Local News
Medford holds golf fundraiser
Dr. Romulo Moscoso, 87, and Carolynn Gengler, 7, were presented with prizes for being the oldest and youngest golfers at the third annual golf outing held Aug. 21 by Holy Rosary Parish in Medford.
Crucifix blessed in Eagle River
Fr. Ron Serrao celebrated the holy Eucharist and blessed the newly installed crucifix at the St. Peter the Fisherman cemetery [...]
Finalist’s community is a source of faith, support, love
The East Deanery finalist for the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s 2022 Pax Christi Award has given tirelessly to her family, parish and community while overcoming her own set of challenges.
Diocese kicks off 2022-23 school year
As Catholic schools across the diocese launch into a new school year, Diocese of Superior Superintendent of Schools Peggy Schoenfuss said new staff, the incorporation of a new Theology of the Body curriculum and progress in schools’ ongoing accreditation process are among this year’s highlights.
Best-selling author to lead parish mission
The cluster of St. Bridget, River Falls; St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception, Hammond; and UW-River Falls Falcon Catholic will host a parish mission with Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio from Oct. 3-5.
Diocese deeds Native burial site to Ojibwe
More than a century ago, the bodies of nearly 200 Ojibwe were exhumed and moved to make way for an ore dock on Wisconsin Point in Superior.
World News
Two books look at Black Catholic experience from different angles
In Catholic books, an African American perspective is usually missing; these two books attempt to address that important gap in different and complementary ways.
‘Heart-breaking’: Irish priest says Pakistan flooding still critical
An Irish missionary priest in Pakistan said the "sheer scale" of the flooding disaster is "hard to comprehend" and "the misery of people, camped on the side of the road with their meager belongings, is heart-breaking to see."
Columns
Reviving reverence for the Eucharist
On June 19, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi kicked off a three-year National Eucharistic Revival.
One God, one GPS, one road
At the end of the day, all of us, believers and non-believers, pious and impious, share one common humanity, and we all end up on the same road. This has many implications.
Why is there something instead of nothing?
The Belgian theologian Jan Walgrave, who directed my doctoral thesis, was a true intellectual and a rare one. True, in that his thought naturally, instinctually gravitated towards the huge philosophical questions of essence and existence. Why are we here? Who are we really?
What can we expect from a National Eucharistic Revival?
The three-year National Eucharistic Revival launched here in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and in dioceses throughout the United States June 19 is intended to be a time of spiritual renewal with a particular focus on the holy Eucharist.
Giving birth to a new movement
In the 50th year since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion on demand, that same court has judged that case wrongly decided and kicked America’s most neuralgic issue back to its elected representatives.
Totus Tuus offers vibrant, fun faith
As I write this, my son is at St. Mary’s in Altoona, loving every minute of his Totus Tuus week with one of three Diocese of Superior crews. It’s a school of sorts – without really feeling like it – and as he runs and plays and meets new kids, he’s also learning about his faith.
