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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....

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...

Body & Soul

by St Anthony | August 17, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

by Netty Johnson, SSND Throughout my life I have known loss through death; death of family members, friends, Sisters from my religious community, patients at the hospital, and people I have worked with in various parishes. All of these experiences have helped to teach me the many faces of death...

For What Are We Searching?

by St Anthony | July 31, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

By Helen Ackerman It seems that people are always searching for something. They want to feel at peace, they want to know about their inner self, and they want to know more about their relationship with God. All of this searching is part of our spiritual life. Christians often spend time in prayer,...

Patriotism and Religion

by St Anthony | July 24, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 3 Comments

by Fr. Tom Zelinski This year, we are observing our 250th anniversary as a nation. I would guess that words like “patriot” and “patriotism” will be widely used in various contexts. Patriotism does not necessarily have a religious meaning. But it can take on a kind of religious quality, depending...

On Growing Pains

by St Anthony | July 19, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

by Marge Lindell Our nation just celebrated its 250th birthday. In the months leading up to the celebration I heard lots of talk about this being the greatest nation, and reclaiming our roots as a Christian nation. What makes us great? What makes us a Christian nation? This milestone has caused me...

Of the People, By the People, For the People

by St Anthony | July 10, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 1 Comment

by Rita Simon “Any effort to remove this concept (“people”) from common parlance could lead to the elimination of the very notion of democracy as government by the people. If we wish to maintain that society is more than a mere aggregate of individuals, the term “people “ proves necessary. It is...

Freedom & Inner Peace

by St Anthony | July 3, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

by Kadin Oliva As the Independence Day weekend approaches, I ponder the idea of freedom. My mind wanders to less of a physical ideal and more toward an internal sense of freedom. As I ponder this idea, I notice a large amount, if not all, of my internal suffering stems directly from desire-...

How Can I Keep From Singing

by St Anthony | June 26, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 1 Comment

by Betsy Schussler Penned by an anonymous author, the hymn '“How Can I Keep From Singing”, was first published in 1868. Today, it can be found in 149 hymnals of many traditions. The lyrics speak to a universal human yearning: “My life flows on in endless song, above earth’s lamentation. I catch...

Good and Faithful Servants

by St Anthony | June 19, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments

by Lori Randall Late in April, I said goodbye to a dear friend. He was, in fact, the friend whom you can thank (or blame, depending on how you feel about my reflections) for the fact that I am sitting in my house in central Wisconsin writing a reflection for the St. Anthony Spirituality Center....

Avian Wonders & Feathered Assurances

by St Anthony | June 15, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

by Fr. Dennis Lynch One of the blessings of warmer weather, besides getting outdoors and breathing fresh air, are the sounds and sights of birds. I am not a bird watcher commonly called a “birder” or an ornithologist- but I can name quite a number of them: robin, wren, cardinal, pigeon, mourning...

Volunteer Gratitude

by St Anthony | June 11, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 0 Comments

Sr. Barb Knauf Each year around Memorial Day, we have six ladies come to weed the flower beds and courtyards, and plant annuals and perennials. The time they spend brings beautiful colors, gentle fragrances, and multiple pollinators. Then, throughout the summer they water and tend to the gardens...