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1.1KSummer is near. It is time to enjoy the weather, get outdoors, visit relatives or just get away.
By now, your vacation plans are likely in place. Planning is important when we want to hold off stress and just relax....
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1.2KHow are sacraments personal encounters with the living God?
Well into my adult life, I would say my prayers, but didn’t understand that I could have an actual experiential relationship with...
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1.2KWho is your Easter hero?
Whew. Lent is over! Now it is time to get on with life or get back to living. At least that is...
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2.1KBishop William Patrick Callahan leads the opening Mass for the sesquicentennial celebration of the Diocese of La Crosse
St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien was filled with excitement and reverence as Bishop William Patrick Callahan opened the diocesan...
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1.4KThe 40 days of Lent
How fasting, prayer and almsgiving unite us with Christ’s ministry and sacrifice History of Lent What did fasting used to look like?...
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From slavery to joy and hopefulness
St. Josephine Bakhita | Feast Day: Feb. 8 Kidnapped. Beaten. Sold. So traumatized she forgot her own name. This is the horrifying...
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1.1KThe St. Nick you never knew
A jolly man in a red suit or a fourth century bishop? Did you know that, at one time, the real St....
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1.8KAdvent – Jesus is coming!
This year, the season of Advent begins on Sunday, Dec. 3. Advent covers the four weeks that we set aside for preparing...
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1.3KSt. Leo the Great – Feast Day: Nov. 10
A man of peace, a pastoral pope, a preacher, and a staunch defender of doctrine; Pope St. Leo the Great managed to...
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1.8KWhat is the Communion of Saints?
During November, the Catholic Church draws our attention to the doctrine of the Communion of Saints in a very special way. On...