tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67718563778041982292012-01-18T22:13:51.071-06:00Pope Benedict XVI encouraged priests to use the internet and other means of social communication more effectively and so that is what I am attempting to do. These thoughts are offered only as the day to day ruminations of a simple pastor. With this in mind, please be charitable and pray for me as I pray for each of you in my daily Mass and prayers.Fr. Michael Kloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723714194561644545noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771856377804198229.post-77551862312458388712012-01-18T22:13:00.003-06:002012-01-18T22:13:51.086-06:00

Here is a really good discussion regarding a fallacy we all bump up against from time to time - the claim that one can be "spiritual" without having to be involved in "religion".  Thank-you "Standing on my head" blog!

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This from the "Canterbury Tales" blog is TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE!  St. Nicholas, zealous for the honor of Christ and our Blessed Mother, Pray for us!

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Long live Christ the King! These were the last words of Blessed Fr. Miguel Pro before he was executed by a government firing squad in Mexico on November 23, 1927. This season of preparation for the advent of our King become all the important in our day since it reminds us that we are, in the words of Great Britain’s great martyr, St. Thomas More, “the king’s good ser-vant, but God’s first”. In

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     This past week my homily centered on our stewardship of the sacred rites (i.e. the Mass).  I made the point that the sacred rites are not ours to do with as we might wish, but are given to us as a sacred trust by the Church for our salvation and the salvation of the whole world.  I made the point, in passing, that even (especially?) weddings and funerals are not OUR weddings and funerals. 

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Here's a link to Archbishop Dolan's blog. He makes some excellent points about the importance and survival of Catholic Education in contemporary America.

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Well, folks, it's been a long two months. First I was informed that I was to be moved along with 42 other priests of the Diocese of La Crosse. Then came the very fast and intense month of preparation for the move. As you can imagine, it isn't just a matter of getting one's things packed up and ready to move (thanks for all of the help Mom!!! :)), but there is also the attempt to wrap up

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Here's my bulletin article for this week. It is on the importance of celebrating the feasts dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Enjoy! Comments, as always, are most welcome.

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Readings for the day:Acts 11:1-18John 10:11-18This past weekend we celebrated "Good Shepherd Sunday". So named because the Gospel for the day is Christ's discourse, related in the Gospel according to St. John, on the good shepherd. This is used by the Church as a particularly good time for encouraging vocations. It isn't for no reason that Pope John Paul II named his post-synodal apostolic

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It is Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Here's a link to my parish letter for this weekend which is a little reflections on the crisis in priestly vocations.

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At the expense of exposing myself as a total ignoramous, I'd like to commend to all the Roma Locuta Est blog. The author has been doing an excellent job of writing little commentaries on the parts of the Mass and their new translations. Particularly valuable is his knowledge of Latin grammar and his analysis of the new versus the old. I also appreciate his insights as he applies what might be

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There is a great page at the Holy See's website which makes available the Stations of the Cross used by the Holy Father for his annual celebration at the Coliseum in Rome. The Stations are written by a variety of people over the years. They are available in English back as far as 2000. Before that you'd better know Italian. Also, there are pictures accompanying the stations from a variety of

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Some of you may know that I started out life a musician. I hold a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire in vocal music and I started playing the organ in my parish church at the age of 13. My passion has always been sacred music and especially liturgical music. I have read pretty much all of the Church's legislation and teaching on sacred music and have wondered long

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Birthday wishes to our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. I've been an avid reader of Pope Benedict's books for 20 years now. He is a true "great one". His 2nd installment of Jesus of Nazareth is a fantastic companion to Holy Week. God willing, he will be able to finish up the third volume and maybe a few more encyclicals - maybe something surprisingly mundane to the "experts", possibly on faith? :

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Saturday is declared, by the Catholic bishops of the United States, a day of penance for the sin of abortion as we come upon this sad commemoration of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing the abominable scourge that is abortion. What will you do in reparation? Might I suggest, in addition to your prayers and fasting (or at least abstinance from meat) that you seriously consider sending off

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This was written as a catechesis to my parishes in rural western Wisconsin. I thought that it might be interesting for others, so hear it is. Enjoy!As we prepare for the new English translation of the Mass, which we will begin using on the first Sunday of Advent-2011, it seems good that we first take a look at those things which are not going to change, but either were not implemented very well

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This is a link to my weekly letter to my parishioners. It is a call to action regarding the need to encourage vocations. I hope that it is helpful.

