CCW award winner ‘living witness to Gospel life’

From The Superior Catholic Herald...
 

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.” In the dossier presented for her nomination, women who know her wrote that it is her “ordinary, daily acts of compassion that make her so loved by our congregation for her living witness to Gospel life.”

Gilson is a member of Holy Family Parish in Woodruff and has lived in the Minocqua area since she and her husband, Leland, opened a bait shop in 1969. Both were employed by U.S. Plywood in Algoma but he had always wanted to move north. When an ad in the paper alerted them to the business for sale, they took some time before moving forward with the purchase.

“It was quite an investment,” Gilson admitted, quickly adding how much they enjoyed the 26 years they ran the business. “I don’t think we had more than six people that were crabby. Everybody was coming up for vacation; they were all ready to do what they wanted.” She loved seeing the visitors’ faces going from tired to revived over the course of their stay.

The award-winner’s natural outward focus was highlighted in the dossier. “Reaching out to others is woven into the fabric of her character,” it was said.

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