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By Allison Gingras   By Our Kids Need This, I Mean, We Need This Vacation Bible School can be such a glorious avenue of extending faith formation during the summer. Over 10 years ago, a [...]

By Anne Carraux     “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve [...]

By Lucy Johnson Growing up across the street from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Marinette, WI, the church was literally the center of my life. It stood between my friends’ houses, my grade [...]

By Allison Gingras       Surely, I wait for the Lord; who bends down to me and hears my cry, Draws me up from the pit of destruction, out of the muddy clay, Sets my feet upon rock, [...]

By Stephanie Landsem   On St. Valentine’s Day, our hearts turn toward those we love: our sweethearts, spouses, family, and friends. When we love someone, we want to see that person [...]

By Kathleen Billings I  once heard the phrase “If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.” I think of this often as I find myself immersed in various situations and [...]

By Deborah Kendrick   Forty years after my conversion to Christianity, I came into the Catholic Church. So many treasures awaited me. To my surprise, I began to look at Jesus through the [...]

By Emily Cavins   This week let us celebrate the Holy Eucharist!   I recall our goddaughter, Mary, bouncing excitedly up to us several weeks after her First Communion, to announce she [...]

By Andrea Gibbs     In the book of Exodus, God says to Moses, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place you walk is holy ground.” Holy Ground What is holy ground? Where is it? [...]

By Crystal Crocker   “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” —Luke 3:4-6   Returning from work exhausted, I plopped down on [...]