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2025 Diocese of Superior Totus Tuus missionaries
Jacob Nollet I’m Jacob Nollet, and this my third summer doing Totus Tuus! I hail from the small farm [...]
Religious sisters celebrate jubilees, discuss pastoral plan
The religious sisters of the Diocese of Superior gathered at St Paul’s Parish in Catawba on Thursday, May 22, for the annual Sisters’ Forum meeting and jubilee celebration with Bishop James P. Powers.
Schools honor Memorial Day
Second-grader Liam Ortner is pictured with Mr. Chris, head of maintenance at St. Mary’s, New Richmond.
NLCC hosts community meal
On Tuesday, May 20, the Northern Lakes Catholics Communities of St. Albert, Land O’ Lakes; St. Kunegunda, Sugar Camp; St. Mary, Phelps; St. Peter, Eagle River; and St. Theresa, Three Lakes, hosted a free community meal at The Rock that served 55 guests
Unanimous Supreme Court decision favors DOS Catholic Charities
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 June 5 that Wisconsin cannot discriminate against Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior because of its religiously motivated care for the poor, the elderly and the disabled.
Catholic school year wrap-up: Finding teachers, trusting ‘God’s sense’
Diocese of Superior Schools Superintendent Peggy Schoenfuss acknowledges the difficulty Catholic schools have had in filling open teaching positions in recent years.
World News
Pope recognizes martyrdom of 50 Frenchmen killed by Nazis
Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of 50 French priests, seminarians and laymen who died in Gestapo custody, Nazi concentration camps or because of their imprisonment during World War II.
Pope Leo XIV will escape Rome’s heat in July by going to papal villa
Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old tradition that had been suspended by Pope Francis.
Columns
Community in Ordinary Time
Years ago, a baby elephant was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Since I lived within walking distance of this newborn neighbor, I grew surprisingly attached to him.
Catholic marriage: ‘Normal’ vocation is now the exception
Over the past year or so, I have been blessed with the opportunity to attend a number of beautiful Catholic weddings. Most of my close friends (and some of my siblings) are now of a marrying age, and it has been a joy to see many of them starting new lives with their spouses.
‘Let us go forward’
Celebrating – and collaborating with – our Holy Father ‘Bob’
A heartfelt thanks in Ordinary Time
In every community of faith – as in any other society or family – there are always those who take on roles of enormous yet underappreciated significance.
‘Heal the wounds’: A tribute to Pope Francis
I was reading David Brooks’ “The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life,” when Pope Francis died. This paragraph, pulled from Brooks’ conclusion, struck me as almost the definition of the pope’s ministry to the Western world:
Church offers world an ‘alliance of generations’
It has not been surprising to see how much coverage secular news and social media have given to the passing of Pope Francis and the transition to a papal conclave.
