Scott Hahn and John Bergsma Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe November 5, 2011
A one-day event at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe featuring author, theologian, and Catholic apologist Scott Hahn as well as EWTN guest and Franciscan University of Steubenville theology professor John Bergsma.
9:00 am – First Talk: John Bergsma “Confession, the Bible, and Spiritual Warfare” 10:00 am - 15 Minute Break 10:15 am – Second Talk: Scott Hahn “The Lamb’s Supper” 11:15 am – Book Sales and Signing and Speakers Mingle with Guests 12:15 pm – Holy Mass
What does the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 mean to you?
I was a newly ordained bishop at the time, and pastor of St. Ignatius Parish, Chicago, so when Sept. 11th hit, it came as a tremendous shock and we looked for some way to be in solidarity with the people with this great loss. The only thing we could really rely on as a community was prayer and the church, so we opened up the doors to the church; people just started flooding in on an ad hoc basis to pray.
Then what we did is plan a special service on that day, but I remember the tone and the mood that everybody had; this was that they’d talk about what happened to the country at that time and it was almost like the loss of our innocence. We were very innocent in our approach to life, in approach to terrorism, and now it kind of struck home.
I didn’t know anyone who died in the tower, but I did know someone who was in the tower when it was hit. He made a couple decisions coming down out of the tower that actually kind of saved his life and the life of others in it. I got a real vivid sense of what this person kind of went through when they were in the tower. At first they didn’t know what had actually happened. They knew an accident had happened. They didn’t know that we were actually under attack at the time ...
Most of my generation and at least one generation after me would kind of point to Sept. 11 as the day that really was a challenge to us in terms of our patriotism, our love for country and our faith. So hopefully what Sept. 11 will remind us all of is the obligation we have to be responsible for the freedoms that we enjoy in this country and the price that we have to pay.
What would be the top three items on your bucket list?
First, I’m going to tell you exactly what I said to Jerry (Topczewski, chief of staff): I don’t own a bucket …
About 13 years ago, I was in the hospital dying. At that time what came to mind is you don’t put off to tomorrow what you can do today, and the other thing is I was honestly looking at the fact that I may not have accomplished everything that I wanted to do in life, but that’s OK, I could celebrate all the wonderful things that I have achieved or accomplished or things that I shared with people.
I could do that, so that was important, but if you’re asking three things I’d like to do type- of-thing: One, I’d like to kind of journey to Greece and do a little of the journeys of St. Paul. That would be fascinating. I’m fascinated by the studies during the year of Paul, just the extensive travels this man did without the modern conveniences of modern transportation, like motorized boats, planes and trains ... Second thing, I do like Marian devotions. There’s something tremendously consoling about both the person of Mary and her role within the church, so I am fascinated by a lot of the shrines. I visited the major Marian Shrine in India, Our Lady of Good Health, and Lourdes, and ….Our Lady of Guadalupe but I haven’t visited Fatima, so Fatima would be on my bucket list ….
The last thing on my bucket list; I’ve thought doing kind of the patriotic thing – to take a couple days just to see Mount Rushmore or maybe the Grand Canyon, some of the natural sites in the United States. That would be something I would like to do. So, if I owned a bucket and therefore had a bucket list, those would be three things that I would kind of like to do.
From the prologue of the commentary on Isaiah by Saint Jerome, priest (Nn. 1. 2: CCL 73, 1-3)
Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ
I interpret as I should, following the command of Christ: Search the Scriptures, and Seek and you shall find. Christ will not say to me what he said to the Jews: You erred, not knowing the Scriptures and not knowing the power of God. For if, as Paul says, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, and if the man who does not know Scripture does not know the power and wisdom of Gods, then ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.
Therefore, I will imitate the head of a household who brings out of his storehouse things both new and old, and says to his spouse in the Song of Songs: I have kept for you things new and old, my beloved. In this way permit me to explain Isaiah, showing that he was not only a prophet, but an evangelist and an apostle as well. For he says about himself and the other evangelists: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news, of those who announce peace. And God speaks to him as if he were an apostle: Whom shall I send, who will go to my people? And he answers: Here I am; send me.
No one should think that I mean to explain the entire subject matter of this great book of Scripture in one brief sermon, since it contains all the mysteries of the Lord. It prophesies that Emmanuel is to be born of a virgin and accomplish marvellous works and signs. It predicts his death, burial and resurrection from the dead as the Savior of all men. I need say nothing about the natural sciences, ethics and logic. Whatever is proper to holy Scripture, whatever can be expressed in human language and understood by the human mind, is contained in the book of Isaiah. Of these mysteries the author himself testifies when he writes: You will be given a vision of all things, like words in a sealed scroll.When they give the writings to a wise man, they will say: Read this. And he will reply: I cannot, for it is sealed. And when the scroll is given to an uneducated man and he is told: Read this, he will reply: I do not know how to read.
