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Thanksgiving greetings from Bishop James P. Powers
The 2025 Thanksgiving message from Bishop James P. Powers, of the Diocese of Superior
Encouragement in Ordinary Time
Pope Leo XIV recently released the first extensive document of his papacy, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation on love for the poor.
Give thanks for God’s presence
As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?
A portrait in Ordinary Time
Years ago, I was in an art gallery in Amsterdam. Dutch masterpieces generally have more secular themes than the sacred art more abundant in southern Europe.
Known by name in Ordinary Time
The start of every new semester is packed with activities that always manage to take me by surprise, even though they happen every term. These are the days to fine-tune my syllabus, adjust to a new class schedule, study new editions of my textbooks and start dressing up again.
Swing dance revival in the Diocese of Superior
As the summer neared its end, 30 young adults gathered in the parking lot across from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Dobie for an evening of dancing and fellowship.
Life: Our sign of hope
Each year in October, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops prepares a new theme to celebrate a culture of life. This year, the Jubilee Year of Hope, the theme is Life: Our Sign of Hope.
A ‘fruitful heritage’ in Ordinary Time
As September dawned, eyes turned to Rome with joy to celebrate the canonizations of two young men – Ss. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. In a particular way, many hoped that the holy lives of these two new saints would have a special appeal to young people who would see in them examples of lives well and faithfully lived.
What makes a good marriage?
No amount of preaching shapes a soul as much as seeing someone living an honest life. If that’s true, and it is, then no marriage course is ever as powerful to teach about marriage as is the witness of a good marriage.