Brucer Nufer of Menasha completed a restoration project on a life-size statue of Jesus outside of SS. Peter and Paul Church in Institute by making concrete castings of his own hands to replace the ones he removed. Read More…

This summer, the Diocese of Green Bay is sponsoring “Love Begins Here” service opportunities for middle school and high school youth. Participants “encounter Jesus Christ in a life-changing way” through weeklong local mission trips. Read More…

Bishop David Ricken ordained Patrick Costello to the priesthood on July 3 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. Fr. Costello is assigned to St. Pius X Parish in Appleton. A graduate of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., he will also serve as a Navy chaplain. Read More…

Antigo’s Ellie Payant served six months in Arusha, Tanzania, where she helped in a clinic and primary school while living with the Carmelite Sisters at the Lumen Christi Institute. “I have a wandering heart,” said the 24-year-old Payant. Read More…

Bishop David Ricken has lifted the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. The obligation will return on Sunday, Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. Read More…

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NATION/WORLD

Cuban exiles living in Miami gathered July 13 for Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity to pray for freedom in their homeland. “The young people have reached the point where they cannot stand it anymore,” said one person. Read More…

Galen Rupp, 35, a 2004 graduate of Portland’s Central Catholic High School and a devout Catholic who utters prayers as he runs, will compete in the men’s marathon at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. The track and field events begin July 30. Read More…

U.S. bishops are responding to Pope Francis’ apostolic letter “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of the Tradition”), which declares the liturgical books promulgated after the Second Vatican Council to be “the unique expression of the law of worship of the Roman Rite.” Read More…

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“Since the dawn of time, God has always demonstrated his love for us through signs and wonders,” writes Julianne Stanz. “God is speaking all the time if we have eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart that feels his presence.” Read More…

Fr. John Girotti recalls a recent drive past his old Catholic grade school. It brought back memories of recess, time on the playground and the unpleasant experiences of being bullied. Petty cruelties in adulthood still happen and still hurt, he notes. Read More…

Americans are familiar with the stars and stripes of the U.S. flag, but are you familiar with the Vatican City flag? It dates to June 7, 1929, the day that the Lateran Treaty was signed by Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Gasparri. Read More…

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