Historic Everest Inn in Wausau to become new home to Sister Adorers

Lori Torkko, left, with The Rev. Canon Aaron Huberfeld, center, and Dave Torkko, right, in front of a wall in the entrance hall at the Everest Inn. Guests signed their name on the wall so the Torkkos could preserve the memories. (Photo: Megan Stringer/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 

WAUSAU - As guests plan their final visit to the historic Everest Inn before it closes at the end of the month, St. Mary's Catholic Church is preparing plans to convert the bed and breakfast into a home for nuns.

The Rev. Canon Aaron Huberfeld, head priest at St. Mary's, announced Monday evening that the church will buy the Everest Inn and it will become a convent. He made the announcement at the Everest Inn during a potluck dinner with some of the current owners' friends.

The sale will be final on May 30. The last evening for visitors to stay at the inn is May 29.
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The church also has historic roots in Wausau. A house on McIndoe Street was the location of the first Catholic Mass in Wausau around 1850 or so, Huberfeld said.

St. Mary's opened its church on Grand Avenue in 1892, he said. It was destroyed by a fire in 1953 and later renovated. The current religious order — the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, of which Huberfeld is a member — has been at St. Mary's since 2003.

Huberfeld anticipates that neighbors will see the sisters around McIndoe Street and at St. Mary's, but they will of course be quiet neighbors, he said. The women will be an active part of the community at St. Mary's and will find charitable work in which to participate..

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Institute's Sisters Adorers to Open First US House in the Diocese of La Crosse

via the Institute of Christ the King

Monsignor Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, is pleased to announce that the feminine branch of the Institute, the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest, will open their first religious house in the United States. With the approval and paternal blessing of His Excellency, the Most Reverend William P. Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse, this house will be located in the very diocese where the Institute began its ministry in America some twenty years ago, and which has now yielded seven vocations to the Sisters Adorers. Though the official arrival date is yet to be determined, the process will begin in the autumn of 2019 for three sisters to open this American foundation in a house in close proximity to St. Mary's Oratory, where the Institute currently exercises its apostolate in the Diocese of La Crosse.

The work of the Institute throughout the United States will now be supported in a special way by the prayer apostolate of the sisters, who consecrate their daily life of attendance at Mass, chanting of the Divine Office, and Eucharistic adoration to the sanctification of the clergy and the souls confided to them. A particular spiritual work of this convent of the sisters will be to pray daily for the Bishop, clergy and people of the Diocese of La Crosse. The sisters will also have the potential eventually to make vestments and liturgical linens and take part in faith formation activities with the small children and female youth who frequent the Oratory.

Msgr. Wach would like to express his profound gratitude to His Excellency Bishop Callahan for according this warm welcome to the Sisters Adorers in America. It is his sincere hope that the sisters' presence in Wausau will bear great fruit in the Institute's continued service in the Diocese of La Crosse and throughout the United States.

This is the best news that I've heard in years!!!!!!!!  YES!

This also comes with the approval of a bishop who came under a great deal of fire when he removed the Institute from their first USA apostolate near Cashton, WI.  Immediately after that announcement was made, many poorly informed commentators took to rashly judge those involved, Bishop Callahan now proves he is a great friend of both the Institute of Christ the King and to the traditionalist movement.  It reminds us all to pray and reflect before allowing ourselves to react rashly without fully understanding these situations we encounter online.  This is a great win for the La Crosse Diocese and a sign that the Institute of Christ the King has made a significant investment in the state of Wisconsin.

St. Patrick's Oratory in Green Bay reveals new phase of renovations and it looks fantastic

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It is with much anticipation that Phase 2 of the restoration of St Patrick’s Oratory which includes...
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Canon Jayr and other local reaction to loss of Notre Dame

I was hoping to see someone interview Canon Antoine Boucheron who I think is in Green Bay but I didn't see anything.

Video: Local Catholic churches react to Notre Dame Cathedral fire (no embed)



GBPG: Green Bay woman at Notre Dame: Fire was 'most horrific thing I've ever witnessed'

Institute of Christ the King apostolates host Holy Hill pilgrimage May 18

On Saturday, May 18, everyone is welcome to join us for a pilgrimage - organized by the Institute - to the Basilica and National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Holy Hill in Hubertus, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).

Join clergy, friends, and faithful of the Institute apostolates in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Wausau, Rockford, Chicago, and beyond for this special Marian event.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/164959081111377/?ti=ia

Wisconsin Summer Camps with the Institute

Young Boys 10 to 14: Saint Dominic Savio Camp:

Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19

Wausau WI

Young Girls 10 to 14: Saint Therese Camp: 

Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26

Wausau WI

Boys 14 to 17: Saint Michael’s Camp: 

Sunday, August 11 to Thursday, August 15

Green Lake WI

Girls 14 to 17: Company of the Immaculate Camp: 

Sunday, June 2 to Thursday, June 6

Green Lake WI

details at Institute of Christ the King

These look great. We couldn't get our kids into Camp Gray this year, so I started looking and found the Institute also hosts camps.  Ours are still a bit young to send to these but look really good.

