In the spirit of relationship and healing, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are transferring the Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the original caretakers of the land.
On Oct. 11, Fr. Papi Reddy Yeruva and members from the parish cluster of St. Francis de Sales in Spooner, St. Joseph in Shell Lake and St. Catherine of Alexandria in Sarona came together to pray the rosary as a group to honor Mary and celebrate the Month of the Rosary.
On Oct. 15, the Servite Sisters, joined by family and friends, gathered at Riverside Cemetery in Ladysmith for a dedication of the order’s new cemetery site.
As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?
Christ crucified and risen has tamed and transfigured death with his love, Pope Leo XIV said.
The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome.
At a time when so many people and the planet are suffering, the world's religions need to come together to promote truth, compassion, reconciliation, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV said.
On Oct. 12 Bishop James P. Powers confirmed 22 student at St Francis de Sales in Spooner.
Elly Bjork, a native of River Falls who served as a missionary with NET and Totus Tuus, has entered a nine-month period of discernment with the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
“Money is that underlying thing that affects all the other subjects,” presenter Danielle Thienel said to introduce the Faith-Focused Finances retreat she led at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, on Sept. 6.
