ST. FRANCIS – St. Francis mayor Al Richards called it the “next step.” Tom VanHimbergen, vice president of operations and CFO at Cardinal Stritch University, termed it “another step.” Semantics did not alter the result: the St. Francis City Council approved Stritch’s request to rezone the Archbishop Cousins Center property from mixed use to educational […]
Another goal-breaking year for CSA
ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE – As director of the Catholic Stewardship Appeal, Rob Bohlmann oversees three campaign mailings annually. The first, which goes to all 230,000 households in the archdiocese, occurs as the campaign begins in February. The second, in April, is a follow-up invitation to those who did not make a contribution. But it’s the […]
St. Anthony to open Catholic high school
MILWAUKEE — What had been wishful thinking has become a reality for St. Anthony School, the largest Catholic grade school in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan gave his permission on Friday, Jan. 30 for St. Anthony to open a high school, and, according to school administrators, the phones are already ringing as parents wish to enroll their children in a school that has yet to be
fully established.
Grandpa Rechek doesn’t forget the kids
Spend some time with recently retired grocery store owner Jerry Rechek, and you’re bound to hear: “Remember, it’s for the kids.” That’s because this Dodge County resident devotes much of his time to generating support for local schools and other non-profit youth groups. “Grandpa Rechek’s Golf Outing” is perhaps his best known project benefiting children. […]
Family turns to faith, friends after daughter’s death
Doug and Lynn Pape, members of St. Luke parish in Brookfield, hold a picture of their daughter Alyssa, who suffered from Marfan syndrome, a heritable disorder. She died in 2005. (Catholic Herald photo by James Pearson) “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” […]
Angel in disguise
Sr. Mary Jo Kahl tells a group of visitors to the Milwaukee House of Correction about the progress Raul Fernandez has made during his eight months of incarceration there. Sr. Mary Jo has met with Fernandez each week to help him complete his pledge of nonviolence. (Photos by Sam Lucero) A mere 15 months ago, […]
Rick Wendell ready for ‘something special’
ST. FRANCIS — There’s no “moderate’ in Rick Wendell’s approach to life. Whether on the hockey rink, ski slopes, hunting fields training his Labrador-retriever dogs, the seat of a motorcycle or behind a wheel of a car, Wendell pushes himself to the limit. His full-steam ahead approach nearly sidelined him permanently the summer before college, […]
Bread runs feed the hungry
UNLOADING GOODS — Boxes of bread, muffins and bagels fill a loading dock behind the School Sisters of St. Francis motherhouse in Milwaukee as Franciscan Sr. Hermandine Treptow helps unload the goods from Mike Czarnecki’s van. (Catholic Herald photo by Sam Lucero)MILWAUKEE —After delivering bread for local bakeries for 25 years, Michael Czarnecki knew lots […]
