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March 14, 2025Last year marked the first time the Diocese of Superior participated in “Safe Haven Sunday,” an annual effort encouraging priests and parishes to address pornography’s societal harms.Read More
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March 14, 2025In 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.Read More -
February 28, 2025Three 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.Read More -
February 28, 2025Diocese 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.Read More -
February 19, 2025Recalibrating our Structure to Move on Mission - includes letter, plan, and timeline.Read More -
February 14, 2025A 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.Read More -
February 14, 2025In 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.Read More -
January 24, 2025A statement from Bishop Powers regarding the current immigration situation.Read More
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January 17, 2025On 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.Read More -
January 3, 2025The Diocese of Superior’s Men’s and Women’s Retreats are now open for registration. Both events will be offered again at Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego, the former Heartwood Resort, but registration will be handled differently than in the past.Read More
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November 22, 2024Articulating 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.Read More -
November 8, 2024“How wonderful, how good it is that we come to delight in the Lord,” Bishop James P. Powers affirmed in his homily at the Mass for the Diocese of Superior’s Fall Conference on Friday, Oct. 25, at St. Joseph in Rice Lake.Read More -
October 30, 2024For many years, the Catholic Diocese of Superior has been fortunate to invite and sponsor international priests to serve our 103 parishes and communities. As we continue to encounter a shortage of diocesan and religious order priests to serve our parishes, the diocese relies greatly on international priests to fill the gap. Sadly, we are facing the reality that these international priests, and other religious workers, serving here and around the country, are being forced to return home after five years due to a change in statutory interpretation made last year by the U.S. Department of State. This change, which resulted in approximately 100,000 immigration cases being moved into the EB-4 category, will have a negative impact on our parishes and local communities.Read More
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October 29, 2024On November 2, All Souls’ Day, Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops will release the 4th edition of their pastoral letter on end of life decisions, Now and at the Hour of Our Death. The letter voices the bishops’ concern and compassion for those facing critical life and death decisions and shares a moral framework for making such decisions. Like the previous editions, the 4th edition of the pastoral letter is both a planning tool and a moral guide to prepare for the end of life and to relieve some of the pain, sadness, and anxiety that dying entails.Read More -
October 25, 2024When Francesca LaRosa was in high school, she was active in musical theatre but never given a part in any play. Instead, she was always sent to the pit, where her skills as a pianist were needed. But ultimately this disappointment grew into a blessing when she was asked to compose bridges – music bridging the gaps between songs – and that experience blossomed into a passion for musical composition and a career.Read More -
October 24, 2024A newspaper called the Wisconsin Catholic Tribune has been sent to some Catholic households in Wisconsin. This direct mail piece, which is political in nature, is not a publication from the Catholic Church in Wisconsin and the publishers do not have permission to present their content as Catholic.Read More
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October 11, 2024“Numbers were up this year,” Loree Nauertz reported regarding the Diocese of Superior’s third annual Homeschooling Conference. Nauertz, who serves as assistant director for the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship, said 65 adults and children were registered for the Sept. 28 event held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake.Read More -
September 27, 2024A homesteading theology professor with 10 children and an extensive background in education is the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Superior’s 62nd annual Fall Conference on Friday, Oct. 25, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake.Read More -
September 13, 2024Tina Strub comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and expertise when it comes to homeschooling. She has helped many families over the years navigate their way through this calling, whether it was for one year or multiple years. She will be the featured speaker at the Diocese of Superior’s third annual Homeschool Conference at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake on Saturday, Sept. 28.Read More
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August 30, 2024The Diocese of Superior hosted its first Level II training of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Aug. 5-10 at St. Joseph in Rice Lake.Read More
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