St. Raphael's Cathedral, Madison, WI

St. Raphael's Cathedral - 1946

St. Raphael's Cathedral - 1955

To you out of state readers, St. Raphael's was burnt down(arson) in 2005 by this guy. Father Z posted a nice photo of a painting depicting firefighters in the Cathedral wreckage. 

I think even when a church needs additional space in the sanctuary, that there is no need to throw out the baby with the bath water.  It's like there was this effort to make sure that no church would ever again look like those old outdated ethnic parishes.  I would have loved to see someone adapt the ethnic parish look and feel but be innovative enough to extend it's look to meet the modern need.  I mean, what's with the UFO lights?  I feel like the La Crosse Cathedral had a similar situation.  We needed to extend the space and did make a grand, large church, but lost something in the translation. 

After busy summer, Pro-Life Wisconsin ready for fall 40 Days for Life

Photo above: A snapshot of the PLW Ozaukee County contingent in the Cedarburg Fourth of July parade.



While school was out this summer, PLW affiliates were hard at work, spreading the pro-life message across the state.

Close to a dozen prayer vigils were held in June to commemorate Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court decision which decriminalized birth control and paved the way for Roe v. Wade.

Affiliates manned fair booths at Lifest in Oshkosh, the Waukesha County Fair, the Ozaukee County Fair, the Wisconsin Valley Fair in Wausau, the Fond du Lac County Fair (also known as the Fondy Fair), the Juneau County Fair and the St. Croix County Fair.

In addition, the pro-life message was taken to the streets with PLW contingents in the Ashland 4th of July parade, the Cedarburg 4th of July parade, the Sheboygan Brat Days parade and the Eastman (Crawford County) 4th of July Parade.

All of this activity is in addition to our regular prayer vigils outside Wisconsin’s chemical and surgical abortion facilities! Thank you to everyone who volunteered this summer in pro-life activities!



Read the rest here at Pro-Life Wisconsin.