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The following is a reflection included in my parish bulletin for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord / Vocations Awareness Week.I will never forget my bus ride to Columbus, Ohio to begin my first year of seminary formation. Between Chicago and Valparaiso I sat next to a women who engaged me in conversation. In answer to her question about why I was going to Columbus I explained that I was

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"Do not become utterly absorbed in activism! There would be so much to do that one could be working on it constantly. And that is precisely the wrong thing. Not becoming totally absorbed in activism means maintaining consideratio -- discretion, deeper examination, contemplation, time for interior pondering, vision, and dealing with things, remaining with God and meditating about God. One should

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This weekend we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany. When we celebrate a feast year in and year out two things become very important. The first is to instill in our children the story. I hope that as we have all celebrated this Christmas season we have all opened our bibles at home and read to our children the story of the visit of the Magi, along with the rest of the Christmas story. Just in

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My bulletin letter for this week is some encouragement on the observance of Advent. Enjoy!

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Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, called for a Vigil for Nascent Life to begin the saeason of Advent. And so, we did! There were a number of options but they were more for those who don't already have Mass. So... At Holy Family - Arcadia and St. Boniface - Waumandee, we prayed a pro-life rosary before Mass then after Mass we exposed the Most Holy Eucharist and offered prayers for life and in

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Here's my bulletin letter for this week. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Here is my bulletin letter for the week. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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I've seen many stories, blog posts, etc. regarding this weekend's consistory wherein Cardinal Burke received the "red hat". That is all wonderful and I am certainly among those who is proud of this latest recognition for "one of our own". However, I want to share a few thoughts that go beyond "local pride" and the "we always knew" pronouncements. Cardinal Burke has gotten where he is because of

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Two weeks ago, my very good friend Fr. Sebastian Kolodziejczyk, who is the director of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II orphanage in Lurin, Peru, gave the annual mission co-op for my parishes in Arcadia and Waumandee. His address on the missionary nature of the Church, and in particular, the place of charity, that is the virtue of caritas, was so inspiring that I have wanted to relate it here so that his

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Yikes! I see it's been over a month since I've posted anything. It's been an extremely busy month and so there just hasn't been the energy. It's also been one of those months where we just keep getting things done, keeping things moving. So, not a lot of time for reflection either. However, it is now time to make up for that! (A "bye" week for the Packers doesn't hurt either)

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My homily for this past weekend reflected first on the lived response of the the foreign lepers to God's gift of healing, how they recognized that their lives were now changed because of the grace of God. It struck me at how we have all been "healed" of that which afflicts us most in life (sin) in the waters of baptism. So, where is our response to this gracious gift from God? Too many of us go

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Here's a little reflection on the response to God bounty. Enjoy!

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As I reflect on Respect Life Sunday I can't help but feel as though I'm in a Charles Dicken's novel. As I look around me it truly does seem to be both the best of times and the worst of times. On the one hand I have been privileged to baptize three children this past weekend including one born to an unwed mother. All of these families, inspite of the obvious difficulties some of these births

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On this "Lord's Day" I have read a couple of articles which deserve a wider audience as well as some little comment. These articles were written from different points of view by very different men. They converge, however, and contribute to the answer to that question which dogs so many of us: "How do I find happiness, peace, contentment?" Over the years we have seen so many feeble attempts to

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Isn't it interesting that after eight years of pillorying the Catholic Church for its handling of the sex abuse crisis the legal community of Wisconsin doesn't have a clue when it comes to cleaning its own house? I see that after getting a "proper complaint" from a citizen of Calumet County our governor and attorney general are finally going after Calumet District Attorney Ken Kratz.After

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Today is celebrated as Rural Life Day in the Diocese of La Crosse. It is being celebrated Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday as the "Ember Days" in my parishes of Holy Family (Arcadia) and St. Boniface (Waumandee). The Ember Days were traditionally celebrated the Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at the beginning of four agricultural seasons with prayer and fasting. In the case of the fall harvest, the

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Today is the memorial of St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest & martyr, and St. Paul Chong Hasang, martyr. The story of these men and of the birth of the Church in Korea is utterly inspiring. I've linked the stories of these two glorious martyrs so that you may read their individual stories. What I want to reflect on is how far we have fallen in relation to the faith that inspired these martyrs to give

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I've been talking to my teens about prayer. This week I wrote to the parish as a whole about morning prayer. Enjoy!

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Dearest Friends,As a pastor, one of the truly difficult tasks is discerning when a reply in the public forum is necessary, helpful, or prudent. If it is something that can be addressed in my own bulletin or in homilies then that is what I prefer. However, there are times when your target audience is not in your parish or within the reach of the community "grapevine". I have been known to

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I just had to share this piece from Archbishop Dolan's blog. It is SO wonderful! Now, how to get others to see, realize, and practice it. Hmm...

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A little something for everyone as the rush of the school bears down upon us. Enjoy!

