Best-selling author formed enduring bond with worldwide readership
Mary Higgins Clark, known as the "queen of suspense" to her millions of readers throughout the world, died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.
Even before PBS airing, Dorothy Day film tops Amazon documentary chart
Dorothy Day, whose life was a series of seeming contradictions, might be bemused at this one: The DVD version of a documentary about her life has, more than a month before the film reaches the PBS airwaves, made it to the top spot on the Amazon documentary sales chart.
Guadalupe feast marks start of Hispanic ministry
After much preparation and orientation, the three Mexican Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Therese nuns have started the first of their five-year mission in the Diocese of Superior.
College students head to Phoenix
College students, campus ministers and graduates from across the country met in Phoenix starting Dec. 30 for FOCUS SLS20, the biennial Student Leadership Summit hosted by the Fellowship of College University Students.
Seminarians, families gather for social
On Dec. 22, seminarians of the Diocese of Superior, their families and others met for dinner.
Indian priests visit chancery
Fr. Joseph Raj Alluri, Fr. Mariadas Vallabhaneni, and Fr. Hrudaya Raj Sunkara (not pictured) stopped by the Chancery Jan. 13 for a visit.
Bishop experiences Pope’s paternal presence, pastoral church
“How do you put it into words?” During an interview with the Catholic Herald, Bishop James P. Powers was hard-pressed to express the experience of his first “ad limina” visit to Rome.
No gift too small: Memorial lecture Feb. 4
Christine Newkirk will speak on faith and giftedness – using one’s gifts to glorify God and enrich one’s sacramental community – at the seventh annual Doris H. Murphy Memorial Lecture Tuesday, Feb. 4, at St. Bridget, River Falls.
Diocesan news briefs
News briefs featured in the Jan. 23, 2020 issue of the Superior Catholic Herald
Three kings of Dauby
For the last 25 years, Epiphany has been celebrated in a festive way at St. Peter, Dauby.