National and World News
Breaking: Trump administration announces broad exemptions for HHS mandate
he Trump administration announced broad new exemptions to the HHS contraceptive mandate on Friday, giving relief to religious non-profits and others with deeply held religious or moral convictions regarding contraception.
Pope mourns victims of ‘senseless’ Las Vegas shooting
On Monday Pope Francis offered his condolences and spiritual support to victims of a deadly shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 50 people dead and 200 more wounded when a gunman opened fire at a country music festival.
How the US Church is ‘sharing the journey’ with immigrants
Catholic leaders in the U.S. are hoping that the newly announced “Share the Journey” campaign will foster a welcoming attitude towards migrants and refugees.
Local News
Knights of Columbus meet in Spooner
Diocese of Superior leaders of the Knights of Columbus attending the Sept. 10 meeting in Spooner …
Chancery staff hosts benefit for family
Seeing a loved one suffer is among the hardest trials in life. For the Strugala family, natives of Poland, a diagnosis of ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – has been all the more difficult to manage because they have no family in this country.
Faith
How does Jesus reveal the Father to us?
I was 19 when my cousin came to live with my family. He was just out of the Marines. He was not doing very well and was lost in many ways.
Culture
Why bother with beauty? A book for right-brained Catholics
Just a few weeks after Catholic artist Cory Heimann got married, a close friend of his, who had been planning on travelling to Africa to film a documentary, passed away.
New boys’ choir CD explores rich music of Mary
Boys’ choirs have been a tradition in the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, when men and women did not sing together in public, and boys’ higher-pitched voices were needed to round out the sound of sacred music used at Mass.
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A woman of strong conviction
Evelyn Lompa, winner of the SDCCW’s 2017 Pax Christi Award, is a member of St. John the Apostle Parish in Sheldon, which is clustered with parishes in Lublin, Gilman and Jump River.
Hearts on Fire: charismatic currents of grace
Currents of grace. Channels of belief in God’s existence and his active presence through the action of the Holy Spirit. Cooperation of persons open to being instruments.
Pilgrimage for Padre Pio
Nineteen members of the Diocese of Superior made a pilgrimage Sept. 20 to venerate relics of St. Padre Pio.
Understanding grace more deeply
The mark of genuine contrition is not a sense of guilt, but a sense of sorrow, of regret for having taken a wrong turn, just as the mark of living in grace is not a sense of our own worth but a sense of being accepted and loved despite our unworthiness.
God’s Gift event Sept. 30
Students and teens wait outside the conference room during lunch break Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Diocese of Superior’s God’s Gift: To Love Every Body event at UW-Superior’s Yellowjacket Union, Superior.
