Formed – Online Faith Formation Platform Through the generous gift of a family in our parishes, we are excited to offer an amazing online resource that provides free access to Catholic audio talks, movies, ebooks, and video-based studies. Using your computer or your phone, you will have unlimited access to a wealth of tools meant…
Encounter – Share the Journey “Praise and Honor to you our Lord Jesus Christ” The tune of this year’s Lenten Gospel Acclamation is a Latin Kyrie. Many of you will recognize the tune. My hope is that this acclamation brings beautiful history of our Catholic tradition to life again – the Gregorian chant and the…
Mille grazie, Cass Street St. Rita! Since 1936, the building at 1613 N Cass Street has served as well. It has been the site of Masses, Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, weddings, funerals and a few confessions! It has been home. We inherited it as a family facing the uncertainty of these present times, knowing that our…
Encounter – Share the Journey Part 2 “Pan de Vida” When selecting songs for the Communion procession the church tells us to look for texts that have “themes of joy, wonder, unity, gratitude and praise…. It is also appropriate to select a Communion processional song that reflects the liturgical action, i.e. eating and drink the…
Encounter – Share the Journey Our Lenten ‘theme’ has been on my mind for a while now as I prayed about and prepared the music for Lent. While planning music that would draw us into the spirit of the season of Lent with our more traditional Lenten hymns and songs, I also wanted to select…
Dear Men of our Parish, I write to personally invite you to join me in participating in the Men of Christ Catholic Conference scheduled for March 10 at the Milwaukee Theater. As men we all struggle to fulfill our financial and spiritual responsibilities in the midst of the daily fatigue of life. If we are…
Join our Family of Four Parishes for a season of hope and anticipation as we await and then celebrate the birth of our Lord. Advent can be such a beautiful, prayerful season if we are really intentional about staying focused on Jesus. Looking for ideas? A few recommended by our staff: For adults: Advent Reflections from…
Please join the parishioners from our family of four parishes as we strive to make Thanksgiving a time of joy for the families in our neighborhoods. We will be filling bags in the hopes of serving over 400 families this year. Bags and shopping lists will be distributed the weekends of October 28-29 and November…
As our thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Texas, we are called to concrete acts of corporal mercy – to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. If you are looking for a way to provide help, our family of four parishes will take a second collection on September 9-10…
Article 8 in the series Last week, we continued our look at how our bishops have addressed some of the tough questions surrounding immigration, and we’ll finish that this week. Please keep all immigrants and refugees in your prayers and contact Andrew Musgrave at musgravea@archmil.org or 414-271-6577 with any questions. There are several tough questions…