tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post7629808299629523869..comments2024-01-16T18:30:41.436-06:00Comments on The Badger Catholic: Poor old St. Bruno's, Dousman, WIBadger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-54552739414137885412019-03-17T15:58:25.360-05:002019-03-17T15:58:25.360-05:00What a charming little church! I will definitely ...What a charming little church! I will definitely have to stop by this one at some point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14733712596768305321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-19767331264488466772014-05-28T07:32:57.244-05:002014-05-28T07:32:57.244-05:00We love our church! The building itself is simple ...We love our church! The building itself is simple yet beautiful. The most wonderful part of any parish are the people that make it a parish. We have an outstanding pastor, Father Ralph Gross and a congregation that is made up of the most kind & friendly people you could meet. We are proud of our church, school & all that make St Bruno Parish the perfect place to honor our loving Creator. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-34333028804950437972013-03-04T14:30:07.240-06:002013-03-04T14:30:07.240-06:00The stations of the cross in the current church ar...The stations of the cross in the current church are from the old church, which are realistic statues, not just paintings or numbers on the wall with ambiguous images, along with the bell, which you can ring by hand still. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-525991459556140372013-03-04T11:06:30.272-06:002013-03-04T11:06:30.272-06:00Good news, thank you Josh.Good news, thank you Josh.Badger Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-63633105948947707882013-03-04T11:06:18.255-06:002013-03-04T11:06:18.255-06:00Agreed on the solid construction comment, but I do...Agreed on the solid construction comment, but I don't think that can be used to justify any and all architectural decision. Even plaster angels edify the people of God. Badger Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-38162004261864324322013-03-04T11:01:30.529-06:002013-03-04T11:01:30.529-06:00St. Bruno's as a community is quite solid. It...St. Bruno's as a community is quite solid. It is the parish that Frs. Luke and Jacob Strand were raised in, in addition to their older brother Vincent, a Jesuit seminarian. The parish's current youth minister will be entering the seminary next year.<br /><br />The building can use some work, but something good is going on in the water there!JoshDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-29625947832659872292013-03-04T10:50:11.154-06:002013-03-04T10:50:11.154-06:00The New St. Bruno's isn't all that bad. A...The New St. Bruno's isn't all that bad. At least they used wood and stone. The older church looks fancy, but is mostly made of plywood and cheap plaster statues that are gaudily painted. Having previously lived in Europe, I'll say tha tpart of the reason they have medieval churchs to show, is because of the superior quality of construction compared with many of our older churches in Wisconsin. And that's not to say they aren't lovely; It's what people with limited resources did to augment their space for the Liturgy. ThomasAqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-12321195330424923222013-03-04T08:37:50.100-06:002013-03-04T08:37:50.100-06:00at least the building still exists. In so many pla...at least the building still exists. In so many places the beautiful old 19th century parishes were destroyed or sold off (sometimes you'd even have a 'merger' and build one sort of ugly mega Church while shuttering 3 or 4 village parishes.) I never understood it. What we did to architecture is almost worse than what happened to the liturgy. Go to a town in France or Spain or Germany and even atheists are usually proud to show you the nearest medieval Church, Gothic, Romanesque, etc. and for a moment, in some small way, people are brought into contact with the glory of God. With the modern American churches, would anyone ever set foot in them who wasn't there for official business? <br /><br />BTW I do hear good things about St. Brunos, esp. the young associate pastor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com