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.
Catholic schools form students for life of discipleship
Throughout sacred Scripture, God uses many images to describe the sort of relationship he seeks with his people: A spouse, a father, a potter, vine-grower. One of the most common is that of the Good Shepherd of Israel.
Empathy and depression: Finding my way
The road to negotiate depression and its impact on my life and religious views has been a lifelong one. What follows is a description of my decades-long and continuing evolution, unfolding more each day, as a Christian.
Discovering the ‘sense of sabbath’ during the Jubilee
In light of the 2025 Jubilee Year in the global Catholic Church, Diocese of Superior’s Director of Ecclesial Ministries and Diocesan Consultation Christine Newkirk led one of the three professional development days on the topic.