Saint Mary Major
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Today is the feast of the dedication of the Roman basilica of Saint Mary Major, one of only four major basilicas in the world. The others are also in Rome: Sain...
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Awakening at the Tomb
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You go to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre when you want the real thing. What you can't find in Milwaukee you will get in Jerusalem. This is the place where t...
The Paps that Gave Thee Suck
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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. Motherhood is well an...
Milwaukee Wormholes, Updated
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Milwaukee is -- or was -- a city of children, churches, and cheese. At its best, it is plainspoken and decent and solid: people here still think of themselves l...
Milwaukee’s Movie Palace
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It’s easy to forget as you stand on the lakeshore in high summer under a sun like a Klieg light, but Milwaukee is a place with plenty of cloud and damp. This is...
Avanti, Milwaukee!
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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...
Milwaukee’s Coffee Olympus
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They talk about "waves" in coffee culture.
First wave: Folgers or Maxwell House.
Second wave: Starbucks, which didn't arrive in Milwaukee until the late 9...
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
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Today the Church asks us to consider Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She is a modern martyr, and the word martyr means witness — a witness and an example.
Thi...
Ascension
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* Featured image: The Ascension, detail from the “Speculum Humanae Salvationis” (15 c.), Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
Today, as advertised, we are cele...
His Wounded Side
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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...
