Local News
Honored guests visit Hudson
Bishop Rodolfo Nuñez of the Diocese of Verapaz in Guatemala and School Sisters of Saint Francis Sr. Jo Klas visited St. Patrick, Hudson, in June.
Office of Parish Transformation – Notes from the Vineyard
“And this be our motto – ‘In God is our trust’” These words from the fourth verse of the Star-Spangled Banner rang true for the parishioners of St. Boniface in Chetek who assisted with their parish’s One Nation Under God evangelization event.
Birthday celebration
Members of St. Joseph Parish in Osceola recently gathered to celebrate Fr. John Drummy’s birthday and honor his 55 years of priestly service to the Diocese of Superior.
Four profess Secular Franciscan vows
On June 14, St. John Neumann Secular Franciscan Fraternity, Rhinelander, was blessed with four newly professed members.
Fr. Mullen’s Adoption Fund now a nonprofit
Effective July 1, Fr. Dennis Mullen and Rice Lake area Knights of Columbus have passed a milestone in their mission to support children and families.
Faith, Fourth celebrated at Chetek Liberty Fest
It may be difficult to track the spiritual fruits of St. Boniface’s outreach at Liberty Fest 2026, but volunteers were thrilled with the concrete numbers.
World News
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.
Catholic book clubs: Tips for building community and growing in faith
More and more young people are looking for opportunities to deepen their faith and build community. In this context, Catholic book clubs are becoming a way to combine a shared love for books with spiritual growth.
Columns
The sister who befriends and listens
When she was growing up, Sr. Ave Clark’s father told her to befriend the workers who were a regular part of her life: the sanitation men, the mail carrier, the bank tellers, etc.
Parenting’s long-term labors of love
“Delivering a baby is called labor for a reason.” That was one of the parting thoughts (pun intended) offered by the nurse who led my pre-birth class more than 20 years ago.
The struggle to be sincere
Who are we really? Who are we when we are stripped naked in soul: stripped of ego, stripped of the image we have of ourselves, stripped of the hype, fads and ideologies that we unconsciously inhale and which color our thinking, stripped of the trauma we carry from our wounds, and stripped of our habitual unconscious posturing?
Newfound time in Ordinary Time
In recent years, the arrival of artificial intelligence has exploded as a topic of discussion, question, excitement and fears.
In sickness and in health: A prayer for my wife
Jeannie Conant was immediately surrounded by dozens of religious images, including a bulletin board I prepared by pulling out written notes from church children, with crayon drawings along with a classic laughing Jesus and baby lamb, somehow appropriate even though she would miss her favorite service, the Easter Vigil.
Pope Leo XIV: A real American hero
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope.