Should this argument appear weak to anyone, let him listen to the Apostle: Let two or three prophets speak, and let others interpret; if, however, a revelation should come to one of those who are seated there, let the first one be quiet. How can they be silent, since it depends on the Spirit who speaks through his prophets whether they remain silent or speak? If they understood what they were saying, all things would be full of wisdom and knowledge. But it was not the air vibrating with the human voice that reached their ears , but rather it was God speaking within the soul of the prophets, just as another prophet says: It is an angel who spoke in me; and again, Crying out in our hearts, Abba, Father, and I shall listen to what the Lord God says within me.
The nationwide movement 40 Days for Life kicked off Wednesday. The group's Wausau-based chapter will be walking and praying outside the Family Planning and Health Services location on Third Avenue until November.
Cathy Stephan spent an hour on Wednesday afternoon walking along the sidewalk, praying the rosary. "It's more a prayer vigil, it's not a protest," she said.
According to the group's website, 40 Days for Life is committed to finding peaceful ways to end abortion. Stephan said the local group believes the same. "We're catholic so we pray rosaries and we're asking God to help save the lives of unborn children who might be at risk today from abortion."
Stephan said she and other members of the group will walk for hours, back and forth in front of Family Planning for the next 40 days. People in cities across the United States will also be doing the same.
Randall Jourdan will spend eternity with his beloved Fender Telecaster after all.
It was returned to Jourdan's coffin over the weekend after the grounds superintendent of Allouez Catholic Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum was accused of taking it.
Steven Conard, 39, was charged Monday in Brown County Circuit Court with theft from a corpse. If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison and a fine of $25,000. Brown County sheriff's deputies recovered the guitar from Conard's home in nearby Bellevue, Wis.
Family members say Jourdan's hands had been wrapped around the instrument's headstock as he lay in his coffin. Jourdan, of Oneida, Wis., died Sept. 19 at age 67.
Jourdan's live-in girlfriend, Shirley Schuyler, said Jourdan owned several guitars, many of which were displayed at his wake and funeral. But the Fender Telecaster, a custom-built reproduction of one played by a famous musician, was Jourdan's favorite.
"It was his one wish to have it with him," Schuyler said. "Whether he said it jokingly or not, he always said it, and that's what we tried to do."
Deputies learned of the theft Friday from the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay's director of facilities, Tammy Jo Basten, who reported the guitar missing from the casket.
The instrument had been in the casket when employees of Ryan Funeral Home transported the body Thursday to the suburban Green Bay, Wis., cemetery, the sheriff's department said. Funeral home employees verified its presence at the request of the dead man's family before putting the casket in the diocese's burial chamber.
A diocese employee became suspicious after overhearing Conard saying, "That's a Telly, a really expensive guitar. I have to have that guitar. It's too expensive to be in a crypt."
After his arrest, Conard allegedly said: "This isn't something I normally do. I just have a respect for fine musical instruments."
This has all the beginnings of a good haunting story. Guitar starts moving around when no one touching it, man seeks help by listening to Hendrix record backward, guitar stars on fire and plays On Eagles Wings over and over until returned to casket.... you know, typical haunting.
St. Francis police are investigating an incident of hazing at Thomas More High School, according to a statement from police and a letter to school parents, and the police statement suggests it involved sexual assault.
The incident involves members of the school's football team, according to the letter to parents from Mark Joerres, the school's chief administrator. The letter was sent to the Journal Sentinel by the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
In a release Friday headed "Sexual Assault Child-Other," police said a preliminary investigation was started into "possible hazing incidents" among students at a Thomas More athletic program.
"The alleged actions of several students are being viewed as criminal in nature," says the release, which refers to a single victim.
The school's letter said police were called in after school officials met with the students involved and their parents. It added that the students have been suspended during the investigation, and that hazing "could be grounds for expulsion."
"Such behavior is not tolerable in a Catholic school environment and is inconsistent with every value of St. Thomas More High School," the letter said.
The farming area around the shrine is changing already.
“If the rumors are right, it’s going to look like downtown Chicago pretty soon,” says Louie Gomand, who owns a farm adjacent to the shrine.
A farm stand on his property sells vegetables and water to visitors. A sunflower costs 50 cents and a gourd 35 cents. A handwritten sign reads “bus specials.” There’s a lot more traffic, he says, but he has no complaints. Neither does Kelli Vissers, 34. She and her husband David, 38, own two buildings in Champion.
They have converted a small trailer into the mobile On the Way Café. Kelli Vissers said she hopes to cater meals for tourists and turn one of the buildings into a bed and breakfast and the other into a full-scale café.
Barb Cornette, 58, who grew up in the area and now helps run a dairy farm a couple miles from the shrine, says some residents have mixed feelings about its growing popularity.
“Traffic has increased tremendously,” she says. “Some of the area farmers that are retired want to sell their land ... for possibly a hotel, a restaurant. They’re looking for the gold mine, unfortunately,” she said.
