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St. Lucy
St. Lucy relic, photo courtesy Kurt Keidl, OFSSt. Lucy relic, photo courtesy of Kurt Keidl, OFSI work with a beautiful young woman who is always energetic and enthusiastic. In the past year since she...
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Your Hearts Will Rejoice
"When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into...
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Good Samaritan Dad
"How do we change the world? One single Act of Random Kindness at a time." ~From the movie Evan Almighty“On the parable of the Good Samaritan: "I imagine that the first question the priest and Levite...
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Journey to Jerusalem and Beyond
Fr. Mauricio Fernandez presenting his maniturgia to his mother, Nilda. Church tradition says that when a priest is ordained, he wipes the Chrism oil with which the Archbishop anoints his hands on a...
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The Language of Love with Fr. Tim Kitzke
Fr. Tim Kitzke at Roses for Our Lady's May CrowningOn May 20th, his 26th anniversary to the priesthood, Fr. Tim Kitzke, the pastor of four parishes (including 7 churches), spiritual advisor for many...
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St. John the Evangelist Parish and the Shrine of the Passion of Christ in St....
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane-Shrine of Christ's PassionMichael Wick from The Institute on Religious Life in Libertyville, Illinois offered a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Christ's Passion in St....
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When the Oblates of the Precious Blood Visit the Handmaids and St. Maximilian...
A little community of Oblates of the Precious Blood has been springing up in Milwaukee-we now number five! So a visit to the Handmaids of the Precious Blood was certainly in order! Plans were made...
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Like the Dewfall
"Stop and consider! Life is but a day; a fragile dew drop on its perilous way." ~John KeatsGlancing up from the kitchen table early in the morning, I spotted a sight I'd not seen in all of the...
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Saints of Summer
Where do the summer days go? It seems as though we blink and they're gone. The busyness of summer has kept me away from the computer, but it hasn't kept God's saints and holy ones away from my heart....
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Pray With Me-A Book Review
In the work of raising children, I've always thought it best to take all of the help I can get. I spend an awful lot of time down on my knees imploring the Lord to sanctify my family and recently my...
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A Birthday Party for the Blessed Mother-UPDATED
Roses for Our Lady in Milwaukee has an annual tradition of celebrating the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a Mass or Holy Hour and an outdoor Eucharistic Rosary Procession each year. This year...
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Films That Move the Soul
The talented people at Ahava Productions, under the direction of Erin Berghouse, have created soul-stirring films that "reaffirm the depth and beauty of the Catholic Faith." Their most recent endeavor...
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Doors Open Milwaukee/Calvary Cemetery Chapel
Milwaukee has so many treasures! When Historic Milwaukee offers Doors Open Milwaukee, an annual event which offers the opportunity to get behind-the-scenes views of the most beautiful architectural...
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Love is Our Mission/Pilgrimage to See the Pope
"If your Catholic faith ever becomes complacent, if you ever find yourself in a rut spiritually, if going to church and praying become routine, here's what you do: you throw some stuff in a bag,...
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The National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia
St. John Neumann's incorrupt body (his face is made of wax)"How much I love You, O my Jesus. I wish to love You with my whole heart; yet I do not love You enough. My lack of devotion and my sloth...
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St. Anne Street Shrine at Old St. Mary in Milwaukee
On a beautiful autumn Sunday afternoon, following the 11:30 am Mass, a group of about 150 people processed behind the Saint Anne Society of Old St. Mary Parish and Fr. Tim Kitzke for the unveiling and...
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St. Maria Goretti
This relic of St. Maria Goretti was a gift to me from a Sister of St. Benedict Center. I have since given it to one of my sisters but was so blessed to have her in my home for a short time.The relics...
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A RUGged Post
I'm still sifting through memories and moments of the big Philly trip to see Pope Francis last September, and I'm still marveling over the monumentalness of it all; the fact that I took a fifteen hour...
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Angels Among Us
At my downtown urban parish it's not unusual to see homeless men and women come and go or spend time sleeping in the back pew. One man in particular is always very moving to watch as he makes his way...
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Thin Places
"In the Celtic tradition such places that give us an opening into the magnificence and wonder of that Presence are called “Thin Places.” There is a Celtic saying that heaven and earth are only three...
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