After the Advent season of waiting, the contemplative scene of Christmas centers around the manger. During the novena of Christmas, one tradition in the Spanish-speaking world punctuates the final days of preparation before celebrating the Nativity of Jesus.
St. Joseph Church in Hayward held its annual celebration in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, Unborn Children and the New Evangelization on Sunday, Dec. 12, the day of the feast.
For 140 years, “God bless you” is a short and powerful prayer that has been uttered countless times at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Ashland. In a letter penned by Fr. Jerome D’Souza, parochial administrator for the Ashland cluster of parishes, the priest requests that those who have been blessed by the school consider returning that blessing.
A diocesan “Gathering for Life” will take place Saturday, Jan. 22, at St. Joseph Church in Rice Lake from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a public event and open to all ages.
Contest artwork featured on parish’s Christmas gift.
Gene Gebert was elected vice president of Catholic Financial Life, Medford Chapter 212, in 1964.
National speaker speaks of Advent as season of shaking and standing in faith
An inside look at Catholic Charities’ work with Afghan refugees in Wisconsin
This fall, the Fr. Dodge Knights of Columbus Council 7827 in Woodruff delivered more than $1,200 of coats, snow pants and mittens to three area grade schools.
Community is the center of Sally Christiansen’s life. It’s the focus of her efforts, a rich source of spiritual inspiration and, perhaps most importantly, in an area with significant poverty, a call to action.
