On Jan. 1, the Called North Facebook page for the Diocese of Superior’s Office of Vocations issued a “Rosaries for Vocations” challenge with the goal of 1,200 rosaries prayed for vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and religious life. Only four months later, the goal was reached.

“Grant us wisdom, O God, to preserve this place and keep alive the legacy of St. Kunegunda Church: a home for our spiritual family, a haven for guests and seekers, a hope for a wounded world, a place to belong, whoever we are. Grant us the will to care for the gifts you have so freely bestowed.”

Twenty-two people from Price County Respect Life and the parish community of St. Therese of Lisieux, Phillips, gathered on Sept. 18 for the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.

At Holy Rosary, Medford, sixth-grade students search the pond at the Medford School Forest for larva and nymphs and also test the water for pH level, phosphates, nitrates, temperature and clarity.

Students at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School, Ashland, watched a demonstration by the Bad River Youth Organization highlighting the harvest of manoomin (wild rice) on Sept. 21.

For the past 28 years, St. Joseph Catholic School in Rice Lake has taken a peer participation approach to reading.

Bishop James P. Powers blesses the new parish [...]

Fr. Adam Laski preached a retreat for parish and school staff members working in St. Croix County.

Faith Formation students of the Ashland cluster’s country parishes from Moquah and Ino celebrate the beginning of new year of religious education at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Moquah.

The eighth annual Doris H. Murphy Memorial Lecture will be Monday, Oct. 4, at St. Bridget Catholic Church, River Falls.