Over in St. Francis the Catholic Archdiocese seminary for Milwaukee in the mid-1940’s was flush with so many attendees that no new applications were being accepted. This was a far cry 25 years later when applications had drastically slowed. The Archdiocese invited the religious order, the Marianist brothers and priests from St. Louis to come and establish a school. They first formed Milwaukee Messmer on the north side of Milwaukee and then, seeing a need for a school on th

This blog deals with the Catholic schools, for the most part, in the Milwaukee Archdiocese…schools in the Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Sheboygan, Washington, Dodge, Ozaukee, Walworth, Waukesha and Fond du Lac counties. There are several charts to view to hopefully illustrate my research. My story starts in the 1950’s by keying in on the Milwaukee Archdiocese. In 1957 the Milwaukee Archdiocese had 24 high schools, four colleges and 198 grade schools as they served over 100,00

THE TOP GAME: So many games to choose from for the top game of the 1960’s. My first choice after going over a list of several great match ups including the season ending game between 1968 Madison East and Madison LaFollette and the 1966 Elmwood vs. St. Croix Central event that I mentioned in my book. That game started in September, but the end was replayed in November. Two good choices but as I said in Part 1 of this blog, the 1965 season ending battle between Oshkosh and