Recovering Our Vocabulary
James
For centuries, the Catholic Church has relied on theological words and terms to teach the basics of the Faith. Sadly, in many quarters, fr...
High School Apologetics
William
A while back I visited a Catholic high school. In one class, apologetics, the teacher asked me to go to the front of room and defend Cathol...
The Pill’s Paradox
James
Mary Eberstadt's outstanding book, Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, is a must-read for Catholics, indeed for...
Benefits of Confession
James
Lent is a good time to visit the Sacrament of Penance. Well, is there ever a bad time? No. But as I prepare for Good Friday and Easter, I tr...
The Perils of ‘Relevance’
James
I just finished reading The Recovery of the Sacred by noted Church historian James Hitchcock. Published in 1974, Hitchcock's outstanding boo...
The Paps that Gave Thee Suck
EMR
The Lucca Madonna, Jan van Eyck, 1436.
Does it make you squirm? Here is the Virgin Mary, the Madonna, Our Lady -- in a state of undress. M...
The Good Fight
James
Besides religion and morality, if there's a cultural "Gibraltar" in our gender-fluid era that's standing in the way of progressivism's march to victory, it's tr...
Scalia and ‘The Chosen Few’
James
For much of his life, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was absorbed in esoteric questions on the minutiae of Constitutional Law. He was a brillian...
Continuity…or Rupture?
William
The words, look, and feel of Catholic liturgy have all changed dramatically. The old Latin Mass and the average contemporary Mass (novus ordo) seem to be ...
Do We Need the SSPX?
William
The Society of Saint Pius X has a location in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. It’s called St. Pius V Church. But should Catholics go there?
The Society of Saint Pius ...
An Inspiring Conversion Story
Adam Rivera
Heather Ross, Cream City Catholic founder Jake Ross' wife, sits down with Cream City Catholic to tell her conversion story. Please enjoy this inspiring testame...
Living Friendship
Beth
Friendship requires intimacy. By ‘intimacy’, I mean a kind of closeness, a mutual and deep knowledge of the other with whom we are friends. Aristotle agrees wh...
Must-See Churches in Milwaukee
James
There are many beautiful Catholic churches in Milwaukee, but if I had to make a Top Ten list, I'd go with the following. With a few of these, you'll have to ov...
Why is Everything Simple, Except Sex?
William
Can you receive communion if you are divorced and remarried? According to Pope Francis, Cardinal Kasper, Cardinal Cupich, the Argentinian Conference of Bishops...
Aquinas and the Rediscovery of Modesty
William
Modest clothing has made a comeback in the world of high fashion, and a number of young people now advocate for dressing modestly. Today, however, modesty is of...
Revisiting the Restoration
James
It's been a while since I posted updates on the restoration work at Saint Stanislaus. From the beginning of the restoration initiative, I've tried to document a...