Will Peterson, founder of Modern Catholic Pilgrim, visited the diocese in late August to make a 130-mile walking pilgrimage known as The Wisconsin Way. He plans to promote this pilgrimage through his agency. Read More…

Green Bay Catholic Charities will offer assistance to Afghan refugees via their Immigration and Refugee Services. They are asking parishes to partner with them and collect new clothes for refugees currently at Fort McCoy. Read More… 

Bishop David Ricken celebrated Mass and offered a special blessing to couple who celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2021. The Mass, attended by nearly 70 couples, was held at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Aug. 22. Read More…

A new Catholic high school opened its doors this fall in Kaukauna. St. Ignatius Chesterton Academy is part of a classical education school system. Read More…

It takes faith to be a farmer, and Justin Schroepfer, a member of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Neva, lives and shares his faith daily. “Farming is a real community and … there are always 15 guys you can call, and they will be right there,” says Schroepfer. Read More…

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NATION/WORLD

More than 30,000 people, the majority wearing masks, attended a Byzantine Divine Liturgy Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated by Pope Francis. The pope was in Slovakia Sept. 12-15 for a brief pastoral visit. Read More…

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a retired captain of the New York Fire Department who helped recover the remains of those killed in the Twin Towers said the country should never forget what took place that day. Read More…

Emily Burke, 22, is ready to turn Pope Francis’s teachings on the environment into a career as she begins doctoral studies this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Burke was invited to be a leader during the Catholic Climate Covenant’s second biennial “Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church” conference last July. Read More…

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Columnist Julianne Stanz says that brokenness caused by suffering is a touchstone of God’s grace. “Through suffering, our heart is expanded, we see more clearly and we understand more deeply.” Read More…

In his column this month, Fr. John Girotti speaks about a standoff he had with a killdeer bird outside his home and how the bird represents the courage and fearlessness we can have in our Catholic faith. Read More…

The sorrows of Mary are tied to the suffering and death of her son upon the cross at Calvary. The sorrows of Mary became a devotion in the church around the late 11th century and focused at first on only five sorrows. Over time, the sorrows of Mary expanded in number and scope. Read More…

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