Building and maintaining a strong Catholic identity in the diocese’s 14 Catholic schools will be the focus of the Diocese of Superior’s first in-person Fall Conference in three years.

Cumberland native serves as administrative assistant

Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, with its cultural roots going back 3,000 years to Mexico’s indigenous peoples, is a celebration that can be a bridge toward greater understanding of death as part of the cycle of life and the spiritual richness of the church’s celebrations of All Saints and All Souls Day.

Since Oct. 3, 1226, each year Franciscans from all over the world celebrate the Transitus – the “transition” of St. Francis of Assisi from earthly life to life in heaven with God.

Parishioners of St. Anthony Abbot, Cumberland, broke ground for a new church building on Sept. 9.

“Once upon a time, there was a little boy named James Ronaldo Meyer. His mommy and daddy loved him so much that they traveled far, far away to another country to bring him home. He is their gift from God and his life will bring God glory.”  

The Rusk County Catholic Community recently hosted international visitors who stayed at Our Lady of Sorrows rectory and concelebrated Mass with the cluster’s parochial administrator, Fr. Papi Reddy Yeruva.

The Rusk County Catholic Community Hispanic Outreach held a Sunday Service at St. Mary’s Church in Bruce on Sept. 18.

Networking, supporting and encouraging homeschooling parents was the objective of the Diocese of Superior’s inaugural homeschooling conference held Saturday, Sept. 17, at St. Joseph, Rice Lake.