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699Finding God’s Path to Fatherhood
As the Vocation Director, my particular focus is men discerning whether or not priesthood is the vocation where God is calling them...
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1.0KKeep fighting the good fight The Gift of Fortitude
When I was a boy growing up in Marinette, it seemed that everyone went to church on Sunday. Not everyone was Catholic...
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661Becoming perfected in God’s love
Most Catholics at some point or another are asked to memorize the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude,...
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699God speaks to us The Gift of Counsel
When I was in the fourth grade at St. Anne’s School in Wausau, our teacher asked us to make some art showing...
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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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734Taking 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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852Love 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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802The 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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1.1KRest 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...