A Message from the Bishop:
Welcome to the website of the Diocese of Superior. Our diocese is blessed with many talented and faithful people who carry out the work of God each day. They can be found in the various diocesan, parochial, education, and social service institutions of our diocese.
 We pray that this website will enable you to find information and assistance. We invite you to browse around and familiarize yourself with some of the things God is accomplishing in the Church of Superior.
Most Reverend Peter Christensen
Bishop of Superior
Headline News
Speaker Focuses on Financing Catholic Schools
George Hofbauer speaks on “Designing a Comprehensive Catholic School Development Program” at the Eleventh Annual Stewardship Day in Hudson.
 Among those in attendance were pastors, principals, administrators and stewardship committee members - representing seven Catholic schools.
Nationally respected for his work in Catholic school development, Hofbauer spent the day sharing his thirty years of experience as principal, teacher and development specialist at St. Joseph School in Seattle, Washington.
Diocesan Video Greeting to the Holy Father
Shown Prior to Papal Mass
Prior to the 10:00 a.m. Papal Mass on April 17, a three hour program that included short video greetings from dioceses around the country was presented on the Washington National's stadium Jumbotron.
 "The Diocese of Superior was asked to submit a video that captures the diversity of our Church," said Steve Tarnowski, Director of Development. "We tried to convey the enthusiasm of the Catholic faithful, as well as the ethnic, geographic, and generational diversity of the diocese in a 90 second video."
View Papal Greeting
Glenwood City native serves Vatican mission to United Nations
A.M. Kelley
Catholic Herald
SUPERIOR – Luke Swanepoel believes that people the world over are looking for ways to identify with each other, and amid all the differences it’s his job to help bridge the divides.
This Wisconsin man is the legal attaché to Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the apostolic nuncio to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York City.
The “mission” is analogous to a U.N. embassy with Migliore as its ambassador and Swanepoel his legal advisor. Together with the others on the small mission staff, they cover a broad number of issues affecting international peace and the economic and social wellbeing of the world’s citizens.
“It’s a far cry from a farm in Glenwood,” Swanepoel said during a phone interview with the Catholic Herald in March.
The 27-year-old is the son of Diane and Robert Swanepoel, lifelong members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Glenwood City. He’ll turn 28 on April 16, a birthday he shares with Pope Benedict XVI, whom he will lunch with during the pope’s upcoming visit to the United Nations.
Go to the Catholic Herald Website for the rest of the story
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