On Aug. 13, Bishop James P. Powers celebrated Mass for the 10th anniversary of the dedication of Holy Family Church, Woodruff. The parish was established in 2004 by Bishop Fliss and merged three former parishes into one over a three-year period.
Jane Walkey, 2017 Pax Christi finalist from St. John’s Parish in Birchwood, was nominated against her will. “My husband was under strict instructions not to cooperate if the council ladies wanted to nominate me,” she said. “Even when he protested, they said, ‘Well, it’s not up to Jane.’”
In River Falls, an elderly Catholic who died two years ago is still deeply missed by young and old alike.
Diocesan news briefs featured in the Sept. 21, 2017 issue of the Catholic Herald.
The Diocese of Superior’s annual charismatic gathering is Sunday, Sept. 24, at Our Lady of Sorrows, Ladysmith.
With a new school year starting, the rest and relaxation of summer already seems a distant memory. But hundreds of youth across the diocese are looking to parents and parish mentors to help keep present the spiritual encounters of summer 2017.
Beginning Oct. 1, as many as 70,000 cars will pass by Options for Women in St. Croix Valley every day.
Delores Sova, a 2017 Pax Christi finalist from Holy Rosary in Medford, was honored, yet surprised, at her nomination.
Demonstrators in River Falls marched in a peace rally in August in response to the violence and rioting in Charlottesville, Virginia.
