Local Stories

Read on to learn more about the sports offered to students at Catholic Schools around the diocese.

The Yoopers for Life attended the 2025 March for Life in January. Read on to learn more about their experience marching for life.

Diocesan seminarians James Domitrovich, Alexander Gilliam and William Heller have completed their first semester of the propaedeutic stage at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Read on to learn more about the propaedeutic stage of seminary.

Angie and Jerry Mazurek, parents of diocesan seminarian Dcn. Zack Mazurek, reflect on their son's call to the priesthood.

Two of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Iron Mountain, share their vocation stories. Read on to find out more.

As Catholics prepare their hearts and homes this Advent for the coming of our Savior on Christmas, familiar and beloved traditions fill homes and parishes as families and communities gather to celebrate the season. Check out the following story to learn about some of the favorite Christmas traditions of Frs. Vinoy Panthilapadam and Bernard Acquaah-Badu.

Hannah O’Brien shares thoughts on married life and raising young children in the Catholic faith.

The Bishop Baraga Association will soon have a newly translated book written by Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga available for purchase, titled “Heavenly Flowers,” originally written in 1846.