Catholic identity tops Fall Conference agenda

From The Superior Catholic Herald...
 

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.

“Life Centered in Christ” is the theme of the 2022 gathering, which will take place at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rice Lake, on Friday, Nov. 4. The day kicks off with registration at 8 a.m., followed by a 9 a.m. Mass with Bishop James P. Powers. The event concludes at 3 p.m.

For the past two years, the conference has been virtual – due to the pandemic in 2020 and a late resurgence of COVID across the diocese in 2021 – so Peggy Schoenfuss, superintendent of diocesan Catholic schools and director of the Office of Catholic Formation, said this year she wants to take the opportunity to go back to basics, emphasizing that the primary mission of Catholic schools is to share the faith.

The annual conference has always functioned as a sort of diocesan family reunion for educators, school staff, catechists, those serving in parish-level ministries, clergy and religious, who typically attend Mass and two keynote presentations together before dividing into smaller groups for afternoon breakout sessions.

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