From the Bishop
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EASTER JOY and THE SPARKS OF HOLINESS
When I first arrived in La Crosse, nearly 10 years ago, one of the first thoughts I had centered on was the...
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Lent and sacrifice – TIME TO REFLECT
Ash Wednesday is a significant time on the calendar and in our spiritual lives in particular because it is the start of...
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The Wideness of God’s Call to Sanctity
The Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians offers some great insights for us moderns to peer into what God may have...
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The Fear of the Lord
At the beginning of religious life, aspirants to any given community serve a period of time called the novitiate. The time frame...
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Intimate the Love of God Our Father
Jesus instructed: “Unless you become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 18:3) The unfortunate and incorrect interpretation...
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A Treasury of Knowledge and A Lifetime of Service
It began the survey of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Catholic Life magazine with the Gift of Wisdom. Wisdom,...
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Strength and Courage – The Gift of Fortitude
The Gift of Fortitude fills us with the spirit of professing and defending our Catholic Faith in an age of relativism and...
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PENTECOST NOVENA IN THE CHURCH
The word “novena” is rarely heard these days in the Church. When I was a little boy, my mother was constantly involved...
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The Spirit of Counsel
As a regular reader of our magazine, you may have detected a theme that is running this year. We, of course, are...
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The Gift of Understanding
In a prayer attributed to the authorship of St. Francis of Assisi, a petition is offered that God would grant grace for...