followed in procession by 2,000 Catholics who proclaimed in […]

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A busy, tense week in Wisconsin’s troubled capital city

August 6, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 19

MADISON, Wisconsin — Just as the legal repercussions of this summer’s Black Lives Matter riots in Wisconsin’s capital city begin to be felt, the Bishop of the Diocese of Madison plans to lead potentially thousands […]

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