The 150th anniversary for Ashland’s Our Lady of the Lake Parish was many months in the making, but the history and heritage behind this sesquicentennial celebration is comprised of generations of Catholic laity and missionary religious.
A Catholic ministry from the Diocese of Superior is in the Wisconsin Supreme Court this week to explain that its care for the poor, elderly and disabled is part of its religious mission.
On Sunday, Aug. 13, the 2023 Jesus Fest was held at a private lakeside property near Butternut. The event, sponsored by St. Anthony Church’s charismatic prayer group, was dedicated to the Assumption of the Mother of God.
The Diocese of Superior’s second annual Homeschool Conference will take place at St. Joseph Church in Rice Lake on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event is designed for anyone who is homeschooling or considering it as a time to lift each other up, pray, learn and dive into the goodness of homeschooling.
St. Joseph’s Parish in Amery is hosting a workshop on human trafficking and sexual exploitation on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 6:30 p.m. The event is being offered free and to the general public as a community awareness night.
Two Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and biological sisters are celebrating their religious jubilees and vows to religious life. Sr. Carolyn Heil is celebrating her golden jubilee of 50 years, and Sr. Roselyn Heil is a silver jubilarian of 25 years.
From Aug. 20-22, the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship hosted its annual Parish Catechetical Leadership Conference at St. Joseph Church in Rice Lake.
Bob Allen Kroll’s book “Confronting and Healing the Greatest Wound of All” was released this summer, but he said it was in the making his entire life.
On Wednesday, July 12, Sr. Felissa Zander, SSSF and children from St. Francis Solanus parish in Reserve came to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Danbury to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be declared a saint.
Along with the Northern Lakes Catholic Cluster Outreach Committee, parish members from St. Albert of Land O’ Lakes; St. Mary of Phelps; St. Peter of Eagle River; St. Kunegunda of Sugar Camp; and St. Theresa of Three Lakes collected school supplies for local schools and for the SOL Foundation in Roatan, an island in Honduras.
