When Jayne Stewart was a young teenager, she had two experiences that marked her for life. While both were negative, she has used them for good not only for herself but countless others throughout her 16 years working with the St. Vincent de Paul Conference in Rice Lake.
“What is Advent?” Jodie Cosgrove asked her Catechesis of the Good Shepherd students once they’d settled in a circle in the atrium in the lower level of St. Pius X Church in Solon Springs. The elementary-age children of the clustered parishes of Solon Springs and Minong gather Sunday mornings after Mass, recreation time and snacks.
The eighth grade religious education class of St. Therese of Lisieux in Phillips wraps Christmas gifts for 14 area needy children.
Have you ever wondered why Mass feels so different from a Packers game? I have never been to Lambeau, but I’m confident that all of the Packers faithful there are enthusiastic and passionate as they cheer for their beloved team.
The Northwoods New Life Resource Center, a pregnancy care center in Hayward, received a $5,000 donation from the Knights of Columbus Council 6587.
Amy LaFontaine and Judy Becker stand in the St. Ann Catholic Church parking lot in Cornucopia with 224 pounds of food for the South Shore Food Pantry.
Fr. Dennis Mullens and Jeff Pierce stand just beneath the billboard placed along Highway 53 just north of the Spooner-Stone Lake exit in mid-November.
The parish also held an ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer service and meal on Nov. 16, which was attended by both parishioners and community members. (Submitted photos)
On Nov. 15, the Feast of St. Albert the Great, patron saint of natural science, Gold Masses were held at more than a dozen sites across the United States and Canada and, later in the month, in Washington, D.C., and Poland.
Parish volunteers Fred Zarembka, left, and Mark Rolling, right, work to install new kneelers at St. Rita Church, Presque Isle.
