Local News
Bishop to educators: ‘Open hearts and minds’ to Christ
As Bishop James P. Powers began his homily on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Diocese of Superior’s 61st Annual Fall Conference, he noted the energy and excitement of those gathered.
Hispanic community honors deceased loved ones
The Hispanic Catholic Community gathered at St. Mary’s Church in Bruce to celebrate the Feast of All Souls and Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
NFL star encourages character, Catholic education
St. Joseph School, Rice Lake, welcomed former National Football League star Matt Birk on Nov. 3-4.
Showing up for our students
As the third and final talk of the 2023 Diocesan Fall Conference, therapist and former youth minister Ashley Cermak presented educators and catechists with concrete applications to the mental wellness content provided by her colleagues Pat and Kenna Millea.
Music Fest supports community
Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Rhinelander hosted the Joyful Song Ecumenical Music Fest on Oct. 15 to raise funds for three Northwoods nonprofit organizations.
Medford CCW donates to nonprofit
Stepping Stones is a nonprofit that provides education and support to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, stalking and human trafficking in Taylor County.
World News
Pope returns Mater Ecclesiae Monastery to use by contemplative nuns
Pope Francis has invited a community of Benedictine nuns from Argentina to move into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens, renewing the building's purpose as home to a cloistered community of women dedicated to supporting the pope's ministry with their prayer.
Cardinal denies working on changes to procedures for papal elections
Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a top adviser to Pope Francis on matters involving canon law, denied reports the pope had asked him to draft revisions to the rules governing the preparations for electing a new pope.
Columns
Thanksgiving Blessings
A thanksgiving message from Bishop James P. Powers
A subtler kind of poverty
Earlier this year, one of my older brothers died. By every indication, he had lived an exemplary life, one lived mainly for others. He died much loved by everyone who knew him. His was a life lived for family, church, community and friends.
Moral affinity and our deepest loneliness
Harvard psychologist Robert Coles, in describing the French mystic Simone Weil, once suggested that what she really suffered from and what motivated her life was her moral loneliness. What is that?
A tool we can all use
Some weeks ago, parishes in the Diocese of Superior began receiving bundled issues of the Superior Catholic Herald.
Silence and listening as children of the church
On Sept. 30, the eve of the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis addressed 15,000 pilgrims during an ecumenical prayer service in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Those gathered, which included heads of many Christian churches of various denominations, gathered to call on the guidance of the Holy Spirit during the synodal proceedings.
We must be artisans of the culture of life
Each October, the Catholic Church in the United States observes Respect Life Month as a time to focus on the protection of God’s precious gift of human life. The theme of the month varies from year to year, but it usually concentrates our attention on the issue of abortion.
