At the Diocese of Superior’s 2024 Women’s Retreat, the presenter was Angela Schnieders, a former FOCUS missionary of 15 years and who serves a board chairman of FIERCE Athlete and also works with The Woman School founded by January Donovan. A college athlete herself, Schnieders has also studied with the Augustine Institute.

Holy Rosary School, Medford, fifth- and sixth-graders hosted a bake sale for Stepping Stones, an organization serving victims of domestic violence, in February.

An effort initiated by the Christian filtering service Covenant Eyes, Safe Haven Sunday was launched across the Diocese of Superior on the second Sunday of Lent to draw attention to media usage.

While 2024 is not the first year the Diocese of Superior has hosted overnight retreats for both men and women, these retreats held a special historical significance as the first events at the new Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego.

Bishop James P. Powers welcomed students to one of the four Bishop’s Masses held annually during Catholic Schools Week. On Friday, Feb. 2, a Mass was offered at St. Francis de Sales in Spooner with Catholic school students from Rice Lake, Ladysmith and Reserve also attending.

Fr. Adam Laski shaved his head and beard after students at St. Joseph, Rice Lake, raised more than $6,100 for Fr. Dennis Mullen’s Adoption Initiative.

On Jan. 27, 10 elementary and middle school robot teams from the St. Joseph School, Rice Lake, robotics club, Spartan Robotics, competed at an elementary/middle school combined VEX IQ tournament hosted by Whitehall Middle School.

What a joy it was to travel with our teens to D.C. for the March this year. We had not taken a group since 2020. With the Dobbs Supreme Court Decision allowing states the freedom to legislate for life, finding local ways to advocate for life is more important than ever.

Having parents visit occasionally for lunch is a treat [...]