As Bishop James P. Powers began his homily on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Diocese of Superior’s 61st Annual Fall Conference, he noted the energy and excitement of those gathered.

On Dec. 8, 2016, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the Holy See’s Congregation for the Clergy released a new document on the formation of priests, Ratio Fundamentalis Institutiones Sacerdotalis.

Equipping educators with strategies for coping with classroom behaviors – while also helping them maintain their own emotional and psychological wellbeing – was the objective of the 61st annual Fall Conference on Friday, Oct. 27, at St. Joseph, Rice Lake.

When Pat and Kenna Millea spoke at a mental health workshop in Rice Lake in 2022, they cited statistics: 96 percent of teens say anxiety and depression are a problem, with 70 percent of them identifying it as a major issue.

Carol Gilson, winner of the 2023 Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s Pax Christi Award, was described as “a woman whose mere presence is evangelizing.”

The 150th anniversary for Ashland’s Our Lady of the Lake Parish was many months in the making, but the history and heritage behind this sesquicentennial celebration is comprised of generations of Catholic laity and missionary religious.

The Diocese of Superior’s second annual Homeschool Conference will take place at St. Joseph Church in Rice Lake on Saturday, Sept. 16.

From Aug. 20-22, the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship hosted its annual Parish Catechetical Leadership Conference at St. Joseph Church in Rice Lake.

“You cannot explain the noise, noise, noise,” Katie Zenner of Medford said, describing the scene of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Aug. 1-6.

Jen Metzger is the new associate director of the Office of Evangelization; her title is Associate Director for Youth Discipleship.

“How important you are to our diocesan church,” Bishop James P. Powers said to more than 100 couples celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2023.

This summer, two diocesan churches are celebrating the completion of major building projects, bringing to fruition plans developed decades earlier.

Friar Nathan Linton was ordained to the priesthood for the Capuchin Franciscan order by Bishop Jeffrey Haines, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Milwaukee, on Saturday, June 24.

The 73rd annual Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s Convention was opened by President Bridgette Adler invoking the relationships that had brought women to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rice Lake.

A childhood member of Nativity of Our Lord, Rhinelander, was ordained a Jesuit priest on Saturday, June 10, at the Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee.

The Diocese of Superior released Bishop James P. Power’s Pastoral Letter on Evangelization on the Feast of Pentecost, a commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ disciples that is rooted in a Jewish festival celebrating the first fruits of the wheat harvest.

“There is a lot of life and enthusiasm in our diocese,” said Chris Hurtubise, director of the Office Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship for the Diocese of Superior.

A jubilee celebration for sisters serving in the Diocese of Superior was held Wednesday, May 23, at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Catawba.

An ambiance of joyous solemnity, along with many hundreds of worshippers, filled the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, on the Feast of Pentecost.