For decades, Cornette says, the shrine was visited mostly by local people. “We felt like this was our chapel,” she says, “and now we have to share it with everybody — which is OK if they wouldn’t try to change it” by adding restaurants and other tourist accoutrements.
What I was concerned with is whether WRTL could be said to have given out these gift cards (or, if you prefer, offered the gift cards) to an elector or any other person as an inducement to get an elector to vote or refrain from voting.
The problem that I see with application of the statute to WRTL is that the gift cards were offered or given not as an inducement to vote but as an inducement for people to get others to apply for absentee ballots. Even if we can characterize the latter as trying to get people to vote, this is a huge distinction. Here's why.
Tom wants to read the statute to say that it is unlawful to offer a thing of value to a person in order to induce that person to persuade another to vote. This is not what the law says. In fact, if we were read the statute in the way that Mr. Foley wants, it would apply to any compensated "get out the vote" effort. If a political party or a candidate or even the League of Women Voters pays people to encourage or facilitate voting, they will have violated the statute. Not only is that a nonsensical reading of the statute (the law can be an ass but it usually isn't), it is a reading that would place it in dire constitutional jeopardy. The freedom of association involves, I think, the right to organize to get out the vote including paying the organizers.
Come and Pray with Father Tim Welles and The Knights of Columbus Honor Guard
The evening will include: • Evening Prayer, Litany of the Saints, Night Prayer • Exposition, Eucharistic Procession, Benediction • Campfire
(Dress appropriately for the weather, bring your own flashlight or candle and if you plan to stay late, also bring your own lawn chair, hot cocoa and snacks.)
Bishop Donald J. Hying, the auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, will give the opening invocation at Pro-Life Wisconsin's Annual Auction Dinner on Saturday, October 22. The dinner will be held at Olympia Hotel and Resort in Oconomowoc. Bishop Hying will be in attendance the whole evening.
Silent auction and hors d'eouvres begin at 5pm and dinner begins at 7pm. Join us!
Click here to register online or to print off a registration form.
Walter Hoye will be the guest speaker. Hoye is the founder and president of the Issues4life Foundation and a core member of the National Black Pro-Life Coalition. Hoye, a strong personhood advocate, was jailed for defending his constitutional rights to sidewalk counsel outside abortion facilties. Hoye brought a constitutional challenge to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, widely regarded as the most liberal appeals court in the nation, which recently sided with him in ruling that the City of Oakland’s “bubble zone” ordinance “unconstitutionally suppresses speech based on the content of its message.”
Today I attended the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for the very first time. I'd wanted to go for a while, and never managed it. Luckily, however, the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest has an oratory site in Green Bay and celebrates both High and Low Masses every single Sunday. Mindy, Jason, and I went along, and I'm still processing, but I have some observations:
Having been interested in Latin Mass for some time, I've done my research, so I knew a bit what to expect and felt comfortable most of the time. I didn't have a missal with all the prayers, but I had my Handbook which contains the text of the Ordinary Form in both Latin and English as well as collects and Prefaces for each Sunday, so followed along as best I could. I didn't find it daunting to not know exactly what the priest and altar boys were saying. I knew the basics, and that was enough to foster an atmosphere of prayer.
I loved loved loved that the people there were really dressed in their Sunday Best. Many men wore suits. Most wore, at the very least, nice shirts and ties. Women were all in skirts and dresses of modest length (ie, knee-length or longer). Shoulders were covered. No tank tops, shorts, jeans, stiletto heels. Even little children were in "nicer" clothes.
Why read fiction when stuff like this really happens.
A new billboard near Lambeau Field soon will warn Green Bay Packers fans about the potentially fatal health risks associated with eating too much cheese.
Sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the sign shows the Grim Reaper wearing an iconic cheesehead hat with the message: "Warning: Cheese Can Sack Your Health. Fat. Cholesterol. Sodium."
The nonprofit group, which promotes a vegan diet and has a history of provocative food campaigns, also has sent a letter to Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt asking him to require warning labels on all high-fat, cheesy food at Lambeau. The stadium's dairy-rich menu includes cheese curds and Cheesehead soup, which is a cheddar cheese soup made with beer and topped with more cheese.
The mayor has dismissed the idea, but the physician's organization president says he hopes the effort draws attention to the role cheese plays in the nation's obesity epidemic. The sign is slated to be installed Tuesday in De Pere, Wis., and be visible to fans who travel to games on U.S. Route 41.
Milwaukee County prosecutors have opened a John Doe investigation into voter bribery allegations stemming from last month's state Senate recall elections, according to sources.
Details of the secret investigation are sketchy, but it is clear the Milwaukee County district attorney's office is investigating charges that Wisconsin Right to Life offered rewards for volunteers who signed up sympathetic voters in the recall races. Several people familiar with the investigation said subpoenas were being distributed "like candy."
Prosecutors had earlier acknowledged that they also were looking into complaints about get-out-the-vote block parties sponsored by a liberal group, Wisconsin Jobs Now.
But Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf, who investigates election law violations, now won't discuss either matter.
