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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....
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...
Reflections
Inside Out
by St Anthony | April 30, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 4 Comments
The afternoon sun sent lengthening shadows from the greening trees of the park. A crow cawed loudly to its companion, waiting for the matching response. New leaves fluttered in the coolness of the breeze, welcomed after the heat of the day. Hummingbirds whirred in flower baskets, dipping happily...
Keeping in Touch
by St Anthony | April 23, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 4 Comments
Lately I have been thinking about a book I read a long time ago. It is Future Shock, by Alvin Toffler. It was published in 1970. This was before cell phones and iPads and the spread of computers. But one of the main themes of the book is to warn us to guard our humanity in the face of growing...
Hopelessness is Not An Option
by St Anthony | April 16, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 4 Comments
Most of us are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who lived in hope despite the desperate and terrible circumstance she and her family suffered during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam in the 1940’s. How was she able to maintain that sense of and belief in hope? It’s really...
The Vastness of God
by St Anthony | April 9, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 8 Comments
Seeing the Grand Canyon has long been on my bucket list. I had been to Arizona twice before, both times to visit family so sightseeing was not the priority. Besides, family was in the Yuma area which is a bit of a hike from the Grand Canyon - think Milwaukee to Superior. I had, of course, seen...
Good Friday
by St Anthony | April 2, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments
Today is Good Friday. It is a solemn day of silence and reflection, being present to Jesus in His Passion and Crucifixion. It is a day to “be still”, eliminate unnecessary conversations, avoid distractions, refrain from social media and other devices and maintain a quiet atmosphere. Set aside time...
A Time to Grow Closer to God – Really?
by St Anthony | March 26, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 7 Comments
Lent is the perfect time to grow closer to God. For many years, that was how I thought about Lent and the purpose of my Lenten practices. This was a time to become more spiritual, holier, and loving, resulting in a closer relationship with God. After all, isn’t that what Lent was all about? Try...
Transformation
by St Anthony | March 19, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 7 Comments
Bread and wine are common foods and familiar symbols for Christians and Jews. For Jews, they are a part of the weekly Shabbat meal as well as the Passover commemoration. For Christians, bread and wine remind us of the Last Supper and of Jesus’ sacrifice for the salvation of humankind. Some...
How to Make the Pictures
by St Anthony | March 12, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 3 Comments
My niece works at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One day, she heard a small child having a bit of a tantrum in one of the galleries. Apparently, toddler meltdowns are not an uncommon experience in the museum. (To be fair, art museums are probably pretty dull for kids.) But my...
Listen Up!
by St Anthony | March 5, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 4 Comments
When I started my high school teaching experience I had a sign posted in the front of the classroom with the work “listen” in bold letters. Hopefully, it was a reminder to the students to be attentive to my words as well as to the words of other students. The effectiveness of it is shrouded in...
Choices or Temptations
by St Anthony | February 26, 2026 | Display On Reflections | 2 Comments
This past weekend the gospel reading was from Matthew 4:1-11 when Jesus was preparing to begin his ministry and went to the desert to pray for 40 days. At the end of these days Jesus was tempted by the devil. This part of Jesus, being human, helps him to understand what we go through when we are...