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In this week’s readings from Wisdom and from the Gospel we are clearly called to the virtue of humility. Personally, I’ve struggled with how to identify with this virtue, even to understand the nature of this virtue, not least because of the message that the world consistently presents to us. I remember everyone from parents to coaches to teachers to Marine Corps drill instructors urging me to

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TOO late have I loved Thee, Beauty so ancient, and so new ! Too late have I loved Thee! And behold, Thou wert within, and I without, and without I sought Thee; and I, deformed, ran after those forms of beauty which Thou hast made. Thou wast with me, and I was not with Thee. Those things held me back from Thee, which could have no being but in Thee. Thou calledst, Thou criedst, and Thou breakest

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What follows was written for my parish community two weeks after the recent scandal. Apparently it has found somewhat wider circulation than I had intended and there have been requests for a wider availability. So, here it is. Just remember that this is a reflection of how I felt at the time that I wrote it and was written to deal with the pastoral needs of my local parish which was one of Fr.

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As is the case with many of you, especially those with families (schools, CCD programs, etc.), I too have to stop and remind myself about what it's really all about. Thus, this week's bulletin letter. Enjoy!

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I know that the monastic life is a particular vocation. However, I also know that we are all called to contemplation of God's glory and love. I have become even more aware in the course of my pastoral ministry that if we don't learn the art of contemplation it is sure to cause us trouble in the future!The memorial of St. Bernard has fallen on a Friday this year. Every Friday my pastoral staff and

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This week's bulletin letter deals with some "Assumption" basics. Enjoy!

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I'm sorry that I haven't had much to say over the past few days. Last week was two funerals, Bishop Callahan's installation, our deanery Marriage Preparation Retreat (Friday night and Saturday), and the St. Boniface Fall Festival in Waumandee. It's been mostly a matter of keep up and catch up. Oh, yeah, and my water heater went on the fritz last night as I was trying to get five loads of laundry

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The installation of Bishop William Patrick Callahan was fantastic! Great liturgy, great music, a great start to our shared pilgrimage of faith.

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After taking my parents out to dinner in honor of their 48th wedding anniversary, we proceeded to St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral for Vespers. Bishop Callahan was welcomed into the Cathedral for the first time and, after prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, Solemn Vespers began. Wow!!!The music was gorgeous! Dr. Brian Luckner composed much of the music and it was glorious -

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Thomas Peters over at "American Papist" is publishing a talk he gave on Catholic Activism. It's definitely worth a read. Especially for any laity out there. So, here's a link. Enjoy!

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This week's letter is a short reflection on the installation of our bishop-designate and a little encouragement for our servers. Enjoy!

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Great meeting today in preparation for the installation of the Most Rev. William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv., the tenth bishop of La Crosse. If you can make it, Evening Prayer at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral is open to the public. It begins at 7:00 pm. A short reception follows.If you couldn't snag a ticket for the installation it will be on WKBT-TV 8 (La Crosse), WXOW-TV 18/19 (La Crosse

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This week's bulletin letter: "Vanity of vanities!"

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This past Saturday was the second anniversary of the dedication of the shrine church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe located just south of La Crosse. As I sat looking around at the great beauty of this church I couldn’t help but think about all of the grace that has flowed out from that place. So many have been comforted in tragedy, renewed and invigorated in faith, given hope in

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Ever wondered how to build a really basic, but solid, prayer regimen? Check out this week's bulletin article. As always, comments are welcome.

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Sadly, Sunday brings us another story in the La Crosse Tribune on the sad case of Fr. Patrick Umberger. It was a not a complete loss however. At least they did a good job of making the case, whether it was their intention or not, that the survival of a parish and the Church as a whole is not dependant on the virtues or even continued service of any one priest or other pastoral minister. My

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Last week's bulletin letter (I write one each week in our Sunday bulletin) was on the nature of the well spent vacation. It is my own reflection based on years of reading about JPII and B16's vacationing and the message they send regarding the taking of vacations. Whether you are preparing for vacation or have already taken yours, I hope this is a helpful reminder regarding the art of Christian

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Well, I’ve been thinking and praying about this all weekend. The news regarding Fr. Patrick Umberger hit me like a ton of bricks this past Wednesday. My first reaction was: "Oh, no! Not this. Not now." My heart sank. A wave of shame washed over me. And then I prayed for my brother priest and the people who would be scandalized by this. My next thought was, "at least no one was actually abused

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Well, here it is then. I've been thinking about this for a long time. How to communicate more widely on the issues that come up in my everyday ministry and my own, more personal, pilgrimage of faith? I am very much looking forward to sharing with all of you and also hearing your reactions. Feel free also to ask your own questions of me. Who knows, it might become the subject of a blog entry that

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