Most visions of the Mother of God leave images only in the memories of the visionary.

But two times in Latin America the Mother of God left images of herself for all of us to see. We post two photos today, on December 12th, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe:

The first photo is of Our Lady of Guadalupe's miraculously imprinted image of her expecting the Child Jesus that ocurred in Mexico in 1531. This image is on the surface of a cactus-fiber cloth.

The second photo is of the far less famous Our Lady of Las Lajas in Colombia. ("Las Lajas" is Spanish for "the Rock Slabs.") Here Our Lady of Las Lajas (who profoundly resembles Our Lady of Guadalupe) holds the Child Jesus, with St. Dominic on the left and St. Francis of Assisi on the right. (The crowns worn by Jesus and Mary were added later by the grateful faithful.)

Amazingly this image from 1754 is imprinted in stone and not only on the surface of the rock slab but deep into the rock.

To register for Fr. Mike Schmitz's amazing podcasts of 20 to 25 minutes a day that let you hear the whole Bible in a year with great Catholic commentary, click HERE: https://ascensionpress.com/pages/biy-registration

To immediately listen without registering to the podcast episodes that have be released so far, click HERE: https://bibleinayear.fireside.fm/episodes

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START YOUR YEAR-LONG JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE! IT CAN BE MORE FUN TO GO THROUGH THIS BIBLE PROGRAM WITH A "BIBLE-IN-A-YEAR BUDDY" (similar to an exercise buddy). MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!  SPREAD THE WORD.

To download the sheets of reading materials, please register. And of course read the Bible chapters for each day (in Croatian or English) ideally before listening to Fr. Mike read the same chapters for you.

Click here in order to go to Sacred Heart Croatian Catholic Parish Milwaukee on Facebook

For those who have a hard time using Facebook, here are some of Fr Mike Schmitz's recent amazing homilies on YouTube: 

FR MIKE'S MASS FOR 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER, APRIL 25TH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIMPxyurcbQ

FR MIKE'S MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx5JEycxxmI

FR MIKE'S MASS FOR 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 21ST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYdt4beHcc8

FR MIKE'S MASS FOR 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 14TH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHrXiO5xkI

FR MIKE'S MASS FOR 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 7TH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZzMPmGo1E

FR MIKE'S ASH WEDNESDAY MASS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkSLM5an8aM

Our fellow Croatian Franciscan parish in Chicago, St. Jerome Croatian, was livestreaming on their Facebook page two great Masses until August 15th, 2020. ST JEROME'S LIVESTREAMED THEIR CHRISTMAS SEASON CELEBRATIONS. Click here to see their beautiful English and Croatian Christmas season videos.

Other highly endorsed Sunday Masses are on Relevant Radio (noon on Sunday through Saturday on 1640 AM radio) and EWTN, global Catholic television (live at 7 a.m. Sunday, and rebroadcast at 11 a.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.).

These Masses for "the homebound unable to go to Mass", which includes so many of us these days.

Click here for Relevant Radio noon (every day) Mass video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/relevantradio/

Click here for EWTN homily and Adoration on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnonline

EWTN gives the text of the Mass Readings on the internet, along with the video of the Mass:

Click here to go to EWTN text and Mass video (but it takes a while for video to be uploaded here versus the Facebook page): https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/daily-readings

Please go to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's official website www.ArchMil.org for more information about the Coronavirus impact on our coming celebrations and events.

ALL FISH FRIES IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

February 6, 2020 Milwaukee Public TV broadcast an episode of "Around the Corner with John McGivern" focused on the Story Hill neighborhood of Milwaukee, in which is located Sacred Heart Croatian Parish.

Wisconsin had the opportunity to see the interior of our church and to see John McGivern making Sarma with Mary Schauer.

The show lives on forever on Youtube. See this beautifully done 26-minute show by clicking on the link below:

Around the Corner episode on the Story Hill neighborhood UPDATED LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhe5NfiZao

(Sacred Heart pops up a moment 39 seconds into the show, but the main two-and-half minute segment is 20 minutes into the program. Seeing the whole show is a good idea.)