Archbishop reiterates opposition to rent-to-own provision in proposed budget
MILWAUKEE – Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki reiterated his opposition to a provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget that would remove rent-to-own businesses from jurisdiction of the Wisconsin...
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Potential expansion of choice welcomed
Oshkosh Corporation announced in a press release last month that its defense division plans to reduce its workforce in Oshkosh by about 700 hourly positions in mid-June and 200 salaried positions...
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Newspaper man speaks on 'editing with Dorothy Day'
Dorothy Day has been labeled a social reformer, an anarchist, a gifted journalist, and – by Abbie Hoffman – the original hippie. In an obituary, College of the Holy Cross professor David O’Brien...
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Family is heart of vocation for future priest
This is the second in a series of articles introducing you to the four men scheduled to be ordained priests of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee this year. Ordination will be Saturday, May 18, at the...
View ArticleMonk charged with attempted child abduction
BENET LAKE – The Antioch Police Department has charged Thomas M. Chmura, a Benedictine monk at St. Benedict’s Abbey, with disorderly conduct and attempted child abduction. Chmura, 63, was arrested...
View ArticleArchbishop reiterates opposition to rent-to-own provision in proposed budget
MILWAUKEE – Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki reiterated his opposition to a provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget that would remove rent-to-own businesses from jurisdiction of the Wisconsin...
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Potential expansion of choice welcomed
Oshkosh Corporation announced in a press release last month that its defense division plans to reduce its workforce in Oshkosh by about 700 hourly positions in mid-June and 200 salaried positions...
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Nativity Jesuit celebrates 20 years
When Irving Ibarra went to Nativity Jesuit Middle School in 1999, he didn’t expect the life changing experience he received. “There was me before Nativity and there was me after Nativity,” said Ibarra,...
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Courting leadership, teamwork at Nativity
Nativity Jesuit Middle School uses basketball and other activities to teach its boys lessons about life and the game. “When they’re playing basketball, for a lot of the guys, it’s their first time...
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Ninja days lead to priestly discernment
This is the third in a series of articles introducing you to the four men scheduled to be ordained priests of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee this year. Ordination will be Saturday, May 18, at the...
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Knights of Columbus confer patriotic degree on 135 candidates
APPLETON – When Fr. Carlos Zapata came to the United States from Columbia in 2008 he soon learned of the Knights of Columbus. By 2009, Fr. Carlos, associate pastor at Holy Name and St. Clement parishes...
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'God wink' to nun captured on film
MT. CALVARY – Sr. Stephen Bloesl never wanted to be a nurse. The thought of sticking a needle into someone’s arm gave her chills. As a student at Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh in the 1960s, she kept close...
View ArticleWauwatosa police again won't charge Salvatorian
WAUWATOSA — Wauwatosa Police didn’t press charges after a second investigation into an allegation of inappropriate behavior against Salvatorian Fr. Robert Marsicek, former shared pastor of Mother of...
View ArticleSpring priest appointments announced
Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki, in consultation with the Priest Placement Board of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has appointed the following priests for ministry in the Archdiocese, effective June 18,...
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Lawyer makes his case for priesthood
This is the fourth in a series of articles introducing you to the four men scheduled to be ordained priests of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee this year. Ordination will be Saturday, May 18, at the...
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Historic Campbellsport convent to close
CAMPBELLSPORT — Six months after telling Campbellsport residents the village’s landmark St. Joseph Convent faced imminent closure, officials of the School Sisters of St. Francis made it official April...
View ArticleSt. Patrick School, Elkhorn to close
ELKHORN — The 2013 eighth-grade graduating class of St. Patrick School will be the school’s last. A letter posted on the St. Patrick Parish website, written by pastor Fr. Oriol Regales, stated the...
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New bronze doors help Holy Hill mark 150th anniversary
Bronze dust covers the hands of Cody Joseph Swanson, a sculptor who resides in Italy, as he grinds unwanted material from an 80-pound bronze panel depicting the Annunciation. Resting against a nearby...
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Archbishop Listecki convokes 2014 synod
What has been discussed since early 2012, and been in the planning stages since September of last year became official Pentecost Sunday, May 19, when Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki proclaimed from the...
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18-member commission will guide consultation process
ST. FRANCIS — While Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki convoked the 2014 archdiocesan synod on Pentecost Sunday, May 19, planning for the synod began in spring 2012 with the archbishop’s decision to...
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