Four Marks of a Catholic Church
Over the past few years a number of outstanding books on liturgy have been published. Among these is Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual ...
St. Stanislaus Tour in 4K
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Founded in 1866 and completed in 1873 by immigrant Po...
The Father of the House
I recently listened to the best homily I've ever heard on marriage. You might say it was "hard-hitting." But if you're familiar with Christ'...
Good Question
"Why are men so noisy during the liturgy while Christ's prayer was silent?" ~Cardinal Robert Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictat...
Local Relics
Saint Stanislaus is home to a large number of first and second class relics. Some have been at the parish for years, and others were recentl...
The Perils of ‘Relevance’
I just finished reading The Recovery of the Sacred by noted Church historian James Hitchcock. Published in 1974, Hitchcock's outstanding boo...
Church Chatter
"Thus let the voice gradually cease to perform its function as the soul progresses towards Christ." ~Saint Augustine
With his latest book, The Power of Silen...
Look Up
One aspect of the interior of Saint Stanislaus that hasn't received a lot of attention here is the beautiful ceiling. Just recently, the scaffolding was removed...
Ascension
* Featured image: The Ascension, detail from the “Speculum Humanae Salvationis” (15 c.), Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
Today, as advertised, we are cele...
Wall Art
Here are a couple "before and after" photos of the walls inside Saint Stanislaus Oratory. For the past few months, scaffolding has filled the nave, as artists w...
Latin: “the glory of priests”
I recently found a collection of papal addresses on education. It begins with Pope Pius VII (papacy: 1800 - 1823) and ends with Pope Saint John XXIII (papacy: 1...
“In Good Hands”
Benedict XVI recently wrote a foreword to Cardinal Robert Sarah's latest book, The Power of Silence. It will appear in the next edition of the book, which was j...
Between 1917 and 2017
One-hundred years ago this Saturday, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children on a sun-scorched plain in Fátima, Portugal. The children's names were ...
In touch with reality
On the one side are those who believe in a moral order that governs the created world and is independent of the mind or will. Things have natures that are an es...
Padre Pio Relics
The U.K.'s Catholic Herald is reporting that the relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina will be in Milwaukee (at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist) on Sept...
His Wounded Side
In today's Gospel, the disciples are together again. Jesus is not there, but a lot of them sense His presence. The Risen Christ has been seen more than once sin...