Veterans Day celebrated
Schools around the Diocese of Superior commemorated Veterans Day during the week of Nov. 9.
Confirmation service
As part of their service to the Medford community, Holy Rosary Confirmation students raked leaves earlier this fall.
Holidays a time to serve, care for others
As parishes around the Diocese of Superior adjust and adapt plans for the annual Thanksgiving meals and Christmas programs many offer, one pastor shares his thoughts on the upcoming holidays.
‘Discovering Catholic schools’ in November
The celebration of “Discovering Catholic Schools Week” from Nov. 8-14 was promoted by the National Catholic Education Association as an extension of the traditional Catholic Schools Week festivities held yearly in late January.
Recipes for resilience: Compassion and connection
Thanksgiving and Christmas will be characterized by the continued overshadowing of the unprecedented and unknown.
Prayer, peace and Thanksgiving
n 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown was executed for treason and murder after leading raids and uprisings. Raised in a Calvinist, anti-slavery home, he was so moved by an 1837 abolition meeting that he swore to dedicate his life to ending slavery. Many lives were lost – including three of his sons – as he launched his guerilla warfare.
A Thanksgiving Prayer
A thanksgiving prayer from Bishop James P. Powers.
General dispensation reinstated
As we prepare for the Solemnity of Christ the King, it is with hope and faith in our Lord’s power and desire to bring healing to our world. He is the Divine Physician, and we know that his will is to heal; he is the Good Shepherd, and we know that his will is to lead, guide and protect his sheep.
Finding ways to give thanks
An unexpected headline in the New York Times recently caught my eye: “A Disrupted Thanksgiving Leaves the Turkey Business Guessing.”
Parishes could benefit from communal study of book on priesthood
Father Bonnot thought through and wrote this book as a meditation upon the meaning of his 50 years as a Catholic parish priest. Jesus, he notes correctly, was not a priest among his own people, not a descendant of Aaron.