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Join us for this Culture of Encounter talk by sacred artist and iconographer, Nicholas Markell.  Markell created the Three Saint Mural, the Holy Spirit Mural, the medallions of the Four Evangelists, and the icons of St. Joan or Arc and St. Teresa of Calcutta here at Our Lady of Lourdes. This talk will take place in the church between the Sunday morning Masses. Everyone is welcome!

Janine Geske is a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and Marquette Law School professor who has led conversations on restorative at the Vatican and throughout the world. Janine will lead a discussion on restorative justice at Lourdes from 4-6 pm on Sunday, April 29th. Panel members will include Mark Umbreit, Director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking and Father Dan Griffith. All are welcome!

You may recall that as I celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass last year, a group of Catholics unfurled a banner on the facade of our Cathedral stating: “Speaking up for unborn lives more than black and brown lives is white supremacy. Silence is sin.” Some of our brothers and sisters see the Church so consumed by our pro-life efforts and so “over[ly] vigilant on the single issue of abortion” that every other effort pales in comparison.