everything over to God. In my mind, I said if Im going to do this, thats what I want to do, I dont want to hold anything back. I want to give all of myself, every- thing I have to God and com- pletely trust in him. So I started to look more seriously at reli- gious life and saw the Capuchins emphasis on a life of simplicity and poverty and service to the poor, and thats what began to attract me. After high school, Br. Nathan entered a college program that the Capuchins had. He studied for a year at St. Josephs College Seminary and Louisville Uni- versity, but during that time he still had questions in the back of his head about what it would have been like if he had joined a diocese. At the end of that year, I left the college program for the Capuchins and did a year of sem- inary for my diocese, which was a wonderful experience. It was a very important year, especially in the deepening of my own life of prayer through the prayer structure of St. John Vianney and St. Paul. It was during that time where I was enjoying the broth- erhood that I experienced at the seminary that I realized that it was a temporary thing, but it was something that gave me joy and something I really appreciated and that nourished my life. He began to miss the life of brotherhood that he had expe- rienced while he was with the Capuchins and started thinking about returning, realizing that the idea of brotherhood was an important part of his journey. At the end of that year, he spoke with his vocations director and eventually made the decision to enter postulancy. Ive continued in formation since, said Br. Nathan, I would describe what happened as a deepening of my own under- standing of who we are and what our life means, our life together as brothers and friars.
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he Jeremiah and Heidi Giebel family, members of St. Patricks in Hudson, were honored with the Knights of Columbus Diocese of Supe- rior Family of the Year Award for 2021.
The award was present- ed July 11 by Bishop James P. Powers and the Wiscon- sin State Council Knights of Columbus during a Mass at St. Patricks.
The Giebels were recognized for their active participation in the life of the parish, their hum- ble focus on faith, their willing- ness to help a neighbor in need whenever the situation presents itself, and their modeling as a family the qualities that are promoted by the Knights. The Giebel family truly rep- resents what the award stands for - a family who has served as an incredible inspiration to our parish, community and our council by supporting and strengthening Catholic family life, the Knights said. Their family activities are centered on faith, decisions are made based on faith, friendships are formed with others of faith, and the most important lessons the children are taught are about faith. Jeremiah is a 22-year mem- ber of St. Croix Council 1762 in Hudson.
Presenting the Knights of Columbus' Family of the Year Award were (from left) KC State Deputy Corey Coonen, State Treasurer Miles Casey, Bishop James P. Powers and Fr. John Gerritts, pastor. Members of the Jeremiah and Heidi Giebel family are: James, Maysel, Isaiah, Mary, Katherine, William, Lea, Stephen, John, Sera, Emmelia and Veronica. (Submitted photo)
Giebel family honored by Knights
Servant Leadership series has openings
There are a few openings available for the 2021-22 School of Servant Leadership series beginning Aug. 13. Christine Newkirk, director of Ecclesial Ministries and Diocesan Con- sultation for the Diocese of Superior, will conduct the pro- gram, which is designed to bring together people who aspire to leadership positions in the community, church and business and embrace their vocation to serve the world and the church. If interested, contact Newkirk at cnewkirk@catholicdos.org, or email administrative assis- tant Carol Grund at cgrund@ catholicdos.org to register.
Tern habitat restored
Between April 2020 and April 2021, habitat restoration work on 8.4 acres of Interstate Island in the Duluth-Superior harbor enhanced the islands nesting area for the common tern. The islands tern population had been reduced by roughly 50 percent due to high-water levels and looding and an increase in the number of ring-billed gulls, a natural predator of terns. The restoration work included creat- ing nesting space on the island at a higher elevation to protect from looding. The work cost roughly $2.8 million.
Br. Nathan Linton , native of Cumberland and son of Dcn. Steve and Mary Linton, professed his perpetual vows as a Capuchin Franciscan in Milwaukee on July 16 along with three other Capuchin friars. (Facebook Photo: Midwest Capuchin Friar Vocation Office)
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ROME (CNS) - Restarting local economies with a focus on providing adequate food for all the worlds people means govern- ments must involve and listen to small farmers and farming fam- ilies, Pope Francis said. Closed and conflicting - but powerful - economic interests have pre- vented us from designing a food system that responds to the values of the common good, solidarity and the culture of encounter, the pope said in a message read July 26 at a preparatory meeting in Rome for the U.N. Food Sys- tems Summit in September. The rural sector of the local and global economy provides so much of the food people consume, but people living in rural areas and working the land are rarely a priority in political and economic decision making, he said in the message read by Archbishop Paul R. Galla- gher, the Vatican foreign minister.
To feed the world, start with family farms, pope says
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