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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 ...

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, October 12, 2024! Save the Date! 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...