Glad tidings of comfort and joy
An inside look at Catholic Charities’ work with Afghan refugees in Wisconsin
An inside look at Catholic Charities’ work with Afghan refugees in Wisconsin
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! With fresh-cut trees, spiced drinks and gingerbread cookies, it’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, too.
This fall, the Fr. Dodge Knights of Columbus Council 7827 in Woodruff delivered more than $1,200 of coats, snow pants and mittens to three area grade schools.
Community is the center of Sally Christiansen’s life. It’s the focus of her efforts, a rich source of spiritual inspiration and, perhaps most importantly, in an area with significant poverty, a call to action.
“Peace and anxiety are both contagious,” declared Patrice Taft at the conclusion of the pre-Advent mindfulness retreat hosted by the CCW’s Southwest Deanery on Nov. 13 at St. Anne Catholic School in Somerset.
Religious education students pose with 294 Boxes of Joy that are ready to ship to children in need. Boxes were filled and collected from Holy Rosary, Medford; Good Shepherd, Rib Lake; and St. Mary’s, Colby, in the Diocese of La Crosse. (Submitted photo)
Looking for a Christmas gift idea? Loree Nauertz, associate director for Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship, suggests an adult retreat experience as “an excellent gift idea.”
More than 50 teenagers and adults took part in the first of two discipleship weekends organized by the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship for high school students.
On Oct. 31, 10 students received the sacrament of Confirmation at St. Kunegunda Parish in Sugar Camp.
In September 1971, Ann Stock spoke to the congregation of her plan to start a folk choir with her husband, Bill. Barb Hoag, a 17-year-old junior in high school, decided to go to the initial practice. Now 50 years later, she is still playing her guitar at Sunday Mass.