Parishes around the Diocese of Superior are hosting retreats and events during Lent to help Catholics prepare for Easter.

The new calendar year began with the Rusk County Catholic Community’s Hispanic celebration of Epiphany at St. Mary’s Church in Bruce.

One of the primary characteristics of a Catholic education is the incorporation of Christian faith and morality. This includes subject matter such as building the foundation of a life on the Word of God, developing a life of prayer and confidence in God, striving to live like Christ, serving him and others and always being open to personal growth and conversion.

“God is always the source and the object of glory when a miracle takes place.”

The Diocese of Superior and the Diocese of La Crosse are collaborating for the first, and what they hope will be annual, Wisconsin Culture of Life Summit.

A Life in the Spirit Seminar will take place the evening of Friday, Jan. 27, and all day Saturday, Jan. 28, at St. Bridget Church in River Falls.

“Creating Joyful Servants: Our Response to God’s Grace” is the theme of the Diocese of Superior’s 2023 Music Ministry Workshop and Retreat.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI passed away Dec. 31 at 9:34 a.m. in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens. Pope Francis is scheduled to preside over the funeral Mass Jan. 5 in St. Peter's Square.

Before I began working at Holy Family, I started attending Professional Development Days offered by the diocese.

A “troublemaker” who was expelled from public school in seventh grade, Dr. R. Jared Staudt was taken in by a Catholic school despite the principal’s misgivings.

In an afternoon keynote at the Diocese of Superior’s 2022 Fall Conference, presenter Michael Grasinski immediately captured his audience’s attention when he said the Rice Lake area and the Diocese of Superior are his favorite places to visit across the entire United States.

The 2022 Fall Conference organized by the Diocese of Superior’s Offices of Catholic Formation and Superintendent of Schools Peggy Schoenfuss took place on Friday, Nov. 4, at St. Joseph’s Church in Rice Lake.

“We come to celebrate the gift of life. We come to answer that call of our God. We come to recommit ourselves,” Bishop James P. Powers said in opening his homily for the annual diocesan Gathering for Life held at St. Patrick Church in Hudson on Oct. 22.

Building and maintaining a strong Catholic identity in the diocese’s 14 Catholic schools will be the focus of the Diocese of Superior’s first in-person Fall Conference in three years.

JulieAnne Johnson, who lives in Rice Lake, joined the diocesan staff this summer.