The Holy Cross Sisters and Associates recently presented a check for $1,000 to help the Habitat Home homeless shelter in Merrill.

Traditions and celebrations often go hand in hand, and Holy Week in the Catholic Church is no exception.

“Everything that we do as we gather today, we do to celebrate who we are as that one Body of Christ; to celebrate who we are as members of the Diocese of Superior,” Bishop James P. Powers summarized in his homily for the March 20 Chrism Mass.

Our Lady of the Lake, Ashland, welcomed the Blue Hills Chorale to perform in concert March 17.

Speaker Doug Barry started his “Battle Ready” presentation March 1 at St. Joseph, Rice Lake, quoting Pope Benedict: “The real problem at this moment of our history is that God is disappearing from the human horizon, and, with the dimming of the light which comes from God, humanity is losing its bearings, with increasingly evident destructive effects.”

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Lac du Flambeau, held its second annual Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner Sunday, March 11, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

Holy Family Catholic Church, Woodruff, along with pastor Fr. Aaron Devett, will welcome the award-winning North Star Boys Choir of Minneapolis for a performance Palm Sunday, March 25.

Mary Hebda has been working with the Couple to Couple League, promoting Natural Family Planning methods and educating couples about related topics, for more than 30 years.