KCs support Hayward pregnancy care center
The Northwoods New Life Resource Center, a pregnancy care center in Hayward, received a $5,000 donation from the Knights of Columbus Council 6587.
The Northwoods New Life Resource Center, a pregnancy care center in Hayward, received a $5,000 donation from the Knights of Columbus Council 6587.
Amy LaFontaine and Judy Becker stand in the St. Ann Catholic Church parking lot in Cornucopia with 224 pounds of food for the South Shore Food Pantry.
I am sure every religious person, every believer in God, at some point wonders, “Why doesn’t God just straighten everything out?”
Women who have conceived a child out of wedlock and have the courage to choose life for their baby "should be encouraged to have access to the healing and consoling power of the sacraments," said the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
With song, cake and circus performers, Pope Francis celebrated his 87th birthday in festive style at the Vatican.
To connect with God, Christians must disconnect from the "pollution of vain words and chatter" that reach them through social media and instead seek silence in the desert, Pope Francis said.
Away in a cave near Greccio, Italy, St. Francis of Assisi had the first Nativity scene -- a live one -- staged for the faithful on Christmas Eve in 1223. A 15th-century fresco now decorating the cave inspired the Nativity scene erected in St. Peter's Square for the 800th anniversary celebrations.
Fr. Dennis Mullens and Jeff Pierce stand just beneath the billboard placed along Highway 53 just north of the Spooner-Stone Lake exit in mid-November.
The parish also held an ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer service and meal on Nov. 16, which was attended by both parishioners and community members. (Submitted photos)
On Nov. 15, the Feast of St. Albert the Great, patron saint of natural science, Gold Masses were held at more than a dozen sites across the United States and Canada and, later in the month, in Washington, D.C., and Poland.