When Mary Joan Sutton, parishioner at St. Bridget’s in River Falls, was nominated as a Pax Christi Award finalist in 2018, her reaction was one of surprise.

News briefs featured in the Oct. 3, 2019 issue of the Superior Catholic Herald.

The Rite of Promise of the St. Juliana Community of the Secular Servites took place in the Servants of Mary Sisters’ Residence Chapel in Ladysmith, Wednesday, Sept. 18. 

Joey Jurries, parishioner at Holy Family Catholic Church in Woodruff, shows off his silver medal won in the 4x200 Freestyle relay in Sardinia, Italy.

Isaiah Schick, Diocese of Superior seminarian, Minnesota native and Franciscan University of Steubenville alumni, spent much of his summer serving as an intern with the Office of Catholic Formation.

Sara Hunt, a parishioner at Immaculate Conception in Grantsburg, was nominated for the Pax Christi award by her parish’s Council of Catholic Women.

Three young adults from the Diocese of Superior will serve as missionaries with NET Ministries for the 2019-20 school year.

When Fr. Chris Kemp, pastor St. Francis Xavier in Merrill and St. John the Baptist in Bloomville, tasked Dcn. Jim Arndt with the mission of how to engage people more in the life of the parish, an often-asked question surfaced in the deacon’s mind.

It’s been nearly 20 years since the Diocese of Superior’s last strategic planning effort. To ensure the vitality of the local Church in decades to come, diocesan officials are working on a new planning initiative that will map out the next 10 to 20 years.