"Absolutely no comment," Landgraf said.
This comes on top of the yearlong John Doe investigation into possible political activity by former and current aides to Gov. Scott Walker.
That secret investigation burst into the public this month when a dozen FBI agents and other law enforcement officers raided the Madison home of Cindy Archer, a top official with Walker at the state and county. Then came word last week that Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie and two others had been granted immunity to testify in the investigation.
John Doe investigations are secret proceedings in which witnesses can be subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath about potential criminal matters and are forbidden to talk publicly about the case.
How seriously do people take these prohibitions?
Just look at the reactions of those with Wisconsin Right to Life when asked whether they had been contacted in the John Doe investigation.
"Are you trying to get me in trouble?" bellowed James Bopp, an Indiana attorney representing the group opposed to abortion rights. Bopp repeatedly declared it "wrong" for No Quarter to ask about the John Doe proceeding and hung up.
Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life, was a little more civil but equally tight-lipped.
"I'm not going to comment on anything you ask," Lyons said in a recent interview.
Something tells me that WRTL has never played poker before. I mean, what ever happened to "no comment?" Even if the organization is found not guilty, doesn't a panicked response make you think they might be just a weeee bit worried they did something wrong? I mean how about "we are cooperating completely with the investigation" or "we trust that the DA will find we did nothing unlawful." Or how about "bellowing" "Are you trying to get me in trouble?" Ummm, I hope you have an ace up your sleeve.
A Wisconsin lawmakers who believes local dairy producers should have the right to sell their raw milk[imagine that!] says he's not giving up on his proposal to make it legal. State Senator Glenn Grothman of West Bend and two other Senate Republicans are co-sponsoring a bill that would end most state regulations for licensed producers who want to provide unpasteurized milk to the public.
Grothman said he thinks the measure will pass next year. Similar legislation was being drafted earlier this year by Rep. Don Pridemore of Harford.
The bill would allow producers to sell raw milk if they had a special license from the state, and if the customer brought their own sanitized container. The farm would also be required to hold a Grade A permit to be eligible.
The issue has come back into the forefront after a judge recently ruled to block a Calumet County farm from selling raw milk through a membership program designed to make customers part-owners of their operation.
Last year, former Governor Jim Doyle vetoed a proposal that would have allowed farmers to sell their raw milk if there were certain safeguards in place to protect the public. But Governor Scott Walker said in January of this year that he would likely sign a similar bill if it were to come across his desk.
Supporters have long claimed that raw milk tastes better, contains bacteria that helps fight disease and is more natural. But opponents say the entire dairy industry can suffer if just one illness or death from the product were spotlighted in the media. [excuse me while I roll my eyes]
A critical member of the Senate Ag Committee who currently is not supporting the bill is Sen. Jessica King of district 18 (she is a newly elected "recall senator". She needs to hear from at least 10 supporters in her district (Fox River Valley) that you support the raw milk bill. PLEASE give her a call and email her also.
This is to invite you and your friends to attend the first talk of the Apologetics program, to be held at the Sacred Heart Cathedral[Winona, MN] on Monday, October 3rd at 7:00 pm.
It is titled, ‘De-Christianization’ and the New Evangelization’
It consists of a factual analysis of the process of de-Christianization of the Western Culture as expounded by Pius XI, Pius XII, John Paul II and Benedict XVI in the areas of economy, politics and law, and the corresponding Catholic response: a New Evangelization and Catholic Action.
If you would like to attend it, please ensure that you arrive before 7:00 pm so that it may start and end on time.
It will be followed by three other monthly talks:
November 14th – What is ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’? And WHO decides? Is it the State? The opinion of the majority? The individual choice? The Bible? An analysis of Natural Law aimed to identify the logical criteria to define the difference between good and evil in daily life.
December 12th - The divinity of Jesus Christ - Does it make sense to believe that a Jewish carpenter who lived in an obscure province of the Roman Empire some 2,000 years ago, who preached a message that was largely refused by his own people and who died like a common criminal between two thieves, was God in the flesh?
January 16th – The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist – What is present in the tabernacle? A sacred thing? Or a divine Person? Putting logic at the service of the Faith to investigate the meaning Jesus intended to give to His words, ‘This is my Body’.
The Diocese of Winona has begun a dynamic new apologetics program lead by world renowned Catholic apologist Raymond de Souza. This diocese has been making enormous leaps and bounds in the past year or two. If you are in the area, these talks will be well worth your time.
Dear Marquette, Why do I have to send my children to the University of Wisconsin to learn this? Sincerely, Families who would send their children to your school if you weren't clueless.
Seriously, this is very good news for Wisconsin Catholics. We've talked about it before, but the best place to send your children to go to college in Wisconsin is UW-Madison and have them join St. Paul's Catholic Center on campus.
