NORWAY — On Christmas Eve, St. Mary Catholic Church in Norway opened its doors for services after a three-month renovation. Construction began in October, with many church volunteers doing the demolition work. “It only took two days to remove and dispose of material,” said the Rev. ...
Students at Bishop Baraga Catholic School each year participate in an Advent Prayer Exchange. This year each student was given the name of a resident at a local care center or assisted living facility, along with two ornaments. The students decorated the first ornament to be sent to their ...
NORWAY — Grace United Methodist Church in Norway will offer a free community meal from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The menu will include turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green bean bake, dinner rolls and pumpkin pie. There is no cost for the dinner. The free meals will be ...
Dr. Smiley Blanton tells the story of a patient who saw a Bible on his desk. He was asked if he, being a psychiatrist, read the Bible. He told the patient, “I not only read it. I study it. It’s the greatest textbook on human behavior ever put together. If people would just absorb its ...
NORWAY — Grace United Methodist Church in Norway will offer a free community meal from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. The menu will be pork chop suey, dinner roll, fruit and dessert. Meals can be picked up curbside at the church. Delivery also is available in the Norway area. To ...
KC Council 2300 photo Deacon Terry Verville recently led a prayer service for the victims of abortion at the Resthaven Cemetery in Iron River. The service consisted of several prayers, recitation of the Rosary, meditating on the Sorrowful Mysteries, followed by a closing prayer and blessing. ...
KINGSFORD — Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Kingsford will have a takeout Swedish Meatball Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the church, at 420 W. Breitung Ave. in Kingsford. Take-out plates will be $8 each and come with Swedish meatballs and gravy over mashed potatoes, corn, ...
MARQUETTE — St. Cecilia, St. Francis of Assisi and St. John Henry Newman are sharing their stories and coming into homes throughout the Upper Peninsula via YouTube. The saint skits are part of this year’s digital programming led by Totus Tuus missionaries for the Diocese of Marquette. ...
MARQUETTE — Legacy of Faith has been awarding grants to Catholic parishes, schools and social services since 2002. The latest round of grants approved for 2020-2021 mark the endowment fund’s 20th year of grant making. Terri Gadzinski has been director since the fund’s inception. “We ...
Health, wealth, power, love and fame seem to be at the top of many lists for those seeking greatness. Yet many who have attained these very things are bored, unhappy and depressed. If none of these things truly satisfy, what or who can? A couple falls in love and say they have found the ...
It’s been said that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. That speaks to me of a powerful influence. We admire the potter who takes a shapeless glob of clay, molds and forms it into a beautiful vase or other useful article. The potter has a vision of what that glob of clay can ...
Bishop Baraga Catholic School in Iron Mountain is using technology to teach and stay in contact with students. Parents are picking up academic packets and items for their children to continue learning at home. Ann Brown teaches her fourth grade student, Michael Covitz, using an online meeting ...
KINGSFORD — The First Presbyterian Church of Kingsford will continue to provide free meals to the community as they have done every Monday for the past 17 years. Meals will be prepared, packaged and delivered on a “drive through” basis from 5 to 5:30 p.m. each Monday, starting today, ...
KINGSFORD — The First Presbyterian Church of Kingsford will continue to provide free meals to the community as they have done every Monday for the past 17 years. Meals will be prepared, packaged and delivered on a “drive through” basis from 5 to 5:30 p.m. each Monday until given the ...
MARQUETTE — Bishop John Doerfler of the Diocese of Marquette has suspended public Masses in the diocese, which covers the Upper Peninsula, through April 5. All Catholics are dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass during this time. “This is a time for all of us to pray and trust in ...
MARQUETTE — Bishops representing leadership from Michigan’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church issued a joint statement Friday in response to Gov. Whitmer’s recommendations regarding the growing public health crisis around COVID-19. Episcopal Churches in the ...
When we go to a doctor or a dentist for treatment of a problem, we usually have to go more than once to have it taken care of. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, if it takes more than one session of prayer to clear up some spiritual ailment! In Mark’s Gospel we read about Jesus healing a ...
One of the greatest compliments someone can give is to say, “That man is the salt of the earth.” This implies that person really gives flavor to the life of others. Many years ago there was a television program called “Life is Worth Living” by Bishop Fulton Sheen. His talks were so ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — It is the season once again for “sugaring off,” and in honor of this harbinger of spring, the Bay West LIFE group will present Tom Andes, who manages and taps 500 sugar maples every year, at the meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in Fornetti Hall at Bay College West in Iron ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain invites the community to Lenten services Wednesday. Soup supper is planned before the service from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. in the fellowship hall , with worship beginning at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. The church is at ...