On Sept. 30, the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding School Survivors, Sr. Roselyn Heil, F.S.P.A., pastoral associate at St. Mary, Odanah, gathered with community members at St. Mary’s, where there was once a boarding school and orphanage administered by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
Most Precious Blood Parish in conjunction with St. Anne Sodality and St. Rita’s Court held a three-day lunch stand during the Glidden Community Fair over Labor Day weekend.
St. Mary School, New Richmond, held a pet blessing celebration in honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, which was Saturday, Oct. 4.
Sr. Marena Hoogland of the Diocese of Superior made her Perpetual Monastic Profession as a Benedictine of Annunciation Monastery on Friday, July 11, at Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel, University of Mary in Bismark, North Dakota.
Fr. Ron Serrao, pastor, and Fr. Rajanna Birusu, associate pastor, of the Northern Lakes Catholic Communities, blessed the pets from all parishes in honor of St. Francis of Assisi on Oct. 4 at St. Peter the Fisherman, Eagle River.
Holiness flourishes in those who serve the weakest, and Christians should defend the truths of the faith, no matter the cost, Pope Leo XIV said, highlighting key traits of the new saints he proclaimed.
Nine Purple Heart recipients were welcomed to Eagle River as participants in the Wounded Warrior in Action program.
On Sept. 21, hundreds of parishioners and friends from St. Peter in Cameron, St. Boniface in Chetek, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strickland and St. Joseph in Barron came together as one for a cluster Mass and picnic to celebrate their Catholic faith and family.
Parishioners of St. Mary of Czestochowa at Hawkins hosted their annual Polish dinner on Sept. 21.
This September, a milestone was reached at St. John the Baptist Academy in Bwambo Village, Tanzania, a school built by Partners 4 Hope Tanzania. The 501c3 organization is run by Mark and Molly Druffner, parishioners at the Church of St. Michael, Stillwater.
