Local News
Easter Sunday in Whittlesey
At Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Whittlesey, Fr. Patrick McConnell met with the children for a few minutes during Easter Sunday Mass, March 31, to share the Easter message.
Good Friday procession
Faithful from Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Mellen, and United Congregational Church, Mellen, joined a Good Friday procession of the Stations of the Cross led by Fr. Fr. Aloysius Royan Anthony, parochial administrator.
Blankets, socks warm Ashland community
This Lent, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School, Ashland, focused on prayer, fasting and almsgiving through a community service project.
Ashland parish’s service connects with community
Since 1995, the nonprofit Project Linus has delivered more than 9 million blankets to American children suffering from illness, trauma or other needs. With their tagline “providing security through blankets,” blanketeers, or volunteers who handmake these blankets, are active in all 50 states.
Easter basket blessings
Fr. Ron Serrao, pastor of the Northern Lakes Catholic Communities of St. Albert in Land O’ Lakes; St. Kunegunda in Sugar Camp; St. Mary in Phelps; St. Peter in Eagle River; and St. Theresa in Three Lakes blesses Easter food baskets on Holy Saturday morning.
River Falls men’s choir a Good Friday tradition
For several decades running, St. Bridget Parish in River Falls has brought together a special men’s choir of about 15 to perform several songs at their noon Good Friday service.
World News
In age of excess, temperance helps one experience real joy, pope says
Exercising the virtue of temperance is not a recipe for a boring life, Pope Francis said, but rather it is the secret to enjoying every good thing.
Take evil seriously, pope says at general audience
While intense feelings or drive -- passions -- are natural, Christians know they must be tamed and channeled toward what is good, Pope Francis said.
Columns
Christ’s resurrection surpasses his passion
It can seem like the transition from Lent to Easter is more relief than rejoicing. After sticking with, or starting over and over, our Lenten asceticism, we shift to singing “alleluias” without deeper awareness. Glad the 40 days of sacrifice is over, I think we often forget that the church calls us to 50 days of Easter celebration.
Become a model of Christlike mercy
Several years ago, The Christophers published a News Note entitled “Become a Model of Christlike Mercy.” Since this is the weekend of Divine Mercy Sunday, it seems appropriate to share some excerpts from that reflection.
You are welcome at our table
In February, I went to Reserve to interview Sr. Felissa Zander, who has served in various capacities at St. Francis Solanus Catholic School for six decades.
Encountering the Eucharist on pilgrimage
This is the final article in a series on the Eucharistic Revival taking place across the nation. The initiative culminates in a National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this summer.
Celebrating the miracles of Easter
Bishop James P. Powers Easter message for 2024
The purpose of Lenten observances
As we approach the great celebration of Christ’s resurrection, it’s important to recognize the way our Lenten observances help us to understand the full meaning of Christ’s sacrifice so that we grow in our appreciation of all he has accomplished for us
