Parishioners from St. John the Baptist, Glenwood City; St. Bridget, Wilson; and St. John, Clear Lake, and neighboring parishes, went on a pilgrimage to visit the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, and the Cathedral of St. Paul and National Shrine, St. Paul, Aug. 27.
It’s been nearly 20 years since the Diocese of Superior’s last strategic planning effort. To ensure the vitality of the local Church in decades to come, diocesan officials are working on a new planning initiative that will map out the next 10 to 20 years.
Seminarians from across the state of Wisconsin gathered during the first weekend of August in La Crosse. In total, seven bishops were present, seven vocations directors and 97 seminarians.
Holy Cross Sr. Kathy Wiesneski, left, and Sr. Pat Cormack, right, represented the Merrill-based Holy Cross Sisters USA Province at the 2019 assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
The weekend of Aug. 17-18 was bittersweet, with both celebration and goodbyes, for the people of Good Shepherd Parish, Rib Lake, as they bid farewell to their pastor, Fr. Otto Bucher, OFM Cap.
Much has changed since Mary Arts was a child. Raised in Chicago, she went to Catholic school and attended Mass every day.
Imagine this: A man, entirely careless of all moral and spiritual affairs, lives his life in utter selfishness, pleasure his only pursuit.
As the Franciscan Friars ended more than 140 years of service to the northernmost part of the Diocese of Superior with Mass at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Ashland, the Order of Franciscans Secular were celebrating Mass at St. Joseph Church in Hayward to profess three new members.
In July 2014, police found the body of 18-year-old Conrad Roy inside his truck in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Diocese of Superior’s second annual College Send-off Retreat had a “small but intimate group,” according to summer intern Bryn Rademaker.