Stewardship

Read about the Executive Director’s travels to the Banana Belt, learn how you can support your parish, vocations, faith formation, and Catholic Social Services by donating to this year’s U.P. Catholic Services Appeal, and more!

Read about the Executive Director’s travels to the east side of the Upper Peninsula, learn about the Carmelite Silver Tea Craft and Bake sale, watch a Eucharistic procession on the Bayou, and more!

View recently awarded Legacy of Faith Grants in your community, register for the Annual Wedding Milestone Celebration, read an inspiring and touching story about a Michigan Pregnancy Center, and more! Click here to read more about all the exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church.

Read the fascinating history and legend of a German priest who obtained his Ph.D. at 19, moved to America, and faithfully served our beloved St. Agnes Parish in Iron River for 37 years before a tragic and untimely death.

Ask Bishop John to pray for you, view the “Now & Later” presentation on planned giving, and read about the beautiful faith of the world’s oldest man! Click to read more about all the exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church. (photo: Jhonny Parra /AFP/Getty)

Meet Rob Taylor, the new Executive Director for Stewardship and Development, view a personal message of thanks from two seminarians about to be ordained, and read a touching story about the newest Bishop’s Ambassador, Jack Feira. Click to read more about all the exciting news happening around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church.

My kid is about to graduate! For me, hanging on to gratitude is a great anchor in the undertow of life as I prepare to become an "empty nester."

Bishop Baraga’s stole refurbished, Legacy of Faith honors long-time board member, read about an encounter with Christ, and much more! Click here to read more news from around the Diocese of Marquette and stay connected to our Yooper Church.

When Bishop John Doerfler published his pastoral plan for our diocese to form Spirit-filled Evangelizers, he asked his department directors to give a brief witness talk to the Curia staff of a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. That invitation got me thinking about how most of my encounters with the Big Guy are not, at least initially, very story-worthy. If I was going to share a personal encounter, I needed it to be a story that left little room for doubt about the real presence of Christ in the encounter.

January 22, 2022 marked 49 years since the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in the United States. Since that decision almost 63 million babies have been aborted in the U.S. Have you been touched by the pain of abortion? You belong right here, with your parish family and the Church to love and support you.