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Religion Briefs

From the Journal Sentinel

Last Updated: June 13, 2003

Relic of St. Juan Diego on its way to La Crosse

Thousands of people are expected at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, as the national "Tilma of Tepeyac Tour" brings a small piece of the tilma, or cloak, of St. Juan Diego for veneration June 21-22. According to Andrew Brannon, interim executive director of the La Crosse shrine, around 6,000 people saw the relic when it visited a cathedral in Denver from May 30 to June 1.

Diego is believed to have seen visions of Mary. In 1531, he found her image miraculously depicted on a cloak, in which he carried roses that he found blooming on frost-covered Tepeyac Hill, outside what is now Mexico City.

The diocese is building a $25 million shrine just south of La Crosse, at 5250 Justin Road, about two miles west of Highways 14 and 61. The relic will be displayed in the shrine's Our Lady of Good Counsel Votive Chapel from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 21, and from 8 a.m. until a 4:15 p.m. procession and 4:30 p.m. Mass on June 22. A video will be shown at the shrine's Pilgrim Center every hour, except during 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. rosaries.

Call (608) 782-5440, or go to www.guadalupeshrine.org and www.relictour.org.

Awareness of war threat among goals of concert

Many Milwaukee-area musicians representing styles from ska and rock to pop and hip-hop will perform from noon until late evening today at a Voices for Peace Concert in Pere Marquette Park, at Old World Third St. and Kilbourn Ave. Additionally, several people will speak.

Organized by private citizens in cooperation with Milwaukee's Coalition for Just Peace, it is intended to raise awareness of the threat of ongoing war in the Middle East and to encourage opposition to a policy of pre-emptive war. Performers include John Sieger, Mrs. Fun, Harvey Taylor and Holly Habig, Eric Blowtorch, Taste Emcees, Old Man Malcom, Sarah Kozar, the Riverwest Accordion Club and many others.

Catholic reform group marks first anniversary

The southeast Wisconsin affiliate of Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) - a reform group that supports victims of clergy sexual abuse and seeks to expand the role of the laity in Catholic church governance - will mark its first anniversary Tuesday at St. Benedict the Moor Church, 924 W. State St.

Father John Lukaszewicz, a retired priest, will deliver a 7 p.m. healing Mass for all who have suffered abuse. Capuchin Father Michael Crosby, an author and retreat- and workshop-presenter, will speak after the Mass on "Reconciliation and VOTF: Is It Possible?" For more details, go to www.votfwis.org.