Last Word
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Understanding a Deeper Meaning of Lent
When I was studying philosophy at St. Francis Major Seminary in Milwaukee, Father John Peifer defined wisdom as “knowing things in their...
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150Taking a cue from our grandparents
One of the many lessons I learned vicariously through teaching high school students was the powerful spiritual influence exercised by our grandparents....
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307Love NEVER GETS OLD
This year, as our diocese celebrates its 150th anniversary, it is only appropriate to stop and thank our predecessors. Our diocese is...
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The next 150 years
Now that much of the excitement and all the “rah-rah” will calm down about the 150th anniversary of our diocese, I wonder,...
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320The Faith of a child
“Let the children come to me, do not hinder them.” (Mk 10:14) With her impish grin and loving eyes, she greets all...
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477Rest well! Summer, Sunday and Holy Days
“They’ll never make it.” Those words were spoken by a neighboring farmer about my grandparents in the 1950s. My grandparents had just...
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1.0KMake time to explore your deanery
NOTRE DAME PARISH – 117 ALLEN ST., CHIPPEWA FALLS ST. JOSEPH CHURCH – 719 E PATTEN ST., BOYD ST. PATRICK CHURCH –...
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692“Welcome home”
All of us want to have a place where we feel like we are at home. We all want to have a...
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683No fear in forgiveness
I love the story “First Confession” by Frank O’Connor. As you might imagine, it is about a boy going to confession for...
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1.1KEmbracing life
In January, we pray with special urgency for the end of the culture of death. We beseech God for the rediscovery within...