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Gala 2024 Silent Auction Donations

Thank you for your interest in supporting the preservation of the Basilica of St. Josaphat with your Silent Auction Donation for the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation's largest fundraiser of the year, Loaves and Fishes Gala ...

Gala 2024 Sponsorships Now Available

Thank you for your interest in supporting the preservation of the Basilica of St. Josaphat with your sponsorship for the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation's largest fundraiser of the year, Loaves and Fishes Gala 24! Choose ...

Loaves and Fishes Gala 2024 – Save the Date!

Save the Date for the Loaves and Fishes Gala 2024! Join us for the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year at the Milwaukee Athletic Club! Cocktail hour and silent auction in the ...

Artists Brush Enhances Basilica

The painted ceiling of the John Paul II Pavilion. If you’ve ever been to Mass at the Basilica of St. Josaphat or taken a tour, then you’ve seen the amazing painting work of Andrew De ...

Illuminate the Magnificence!

Something is missing at the Basilica. The most characteristic feature of St. Josaphat Basilica is its magnificent interior dome depicting the history of the Catholic faith, from the beginning of time to the present, in ...

New City Initiative to Focus on Basilica Neighborhood

The Basilica of St. Josaphat is the anchor of the Lincoln Village neighborhood. The St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation is committed to increasing its focus on the livelihood of the people of the Lincoln Village neighborhood. ...
Two police officers with a large horse.

Who’s the Mounted Patrol Officer in Your Neighborhood?

By JEFFREY JENSEN The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Mounted Patrol is part of the Specialized Patrol Division. Milwaukee — Officer John Pederson, amiable, 22-year veteran of the MPD Mounted Patrol, greeted the visitor to the ...

Joe Could Use a Lift

by Jeffrey Jensen Milwaukee — Joe Schubert could use a lift. Joe doesn’t necessarily need one, mind you, but he could certainly use one. And if Joe does receive that lift someday, the St. Josaphat ...
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Basilica Welcomes New Director of Sacred Music

by JEFFREY JENSEN “God is Good Y’all” … “Shalom Y’all” Folks, please extend a warm Wisconsin welcome (he’ll need one since he’s never had to endure one of our winters) to Texas native, Lee Gwozdz ...
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Kenyan Friar to Lead Community Outreach for Basilica of St. Josaphat

by JEFFREY JENSEN Brother Ayub Mwenda, 41, Basilica of St. Josaphat Outreach Coordinator, playfully considers himself “new on this planet,” and “not so interesting”. But spend a few minutes with him and hear about the ...
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Local Artist Hopes His Mural Will Inspire Lincoln Village

By any measure, to a casual observer Mauricio Ramirez’s colorful, timely and significant kaleidoscope of outdoor mosaics would be considered a step above…graffiti. But, in fact, for the affable 31-year-old visual artist Mauricio, a rising ...
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Uncovering Family Mystery Reveals Piece of Basilica History

Part One Just about noon two days before Christmas in 1896, and only a few months into what would become a five-year project building the future Basilica of St. Josaphat, a construction foreman, with seemingly ...

Basilica of St. Josaphat Dome Lighting is a Community Effort

Largely through their efforts and dedication, the timely payoff was a highly successful dome lighting ceremony and celebration on the evening of Sept. 21, 2019, the debut of what will become a distinctive, lasting, nightly ...

Recommendations to Improve Neighborhood Cooperatively

Lincoln Village Opportunity Strategy Makes Recommendations to Improve Neighborhood Cooperatively Samuel Leichtling, of the city’s Department of City Development (DCD), addresses the group gathered to hear the recommendations of the Lincoln Village Opportunity Strategy. The ...

Les is More at the Basilica Gift Shop

In an ideal world, Les Miescke would have relished the opportunity to welcome each and every one of the more than 20,000 visitors that showed up unannounced at the doors of the Basilica of St. ...

Polish Women’s Group Preserves Basilica and City’s Heritage

Susan Mikoś and Edith Melson, both past presidents of Polanki, the Polish Women’s Cultural Club of Milwaukee, recently joined 14 additional members of the organization on a special and fascinating guided tour of the renowned ...

Polish Flat Exhibit Opens at Basilica Visitor Center

Dr. Jill Lackey of Urban Anthropology Inc. Dr. Jill Lackey may well claim the title of “miniaturist” behind the design and construction of the new Polish Flat Exhibit, on display at the Basilica of St. ...

Stained Glass Windows – “Poetry in Light”

Artisans from Conrad Schmitt Studios remove the west bell tower stained glass window. The stained glass window restoration is now complete and a big “shout-out” and special thank you from the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation ...
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