On June 19, 1910, thanks to Sonora Smart Dodd, a Father’s Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Wash. The Spokane service is considered to be the beginning of Father’s Day in the United States.
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Alkaline hydrolysis and you
In 2021, Wisconsin State Senator Patrick Testin, a Republican from Stevens Point, and Representative Todd Novak, a Republican from Dodgeville, sponsored legislation that would legalize alkaline hydrolysis as a means of disposing of human remains.
Sr. Marie Charlotte Schneider, OP, has died
SINSINAWA — Sr. Marie Charlotte Schneider, OP, died May 10, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, May 18, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Lent: A time to remember who we are, what we are, and whose we are
Ash Wednesday marked the most I had seen people in church since the lockdown and since the beginning of our reopening efforts.
Sr. Casimira Adasiewicz, SSSF, dies
Sr. Casimira Adasiewicz, who lived her religious vocation as a teacher and organist for 80 years, died on January 18, 2021, at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee. Sister Casimira was 99 years old.
Thinking about green burial
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Death: Our Birth into Eternal life Damian Lenshek |
The following article is the next installment in a series that will appear in the Catholic Herald to offer catechesis and formation concerning end of life decisions, dying, death, funerals, and burial of the dead from the Catholic perspective.
St. Anthony the Great had a problem. He was 105 years old, he lived in fourth-century Egypt, and he was famous.
He did not want to be embalmed. But the common practice at the death of eminent personages such as himself was to preserve them, pose them on couches, and to keep them in their houses.
This was intended to honor the deceased.Sr. Elizabeth Barribeau, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Barribeau, OP, died Feb. 3, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Valerian. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Feb. 9, followed by burial of the cremains in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Francesca Koller, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sr. Francesca “Fran” Koller, OP, died Jan. 19, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Jan. 28, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Bernadette (Melissa) Prochaska, FSPA, dies
Sr. Bernadette Prochaska, FSPA, 88, died Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021 of pancreatic cancer at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wis. She was in the 68th year of her religious profession.
Important questions and decision
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Death: Our Birth into Eternal life Fr. Joseph Baker |
The following article is the next installment in a series that will appear in the Catholic Herald to offer catechesis and formation concerning end-of-life decisions, dying, death, funerals, and burial of the dead from the Catholic perspective.
We should all be prepared for those difficult situations when end-of-life medical decisions need to be made.
Modern medical advancements have given us wonderful opportunities to bring about cures, to slow the progression of diseases, and to alleviate many symptoms.