Birthday celebration
In honor of Fr. Jim Tobolski’s 68th birthday, St. Francis Xavier, Superior, hosted an ice cream social Saturday, Aug. 15, following the 4 p.m. Mass.
Fall festivities in Rib Lake
Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Rib Lake, hosted its Fall Festival on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Parish picnic
The parishes of the Spooner cluster gathered for a picnic on Sunday, Aug. 30.
Cultivating future ‘Saints with Smartphones’
In early May, Chris Hurtubise hosted author and research fellow Clare Morell at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
St. Andrew Dinner invites discerners to be “Called North”
The Diocese of Superior’s Vocations Office hosted a St. Andrew Dinner for young men exploring or discerning a priestly vocation on Aug. 12.
Pork dinner in Lake Nebagamon
St. Anthony Catholic Church, Lake Nebagamon, hosted a pork dinner on Sunday, Aug. 16.
St. Juliana Community of Secular Servites make 500 mission rosaries
The Secular Servites of Ladysmith completed 500 Mission Rosaries to be among more than 75,000 rosaries to be distributed Sept. 24 at the beatification ceremony of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis.
Summer send-off in Dobie
Almost 20 young adults from around the Diocese of Superior traveled to Our Lady of Lourdes in Dobie for the annual Summer Send-off Retreat Aug. 7-8.
Golf outing funds faith formation
The Northern Lakes Catholic communities – St. Albert in Land O’ Lakes, St. Mary in Phelps, St. Kunegunda in Sugar Camp, St. Peter in Eagle River and St. Theresa in Three Lakes – held their annual Golfing ‘Fore!’ Our Youth event at Eagle River Golf Course on Aug. 3.
Carmelite sisters building a monastery to ‘last a thousand years’ in Pennsylvania
A community of Discalced Carmelite sisters is using centuries-old methods to build a monastery in hopes that it will serve as “a beacon of light” for generations to come in Fairfield, Pennsylvania.