UPDATE: I received a direct response from TPT, which I’ve included at the bottom of this post. They’re going to “review” it, so please continue to contact them and show your interest in this series. The highly anticipated and groundbreaking televisions series, Catholicism, is coming to TV screens this Fall – except in the Twin Cities. TPT (Twin Cities Public Television) claims the program isn’t on their broadcast schedule. It’s scheduled on other public television stations nationwide, but why not this market? No one knows. Considering the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has 750,000 members, I find it odd they wouldn’t want to air something so critically acclaimed and relevant to the largest demographic in the region. Please contact the Twin Cities Public Television programming department at viewerservices@tpt.org and – politely – request they review their decision and bring this culturally important TV series to the people of the Twin Cities.
TOWN OF MENASHA — An influential group of Neenah-Menasha businessmen is paving the way for the construction of a $4.7 million fine arts facility at St. Mary Central High School.
The Twin City Catholic Educational System announced today that it will build a 22,000-square-foot addition on the school's campus that will feature a 495-seat auditorium, a 96-seat forensics theater and state-of-the-art sound, lighting and production equipment. In addition, four new interactive electronic classrooms will be added to St. Mary Central.
The project is expected to be completed and operational by April 2013.
"The goal is to provide a superb, comprehensive educational experience for the youth of our community," said Dick Bergstrom of Bergstrom Corp., a strong supporter of Catholic education in Neenah-Menasha. "We've been working on this behind the scenes and it finally came to a conclusion early last month."
Bergstrom is one of five businessmen who raised $2 million in matching gifts for the project. The other members of the campaign leadership team are John Bergstrom and John Hogerty of Bergstrom Corp., Mike McClone of McClone Insurance Group and David Voss of Miron Construction Co.
A fundraising drive will generate the remaining $2.7 million for the addition.
The fine arts center has the support of Bishop David Ricken of the Green Bay Diocese, TCCES-affiliated parishes and the TCCES Board of Education.
Brewers division champs for the first time since 1982! Packers are 3-0! Badgers are 4-0!
Mil JS has more coverage of the new Marquette president Fr. Scott Pilarz. He said they are going to start regular adoration times at Marquette and work to promote a culture of life. </sarcasm> Not kidding; the references to Bruce Springsteen were greater than zero, but no references to Marquette as the "Badlands."
Catholic and former governor of Wisconsin Tommy Thompson announced he's running for State Senator. He can win, but at what cost? He is neither a social conservative or a fiscal conservative. Wisconsin can do better than that. Thompson is former president of La Crosse, WI based Logistics Health Inc, which has since been purchased by OptumHealth.
Appointed to three Committees: Health; Labor and Workforce Development; and Ways and Means
Madison, WI-Newly-elected State Representative Chris Taylor (D-Madison) has been appointed to three key legislative committees for the 2011-12 legislative session. Representative Taylor is now a member of the Assembly Committees on Health; Labor and Workforce Development; and Ways and Means.
“I am excited to get to work on these three important committees that address critical issues for my district and for people throughout the state. Many Wisconsinites are struggling to have access to affordable, quality health care. They are experiencing unfair workplace practices because of the rollback of basic workers’ rights while paying their share of the tax burden while wealthier individuals and corporations shirk their responsibilities,” said Taylor. “I welcome the opportunity to be a voice for my constituents on these important committees.”
Representative Taylor was elected to represent the 48th Assembly District in a special election on August 9, 2011. She replaced Joe Parisi who was elected Dane County Executive earlier this year.
“My agenda is to fight for working families and living wage jobs, excellent public schools, affordable and comprehensive health care, the environment, and for many other progressive policies that we need to move Wisconsin forward,” concluded Representative Taylor.
Prosecutors today reduced a felony charge filed against a Wisconsin priest accused of groping a 15-year-old girl last month while he was in La Crosse.
The Rev. David Szatkowski, 37, now is charged fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct.
He was charged second-degree sexual assault of a child younger than 16 on Aug. 10 after the teen said he grabbed her breast outside the downtown La Crosse Radisson in early August, according to the complaint.
She told police a drunken man approached her group of friends and put his arms around her shoulders before groping her. One of her friends snapped a picture of the man on a Szatkowski on a cell phone.
Investigators tracked Szatkowski, of Franklin, Wis., to a canon law conference for canonists and civil attorneys at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
He identified himself in the cellphone picture but denied assaulting the teen, the complaint states.
Szatkowski resigned from his position as an assistant professor of canon law and director of the English as a second language program at Franklin's Sacred Heart School of Theology. He is not assigned to a parish.
Members of the U.S. Province held their summer assembly July 11-14. The kick-off for the gathering was the Province Jubilee Celebration on Monday night where the anniversaries of nine SCJs were celebrated.
Father David Szatkowski is the priest holding the mic. Yes, these guys are all priests, brothers or novitiates novices.
You can tell from their clerical garb ........ oh wait. Never mind.
Polka Friday style!!! *A re-post from last year. Something about this time of year and being German. La Crosse celebrates Oktoberfest by drinking beer from a company called Anheuser–Busch InBev. I wish I didn't have to go back down to training so I could complain more. Waaait for it...
