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CONGRATULATIONS Father Tim kitzke!
Father Tim Kitzke, SPRED President, has been selected to receive The Alumnus Lifetime Service Award from the Theological College at The Catholic University of America. He will be presented with the award on October 8, 2025 in Washington, DC at the college’s Alumni Day Mass and Award Dinner.
The Alumnus Lifetime Service Award was instituted almost 35 years ago to honor those alumni of Theological College who have served with distinction and humility throughout their priestly ministry according to the Sulpician ideal "to live supremely for God in Christ Jesus" (Father Jean Jacques Olier, Founder of the Society of St. Sulpice). Award recipients have included Bishops Michael Olson and Robert Barron, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Cardinal Daniel Dinardo, and internationally recognized philosophers Monsignor John Wippel and Monsignor Robert Sokolowski.
Father Tim is being recognized for a lifetime of outstanding priestly service as a Church leader, mentor, and champion of the poor and vulnerable.
While still in undergrad years, Father Tim was accepted into the Basselin Scholars Program, an exclusive three-year honors program in philosophy consisting of the junior and senior years of undergraduate study and one year of graduate work, leading to the Ph.B. and Ph.L. degrees, respectively. It is for seminarians who have a vocation to the priesthood, and the ability to keep up with the high-level academic demands, the formation requirements of seminary life, and the pastoral ministry responsibilities of students in formation at that level.
Congratulations Father Tim!
catechist enrichment at the canticle garden
We had the privilege of having a catechist enrichment session at the The Canticle Garden in Waukesha.
It is a pilgrim site - a sacred place to gather for all to gather in devotion, the spirt of 'Laudato Si’ and environmental justice. It was designed intentionally for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read about this exciting development in the Catholic Herald at https://catholicherald.org/local/canticle-garden-imparts-message-of-laudato-si/ or learn more about the garden and its mission at their website https://www.canticlegarden.com/
Congratulations savanna and Henry!
SPRED Milwaukee is thrilled to announce the wedding of Friend, Savanna, and her new husband, Henry. The ceremony took place on July 27th at Christ King Parish in Wauwatosa and was presided over by Fr. Dennis Saran, who in his previous life was Savanna's pediatrician! Savanna started SPRED at CK in the 6-10 age group and is now at OLDP in the adult group. All of us involved with SPRED Milwaukee offer our congratulations and God's blessings on their new life as husband and wife!
Our friend Bradley (Three Holy Women SPRED group), recently was on a local radio station promoting and supporting the Make a Wish program! Bradley, who had a wish granted a few years ago, received a camper! He and his family have enjoyed many adventures and are looking forward to many more! Check out the FB video at
Congratulations and great job Bradley!!
Two good news items from SPRED Partners, Inc.
We are proud to announce that SPRED Partners, Inc. / SPRED has been approved by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to be listed in the Official Catholic Directory in 2023! The Official Catholic Directory is the official source for verifying the tax-exempt status of Catholic institutions under the IRS/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Group Ruling.
The listing is under SPRED Partners with the following brief description: SPRED Partners works to find funds to support SPRED, a program which meets the spiritual needs of children & adults with developmental disabilities". We also included the SPRED Milwaukee web address, www.spredmilwaukee.org, so more people can learn about the SPRED program and come to understand how needed it is in our parishes along with the importance of donating to SPRED Partners to grow and keep this program.
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Our beloved president, The Very Rev. Timothy Kitzke has been named rector of Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Fr. Tim will continue to be the pastor of the "family of four" parishes on the east side and in Riverwest. They are Old St. Mary; Saints Peter and Paul; Our Lady of Divine Providence ; and Three Holy Women (which comprises three churches on its own). Congratulations Fr. Tim!
First Communion
SPRED friend Luke with Fr. Michael Lawinger at Christ King Parish in Wauwatosa before making his First Communion in November 2022. Luke who has been with SPRED since it began in Milwaukee, started at the Christ King parish and is now with SPRED at Three Holy Women.
Congratulations Luke and God Bless you!
SPRED Loses founder
SPRED founder and long-time director, Rev. James McCarthy passed away Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at the age of 92. He will be greatly missed as a leader in our SPRED community. You can read his full obituary here: