Knights for Dads Rally emphasizes ‘man fully alive’
The purpose of a rally, usually, is to fire up a crowd before a big sports game. The Knights for Dads Rally at St. Bridget Church in River Falls opened on Feb. 22 with a different “rally cry.”
Assessing the baggage of Ordinary Time
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to drive me to an airport, meet me at a train station or share the trunk of a car with me on a road trip can tell you one thing: I do not travel lightly.
Fr. Madanu celebrates 20 years
Fr. Lourduraju Madanu, parochial administrator of the clustered parishes in Phillips, Prentice and Catawba, celebrated 20 years of priesthood the weekend of Feb. 15-16.
St. Joseph students surpass CSW fundraising goal
During Catholic Schools Week, the eighth-grade class at St. Joseph School, Rice Lake, set a goal to collect $5,000 and 1,000 items for the ministries at Heart Island, a local shelter.
Diocese moves into new phase with launch of pastoral plan
Diocese of Superior Bishop James P. Powers, clergy from parishes across the diocese and Chancery officials gathered Tuesday, Feb. 18, at St. Peter, Cameron, for the introduction of the new Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan.
Amery, Balsam Lake host ‘On the Road to Emmaus’
Francesca LaRosa returns to diocese in March
Parish community offers prayers, support to local family
St. Albert the Great Catholic Church, Land O’ Lakes, is hosting its 2025 St. Albert Fish Fry dinner to benefit a local high school senior and his family.
Isolation and loneliness in Ordinary Time
Anyone who reads the daily newspaper finds within its pages a glimpse into the sorrow and despair that is – and always has been – a part of human life.
Adult retreats continue growing, bearing fruit
Three retreat weekends for adults were hosted by the Diocese of Superior this winter, organized by the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship’s associate director, Loree Nauertz.
A life spent living, sharing the faith
A lifelong catechist and youth minister serving the parishes of St. John in Webster, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Danbury and Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Crescent Lake, Gwendolyn Nies was honored as the 2024 Pax Christi Award winner at the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s annual convention in Cumberland last summer.