Every priest’s vocation story is personal and unrepeatable. For Fr. Francis Adoboli, the Diocese of Superior’s first international priest from Africa (Diocese of Accra, Ghana), the priesthood was love at first sight – although it took many years and mysterious moments for the call to fully reveal itself.
On Monday, Oct. 18 – feast of St. Luke the Evangelist - Bishop James P. Powers celebrated Mass at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Ashland to mark the opening of the Diocese of Superior’s preparation for the 2023 Synod of Bishops on synodality called for by Pope Francis.
“The need of the times is the will of God.” So reads the motto of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, words that have guided them through many decades of prayer, service and sacrifice in the Diocese of Superior.
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.
Blessings are like falling leaves when you pray the rosary.
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.
Holy Rosary School and parish, Medford, held a celebration Oct. 7 in honor of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
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.
