Organ donation had always attracted Karen Hill. From the first, her driver’s license has been stamped with a heart symbol for organ donor.

Young adults from the Diocese of Superior, including parishes in Superior, Cumberland, Medford, Rhinelander, Hayward and Hudson, traveled to Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 1-5 for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ annual SEEK conference.

“Vatican Unveiled” curator and priest of the Diocese of Duluth Fr. Richard Kunst shows an artifact to Archbishop Bernard Hebda at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in January.

Fr. Tom Thompson and Dcn. Steve Welter gave George and Harriet Sollman a special blessing on Dec. 31 honoring their 78th wedding anniversary.

St. Theresa of Avila, Three Lakes, hosted a free community Christmas meal, bringing together parishioners and members of the wider community.

The Kinderstars at Holy Rosary School, Medford, had their classroom Christmas party after the break. In lieu of a classmate gift exchange, they collected birthday and household supplies to be donated to Stepping Stones, Inc., a local nonprofit.

Bob Lecheler, right, parish director of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Ladysmith, stands with Chris (Allen) Stucke, left, artist. Stucke restored the statue from the grotto at the former residence of the Servite Sisters in Ladysmith.

Mike Sweeney, Major League Baseball All-Star and a disciple of Jesus Christ, will keynote the Men’s Rally on Saturday, Feb. 28, at St. Bridget Catholic Church in River Falls.

When the United States debut performance of “Luminescence” ends its run at Minneapolis’ Basilica of St. Mary on Feb. 14, more than 100,000 guests will have visited the church.

On Sept. 14, a native of the Diocese of Superior made her final vows as a Dominican sister of the Congregation of St. Rose of Lima in Hawthorne, New York.