All posts tagged "Your Life"

• Posted on March 15, 2017
  Memoriam

  Sr. Josephine Marie Peplinski

  Posted on March 15, 2017

  Sister Josephine Marie (Virginella) Peplinski, 98, a Sister of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis for 82 years, died...

• Posted on March 10, 2017
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  I’m Not “Intrinsically Disordered!”

  Posted on March 10, 2017

  I have met several priests over the years who ended up leaving the active ministry of the priesthood. Two of them have...

• Posted on March 8, 2017
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  A new Lenten discipline

  Posted on March 8, 2017

  For Lent 2016, I adopted a new Forty Days discipline in addition to intensified prayer, daily almsgiving, and letting my liver have...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
  Memoriam

  Charles H. Robertson

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  Mr. Charles H. Robertson, 85, the father of Father Douglas Robertson, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at his home in Onalaska....

• Posted on February 24, 2017
  From the Bishop

  Reparation Renewal Restoration

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  On May 13 of this year, the Church will mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the apparitions of Our Lady...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
  Marriage Matters

  My husband hasn’t been to confession in a long time, but I think he should go. How do I encourage him to go without sounding judgmental?

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  The wife who asked this question is likely a regular penitent — someone who knows that confession is a place to discover...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
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  How can I get more out of the sacrament of Confession?

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  For many Catholics, the sacrament of confession presents certain challenges. But as a Catholic priest, I find it presents some of the...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
  Worship

  Lent’s dry sense of humor

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  Because Easter falls later than usual this year — April 16 — so too does Ash Wednesday — March 1. Even so,...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
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  Lent and the little shepherds of Fatima

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima, whose appearances to three shepherd children—Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta—are perhaps...

• Posted on February 24, 2017
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  How to make a prayer space in your own home

  Posted on February 24, 2017

  We all know someone like that. We’ve visited their home and a whole room is dedicated to the Green Bay Packers or...