Local News
DOS revival: Vision gathering focuses on kerygmatic preaching
Anita Draper Catholic Herald staff Last year, Fr. David Neuschwander and Dcn. Brian McCaffery gave a two-question quiz [...]
Ninety attend Jesus Winterfest
Jesus Winterfest, a music and healing event, was held Feb. 15 at St. Anthony’s Church in Park Falls.
Blessings for the bishop
Bishop James P. Powers received a blessing at a meeting with Presbyteral Council members and diocesan staff who paused to pray over him in honor of his 10th anniversary of episcopal ordination on Feb. 18.
Seminarian Sightings
Diocese of Superior Vocations Director Fr. David Neuschwander is pictured with men from St. Francis de Sales Seminary who skied the American Birkebeiner 55k classic cross country ski race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 21.
Office of Parish Transformation – Notes from the Vineyard
It has often been said that Wisconsin has two seasons: Winter and construction.
Safe Environment training safeguards children
In Wisconsin, April is known as Strengthening Families Month, and throughout the United States it is considered Child Abuse Prevention Month.
World News
Pope Leo XIV explains why the priesthood is reserved to men
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said priestly ministry in the Catholic Church, entrusted only to men, is understood in light of apostolic succession and called for priests who are “ardent with evangelical charity” and “courageous missionaries.”
Boys Town founder Father Flanagan moves one step closer to sainthood
Pope Leo XIV on Monday approved the advancement of the beatification cause for Boys Town founder Father Edward J. Flanagan, declaring him “venerable.”
Columns
Do you really believe God loves you?
If you’re like me, you were impressed by the athletes of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. In them we witnessed both the rewards of hard work and the traumatizing effects of extreme expectation.
Questions and answers in Ordinary Time
“Will this be on the exam?” Anyone who is a teacher will recognize this question as one that erupts like clockwork when midterm or final exam season rolls around.
A vocational process: Hear, receive, respond, renew, repeat
During Catholic Schools Week, my three youngest children, middle school students at St. Francis de Sales School in Spooner, were given a talk on vocations by Fr. Papi Yeruva Reddy.
Neighbors in Ordinary Time
Recently, my neighbor died. When I was at the funeral home and when I arrived at work late after his funeral, I was asked how I knew the gentleman who passed away. It was almost sheepishly, or with a note of apology, that I said he was a neighbor.
Peace and worry in Ordinary Times
Some people are creative in beautiful ways. They make the art, music, literature, and drama that inspire and soothe the world. Others are creative in more practical ways.
Who would have thought it?
I once had the privilege of visiting the Holy Land. It’s a strangely different place. Soaked in history, in struggle, in religion, in blood. Virtually every inch of its soil has been soaked in blood, including the blood of Jesus. History leaps out at you from every stone.
