Hospital celebrates anniversary
Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital, Rhinelander, welcomed Bishop James P. Powers of the Diocese of Superior to celebrate the hospital’s 125th anniversary Thursday, June 21.
Prentice woman’s Red Cross work celebrated
Pat Heikkinen, lifelong member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Prentice, died April 18. She served as community blood drive coordinator for Prentice.
Sexuality teaching a ‘message of freedom’
In May, seventh- and eighth-grade students of Our Lady of the Lake School in Ashland completed their Theology of the Body class.
Sister teachers, sixth-graders team up for magazine
Sixth-grade students at Cathedral School, Superior, collaborated with South Shore sixth-graders in Port Wing on a creative writing project. Instead of designing a school newspaper, the group collaborated on a magazine on topics related to Lake Superior.
A fond farewell
Fr. Adam Laski, who will begin graduate studies in Canon Law at St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada, bid farewell to parishioners and friends Saturday, June 16, after the 4 p.m. Mass at St. Anthony, Superior.
Odanah church blessed
On Saturday, June 30, Bishop James P. Power gathered the congregation of St. Mary’s in Odanah outside in front of the church.
Sisterly pitch
Sr. Dominica Effertz, OSM, throws out the first pitch at the opening softball game May 31 for the church league for churches in Spooner and Shell Lake.
River Falls rallies for families
More than 130 people, including many from St. Bridget, River Falls, rallied in support of keeping immigrant families together June 25 in River Falls.
Diocesan news briefs for July 12, 2018
Diocesan news briefs in the July 12, 2018 issue of the Superior Catholic Herald.
Students support veterans
Students from St. Mary’s School, Tomahawk, collected money throughout the school year to sponsor a Never Forgotten Honor Flight for an area veteran.