Saint Mary Major
EMR
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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Bishop Hying: Remembering Cardinal George
Bishop Hying
Note: Cardinal Francis George of Chicago died five years ago today. At that time, Bishop Donald Hying wrote a personal reflection on his life for Cream City Cat...
Seeing the Beauty of Spiritual Communion
Jody
When the COVID-19 pandemic led to restrictions on public Masses and sacramental reception of Holy Communion, a sort of tension seemed to emerge. On the one han...
The Strength of Close-Knit Catholic Communities
William
"Live in the culture, be a part of the culture, but don't be of the world."
"Live in the mainstream in order to reshape the mainstream."
"Be the invisible...
Awakening at the Tomb
EMR
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...
Broken
Beth
Our program of catechesis is broken, and we need to fix it.
According to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) research study conducted in 2016, 39% of...
The Rosary’s Power
Bishop Hying
The rosary serves us as a profound Scriptural meditation on the lives of Christ and Mary. When we pray it, we are asking the Blessed Virgin to open up the treas...
Gender Theory: Follow the Logic
William
We're being hit by a new scourge: contemporary gender theory. According to this theory, you do not choose your "biological sex", but you do choose whether or no...
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 Catholicism from the stude...
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...