This is first in a four-article series explaining the Diocese of Superior’s Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan.

“White smoke” was all my friend’s text said. That was, of course, all I needed to hear to know the quiet afternoon I had planned in my office at Catholic University would no longer be so quiet.

St. George Chapel in Clam Lake was honored to celebrate with Rev. Sunder Reddy Vadireddy the 25th anniversary of his ordination on Saturday, May 31.

The VFW Auxiliary Post 5729 in Medford hosted an art contest with the theme of “Illustrating America” in March.

At the conclusion of the school year at St. Anne Catholic School in Somerset, staff and students’ commitment to academic excellence has been evident not only in the classroom but also in students’ performance on assessments.

A former student of St. Bridget Catholic School, River Falls, has been arrested for smashing windows at the school and a series of downtown businesses in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29.

The five parishes of the Northern Lakes Catholic Communities came together Sunday, May 11, at St. Peter the Fisherman, Eagle River, to celebrate the 25th jubilee of Fr. Raja Birusu’s priestly ordination.

Fr. Joseph Pasala, parochial administrator of the Northwoods Catholic Churches, including St. Anne, Boulder Junction; St. Rita, Presque Isle; and St. Mary, Sayner; celebrates a Memorial Day Mass May 26 at the Boulder Junction cemetery.

Each spring in Cameron, faith, fitness, and philanthropy come together at the Haley’s Comet Run events.

Loaded up for Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training near Bridgeport, California, Fr. Samuel Schneider is ready to move with his unit, some of who were learning to ski.