On Sunday, Oct. 17, the parishioners of St. Anthony the Abbot, Cumberland, gathered to bid farewell to their spiritual home for the past 99 years.

St. Patrick’s School in Hudson brought back their annual Faith and Wellness Walk for students this year.

Fr. John Drummy smiles as he receives a papal blessing in commemoration of his 50th anniversary of priestly ordination.

The recently cleaned corpus of the crucifix at St. Boniface Church cemetery in Chetek is part of a life project of Peter Wise, a parish member and Boy Scout.

Drawing on traditions surrounding the centuries-old celebration of Michaelmas – the Sept. 29 feast day of the archangels, St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael – children in Rice Lake gathered for outdoor activities.

Many schools have pet blessings in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi in early October.

The clustered parishes of St. Peter in Cameron, St. Boniface in Chetek, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strickland and St. Joseph in Barron have participated in shoebox gift packing for 11 years, sending more than 10,000 boxes, along with messages of God’s love, to children in need.

On Oct. 2, Fr. Patrick McConnell blessed the new St. Francis of Assisi statue in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery in Whittlesey.