Herald artist publishes book ‘Amazing Saints’
Looking for a meaningful first Communion gift or perhaps a last-minute Easter basket “stuffer”? “Amazing Saints, Volume 1,” written and [...]
How to teach kids gratitude in times of plenty
Your desire to impart an attitude of gratitude to your children is a precious gift you are giving them for [...]
Wild things lurk throughout childhood
James Pankratz, Friends of the Family After returning home from the movies one evening, I had the uneasy feeling that [...]
Mom’s dress sends simple message
Emily Mae Boettcher poses in the same first Communion dress that her mother, Deanna, wore for her first Communion decades [...]
Colorful Gospel for March 25, 2010
Click on the photo for a printable pdf! Based on the Gospel of Luke 19:28-40 and 22:14-23:56Jerusalem is buzzing with [...]
Bananas in church
During the offertory, I started thinking about bananas. It was a Friday in Lent and I was at 8 a.m. [...]
Priesthood presented as vocation for ‘normal guys’
Fr. Jeff Kirby, a priest of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., poses with “Becoming Father Bob,” a children’s book he [...]
The 4-year-old who taught us about life, love
Torian Thompson-Carter, 4, one of the victims of the Feb. 26 quadruple homicide in Milwaukee, was "President Torian" during [...]
“Where are we going?!”
So yesterday night I got a phone call from my 6-year-old niece "Baby," a bubbly, bright but often crazy little [...]
Give the new landlord some credit
Before Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki was installed as Milwaukee's archbishop Jan. 4, his high-profile tenant in the archdiocese's Cousins Center, [...]