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CrossWoods Adventure Camp: Past challenges, future goals
This year marks the 30th anniversary of CrossWoods Camp, which was started in 1995 by Arthur Hancock.
Community Fair fundraiser
Most Precious Blood Parish, Glidden, held a three-day parish lunch stand during the Community Fair.
Marian shrine pilgrimage
Members of the Northern Lakes Catholic Communities, led by Fr. Ron Serrao, pastor, and Fr. Rajanna Burusu, associate pastor, shared a journey of faith, prayer and fellowship at Our Lady of Champion Shrine in the Diocese of Green Bay on Aug. 25.
Family saves, grows CrossWoods Adventure Camp
In the fall of 2018, when Cheryl Kaufer, of Ellsworth, approached her husband Steve about the potential closure of CrossWoods Camp in Mason, she had the motivated support of the couple’s four daughters.
Parish celebrates the Assumption with 24-hour Rosary
The parish of Immaculate Conception, Grantsburg, celebrated the Feast of the Assumption with a 24-hour Rosary. The kickoff began at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, and concluded at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 just prior to the feast day Mass.
Parish Catechetical Leaders prepare for year with prayer, training
The Parish Catechetical Leader Conference is an annual event in late August organized by the Diocese of Superior’s Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship.
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Growing enrollment brings blessings, challenges
It is a true blessing that we again get to open the doors of our 14 Catholic elementary schools. It’s with great awe and wonder that we profess the love of Christ to the more than 1,900 children attending.
Moving toward a more public faith
Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to spend six weeks studying at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland.
St. Irenaeus and the God who doesn’t need us
Several years ago, I participated in the annual meeting of the Academy of Catholic Theology, a group of about 50 theologians dedicated to thinking according to the mind of the church.
The power of witness
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of covering a story with ties closer to home. Every year we try to include something about the summer youth events – Extreme Faith Camp and Totus Tuus – that take place in the diocese.
The therapy of a public life
More than 50 years ago, Philip Rieff wrote a book entitled “The Triumph of the Therapeutic.” In it, he argued that widespread reliance upon private therapy today arose in the secularized world largely because community has broken down.
What St. Benedict teaches us about fatherhood
We call St. Benedict of Nursia the father of monks, and his teaching on spiritual fatherhood drew me, in part, to become a Benedictine oblate.
