Church and Canvas
James
What can the lessons learned from the crisis the Church experienced during the Protestant revolt of the 1500s teach us today? Confusion and ...
An Uilleann Christmas Wish
Cream City Catholic
When most people think of the bagpipes, their minds immediately turn to the Scottish Bagpipes, also known as the Highland Bagpipes. There ar...
Partying with Pieper
Teri
Surfing the Internet this time of year, a Christian reader will frequently stumble upon pious recommendations that start with, “As the retai...
Milwaukee Wormholes, Updated
EMR
Milwaukee is -- or was -- a city of children, churches, and cheese. At its best, it is plainspoken and decent and solid: people here still t...
Cecilia
James
For Americans, November 22 is Thanksgiving. For Catholics, November 22 is also the feast of Saint Cecilia. Over 1,500 years ago, in Rome's T...
Uncle Ted and the New Evangelization
Al Lumnus
Recognizing that our Church was dying where she once thrived, Saint Pope John Paul II, in his 1990 encyclical Redemptoris Missio, first intr...
Grateful Memory
James
"Stuck in the past" is a description that is never used as a complement. It shouldn't be. Romanticism is not a good thing. At the same time, deriding the past a...
Going Home
Adam Rivera
I think we can all relate to the feeling of leaving home for the first time. You miss the smell of your Mom's cooking, the noises of the house and those subtlet...
Bishop Morlino on Message
James
Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison issued a powerful statement in response to the abuse scandal. Please read the entire letter here.
What makes ...
A Reminder in the Midst of Crisis
Beth
Some of those who bear the name ‘Father’ have betrayed their sacred mission; they have preyed on the vulnerable little ones. Heart-brokenness and anger are righ...
Titian’s Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
A.L.P.
Where else would you see a bright fiery sunset enlivening Renaissance palaces, but in Venice? This is a city of saints and their relics, great historical figure...
Procession for the Assumption
Cream City Catholic
This Wednesday, August 15th, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation. Join Saint Stanislaus for High Mass at 6:3...
Relics and Early Church Grit
James
At the northern tip of Via Giulia in Rome, you'll find the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. The large dome that crowns this church is one of many that acc...
Insights from Cardinal George
James
Francis Cardinal George, OMI (1937-2015) was an intellectual pillar of the Catholic episcopacy in the United States. I've spoken to a couple of priests who knew...
WI Supreme Court Victory
Adam Rivera
Good news! Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in favor of Professor John McAdams in his long-running legal feud with Marquette University. According to J...
Avanti, Milwaukee!
EMR
Some of us know the joy of traveling in Italy, land of art and culture, couture and cuisine... and, not coincidentally, stronghold of the Church and home of sai...