Home » Architecture » Before and After: St. Frances Borgia in Cedarburg, Wisconsin Conrad Schmitt Studios have provided us with yet another 'before and after' project, this time coming out of the parish church of St. Francis Borgia in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The present church building was originally constructed in the year 1870 and over the century it underwent at least two renovations; one around the mid-century period, and another following the Second Vatican Council. In the mid-century period it obtained a renovation which essentially modified the church's altars and decoration programme to something more akin to the fads and fashions of the twentieth century liturgical movement; what came in the latter part of the twentieth century was far more radical with decorative paintwork being white-washed over, altars stripped out, and the sanctuary ordering completely changed. That is the particular face of the church that constitutes what came immediately before the restorative works …
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,7-14. Jesus said to his disciples: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me …Doliwat
Aus dem Heiligen Evangelium nach Johannes - Joh 14,7-14. In jener Zeit sprach Jesus zu seinen Jüngern: Wenn ihr mich erkannt habt, werdet ihr auch meinen Vater erkennen. Schon jetzt kennt ihr ihn und habt ihn gesehen. Philippus sagte zu ihm: Herr, zeig uns den Vater; das genügt uns. Jesus sagte zu ihm: Schon so lange bin ich bei euch und du hast mich nicht erkannt, Philippus? Wer mich gesehen hat, hat den Vater gesehen. Wie kannst du sagen: Zeig uns den Vater? Glaubst du nicht, dass ich im Vater bin und dass der Vater in mir ist? Die Worte, die ich zu euch sage, habe ich nicht aus mir selbst. Der Vater, der in mir bleibt, vollbringt seine Werke. Glaubt mir doch, dass ich im Vater bin und dass der Vater in mir ist; wenn nicht, dann glaubt aufgrund eben dieser Werke! Amen, amen, ich sage euch: Wer an mich glaubt, wird die Werke, die ich vollbringe, auch vollbringen und er wird noch größere als diese vollbringen, denn ich gehe zum Vater. Alles, um was ihr in meinem Namen bitten werdet, …Doliwat
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE SECOND - CHAPTER 21. - Of union with our Lord, the new Adam, by by faith-Sixth and seventh articles of the Creed....Download, print, and above all share !
Acts 13:44-52 On the road, there are people who have no idea of what God's presence is like. It is good to approach them gently and reveal the beauty of God in their hearts. John 14:7-14 Jesus said to Philip, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” When we realize that the love of God loves us infinitely more than the greatest joy we have ever experienced, we begin to see God. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Prominent Vatican journalists Edward Pentin and Diane Montagna decried the Vatican’s recent reception and celebration of the Anglican female “archbishop” of Canterbury as scandalous and “absurd.” Montagna on Monday quoted from Pope Leo XIV’s address to Sarah Mullally in which he referred to “new problems” that “have arisen in recent decades, rendering the pathway to full communion” between the Catholic Church and Anglicans “more difficult to discern.” “Of course, chief among these new problems is the fact that a woman dressed in liturgical attire is now being passed off – and celebrated by the Vatican and even by the Pope – as someone who seemingly has valid Orders when she doesn’t – first because she’s a woman and second because she’s an Anglican,” Montagna wrote. She highlighted the fact that Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, had gone so far as to “bow” before her and make the Sign of the Cross “as though receiving a real …
“Pope Francis was like a second father to me, and I still miss him deeply,” said his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, 56, in an interview with Corriere.it on April 19. Francis hated hospital stays and joked whenever he had to go to Gemelli Hospital: “You’ll see—the cardinals are preparing the conclave now.” “Every morning when he woke up, he would ask me, ‘Hello, who died today?’ That was just how he was,” Strappetti recalled. One day, Strappetti told Francis that he was divorced and living with another woman. The pope replied: “And what’s the problem?” He then asked: “Do they let you receive Communion? If not, tell me the names of those priests who refuse - I’ll go speak to them myself!” For Strappetti, Francis was a “surprising” pope. #newsAzcbcontal
What an excellent essay. St. Athanasius uses a similar technique to that used by the prophet Daniel in defending the accused wife (who reminds us so much of a faithful Catholic woman). St. Athanasius also has a prophetic defense against contraception. (not quoted in this article) “How can sterile and ignorant persons understand the eternal birth of God?” The Place of the Patriarchs of Antioch in Church History, by Exarch Elias B. Skaff, 1993, Sophia Press.
"The great chalice had formerly been in the possession of Abraham; Melchisedech brought it with him from the land of Semiramis to the land of Canaan, when he was beginning to found some settlements on the spot where Jerusalem was afterwards built; he made use of it then for offering sacrifice, when he offered bread and wine in the presence of Abraham, and he left it in the possession of that holy patriarch. This same chalice had also been preserved in Noah’s Ark."
[Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich; XVIII-XIX Century; born: 8 September 1774 Flamschen, Coesfeld, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire/ died: 9 February 1824 (aged 49), Dülmen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation; mystic, Marian visionary and stigmatist; Roman Catholic Augustinian canoness] Meditation III ~ Arrangements for eating the Paschal Lamb. When the disciples had spoken to Heli of Hebron, the latter went back into the house by the court, but they turned to the right, and hastened down the north side of the hill, through Sion. They passed over a bridge, and walking along a road covered with brambles, reached the other side of the ravine, which was in front of the Temple, and of the row of houses which were to the south of that building. There stood the house of the aged Simeon, who died in the Temple after the presentation of our Lord; and his sons, some of whom were disciples of Jesus in secret, were actually living there. The Apostles spoke to one of them, a tall …Doliwat
Oh, Tom, I love this. It is so, so true. We could benefit, perhaps, in those hard moments by going into our rooms, closing the door, getting on our knees and begging Our Blessed Mother for the right things to say and to help us be the kind of Mother she is.
There's no question about it, the same Vatican that WON’T evangelize jews and any other false religions, as they opose "religious proselytism", the same Vatican who abandoned the real Catholic Church in China to embrace the chinese communist party's false church, the same Vatican who stands proudly with the celebrated female bishop of the UK, WILL excommunicate the FSSPX. What will you do? I understand, it’s not like we can burn tires and throw stones like some people do in countries around the world, perhaps NOT even a march of protest will turn false prophet Leo's decision, but 1st things first... Can an antipope excommunicate? Can a false prophet push your faith away? Can a promoter if beautiful lies cast you out from the grasp of our Lord? Exactly! Leo has no power to eclipse your strong faith, but the thing he can do is to make you suffer. Embrace such suffering, welcome it, walk towards the desert WILLINGLY... DO NOT frown, do not call him names even if it is impossible, I know,…Doliwat
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE SECOND - CHAPTER 22 - Of union with our Lord, the new Adam, by faith-Eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh articles of the Creed....Download, print, and above all share !
Cardinal Tagle participated in the Anglican liturgy and touted "our common faith and unity in Jesus Christ".
The optics of this really aren't good. Why did this need to happen in a Catholic church in Rome when there's a perfectly decent Anglican one within the walls?
" I have already told thee that the delights of the world, without Me, are venomous thorns, and, that the vision of the intellect is deluded by them, and the affection of the will is deluded into loving them, and the memory into retaining remembrance of them. The unity of these powers of the soul is so great that I cannot be offended by one without all the others offending Me at the same time, because the one presents to the other, as I told thee, good or evil, according to the pleasure of the free will. This free will is bound to the affection, and it moves as it pleases, either with the light of reason or without it. Your reason is attached to Me when your will does not, by disordinate love, cut it off from Me ; you have also in you the law of perversity, that continually fights against the Spirit."
[Saint Catherine of Siena /Caterina di Benincasa/; XIV-XV Century AD; Siena, Republic of Siena/Rome, Papal States; aged 33; Spiritual Writer; Mystic; Virgin; Doctor of the Church] “How this soul was in great bitterness, on account of the blindness of those who are drowned below in the river. Then that soul, tormented by desire, considering her own imperfections and those of others, was saddened to hear of and to see the great blindness of creatures, notwithstanding the great goodness of God, in having placed nothing in this life, no matter in what condition, that could be an impediment to the salvation of creatures, but rather arranged for the exercising and proving of virtue in them. And, notwithstanding all this, she saw them, through self- love and disordinate affection, go under by the river and arrive at eternal damnation, and many who were in the river and had begun to come out, turn back again, scandalised at her, because they had heard of the sweet goodness of GOD, who had …Doliwat
New York Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes The Washington Post won the award for public service, considered the most prestigious of the Pulitzers, for its coverage of the Trump administration’s overhaul of federal agencies.nytimes.com/…026/05/04/business/media/pulitzer-pr… A photo that was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning entry by Saher Alghorra, a contributor to The New York Times, in the breaking news photo category. It showed a child wounded in Gaza City being transferred to a hospital in April last year.Credit...Saher Alghorra for The New York Times By Katie Robertson May 4, 2026Updated 4:32 p.m. ET The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prize awards on Monday, including for an investigation into how President Trump is profiting from his deal-making, and news photography documenting starvation and destruction in Gaza. The Times also won for opinion writing, for columns by M. Gessen analyzing the rise of authoritarianism. The Athletic, the sports site owned by The New York Times Company …Doliwat
Lila Rose - This is what real healthcare looks like. A doctor saving the preciou... This is what real healthcare looks like. A doctor saving the precious life of a child, not ending it. x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/2049309074563486092/vi…
Vatican's message is: "We welcome heretics, sodomites and public sinners, we excommunicate Catholics." And who still thinks they represent Catholic Church???