Fall conference 2018
Sr. Felissa Zander, principal of St. Francis Solanus Catholic School, Reserve, and Fr. Samuel Schneider, associate pastor of St. Joseph, Rice Lake, and its cluster parishes, stop to chat during lunch at the 2018 Fall Conference
Updates: vocations from the Diocese of Superior
The vocational journey continues for a Clear Lake woman and a Phillips man, both of whom will be taking final vows in their respective orders in the future.
Servite gives and receives God’s gifts in India
When Servite Sr. Dominica Effertz was invited to visit India by the family of Fr. Madanu Bala Showry, she thought it would never happen. Effertz is a retired teacher of St. Francis de Sales School in Spooner but continues to live and serve the parish communities in Spooner, Sarona and Shell Lake.
‘Faith, family, friends and farm’
A wife, mother and farmer, Rose Haase was nominated last spring for the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s 2018 Pax Christi Award.
Catawba woman becomes novice
The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, North Dakota, welcomed Marena Hoogland, of Catawba, into the novitiate Oct. 14.
What God gives, it will be
A priest who served the Lord in the diocese and in Dachau
News briefs for Nov. 1, 2018
News briefs featured in the Nov. 1, 2018 issue of the Superior Catholic Herald.
A light in the darkness
Catholics often come together to celebrate the Mass in great joy, but sometimes they gather in sorrow and solidarity.
Down syndrome swimmer dreams small, wins big
When Jack and Judy Jurries’ second son was born, they were not prepared for the news that he had Down syndrome. The Arbor Vitae couple’s Catholic faith has shaped their “God’s bigger plan” perspective, as summarized by Judy: “Joey is special, but no more special than the rest.”
Woodruff Knights launch ultrasound campaign
The Father Dodge Council of the Knights of Columbus, Woodruff, kicked off its ultrasound project for New Dawn Pregnancy Resource Center recently, in conjunction with Respect Life Month.