Not only was Vivian Ernst of Butternut surprised by her nomination for the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s Pax Christi Award, she was also deeply touched by her friends’ comments about her.

On Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9 the Four Parish, One Faith Catholic Community, consisting of Holy Trinity, Haugen; Our Lady of Lourdes, Dobie; St. John the Evangelist, Birchwood; and St. Joseph, Rice Lake, hosted Welcome Weekend Retreats.

Ten Purple Heart recipients participated in this year’s eighth annual Musky-Chal-Lunge, which is part of the Wounded Warrior in Action program.

To commemorate the Sept. 15 Feast of Our Lady [...]

At weekend Masses on Sept. 10-11, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Community in Ashland kicked off its 150th jubilee year. A large banner was brought to the sanctuary in procession and unveiled before the congregation, officially inaugurating the yearlong celebration.

Henry Winnie was featured in the bulletin of their parish, Good Shepherd in Rib Lake, after tithing 10 percent of the sale of the pig he entered at the Taylor County Fair.

Building and maintaining a strong Catholic identity in the diocese’s 14 Catholic schools will be the focus of the Diocese of Superior’s first in-person Fall Conference in three years.

Cumberland native serves as administrative assistant

Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, with its cultural roots going back 3,000 years to Mexico’s indigenous peoples, is a celebration that can be a bridge toward greater understanding of death as part of the cycle of life and the spiritual richness of the church’s celebrations of All Saints and All Souls Day.

Since Oct. 3, 1226, each year Franciscans from all over the world celebrate the Transitus – the “transition” of St. Francis of Assisi from earthly life to life in heaven with God.