From the Bishop
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254Special Event
This article was posted on: October 3, 2023
The dictionary defines the word “gift” as “a thing given willingly to someone without payment: a present. These gifts are usually associated...
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399Inspiration and expression
This article was posted on: July 11, 2023
“Called by Jesus Christ to ‘Seek first the Kingdom of God,’ we are the Diocese of La Crosse: a sacramental people who...
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452On Being Human
This article was posted on: May 9, 2023
So many times when I hear the expression “I’m only human,” often used to acknowledge one’s fallibility or deflect criticism, I find...
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414Being and Remaining A Catholic
This article was posted on: February 28, 2023
“The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that...
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274The Wideness of God’s Call
This article was posted on: January 3, 2023
As we begin the new year and make a new start, many look to this time as a source of hope and...
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649History, mystery and majesty
This article was posted on: December 2, 2022
REVELATION OF ADVENT The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that the character of Advent is on Christ, but the focus is...
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510And at Last Comes Death
This article was posted on: November 2, 2022
In possibly his most magnificent written work, St. Francis of Assisi gave us the “Canticle of Brother Sun.” It was sung as...
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584World Mission Sunday 2022 – October 23
This article was posted on: October 17, 2022
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,May the Lord give you peace. In the missionary activity of the Church, the Year of...
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569Vocation – The Call That Deserves an Answer
This article was posted on: September 6, 2022
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that the whole Church is a priestly people. Through baptism, all the faithful share...
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737I will love you forever
This article was posted on: July 1, 2022
In the lives of men and women, few situations create more “drama” than the preparation for and the actual living out of...