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...
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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...
Bishop Hying: Remembering Cardinal George
Bishop Hying
Note: Cardinal Francis George of Chicago died three years ago today. At that time, Bishop Donald Hying wrote a personal reflection on his life for Cream City Ca...
The Face of Christ
Beth
Sometimes when I pray, whether it be meditating on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary or doing Lectio Divina, biblical scenes colorfully unfold in my mind. I can ...
Memento Mori
Beth
I recently read an article in the Guardian about a new fad: curating one’s death. Two concrete practices of the fad illustrate what I mean by ‘curating one’s de...
Writing Well & Race
William
I was sitting in the library of an esteemed Jesuit university mostly minding my own business. Along came a professor and an undergraduate student. They sat down...
Lessons from the Pharisee & Publican
Beth
“Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?”
That’s a question often asked by evangelical Christians. Answering ‘yes’ to this question means tha...
Catholic Identity or Cultural Appropriation at Marquette?
Al Lumnus
“Cultural appropriation” is a term you may be hearing a lot these days particularly on college campuses. A good definition of cultural appropriation (one we sim...
From Dinner to the Mystical Supper
A.L.P.
There’s something quite beautiful about dinner. This past year, there were two memorable dinners for me, that of my parents’ wedding anniversary, and the dinne...
Ascension
EMR
* Featured image: The Ascension, detail from the “Speculum Humanae Salvationis” (15 c.), Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
Today, as advertised, we are cele...