Sixth graders at Holy Rosary School, Medford, were asked to write about their Christmas memories.

Ryan O’Hara from St. Paul’s Outreach, St. Paul, Minnesota, gives one of his three talks during the Diocese of Superior’s Advent Days of Reflection

Jenna Michel’s brother, Marcus, was adopted from Haiti, which is one reason she chose to visit the poorest country in the Americas on weeklong mission trips in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Fire-starting, lumberjacking, rock-climbing and orienteering: Students from St. Francis Middle School, Merrill, bulked up on their team-building and survival skills, Oct. 24-26, at an outdoor education retreat.

Fr. Gerald Hagen, pastor of parishes in Phillips, Prentice and Catawba, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination, Thursday, Nov. 3.

Holy Family, Woodruff, celebrated the burning of its mortgage at weekend Masses, Nov. 5-6.

Youth group members and staff at St. Joseph, Rice Lake, assisted in creating a Cemetery of the Innocents display in Rice Lake in early October; the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, hosted the display later that month.