In celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Family Parish in Woodruff took the Blessed Sacrament and led a Corpus Christi procession into the streets of downtown Woodruff.

While I was aware of the return of the permanent diaconate that came out of the Second Vatican Council, I didn’t give it much thought until Fr. Kowalski from Poland came to St. Peter’s in Eagle River to help out in the early 1970s. I was a lector and a catechist at the time.

The Diocese of Superior released Bishop James P. Power’s Pastoral Letter on Evangelization on the Feast of Pentecost, a commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ disciples that is rooted in a Jewish festival celebrating the first fruits of the wheat harvest.

Workshops teach Catholics to share faith

Fr. Louis Maram Reddy is accompanied as he processes with the Blessed Sacrament during a Corpus Christi procession with parishioners of St. Mary’s Church in Tomahawk.

Mackenzie Hollman, summer intern for the diocese, takes a selfie with fellow intern and seminarian Scott Pederson, far left in hat, and the diocese’s 12 Totus Tuus missionaries during a hiking outing.

A kindergarten graduate at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Ashland celebrates his transition to first grade. For more photos of the end of the school year, see page 12. (Submitted photo)

Corpus Christi processions took place across the Diocese of Superior on Sunday, June 11, the Feast of Corpus Christi, at Bishop James P. Powers’ request. Here, worshippers at Nativity of Our Lord, Rhinelander, are led by pastor Fr. Christopher Kemp.

Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, June 2, to begin phase 1 of the Cathedral Centennial Campaign.

Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Therese Sr. Gabby, who is currently serving in the Diocese of Superior, visited Rome and met with Pope Francis this spring.