Local News
St. Francis Xavier youth make first communion
Children from St. Francis Xavier in Superior made their first Holy Communion on May 10.
St. Anthony of Padua in Park Falls hosts baccalaureate reception
St. Anthony of Padua in Park Falls celebrated their high school graduates at a baccalaureate reception on Sunday, May 17.
Bible study on the ‘mind of Christ’
The Northwoods Catholic Churches cluster of St. Rita in Presque Isle, St. Anne in Boulder Junction and St. Mary in Sayner recently sponsored a Bible study focused on St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians.
Hudson church hosts comedy, parish theatre group
A family-friendly comedic play is coming to St. Patrick’s Church in Hudson, produced by Spirit of Fire, a theatre group established in 2025 in the Hudson area that includes members of St. Patrick’s Parish.
Hayward, Rice Lake parishes bring Diocese of Superior presence to pilgrimage
Fifteen parishioners from St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hayward, joined the annual Walk to Mary Pilgrimage from the National Shrine of St. Joseph to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in the Diocese of Green Bay.
St. Joseph robotics teams make history at VEX World Championship
No robotics team from Wisconsin — at any age level — has ever achieved what a group of St. Joseph Catholic School sixth-graders accomplished this spring.
World News
Salesian sisters go viral after attending San Antonio Spurs playoff game
Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco have drawn national attention as “diehard” San Antonio Spurs fans after a group of sisters attended a recent NBA playoff game.
Pope urges humanity to build a civilization of love in the digital world
At a time when digital technologies are developing at a rapid and unpredictable pace, every single person must decide if she or he will be: a passive bystander; an unhelpful commentator; an avaricious architect of a new "Tower of Babel"; or a patient, hope-filled builder of a "civilization of love," Pope Leo XIV said in his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas."
Columns
The opportunities of Ordinary Time
Recently, I got the ominous heads-up that my work computer is scheduled to be replaced this summer.
New beginnings in Ordinary Time
As April exploded into the exuberance of a long-awaited spring, many welcomed her arrival with great joy.
The Paschal hope of Ordinary Time
A number of springs ago, I came to the Easter Vigil Mass with the joyous anticipation of Easter muted a bit.
Atheists, dark nights, Good Friday and revelation
The classical atheistic thinkers of the Enlightenment, philosophers such as Frederick Nietzsche and Ludwig Feuerbach, taught that all religious experience is simply human projection.
He is risen! Alleluia, Alleluia!
2026 Easter message from Bishop James P. Powers
Mini-ministry: St. Patrick parishioners inspired food swap
A friendly gesture by a couple of neighbors of bringing over a few bags of slightly fading vegetables, and then my swapping some back, has become a full-fledged food mini-ministry.
