Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross (from left to right) Sr. Kathy Lange, Sr. John Marie Simien, Sr. Linda Songy, Sr. Dolores Hrdina, Sr. Pam Hodgson, Sr. Peggy Jackelen, Sr. Mary Anne Rose, Sr. Celine Goessl and Sr. Dorothy Niemann attended a Feb. 26 banquet in honor of the sisters’ contributions to the Merrill community.
Recently the Superior Fire Department, using their new lift and fire engine, completed training at St. Francis Parish in Superior.
The Mardi Gras celebration at St. Florian’s in Ino resumed this year after a two-year hiatus. Parishioners gather to burn last year’s palms for Ash Wednesday ashes and eat tacos together in the social hall. (Submitted photo)
This Lent will be a little different from previous ones for me. Personal responsibilities will make it difficult to make “big plans,” such as setting aside significant times of fasting, major volunteer activities or going on retreat.
“The Holy Spirit is moving in our diocese.” This assertion came from the assistant director of the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship, Loree Nauertz, at the conclusion of the 2022 women’s retreat.
Pro-life is pro-life. But where life, and God, lead us can make it a journey to come to that full understanding.
In February, Lyn Baumgartner and Bob King presented banners of appreciation to the healthcare workers at Howard Young Medical Center (Woodruff) and Marshfield Medical Center (Minocqua) on behalf of Holy Family Parish, Woodruff.
Superior’s Cathedral School fifth-graders, with the help of Halvor Lines and Cooper School, embarked on a service-learning project to help aid those who lost everything from the recent tornado in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, and surrounding areas.
“The Black and Indian Missions collection has been very helpful to us,” Sr. Felissa Zander, SSSF exclaimed, “For so many, many years!”
The American Birkebeiner, North America’s largest cross-country ski race, brings more than 40,000 people to Northwest Wisconsin for the annual event.
