“God has given me so much by giving him a simple ‘yes.’ I’m overwhelmed,” Dcn. Pat Gierl said. The deacon, who serves the parish of Sacred Heart in Stetsonville, and his wife, Jeanette, offered their story in light of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, which took place July 25-31.
A blessing of the new church and shrine sign structure on the grounds of St. Peter Church, Dauby, took place following Mass on Sunday, July 18.
Br. Nathan Linton, native of Cumberland and son of [...]
Fr. Ron Serrao, pictured with parishioners from St. Peter the Fisherman in Eagle River, serves dinner at a free community picnic on Tuesday, July 20.
After attending or leading Extreme Faith Camp for almost an entire decade – including running virtual sessions under 2020’s COVID-19 lockdown – Chris Hurtubise said, “This year was absolutely my favorite year yet.”
At the Diocese of Superior’s annual Mass commemorating milestone wedding anniversaries, which took place July 24 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, Bishop James P. Powers celebrated more than the married couples present.
The Knights of Columbus Council 832 sponsored a Rosary for Vocations prior to the Mass for Vocations held at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Moquah on Sunday, June 27. All children attending the Mass received a gift card to Dairy Queen or Little Caesars.
Young people today experience various pressures and expectations that can make them anxious. In a recent essay, Professor Timothy P. O’Malley, of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life, crisply describes some of the over-the-top pressures that graduating college students are likely to encounter in commencement addresses.
God’s intervention in our lives is a grace. Franciscan mysticism teaches that such encounters – which cannot be anticipated or made to happen – occur in ordinary lives and in ordinary times.
The Jeremiah and Heidi Giebel family, members of St. Patrick’s in Hudson, were honored with the Knights of Columbus’ Diocese of Superior Family of the Year Award for 2021.
