Local News
Fall festivities in Rib Lake
Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Rib Lake, hosted its Fall Festival on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Parish picnic
The parishes of the Spooner cluster gathered for a picnic on Sunday, Aug. 30.
Cultivating future ‘Saints with Smartphones’
In early May, Chris Hurtubise hosted author and research fellow Clare Morell at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
St. Andrew Dinner invites discerners to be “Called North”
The Diocese of Superior’s Vocations Office hosted a St. Andrew Dinner for young men exploring or discerning a priestly vocation on Aug. 12.
Pork dinner in Lake Nebagamon
St. Anthony Catholic Church, Lake Nebagamon, hosted a pork dinner on Sunday, Aug. 16.
St. Juliana Community of Secular Servites make 500 mission rosaries
The Secular Servites of Ladysmith completed 500 Mission Rosaries to be among more than 75,000 rosaries to be distributed Sept. 24 at the beatification ceremony of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis.
World News
Carmelite sisters building a monastery to ‘last a thousand years’ in Pennsylvania
A community of Discalced Carmelite sisters is using centuries-old methods to build a monastery in hopes that it will serve as “a beacon of light” for generations to come in Fairfield, Pennsylvania.
Vandals deface Our Lady statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine
Vandals desecrated two statues of Our Lady and set fire to the outdoor altar of St. James Church at the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina early Tuesday, July 28, days before the shrine’s annual Mladifest youth festival.
Columns
May God continue to bless our Catholic schools
It’s hard to believe that the new school year is starting already. The beautiful summer we’ve had has gone by so fast, and once again our Catholic schools are filling with the energy, excitement and promise of a new year.
When are we home?
More than anything else, we long for home. Our deep ache for intimacy, security and comfort is, in the end, a longing for home, nothing more. We are forever restlessly searching for someone or something to take us home.
Influencers of Ordinary Time
Recently, a youthful acquaintance shared with me his future career ambition to be “an influencer.” As a sign of my ever-increasing age, I was skeptical that the full-time influencer life is “a thing” for anyone other than celebrities.
Good conversation
Louisa May Alcott’s “Rose in Bloom” was my favorite book in middle school – similar to her more popular “Little Women,” but featuring a group of cousins instead of siblings, and less sad – and a reference to the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays led to my reading and admiring Emerson.
Invitations in Ordinary Time
Summer in Washington D.C. means many things. A quieter pace. Notoriously humid weather. A flood of summer interns. And droves of tourists!
Fr. Rolheiser’s column waters down Jesus’ warning
I would like to respond to the opinion piece by Fr. Ron Rolheiser which appeared in the July 16, 2026, edition of the Superior Catholic Herald. Titled “The ‘narrow gate’ to a fulfilling life,” the article disturbingly waters down one of Jesus’ most stark and clear-cut warnings.
