Summer Boys Camp in Wisconsin

Summer Boys Camp in Wisconsin

Of the various summer assignments I have received during the last four years as a seminarian, the boys' and girls' camps held in Wausau, Wisconsin were among my favorites.

Summer Girls Camp in Wisconsin

Summer Girls Camp in Wisconsin

It is no secret that the quest to find a valiant woman begins with the formation of virtuous girls. This task seems rather daunting when one considers the culture in which we live. But every year in the beautiful countryside of Wisconsin...

Confirmations in Kansas City

Confirmations in Kansas City

On Saturday, August 17th, His Excellency, the Most Revered Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, came to Old Saint Patrick Oratory to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation assisted by Canons Talarico, Buchholz, and Avis, and also by Deacon Ralph Wehner. 

2013 Ordinations

2013 Ordinations

Ordination Week is the pinnacle of the academic year at the Institute's St. Philip Neri Seminary; it is also an occasion which manifests the Institute's love for Christ our King and Sovereign Priest, fidelity to His Church in union with her bishops, and reverence for the timeless traditions of Holy Mother Church.

Feast of Corpus Christi with Prior General

Feast of Corpus Christi with Prior General

Our Prior General, Monsignor Gilles Wach came to visit St. Stanislaus on June 1st and 2nd for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. He was accompanied by Canon Mora, Superior of the Seminary of Gricigliano and by Canon Matthew Talarico, Substitute of the Provincial.

Prior General Visits Green Bay's Oratory

Prior General Visits Green Bay's Oratory

St. Joseph Oratory in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was privileged to welcome Monsignor Gilles Wach, spiritual father and founder of the Institute, on Sunday, May 26.

Cardinal Confirmations in Wausau

Cardinal Confirmations in Wausau

We were already deeply grateful to His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, when he agreed to journey all the way from the Vatican to celebrate the Mass of the tenth anniversary of the consecration of St. Mary's Oratory in Wausau, Wisconsin.

A Triumphal Homecoming

A Triumphal Homecoming

"Ten years already!" Aside from the thundering brass and gorgeous polyphony, this was the resounding refrain in the Wisconsin air as hundreds of people from around the globe found themselves once again in the small but growing town of Wausau to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the consecration of St. Mary's Oratory of the Immaculate Conception on May 31.

Sursum Corda National Retreat at Mundelein

Sursum Corda National Retreat at Mundelein

More than 60 young adults ages 18 and older from over 10 states gathered at the beautiful, peaceful setting of Mundelein, Illinois (about 30 miles northwest of Chicago), for a spiritually refreshing and friendship-building weekend.

Annual Priests Retreat

Annual Priests Retreat

Three days after the 10th anniversary of the solemn dedication on May 31 at St. Mary's Oratory in Wausau, from June 3-7, the Institute priests serving in the American Provence met at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis for their annual retreat.