Local News
Meet the Chancery staff: Q&A with Abigail Beck
A former FOCUS missionary and medical student, Abigail Beck joined the Chancery staff in January, where she serves as the Diocese of Superior’s human resources assistant. She’s also the diocesan contact for campus ministry and women’s discernment.
Spiritual retreat for OLS students
Students from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School, Ladysmith, study panels in the Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition using information assembled by St. Carlo Acutis.
Two sisters, moms of seminarians, share discernment experience
As uncommon as it is to have a child called by God to a priestly vocation, it is even less common to have more than one priest in a family. But when faith is lived as a vibrant part of daily life, what is ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Diocese of Superior seminarians: Fruits of faith, formation
Since the Diocese of Superior’s Vocations Prayer was introduced, St. Andrew Dinners were organized and rosary campaigns were initiated, among other vocational efforts, the fruits of faith have begun to multiply throughout the 16-county diocese.
Our Lady of Knock Shrine visit a highlight of Ireland pilgrimage
Diocese of Superior Bishop James P. Powers recently led more than three dozen pilgrims to Ireland, the land of his ancestral heritage, on an 11-day tour.
Superior Catholic Herald welcomes ad rep
Congratulations to Jeff Muse, Ashland, who has been hired as a part-time advertising representative for the Superior Catholic Herald.
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
An anniversary filled with gratitude
In telling his faith story, C.S. Lewis shares that at the moment of his conversion, he was “the most reluctant convert in the history of Christianity,” but that he gave himself over to Christ because “God’s compulsion is our liberation.”
The loveliness of Ordinary Time
As summertime flows into fall, and pumpkin spice everything fills the senses —whether we wish it or not! – here can be wistful nostalgia for summer.
A back-to-school Q&A with Jesus
On the last Sunday of August, at my home parish of St. Francis de Sales in Spooner, the universal Catholic Church was uniquely represented. My subsequent reflections have shaped this back-to-school season, renewed my appreciation for a lifelong love of learning and seem a relevant commentary at the start of a new academic year.
Mary, Mother of Life, pray for us!
As I ponder this year’s Respect Life theme – “Mary, Mother of Life, pray for us!” – I can’t help but wonder who Mary is to each of us. Do we imagine her as Jesus’ mother?
Mourning in Ordinary Time
This season, with somber hearts, we mark 25 years since achingly bright September skies were filled with the horrors of an evil still incomprehensible.
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.
