With the start of UW-Superior’s 2017-18 academic year, a 55-year history was coming to an end. On-campus Catholic ministry was changing.

The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, a secular entity, is hosting an art exhibit by three Twin Cities women from three faith traditions: Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

Diocesan news briefs featured in the Nov. 2, 2017 issue of the Catholic Herald.

Encountering God in the Mass was the theme of the Wednesday, Oct. 11, diocesan youth rally held at Immaculate Conception, New Richmond.

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, at St. Mary’s Church, Minong, the parish held a pet blessing, for the Feast Day of St. Francis.

Barbara Gagliardi started her two-year term as president of the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women with a desire to unite the women across Northwest Wisconsin in prayer for priests.

The Wisdom Family foundation partnered with St. Francis de Sales School in Spooner on a project that brought to life the Wisdoms’ idea of a community garden benefitting a local cause.

This is the first of a two-part interview with Chris Hurtubise, associate director of Catholic Formation for the Diocese of Superior. The second half of the interview will run in the following issue.

Although most Catholics know church teachings differ from current American cultural norms — gender fluidity and the normalization of pornography, unbridled sexuality and dependence on artificial contraception — they may not always know why.