Last week, I gave a presentation at the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops Spring Meeting in Baltimore. My topic was what I identified as the second greatest crisis facing the Church today—namely, the massive attrition of our own people, especially the young.
Back in March, a Lublin man who’d recently joined a cult vandalized St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Neillsville, just across the border in the Diocese of La Crosse. He threw things around, broke statuary, desecrated the altar and generally destroyed as much as possible in a short amount of time.
In addition to summer school math and reading courses, students at Holy Rosary School, Medford, have been participating in various outdoor activities, including fishing at the Medford Mill Pond and kayak and stand up boards at Sackett Lake, with Silent Glide providing the equipment.
As Mass-goers entered St. Therese of Lisieux Church in Phillips on June 9, they were welcomed by greeters with the words, “Happy birthday, Christian.”
As the 2018-19 school year comes to a close, so will the career of Jeanne McCoy, principal of St. Bridget’s Catholic School in River Falls.
The Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women met for its 69th convention Tuesday, June 18, at Holy Rosary, Medford.
Bishop James P. Powers was the afternoon speaker for the Diocese of Superior’s Council of Catholic Women convention June 18 at Holy Rosary Parish, Medford.
Every Friday, a group of parishioners from St. Mary’s, Minong; St. Anthony’s, Gordon; and St. Pius X, Solon Springs, visit residents of Middle River Nursing Home, bringing them the Eucharist and friendship.
Jordan Neeck, O. Praem, was ordained to the priesthood by Diocese of Green Bay Bishop David Ricken on June 8 at St. Norbert’s Abbey in De Pere.
As preparations were made in 2018 for building improvements at St. Theresa of Avila Parish in Three Lakes, a time capsule was discovered. It had been placed by then-pastor Fr. Joseph Himmelsbach when the current church was built and dedicated in 1956.