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The 2025/26 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) kickoff has started in our summer visitor parishes, with the general launch for the entire Diocese scheduled for the weekend of September 20-21. Look for the CSA Booklet, which will arrive in your mailbox soon. It includes a heartfelt letter from Bishop Powers and a pledge envelope. Bishop Powers has set a personal goal of 100% participation to show our solidarity in living out his Pastoral Plan on Evangelization and Discipleship. By participating, you are joining a collective effort to spread the Gospel and grow our faith community.

RESCHEDULED: March for Life Wisconsin has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 26, 2025. This is due to the recently organized, national mass demonstrations this Saturday, June 14, which are expected to draw thousands marching up to and around the Capitol. Streets around the Capitol will also be closed which will make movement very difficult. In the interest of ensuring the safety of our attendees, including families with children, this joyful and peaceful march to protect every human life has been rescheduled to 2-4pm on Saturday, July 26, 2025, on the State Street steps at the State Capitol in Madison. Please join us then to stand for life! Future updates will be shared on the March for Life Wisconsin website, MarchforLifeWisconsin.org.

The Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC), the public policy voice of Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops, celebrates today’s victory for Catholic Charities at the United States Supreme Court. The Court’s 9-0 decision in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission reversed a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it determined that the Diocese of Superior Catholic Charities Bureau (CCB) was not operated “primarily for a religious purpose.”

On behalf of myself, the priests, lay leaders, and parishioners of the Diocese of Superior, we join the Universal Church in heartfelt joy and gratitude for the gift of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.

"Peace be with all of you!" - the first words of Pope Leo XIV. The Conclave has elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome. The new pope was announced to the waiting crowds by Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti.

Representatives from the Diocese of Superior’s 103 parishes gathered Tuesday, April 8, for the annual Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: During this Jubilee of Hope and joyful celebration of the Risen Christ, during this Octave of Easter, we are saddened by the death of our Pope Francis. During his pontificate, Pope Francis always emphasized that hope is a belief in a future given by God through the Resurrection of Christ. May we always heed that message of hope as we continue to celebrate a time of rejoicing and reflection on the new life offered through Christ's resurrection. May the Lord guide the soul of Pope Francis to everlasting life. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. In Christ, +James Powers

In the parish hall at St. Peter, Cameron, on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 18, Bishop James P. Powers and members of his Diocesan Planning Committee rolled out the new Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan before a crowd of deacons and priests from across the diocese.

Three retreat weekends for adults were hosted by the Diocese of Superior this winter, organized by the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship’s associate director, Loree Nauertz.

Diocese of Superior Bishop James P. Powers, clergy from parishes across the diocese and Chancery officials gathered Tuesday, Feb. 18, at St. Peter, Cameron, for the introduction of the new Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan.

Recalibrating our Structure to Move on Mission - includes letter, plan, and timeline.

A lifelong catechist and youth minister serving the parishes of St. John in Webster, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Danbury and Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Crescent Lake, Gwendolyn Nies was honored as the 2024 Pax Christi Award winner at the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s annual convention in Cumberland last summer.

In light of the 2025 Jubilee Year in the global Catholic Church, Diocese of Superior’s Director of Ecclesial Ministries and Diocesan Consultation Christine Newkirk led one of the three professional development days on the topic. More than two dozen parish leadership personnel, including permanent deacons and priests, gathered on Jan. 14 at St. Joseph Parish in Hayward to learn and share.

On Sunday, Dec. 29, Bishop James P. Powers opened the Holy Door for the Ordinary Jubilee Year for the Diocese of Superior at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior. This act coincided with similar celebrations around the globe in Catholic cathedrals and specially appointed shrines after Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Christmas Eve.

Articulating the “deep and beautiful call” to share the faith, theologian Dr. Ryan Hanning presented two keynote addresses – one on the pillars of Catholic education, another on happiness and purpose – at the Diocese of Superior’s 2024 Fall Conference.