St. Patrick's Oratory in Green Bay to hold first annual Feast of St. Patrick - and a renovation project

www.auctria.com/auction/SPOsFeastofStPatrick

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Also, I didn't realize this but the church building at St. Patrick's is in the middle of a renovation project.  I took a few photos my last time in town (I didn't ask ahead so I'm a little gun shy being the stranger taking a bunch of pictures).  Unfortunately at some point in the church's history, some frescos were painted over, and you can see from the pictures how many features were minimalized or removed.  However, the project which is already underway has made some significant improvement.  We cant quite see the high altar, but if you look at my previous visit you can make out the side altar seen, etc.  A reader sent me a few photos from Epiphany(and the top two are from a couple years ago).

From a couple of years ago 

From a couple years ago

The work is only part way done.  An altar rail is also being installed, and also some less exciting but mandatory updates like the boiler, etc.  I'm excited to see how it turns out! 

Oh, here, on their Facebook page they have a good shot:

Meanwhile in Wausau

Facebook - St. Mary's Oratory

Update, it seems there was a failed attempt at this trick in Chicago:

National Shrine to Christ the King Renewed: Old Landmark Receives New Life in Chicago

The Shrine of Christ the King is rising again from the ashes, but must complete Phase II before the wrecking ball is completely at bay.

CHICAGO — On a cold October day in the Windy City, as the first snow fell on the last shingle nailed to the new roof of the Shrine of Christ the King, the canons of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest held a Mass of thanksgiving.

The canons and the “Save the Shrine” coalition had completed Phase I of their mission to save the shrine since it had been gutted in October 2015 by a devastating fire and nearly condemned to the wrecking ball. And in a private ceremony, they enthroned the statue of the Infant King who had miraculously survived the flames.

Canon Matthew Weaver, project manager for the shrine restoration, told the Register the restorers are now moving on to the second key phase of making the shrine a permanent home for Christ and a place of national pilgrimage in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood: They must now build the interior, putting flesh on the church’s bones, so they can move to Phase III and beautify the building for lasting generations of public worship.

“We are praying now our Blessed Mother will turn it into a home for the Divine Infant Child and our King,” he said.

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‘Very delicate, time-consuming:’ Iconic crosses, domes on Milwaukee south side church removed for restoration

MILWAUKEE -- After five years of fundraising and planning, the process of removing the iconic crosses and domes at St. Stanislaus Church for restoration began Wednesday, Dec. 5.

"They were copper in 1872, and then in 1962, they made them aluminum and put gold leaf on them," said Jeff Keller, foreman.

The project was made possible by donors.

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Steeples without crosses look...strange. The smaller domes & crosses that rest atop these steeples at Saint Stanislaus were removed. Will be given a new copper cover. Should be back up in a few months. Can't get used to this sight. pic.twitter.com/YylPHmiWnk

— Cream City Catholic (@CCityCatholic) December 9, 2018

Bp. Hying opens new apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King in Gary Diocese

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Open House at St. Mary's Oratory in Wausau 8-Sept

Statue of Virgin Mary stolen from St. Mary's in Wausau, statue now recovered

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) -- A Virgin Mary statue stolen from St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wausau is now in the custody of police.

According to a post on the Wausau Police Department's Facebook page, not only has the statue been found, officers have identified the suspects. The suspects are cooperating with investigators.

Father Aaron Huberfeld with St. Mary's Catholic Church said Monday afternoon that no charges will be filed if the five-foot tall statue is returned unharmed.

Lt. John Phillips with the Wausau Police Department tells NewsChannel 7 the theft happened sometime between 10:00 p.m. Saturday and 7:00 a.m. Sunday.

Father Huberfeld's room is near where the theft occurred and he says around midnight he heard people outside, but that it's not unusual when the weather gets nice.

It wasn't until the next morning when he realized the statue was missing. He was preparing for a First Communion mass where a floral crown is normally placed on the statue after a procession around the church.

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St. Mary's Wausau Organ Concert April 29

Chicago Shrine of Christ the King Launches "Shelter the Shrine" Restoration Campaign

Details at: shrinelandmark.org/donate/

via Orbis

Open house at St. Mary's Oratory in Wausau Sept 9-10

Jaw dropping new video of St. Stanislaus in Milwaukee

St. Stanislaus Tour from Cream City Catholic on Vimeo.
details at Cream City Catholic

St. Mary's in Wausau hosts Summorum Pontificum anniversary Mass, Theology on Tap July 7th

Update: Sorry I originally fat fingered the title and put July 9th. It is July 7th like the flyer says.

This is a great idea!  A Theology on Tap on the Extraordinary Form after Mass!

Cardinal Burke serves meal to Institute of Christ the King priests

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Who is that dashing holy man ripping up the ice? Skating ICKSP priest featured in STL Post-Dispatch

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Then there was Light. And Water. Oh heavenly water that pooled and cooled into a giant oval sheet of ice at Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park.

For the Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins of St. Francis de Sales Oratory of St. Louis, the ice was good. So very good that on a crowded Saturday evening in early December after intently lacing up his Bauer hockey skates beneath his long cassock, he waited eagerly for the rink’s Zamboni to finish its rounds.

When the big machine lumbered off the rink leaving the surface glistening under starry holiday lights, Commins bolted onto the ice.

He did a quick turn with his hands in his fleece vest pockets. His habit blew backward at his ankles. He darted left and right, forward and backward around dozens and dozens of more earthly, wobbly skaters.

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This is just a fantastic article featuring Canon Commins of the Institute of Christ the King.

HT Diane