Local News
Faith in action
Faith Formation students in the St. Joseph, Barron, cluster created “Thank You” packets for those who work in local pantries, shelters and thrift stores, as well as for other related service providers.
Jason Evert in Ashland: ‘Love can’t wait to give’
International speaker talks chastity, gender clarity
Bible scholar talks Jubilee Year, God’s covenants
Rice Lake’s St. Joseph Church and clustered parishes welcomed almost 400 people between Friday night and Saturday morning for a two-day mission March 21-22.
Students’ art on display
Four students from Holy Rosary Catholic School, Medford, were chosen to display their artwork at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum for their 48th annual Student Art Exhibition from March 15 to April 27.
Supporting schools
Holy Rosary School, Medford, staff and students pose with a check from Catholic Financial Life.
Local athlete inspires students
Fifth-graders at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School, Ashland, enjoyed a presentation by Lisa Weispfenning of Washburn, who swam across the English Channel in August with three other women from Northwest Wisconsin.
World News
With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’
Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to millions of Catholics -- and caused concern for some -- as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue.
Despite improved health, pope picks cardinals to lead Holy Week liturgies
Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices.
Columns
He is not here, for he is risen, just as he said
The 2025 Easter message from Bishop James P. Powers
The person of Jesus and the mystery of Christ
I was raised a Roman Catholic and essentially inhaled the religious ethos of Roman Catholicism.
Jesus is still at work today, in and through us
In his book “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI addressed the reality of healing as a central aspect of the Christian faith. “Healing is an essential dimension of the apostolic mission and of Christianity.
Assessing the baggage of Ordinary Time
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to drive me to an airport, meet me at a train station or share the trunk of a car with me on a road trip can tell you one thing: I do not travel lightly.
Isolation and loneliness in Ordinary Time
Anyone who reads the daily newspaper finds within its pages a glimpse into the sorrow and despair that is – and always has been – a part of human life.
Empathy and depression: Finding my way
The road to negotiate depression and its impact on my life and religious views has been a lifelong one. What follows is a description of my decades-long and continuing evolution, unfolding more each day, as a Christian.
