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House Chronicles
So Much To Be Thankful For
by St Anthony | November 27, 2025 | Display On Chronicles | 1 Comment
For many, this has been a very difficult year, a very challenging year. Whether your year has been better than last year or not, it doesn’t take too much effort to realize we still have so much to be thankful for. The sun came up this morning. We are still breathing. Our blessings extended beyond...
Never Paint This Corridor Floor!
by St Anthony | October 30, 2025 | Display On Chronicles | 4 Comments
Ed. Note: The following poem was shared with us by Fr. Dan Crosby after his recent visit here. In addition to being an ideal Chronicle entry, it seemed an appropriate fit for the celebration of All Souls (or All Soles?) Day this Sunday. Never Paint This Corridor Floor! St Anthony Seminary and...
Farewell, Dear Friend
by St Anthony | August 14, 2025 | Display On Chronicles | 2 Comments
We were all stunned this week to learn that Gary Gisselman, a dear friend of St. Anthony’s, died August 9. He was a kind, humble, gentle soul, and he will be missed by many, not only here at St. Anthony’s but also in the wider community. Gary wore many hats in life - teacher, librarian, historian,...
The Heat is On
by St Anthony | June 26, 2025 | Display On Chronicles | 1 Comment
Heat is indeed the headline for this year’s Volunteer Week. Thursday started off with a high of 80, climbing to the mid-80’s on Friday, to 90 on Saturday, and 92 on Sunday before clouds and an overnight rainstorm “cooled” the temperature on Monday down to mid-80’s again. By Tuesday when the week...
Priceless!
by St Anthony | April 17, 2025 | Display On Chronicles | 0 Comments
Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless. - Sherry Anderson This month is Global Volunteer Month and next week is National Volunteer Week. There is no better time to recognize and celebrate all that our awesome volunteers do and have done here at St....
Choosing Thanks
by St Anthony | November 21, 2024 | Display On Chronicles | 1 Comment
In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, we share this prayer written by Diane Butler Bass. She has granted blanket permission to reuse it with the only restriction that she be credited as its author. We hope that it blesses you and all those you gather with for the holiday. Deo...
Volunteer Week 2024
by St Anthony | June 27, 2024 | Display On Chronicles | 2 Comments
Our annual gathering of volunteers kicked off last Thursday. Actually, this year we had some pre-kickoff help from the NCIS crew. Neighborhood Catholics in Service, a group of 22 middle-school aged youth and their 10 adult and high school-aged chaperons, came last Tuesday. NCIS has been coming to...
Earth Day
by St Anthony | April 25, 2024 | Display On Chronicles | 3 Comments
Earth Day, which takes place annually on April 22, has a dual purpose. The first is to educate and bring awareness to everyone about the damage humans are causing to our common home. The second is to promote action to, at a minimum, decrease the ongoing damage, and hopefully also do something to...
It’s Nice to Be Appreciated
by St Anthony | February 1, 2024 | Display On Chronicles | 2 Comments
Last week, the Board of Directors invited all of the team members - staff and residents - to an appreciation lunch. It was their way of tangibly expressing their gratitude for the efforts the team makes week in and week out to keep St. Anthony’s going. The team was not allowed to do anything -...
Reflections
His Name Is Jesus
by St Anthony | December 25, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 3 Comments
"HOW was your Christmas?” It is a question often being asked today with the assumption that Christmas is over and the celebration is done until next year. But Christmas is not a yearly event. It is more than gazing upon and singing carols about a new born baby. It is remembering that this infant...
De-Scrooge-ing
by St Anthony | December 18, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 5 Comments
Tis the season of anticipation, expectation, joyfulness, and endless joy. At least that is what we hear and want to believe. And yet for many of us it becomes the season of overspending, racing against deadlines, fatigue, and grumpiness. I vowed that this year would be different. I would focus on...
And The Answer Is . . .!
by St Anthony | December 11, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments
The question that the season of Advent poses is a very simple one: What exactly/really are you waiting for? The question is not intended to be answered on a superficial level – e.g., “I am waiting for more snow! I am waiting for a lottery win! I am waiting for a Packer super bowl win!” Rather, the...
Moving Through Advent at Godspeed
by St Anthony | December 4, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 5 Comments
In our culture, slowing down is seldom seen as a virtue, as something to be desired. In fact, just the opposite. We are often challenged to hurry up, move faster, or multi-task to do more in less time. We drive cars to get wherever we are going, often in excess of the posted speed limit. By using...
Still Waiting
by St Anthony | November 27, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 6 Comments
I like Advent. In fact, I like Advent more than I like Christmas. Some people may find this odd. Christmas has the glittery lights and shimmery things, the delightful scents, the massive repertoire of fun music that lots of people sing along with, the warm fuzzies, the pretty decorations, the...
Grateful All Year Long
by St Anthony | November 20, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments
Around this time of year people have a tendency to feel a little more thankful or reflect on the things they are grateful for. But you know this feeling or reflecting should not just be around the Thanksgiving holiday. We should be thankful and grateful all year long. Yes, Thanksgiving is the time...
Letting Go
by St Anthony | November 13, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 8 Comments
I was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and have spent all my life living either in the UP or various places in Wisconsin. I have become very familiar with the wonderful season of autumn. In fact, it is one of my favorite seasons with all its wonderful bright colors of orange,...
Veterans Day
by St Anthony | November 6, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments
We are close to Veterans Day which is meant to be a day to honor those brave men and women who have served in the military. While I never served in the military, I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with many people who have. Veterans are an extremely diverse group of people coming from...
Cheerleaders
by St Anthony | October 30, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments
Do you ever think of the Saints as cheerleaders? Perhaps as your cheerleaders? Imagine it for a moment, the Saints cheering you on with encouraging words as you go about your day. I was introduced to this concept years ago and it still makes me smile, especially as All Saints Day and All Souls Day...
Why Do We Pray?
by St Anthony | October 23, 2025 | Display On Reflections | 1 Comment
I have given a lot of thought to prayer during the past days, trying to understand what motivates me to pray. I have heard it said that prayer is conversation with God. If that is true, then when we pray, we need to embrace silence and give God a chance to speak. How does God speak to us? It can...