A word on the Eucharistic Congress
A word on the Eucharistic Congress.
Polka Mass in Chetek
Despite hot and humid temperatures, the backyard of St. Boniface in Chetek was full for their Polka Mass, Dance and Picnic on July 14. Chuck Thiel and the Jolly Ramblers provided the music; volunteers worked to make it a great day, and parishioners and community members came out to support the parish.
Loneliness, isolation in Ordinary Time
Four years ago, Pope Francis inaugurated the “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.” He proposed that this day would be observed each year on the Sunday closest to the July 26 celebration of Christ’s grandparents, Ss. Joachim and Anne.
FOCUS missionaries join Catholic team supporting Olympic athletes in Paris
“You often hear stories of former Olympians who have an identity crisis when their sport is over, or when they don’t get the gold medal or do as well as they were hoping,” Koppi shared. “I think that’s where we come in and make it known to them that there is more than your sport, and try to encourage them to use their sport as a bridge for their relationship with God.”
Former Judo champion turned Catholic priest spiritually tends to athletes at Paris Olympics
Father Jason Nioka was ordained a Catholic priest one month ago, and his very first assignment is to spend his summer in Paris in charge of the Catholic contingent of Olympic chaplains — the largest group of chaplains at the Olympics — made up of 40 Catholic priests, religious, and lay faithful.
Pope warns against falling victim to hectic ‘dictatorship of doing’
In order to be compassionate and respond best to the needs of others, it is necessary to take time out to relax and not be anxious about getting things done, Pope Francis said.
Hudson parishioner named to Pontifical Academy at St. Thomas Aquinas
Gloria Frost, a philosophy professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, and a parishioner of St. Patrick, Hudson, was recently named by the Vatican Secretary of State to the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.
‘The Good Life’ and how to achieve it
I’m currently reading “The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness,” by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz. The book has been cited in many articles I’ve read, so I figured it was time to go back to the source.
Church musicians play Booster Days
The Fourth of July weekend brings the annual Hudson Booster Days Festival, and it had a decidedly Catholic twist.
Sixty from Diocese of Superior en route to National Eucharistic Congress
Sixty people – including Bishop James P. Powers, clergy, seminarians and laypeople – left the Diocese of Superior by motorcoach on Wednesday, July 17, to begin their pilgrimage to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.