Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Jun 22, 2010
Last Sunday I attended the final Mass celebrated at St. Joseph Church in Norman. Never having been to Norman, located on Highway G about 23 miles southwest of Green Bay, I relied on a GPS navigator to point me in the right direction.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Jun 17, 2010
Our next issue of The Compass will include a Senior Life section. One of the stories we're featuring is about a Wii bowling league at Felician Village in Manitowoc. Our correspondent Rachel Gretzinger interviewed some of the senior Wii bowlers.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Apr 10, 2010
What do you do when your parish's Catholic school has financial problems and is faced with possible closure? For Jenn Wood, a member of St. Mary Parish in Bear Creek, the answer was easy: create a Facebook Fan page, seeking prayers and support from the Facebook community.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Feb 27, 2010
I spent part of a recent afternoon photographing stained glass windows at Allouez Catholic Cemetery. I discovered the windows on an earlier visit to the cemetery and mausoleum and knew I had to return for photos.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Feb 20, 2010
Photography is one of my favorite hobbies. It's actually more than a hobby; it's been part of my work for more than two decades. I'm fortunate to take on photo assignments in my work at The Compass. One of the challenges in photography is envisioning the photo assignment. The photojournalist's studio is the world -- indoors and outdoors, exposed to a range of environmental hurdles.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Oct 30, 2009
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St. Norbert College announced this week that Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Paprocki, known to hockey fans as "The Holy Goalie," will make an appearance in De Pere Nov. 5.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Oct 2, 2009
Culled from the pages of other diocesan newspapers:
The Catholic New World of Chicago: In her “Church Clips” column, Dolores Madlener reports that actress Joan Cusack will be honored at the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women’s fall luncheon Oct. 24.
Cusack, whose film credits include School of Rock (2003), Raising Helen (2004) and My Sister’s Keeper (2009), will be honored as the ACCW’s first “Outstanding Catholic Woman of the Year.” She is a member of Old St. Patrick’s Parish in Des Plaines.
The New World’s Sept. 27-Oct. 10 issue is also marking the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Chicago. A cover photo and a center-spread feature by assistant editor Michelle Martin celebrate the historic visit.
The Visitor of St. Cloud, Minn.: Staff writer Sue Schulzetenberg writes that the Crosier religious order commemorated their 800th anniversary and their 100th anniversary in the United State on Sept. 13. A Mass attended by about 850 people at St. Mary’s Cathedral marked the historic occasion. The Crosiers have their U.S. headquarters in Phoenix, but have been in Minnesota since 1909.
The Catholic Spirit of St. Paul and Minneapolis: In a special section Sept. 10, the archdiocesan newspaper honored 15 business people who are guided by their Catholic values. It is the eighth year that the newspaper has honored members of the business community with the “Leading With Faith” recognition. Nominees, who work in fields such as financial advising and automotive repair to parish social justice ministry and computer support consulting, follow business practices that “reflect the teachings of Jesus Christ and the church.”
The Catholic Herald, Superior, Wis.: For the first time in 17 years, the Superior diocesan newspaper has a new look. Managing editor Megan Miller announced the changes in the Sept. 17 edition.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Aug 11, 2009
Does your parish offer a pet blessing for the feast of St. Francis of Assisi? If so, St. Anthony Messenger's online publication,
AmericanCatholic.org, wants to know about it.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Jun 30, 2009
The Catholic press lost one of its matriarchs last week when Ethel Gintoft, former associate publisher and executive editor of the Milwaukee Catholic Herald, passed away June 24 (read the Catholic Herald obituary here). Ethel, who was 83, served for 20 years in those roles and worked at the Catholic Herald for more than 35 years. She retired in 2001.
Posted by: Sam Lucero
on Jun 16, 2009
Here at The Compass, we've been using the microblogging web application Twitter since last February, when we redesigned our Web site. We use Twitter to post updates of stories that appear on our Web site, to share with our followers other Catholic-related stories from around the world, and to inform people about interesting happenings around the diocese and at The Compass.
To date, we have 250 followers, give or take a few that seem to be added or dropped each day. "Followers" are fellow Twitterers who sign up to follow your updates. Most of our followers, obviously, are Catholics, Catholic organizations and members of the media.
While in Anaheim last month, I was able to use Twitter to update our followers on the events taking place at the Catholic Media Convention (#CMC09). Even during our award banquet on a Friday evening, I posted in real time the award winners from Wisconsin.
On a more serious note, journalists and private citizens in Iran are providing updates on the riots taking place there following the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. By inserting a hash tag -- #iranelection -- on Twitter's search engine, you get can constant updates (140 characters or less) from Iran. By using a Twitter companion site such as TwitPic, one is able to post photos to an account that links to Twitter. It's really an amazing way to communicate.
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