The Badger Catholic

Bishop Grob Named Archbishop of Milwaukee

Good morning,
With ongoing gratitude and thanksgiving to God for the gifts given to the Church in southeastern Wisconsin, we now ask your prayers for the Most Reverend Jeffrey S. Grob, Archbishop-Designate of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Pope Francis announced his choice for the 12th Archbishop of Milwaukee on November 4, 2024.

Archbishop-Designate Grob is a Wisconsin native who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago since 2020.

Archbishop-Designate Grob is in Milwaukee today, Monday, November 4, to meet with Archbishop Jerome Listecki and Auxiliary Bishops Jim Schuerman and Jeff Haines. He will be introduced to the community at a media conference this morning at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary. Archbishop-Designate Grob’s installation as Archbishop of Milwaukee will be January 14, 2025. Until that time, Archbishop Listecki serves as Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese.

More information about Archbishop-Designate Grob is posted on the archdiocesan web site at www.archmil.org.

A prayer on the appointment of a new archbishop is available at
www.archmil.org/bishop-grob.

Please keep Archbishop-Designate Grob and the Church of southeastern Wisconsin in your prayers.

Peace,

Jerry Topczewski
Office of the Archbishop

JS: Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob to succeed Listecki as Milwaukee archbishop in 2025

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2024/11/04/chicago-auxiliary-bishop-jeffrey-grob-named-next-archbishop-of-milwaukee/76042291007/

https://x.com/frhilderbrand/status/1853409070360781226?s=46&t=MxHIKWKqahp-HIVs9bmL4g

Mandatum

Accounts may differ; even who
she was, but all agree: what she
did then will live in memory.'

She bathed your feet;
her tears excessive;
excessive, too, the oil.

Who were the other guests?
Was one a patron? Was
this woman of the city
beautiful or plain?

Her hair to dry the tears;
she covered your feet with kisses
and ointment smooth and soft
as a woman’s hands.

Her touch revealed a deeper
innocence that belied her past.
What bond? What intimacy?

Weeks later, in an upper room,
you took off your outer garment,
wrapped a towel around your waist.
Did you think of her?

You grasped their feet,
the dirty toes, the water
warm; a firm yet gentle touch.

The water soothing,
strong hands relaxed the sinews
in their feet and calves.

The flesh feels new, smooth
to the touch, a woman’s skin.
Their feet have never
felt so clean.

Your act transports them
back to childhood, even
unremembered infancy.

How can a man
whose feet are bathed
think evil thoughts?
How can they not
be touched, even unmanned?

The joy that touch evokes
flows out among them
like a river, or a stream
of tears. No need for the command.

Ed Block © 2019
from Banners of Longing
published by permission

(see author's web site at Greendale Brush & Quill)

Adoremus Bulletin September 2023

The content Inside This Issue in print is also available online.

The Most Important Decision in Life

Adapted from the address by Bishop Robert Barron at Hillsdale College's 171st commencement on May 13, 2023.

"So there’s the question, young graduates. What kind of soul will you have? What kind of person will you be? Will you do whatever it takes to get what you want? Or will you accept even great suffering in order to do what is right? Everything else in your life will flow from your answer to that question."

Who Killed the Catholic University

James F. Keating at First Things.

"More than thirty years ago, John Paul II issued Ex Corde Ecclesiae, his apostolic constitution on Catholic universities. Although in some respects an updating of Vatican II’s Declaration on Christian Education, the all-but-forgotten Gravissimum Educationis, John Paul’s document was meant to inspire a renewal of authentic Catholic education in troubled times. He adopted what the late John O’Malley called Vatican II’s “invitational” style. Rather than denouncing abuses, the pope sought to invite, perhaps re-invite, Catholic professors and administrators to the adventure of Catholic higher education."