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Valentines in good times and bad
Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage
SDCCW: Try Lenten resources in lieu of retreat
A young woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at Jesus the Divine Word Church in Huntingtown, Md., March 6, [...]
Knights earn highest honor
The Knights of Columbus Quad County Council #9546, Birchwood, has received the Star Council Award from the national Supreme Council.
Unexpected gifts of God
Los dones de Dios inesperados
A heart for service: Q&A with Sarah-Anne Kruse
Sarah-Anne Kruse recently joined the Diocese of Superior Chancery staff. She is an administrative assistant in the Safe Environment and Administrative Services offices.
Celebrating a silent saint
In the last issue, we invited readers to submit the names of people who have gone above and beyond to help others during the pandemic. Here, Emily Hagen offers a tribute to Julie Mazourek.
World News
Wisconsin student gives car won in raffle to co-worker who biked to work
Raised in a family where faith is important, Haley Bridges has always followed the Golden Rule. "I've grown up with being told to be nice to others, so it's like second nature to help anyone in general," said Bridges, a junior at St. Francis Xavier High School. In January, friends and strangers witnessed how Bridges put into practice the teaching found in Matthew 7:12.
Priest plans to auction coveted baseball cards to aid low-income students
A baseball card collection worth thousands of dollars was a split second away from being dropped into a trash can and disappearing forever in a landfill. Father John Ubel, rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul, recalled that moment more than 15 years ago when he was transferred to a different priestly assignment and wanted to purge some of his belongings. He wasn't sure what to do with a box containing hundreds of cards in mint condition from the 1970s.
Columns
The ‘quality of life’ error
During serious illness conversations, some doctors will ply their patients with this question: “What is your minimally acceptable quality of life?”
Memento mori
Death is an uncomfortable truth. Despite the comfort of our Catholic belief in the soul’s immortality, the thought of leaving this life is an alarming one.
A message about the inauguration
A message from Bishop James P. Powers about the inauguration.
Notice from Bishop James P. Powers regarding scams
If anyone contacts you claiming to be me, someone from the diocese (chancery office personnel), a priest, parish employee or anyone else honestly affiliated with the Catholic of the Diocese of Superior calls, texts, emails or contacts you by any other form of communication asking you to send money or get gift cards of any kind, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THEIR REQUEST. IT IS A SCAM.
What is your practice?
Today, the common question in spiritual circles is not, “What is your church or your religion?” but, “What is your practice?” What is your practice? What is your particular explicit prayer practice? Is it Christian? Buddhist? Islamic? Secular? Do you meditate? Do you do centering prayer? Do you practice mindfulness? For how long do you do this each day?
A prescription refill for coping with COVID
There’s nothing quite like a good Chuck Norris joke. A while back, my family went through a streak of sharing one-liners and memes heralding the prowess of Norris, now 80 years old. It was unbeatable humor even for the siblings who couldn’t tell you what he did before the turn of the century.
