Doors Open Milwaukee Shares 10+ Catholic Sites to the Public, September 17 & 18

It's that time of the year again...time for Doors Open Milwaukee! I'm cramming on other projects right now, along with making my plans to attend both days of Doors Open. To be brief, below is a list of the eleven Catholic sites that I am aware will be open beyond regular Mass times this weekend. The links will take you to an information page on each site, including the hours that each of them will be open this weekend.

Head to Roamin Catholic Churches to see the list of sites

"Doors Open" to thirteen Catholic sites in Milwaukee on September 19 and 20

For the fifth year running, Doors Open Milwaukee will be opening doors all over the great City (and County) of Milwaukee this weekend, September 19th and 20th. By my count, 13 Catholic sites will be open for special guided or self-guided tours this weekend along with 164 other awesome sites. While you can get a short preview here on the blog, I highly suggest checking out Doors Open Milwaukee for more details.

Doors Open Milwaukee 2015 - Catholic Sites

details at Roamin' Catholic Churches (and dates and times for the Catholic sites)

St. Stanislaus church with her new renovations is on the list, as well as MY PRRRRRECIOUS.

Doors Open Milwaukee event this weekend, religious sites open for free tours

From a reader:

Sorry I didn't get this to you sooner, but I did want to mention that out in Milwaukee this weekend, Doors Open Milwaukee will be taking place. Over 160 sites, religious and secular will be open for free public tours. I am sending this to you to possibly share with Cathedral Parish because of the number of religious, particularly Catholic sites that are open for tours. It looks like it could be a pretty decent day trip for anyone with an architectural or historic curiosity. Below are the Catholic Milwaukee sites I am aware of that will have tours.

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (includes special tour by the architect of their early 2000s redesign on Sunday)
St. Joan Antida High School
St. Benedict the Moor Parish Church
Marquette University - St. Joan of Arc Chapel
Basilica of St. Josaphat (includes a lecture by Milwaukee historian John Gurda on Sunday) [aka my prrrrrrrrrrecious]
Saint Francis de Sales Seminary
Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Joseph Chapel of School Sisters of St. Francis
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery Chapel (includes a "ticketed special tour")

There are about 150 sites to see besides these, so it could be a full day/weekend for just about anyone.

Here's a link to the event: http://doorsopenmilwaukee.org/
And the event guide: http://doorsopenmilwaukee.org/event-guide/

I have been volunteering for this event since 2012, so I can safely say it's a good event to see and be a part of though clearly not a strictly religious one. 

Get me some photos to post Milwaukeean!

Well, you can skip St. John's Cathedral if you like....