LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF I sat down with Joe Livaudais inside a Dunkin Donuts. The orange walls barely warmed the room from the October chill, but the coffee shop was buzzing with downtown Milwaukee residents and students filing in for their afternoon caffeine fill. As Livaudais raised a small Divine Mercy prayer card for […]
The Legacy of Black Catholics in the American Catholic Church
FESSAHAYE MEBRAHTU SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC HERALD The late Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB, author of “The History of Black Catholics in the United States” dates the presence of Black Catholics in Florida to 1565, more than 200 years before independence. Black Catholics in the USA teach us faithfulness, and endurance against all odds. We are […]
Religious Sisters Fight Human Trafficking on Global Scale
COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF Over the past two decades, the “a-ha” moment has happened in different ways and at different times for different people — but gradually, it’s happened for us all. Law enforcement, legislators, social workers and members of the American public alike have all come to realize two important truths when it […]
Laity the Key to Environmental Justice
COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF It’s the first rule of physics: an object remains in a uniform state of motion unless that state is changed by an external force. For many Christians, that external force is mission work. “You don’t know what your reality is until you’ve been out of it,” said Dr. Eric Boos, […]
Sister Cecilia Joy Kugel Brings Videography Skills to the Sisterhood
LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF As a high school student, Sr. Cecilia Joy Kugel figured the “Sr.” prefix would one day find its way to the front of her name. But then she fell in love with media. She determined she could serve God most through a media career— not religious life. So after graduation, […]
Seton Volleyball Tournament Schedule
Girls Division 1 Wednesday, Oct. 30, Center Court, Waukesha 5:30 p.m. matches Burlington Catholic vs. St. Mary Visitation St. Anthony/St. Joan vs. St. Joseph Wauwatosa/St. Agnes St. Jude vs. All Saints (Red) Milwaukee Montessori vs. St. Francis Borgia St. Monica (Red) vs. St. Boniface Christ King vs. St. Lucy St. Robert vs. Holy Apostles Holy […]
New Website Provides Needed Access to Legal Information
LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF For the immigrant and refugee community, basic information — like how to fill out claim forms or apply for citizenship — is buried under clunky legal jargon. The complexities of immigration law make tax code look user-friendly, lawyers joke. For Barbara Graham and her team at the Refugee and Immigration […]
Amazing Parish Conference Bears Fruit, One Year Later
COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF As the pastor of St. Mary Parish in Hales Corners, Fr. Brian Mason is the spiritual shepherd of 10,500 souls. He also heads a staff of 14 people and, with Principal Maria Schramm, oversees a school of almost 400 students. Being at the helm of such a large operation, “it’s […]
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Joins Pius XI
LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF Before launching into the last series of the performance, conductor Yaniv Dinur turned back to the Pius XI High School students assembled in the field house and, like an entertaining story-teller, said, “It’s very dramatic,” as he launched the orchestra baton-first into “Duel of the Fates” from The Phantom Menace […]
Vicki Thorn to Receive Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal
KAREN MAHONEY SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC HERALD The University of Notre Dame announced Oct. 6, on Respect Life Sunday, that Vicki Thorn will receive the 2020 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal in recognition of her long-standing pro-life efforts. The executive director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing and founder of Project Rachel […]