In heaven there is no beer That's why we drink it here And when we're gone from here All our friends will be drinking all the beer!(Everybody sing!)
In heaven there is no beer That's why we drink it here And when we're gone from here All our friends will be drinking all the beer!
Lá lá lá lá lá lá Lá lá lá lá lá lá Lá lá lá lá lá lá Lá lá lá lá lá lá lá lá
Refrain: Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier, Drum trinken wir es hier. Denn sind wir nicht mehr hier, Dann trinken die andern unser Bier.
Sicher muß der Wein vom Rhein etwas Wunderbares sein. Sicher ist ein feiner Sekt etwas, was besonders schmeckt. Sicher ist der Schnaps so scharf, daß man einen heben darf. Aber heut' seid's gescheit, liebe Leut'. Refrain:
2. Jeder Mensch hat seinen Tick und seine Eigenart. Eine fliegt auf glatt rasiert, die and're auf den Bart. Einer möcht' nur Fußballspiel, dem andern ist das Wurst. Ich allein gesteh' es ein, ich hab' immer einen Durst. Refrain:
CHAMPION, Wis. – Philip and Barbara Hesselbein came to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help to pray for a grandson who has an inoperable brain tumor.
Darlene Searcy prayed for her family and for herself; she has cancer.
Mary Spakowicz, who also has cancer, came "because God will hear me here."
The afflicted and the faithful have long made pilgrimages to the quiet country site where Belgian immigrant Adele Brise said in 1859 that she saw the Virgin Mary three times. For the past few years, maybe 30 or 50 people had trickled in daily to visit the chapel, Brise's grave and the candlelit crypt that marks the site of the apparition.
That changed in December, when Bishop David Ricken of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay certified after investigations by three theologians that Brise had indeed seen a beautiful lady in white who said she was the "queen of heaven."
That made the shrine, which is a mile from the unincorporated town of Champion, the USA's only official site where Mary is said to have appeared.
Now there's a steady flow of traffic into the recently enlarged gravel parking lot. Cars, vans and buses bring 500 people — and often many more — here daily. License plates from Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana were spotted one recent weekday.
A new building houses much-needed restrooms.
A former boarding school on the site is being refurbished to house two priests recently assigned full time to the shrine.
"I knew that there would be some increase in interest" after he certified Brise's vision, Ricken says. "I wasn't sure how wide it would be, how broad it would be."
Our Lady of Good Help attracts far fewer visitors than international Marian shrines such as France's Lourdes, which draws 5 million a year, or Mexico's Our Lady of Guadalupe, which has double that.
Still, Ricken expects the number of visitors to continue to rise and says the diocese is trying to figure out how to accommodate them without losing "the simplicity of that beautiful shrine and the peace of the place."
Rev. Scott R. Pilarz becomes the 23rd president at Marquette University at an inauguration ceremony Friday at the Al McGuire Center. The ceremony, which capped a weeklong series of events at the university, included more than 100 college and university presidents and delegates from across the country. Pilarz succeeds Father Robert A. Wild.
When I was growing up, our family ate all of our meals together at home. This included breakfast, lunch, and supper. We sat around our kitchen table, often lingering to talk after the food was gone.
Editor's View by Mary C. UhlerMealtime became an opportunity to share our plans for the day, to find out what we thought about the day’s news, and even to debate various issues. My parents always encouraged open discussion, even on such topics as politics and religion.
With our own children, my husband and I also encouraged shared meal times. We almost always ate dinner together, even delaying the meal for sports and after-school activities so that we could sit down and share a meal.
I think our children — now grown with children of their own — enjoyed those times to eat and talk with each other. Now we like getting together with our extended families for meals. Even the grandchildren from babies and up are brought to the table when possible to join with the family for hors d’oeuvres and the meal. Eating together makes a difference
It’s sad to hear that many families today do not eat together. That’s why it was necessary to set aside a day to remind families to eat together. This year’s “Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children” will be held on Monday, Sept. 26.
Family Day is a national movement that reminds parents that dinner makes a difference. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University launched Family Day in 2001. It grew out of research which consistently found that the more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely are they to smoke, drink, or use drugs. Those kids are also more likely to get better grades in school and have an excellent relationship with their parents.
Many Catholic archdioceses and dioceses are promoting Family Day. Andy Galvin, coordinator of marriage preparation in the Diocese of Madison, is encouraging families to support this initiative.
Fall is a wonderful time to explore our beautiful state of Wisconsin with its stunning hills, valleys, forests and farmland. It’s also home to many Catholic shrines, sites and destinations. Some are internationally known, others are small, quaint places cherished by the locals in the area. The Catholic newspapers in the five dioceses in the state, (Superior, La Crosse, Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee) have put together a sampling of some of these inspirational places in our state and invite you to take a Catholic roadtrip this fall to visit these beautiful, uniquely Catholic treasures in our state.
