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Parish Discipleship Pathway – Part IV: Creating the Pathway
“Imagine if right now living in our diocese there were a handful of great missionary saints. Imagine if Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Dominic, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Francis Xavier and the great Jesuit Missionaries, St. John Henry Newman, Venerable Fulton Sheen, and St. Teresa of Calcutta were all scattered across our 16 counties.
Medford supports local food pantry
Medford’s Holy Rosary students, faculty, staff and their families recently collected food for their local food pantry.
Silent ministry keeps flowers fresh
Theirs is a task that needs teams of volunteers with green thumbs, and the call for plant-watering services will hit its peak soon with Christmas services coming.
CMA guild to form in the diocese
A local chapter of the Catholic Medical Association is forming in the Diocese of Superior, giving healthcare workers an opportunity to pray together and support one another in monthly virtual meetings.
Diocesan teens ‘on fire for Jesus’ at NCYC
More than 16,000 teens and their chaperones attended the National Catholic Youth Conference from Nov. 20-22 at the Lucas Oil Stadium and Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
Feast day fellowship
St. Albert the Great parishioners in Land O’ Lakes celebrated the feast day of their patron, St. Albert the Great, the weekend of Nov. 16.
World News
Christian archaeology can serve evangelization, pope says in document
Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV said, inviting the world's bishops and others to encourage young people, lay people and priests to study archaeology.
Unity, dialogue, respect: On first trip, pope highlights paths to peace
Visiting two countries over six days on his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV preached unity, dialogue and respect for differences as the only paths to peace.
Columns
What are you willing to receive this new year?
Praying with Poetry for Advent & Christmas
Community and sacrifice in Ordinary Time
Recently, I have been the frequent, unwilling viewer of an interesting advertisement.
Thanksgiving greetings from Bishop James P. Powers
The 2025 Thanksgiving message from Bishop James P. Powers, of the Diocese of Superior
Encouragement in Ordinary Time
Pope Leo XIV recently released the first extensive document of his papacy, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation on love for the poor.
Give thanks for God’s presence
As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?
A portrait in Ordinary Time
Years ago, I was in an art gallery in Amsterdam. Dutch masterpieces generally have more secular themes than the sacred art more abundant in southern Europe.
