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Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and Sisters of St. Paul Chartres were joined by eleven young women from Lake Superior State University, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan University on a Nun Run November 5-7, 2021. It was an opportunity to visit us and experience our Consecrated Life. Read more.>

Bishop’s Ambassadors gather again, #iGiveCatholic, Women in Philanthropy, Catholic Service Award Recipient highlight, and so much more! Click here to read more exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church.

The next generation of our faith give freely, with love and with the understanding that what we share multiplies. A Mass of Thanksgiving for physicians, healthcare providers and their spouses will soon be celebrated by our Bishop. Get your seminarian magnet, get ready for Respect Life month, learn how this Eucharistic life is like a mustard seed, keeping faith, hope and love alive in a world that is constantly on the brink of self-destruction. This and more in this month's Stewardship News!

U.P. Catholic Services Appeal (UPCSA) kick off, Carmelite Tea, Olympians, Bitcoin and so much more! Helping you to stay connected to your Yooper Church.

This summer, the stack of books by my reading chair is increasingly full of spiritual guidance. If you like reading too, check out my list of a few other books I can recommend.

Challenge campaigns around the diocese, U.P. Catholic Foundation distributes over $500,000, Women’s Recovery Center, Vacation Bible School and so much more! Click to read more about all the exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church.

Challenge gifts are a popular and effective means for incentivizing donations to church campaigns. They increases the value of donations by leveraging matching funds. Want to increase the value of your donations to the Church? Check out these 8 current challenge opportunities in the Diocese of Marquette.

For the first time, the Upper Peninsula Catholic Foundation, Inc. (UPCF) topped $500,000 in its annual grant distributions for various Catholic ministries across the Upper Peninsula. The UPCF connects faith with charitable giving through long-term support for the needs of Catholic ministries in the Diocese of Marquette.

From the upcoming July 16, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic: Read about Totus Tuus' joyful return to an in-person format and hear what this year's missionaries have to say about their experience so far this summer.

From the upcoming July 16, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic: Bishop John Doerfler recently blessed the new faith-formation facility attached to St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Houghton.

From the upcoming July 16, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic: Read about the St. Gianna Clinic located in Green Bay, Wis. and how they are helping women and families.

Father Jernej Šuštar offers a humorous and faith-filled reflection on the surprising path that led him from Slovenia to become a priest in Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga's See, the Diocese of Marquette. Introduction and blessing by Msgr. Michael Steber, pastor of St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette, Michigan.

Share your prayer intentions with Bishop John, St. Mary Catholic School graduates, the first annual Michigan Catholic Women’s Conference, summer Mass schedules, estate planning clean up and so much more.

Meet Yooper young adult Catholic Megan O'Connor, featured in our June 18, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic

View photos of the May 14, 2021 ordinations to the "transitional" diaconate of Christian Flagstadt and Brandon Yanni and the June 5, 2021 ordination of Deacon Benjamin Rivard to the priesthood.

Legacy of Faith grant announcement, newly ordained deacons, priest assignments, scripture Q&A with Bishop John and so much more. Click to read the latest Stewardship newsletter.

Get a sneak peak at our Young Adult Q&A publishing in the May 21, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic

Yoopers for Seminarians challenge reboot, scripture Q&A with Bishop John, Faithful Giving News, every day stories of Evangelization and so much more! Click to read more about all the exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church. Want to receive monthly updates from Stewardship & Development? Our vision is to call every Catholic to be a faithful steward! Click to subscribe. We will not share subscriber emails outside of our organization

Get a sneak peak at our Young Adult Q&A publishing in the April 2, 2021 issue of The U.P. Catholic

In the last 15 years of his life, Don Stanley established a trust to protect his assets and make sure those assets would be distributed according to his wishes. Among his wishes were to honor his Catholic faith by creating a legacy of care for seminarians and social services in the Upper Peninsula.