I mentioned it a while back but I got word there is still room at this event. It's going to be a gorgeous time of the year to visit the Shrine with the autumn leaves and all that jazz. Plus it is very significant to have Bishop Ricken as the main celebrant and the special connection Wisconsin shares with Our Lady. That is not to even mention the star studded lineup. The Marian Symposium the past few years has been thee event to attend at the Shrine for myself.
Drew Mariani leading the rosary at MS 2010
Main celebrant for the Mass: His Excellency Most Rev. David L. Ricken Bishop of Green Bay
MC of the symposium: Mr. Raymond De Souza Director of Evangelization & Apologetics, Diocese of Winona EWTN Program Host
Speakers: Our Lady of All Nations, Queen of the Americas, and Her Remedy for Peace Dr. Mark I. Miravalle Franciscan University of Steubenville President, Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici Bright as the Sun, Fair as the Moon: Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Way of Beauty
Fr. Angelo M. Geiger Superior Delegate for the USA and Australia, Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate The Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary: Redeemer and Co-Redemptrix
Fr. Dwight Campbell Apostles of Jesus Christ, Priest & Victim Mariologist Our Lady of Guadalupe: from Mother of Israel's Hope to Queen of the Americas
Sr. Rosalind Moss Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Hope Apologist
When the first Diocesan Hispanic Congress kicks off later this month at Notre Dame Academy it will be the accumulation of three years of work and planning. That is according to Fr. José Antonio Castañeda, who is organizing this event.
"Three years ago there was a group of us that wanted to put together an event that would bring together the Hispanic community. At that time, we thought that we would bring in a special speaker or have a special concert. However, it just was too expensive," said Fr. Castañeda who serves as parochial vicar for St. Bernard and St. Philip the Apostle parishes in Green Bay.
The solution that the planning committee came up with was to put together a congress which would call all the various Hispanic groups from parishes around the diocese to come together for a day of inspiration and prayer. The topic for the day's talks will be centered on the family and its challenges.
A group of youth ministers has launched a new organization aimed at revitalizing southeastern Wisconsin's young Catholic community. And they are hoping to draw hundreds to its debut gathering at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at St. Josaphat Catholic Church on Milwaukee's south side.
Arise is aimed at bringing together young Catholics of every stripe, whether they are currently practicing or not, said Tom Klind, assistant youth minister at Christ King, St. Pius X and St. Bernard parishes in Wauwatosa. The evening's service will be a mix of contemporary worship and orthodox practice, including Eucharistic adoration.
"There will be something for everyone," said Klind. The target audience is age 18 to 40, but it's open to anyone, he said.
Already 100 people have signed up via Facebook.
Arise has won the support of Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Donald Hying, who will offer the benediction at St. Josaphat.
“When you think about it, Jesus called young adults to be His apostles. Now is the time for young people to embrace their Catholic faith in a deeper relationship with Jesus,” Hying said in a statement. Arise plans follow-up gatherings in November, January and April. Look for those dates to be posted on its website at www.arisemilwaukee.org.
The La Crosse area 40 Days for Life campaign will run from September 28-November 5. We will be praying outside of Gundersen-Lutheran Hospital on the corner of South St. and 7th Ave. S. Gunderson Lutheran performs abortions.
To sign up for vigil times or for more information, visit our website or contact Elizabeth Garibaldi at (608) 769-4014 or email lizzdemos@yahoo.com or Marie Allen at (608) 784-5189 or marie.v.allen@charter.net
A Kick-off Rally will be held on Sunday, September 25th from 12:30-2:00pm at the Southside Community Center (1300 S. 6th St., La Crosse).
Kudos to a recent letter writer who called for a return to first principles in the same-sex marriage debate, and to two others who answered the call. We're not on the same page, but we're closer.
One responder misunderstands the use of the term "nature" in "natural law." As any physician can tell you, many things occur (infections, functional failure) that violate the nature of the thing affected. It happens in nature that human beings are born without hands, but this violates the proper nature of the human being.
This is how doctors tell the difference between health and disease. Same-sex desires and acts literally make no sense given our embodiment as sexual creatures. The fact that they happen does not make them fitting to our nature, fully understood.
The other responder claims that the fundamental issue is equal rights. The Catholic Church is second to none in championing equal rights. But the recognition of rights must be based on the truth.
Any man who is capable can marry any woman who is capable. The letter writer is not asking for equal rights; he is asking for a redefinition of the nature of marriage, and thus for repudiation of our human nature, properly understood.
This is akin to saying that I have a right to fly, but I want to fly in my car. Calling a car a plane won't make it fly, and neither society nor the state have any reason to get on board.
We are honored to share the following list of parishes, dioceses, archdioceses and worship communities around the world who have chosen OCP Mass settings to implement the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
It is our hope that these settings will help Catholics everywhere to celebrate their faith with renewed vigor.
