The Advent calendar with one tab or box to open each day for 24 or 25 days taps into something people really like: countdowns. It also highlights the anticipation that is at the heart of the four-week liturgical season of Advent.
Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the death of the 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush.
The family of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, abducted from her Barron home last month, is asking for prayers, said Patty Gerber, parish director for the Closs family’s parish cluster of St. Peter, Cameron; St. Boniface, Chetek; Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Strickland; and St. Joseph, Barron.
Parishes across the Diocese of Superior and beyond are hosting Advent events in anticipation of Christ’s coming.
During late October and early November, the Diocese of Superior’s Department of Finance head Larry French offered 10 seminars – two in each deanery – presenting best practices for internal controls.
Fewer than 100 Wisconsin residents died from taking prescription opioids, benzodiazepines, heroin and cocaine in the year 2000. By 2016, the number had spiked to 1,352 deaths, 42 percent of them due to prescription opioid use.
On Nov. 12, Holy Rosary School, Medford, celebrated the veterans who have served this country. They invited all families in the school who are serving or have served in the military to join the celebration.
Missionary of the Word Sr. Bernadette is pictured with chaperones and Somerset youth after a rosary walk at the Nov. 9-11 discipleship weekend retreat at Crosswoods Camp in Mason; 85 diocesan high school-aged leaders attended the retreat.
Arbor Vitae champion swimmer Joey Jurries is pictured with Christian recording artist Josh Wilson and Black River Entertainment CEO Gordon Kerr in Nashville in late October.
Eagle River resident Kathryn Martin recently deepened her relationship with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.