On Saturday Bishop Morlino was on EWTN’s The World Over, responding to questions about the parish in Platteville, Congressman Paul Ryan, what he as a former Jesuit thinks of Jesuit Georgetown U inviting HHS Secretary and dissenting Catholic Kathleen Sebelius as a graduation speaker, and whether the bishops’ statements on other issues water down the… (read more)
A group called Wisconsin Family Action is calling on legislators to “amend our state constitution to give religious freedom in Wisconsin the very best legal protection currently available.” There is a petition you can sign in support of this. Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops don’t yet have a position on this nascent initiative. Good news! Authors found… (read more)
From the Office of Readings today, an indispensible and beautiful ancient classic. From Vatican.va. The Christians in the world “Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. Their teaching is… (read more)
Please join us at Fr Isaac Mary Relyea and Fr Rick Heilman’s weekly Rosary Rally for Life, Family and the Conversion of the World on the State Street Steps of the Capitol 7pm each Thursday evening through November 1st… and maybe even beyond. Fr Isaac leads 15 decades of the rosary, the traditional joyful, sorrowful and… (read more)
The Diocese of Madison has a statement in regards to bad Wisconsin State Journal reporting. Statement of the Diocese of Madison, regarding coverage of the delicate situation in Platteville, in the Wisconsin State Journal This past weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal chose to run a story on the sad events surrounding the closing of St…. (read more)
I was wandering through the Wisconsin State Capital Building today, and in some upper corridors there are painted ceiling decorations depicting various fields important to Wisconsin, from Carpentry to Poetry. I believe these were probably done in the nineteen-teens, when the building was completed. Each set of decorations surrounds a light fixture, with a painted… (read more)