Belmont Mass by Christopher Walker Diocese of La Crosse (WI)
Mass of Renewal by Curtis Stephan Diocese of La Crosse (WI)
Mass of St. Frances Cabrini by Kevin Keil Diocese of La Crosse (WI)
Mass of the Resurrection by Randall DeBruyn Diocese of Madison (WI)
What have Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Superior selected? Does anyone know? I haven't heard any of them so I couldn't give my totally uneducated opinion on the matter.
You are invited to join the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in celebrating the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi (secondary Patron Saint of the Diocese of La Crosse)– Monday, October 3, 5-6 PM at the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Transitus of St. Francis commemorates his holy passing from this world to the next. It is an evening of prayer and devotion with the praying of the Rosary, homily, Rite of Transitus, and veneration of First Class relic of the Saint.
The Cathedral is filled to capacity on the morning of Wednesday September 30, 1891 as the Diocese of Dubuque celebrates the silver jubilee (25th anniversary) of Bishop John Hennessey. Note the gas lamps used to provide illumination inside the building.
While the actual anniversary is July 28, 2012, the year long observance will provide an opportunity for a year of rejoicing, reflection and renewal. The overall goal is not to add extra work or activities for the parishes but to suggest ways to utilize existing events to connect to the 175th, incorporating the major themes of the history and celebration of the Archdiocese into regular parish celebrations (e.g. Parish Festival, Parish Anniversary, First Communion, Confirmation classes. etc.), in addition to the diocesan events listed below. Throughout the year, a series of “Did You Know?” segments will be provided for use in parish bulletins and other publications to educate and celebrate the history and future of the Archdiocese.
Sts. Peter and Paul Parish & the Marian Center for Peace will host a Mini-Retreat on the Life & Spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux on October 1st, 2011 at SS Peter and Paul Church (1110 1st Street North, Wis Rapids). Father Samuel Martin, Parochial Administrator at St. John the Baptist in Marshfield will be the keynote speaker. Retreat begins with Mass at 8:30 AM and runs until 11:15 AM, ending with the novena prayer to St. Thérèse. There will be a free-will offering to cover the costs of the retreat. No registration required. For more information, call 715-423-1351 or e-mail sspeter_paul@hotmail.com.
Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Adult Formation Program will offer a “Marriage Renewal Retreat” Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-2p.m at SS Peter and Paul Church (1110 1st Street North, Wis Rapids). All married couples are invited to the retreat. Dr. John Buri, professor of Psychology at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and author of the book “How To Love Your Wife,” is the keynote speaker. For more information or to register by Nov. 1, call 715-423-1351, e-mail sspeter_paul@hotmail.com or register online at http://www.sspeterandpaulcatholic.com.
Walking around the UST area on the first Tuesday of the school year, passerbys were most likely taken aback by the abnormal amount of people hanging around talking and playing yard games behind a huge house on summit. Little do they know, that huge house is the Center for Catholic Studies, and that large crowd was there for the Fall Kick-Off event for the year.
This year’s kick off event held true to its usual Ice Cream Social theme complete with CS Faculty and Staff. However, Catholic Studies decided to mix it up by adding a substantial food element. Clearly, this was a smart move because Famous Dave’s had nothing on Sitzmann Hall with the amount of people that showed up for some good ol’ BBQ. The attendance at this event was very high in relation to previous years (at least 200) and no one would probably deny that it was a success. To prove this perhaps undeniable statement even further, the event ran out of food. Twice. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, within the first half hour the BBQ and ice cream had run out. And then, when the thin red line of Davanni’s pizza kicked in, the food was again gone within the first 15 minutes.
As passerbys looking at the crowd and perhaps hearing murmers of Catholic theology, an inordinate amount of “Praise Gods”, or just seeing general air of joy, they may have been asking themselves: I don’t know what that is, but there is something going on.
And in fact, there is something going on. Catholic Studies is providing education, experience, and community for yet another year for so many Catholics and Christians on (and off) campus. If the kick off event is to give any sign as to what this year entails, then UST better brace themselves because the Spirit is moving: Catholic Studies is back.
As you might know, many have attended the Youth 2000 retreats since they began here in Madison in 2009. Thank you for all of the work that you have put into these retreats.
But as you also may know, one of the frustrations that many have stems from the music used during the weekend. It seems quite clear that the church consistently asks us for something higher, something more reverent than rock music during the Holy Mass (rock music is being used in a more general sense, for the sake of this discussion).
Of course, this is not a new problem. For example, in 1905, Pope Pius X covered nearly the same issue:
“[2.] It must be holy, and therefore avoid everything that is secular, both in itself and in the way in which it is performed. It must really be an art, since in no other way can it have on the mind of those who hear it that effect which the Church desires in using in her liturgy the art of sound.
“But it must also be universal in this sense, namely, that although each country may use in its ecclesiastical music whatever special forms may belong to its own national style, these forms must be subject to the proper nature of sacred music, so that it may never produce a bad impression on the mind of any stranger who may hear it.” —Tra Le Sollecitudini, 1905
