The Knights of Columbus hosted the Free Throw District Contest on Feb. 6.

Father Jorge Canela, pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral, took a large group of young men interested in entering the seminary for a visit to Conception Seminary.

The 17th annual Valentine Dinner hosted by St. Libory Church in St . Libory was Feb. 13 at St. Libory’s parish hall.

The Chadron Newman Center hosted a Busy Person's Retreat during the last week of February.

Catholics Encounter Christ (CEC) held a women's retreat at Camp Comeca in March. For more information on CEC and yearly March retreats, contact

St. Joseph's Altar Society in Chappell held a fundraiser Feb. 12 for the church.

Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt shares a message with students, parents and teachers Feb. 1 at North Platte Catholic Schools during Catholic Schools Week. (Photo by Job Vigil/North Platte Telegraph)

Eleanor Nielsen, 90, of Dannebrog, mother of West Nebraska Catholic associate editor Colleen Gallion,  died Feb. 7, 2022, at home with her children by her side.

Local police and investigators ate lunch with students at McDaid Elementary in North Platte during Catholic Schools week.

St. John the Evangelist in Stapleton was drawn as the winner of the rebate incentive drawing for the 2021/22 Diocesan Appeal by reaching their dollar and donor goal

22 youth and 4 leaders from the Diocese of Grand Island will attend March for Life 2022 in Washington, D.C.

A check for $2,250 was presented to Bishop Hanefeldt on January 14th by the officers of Shoot 4 Life.

Sister Philomene Reiland, 80, of Concordia, Kan., died Aug. 2, 2021, at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia.  

Dominican Sister of Peace Collette Marie Bauer, OP (93), a native of Spalding, died Jan. 5, 2022, at Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Ky. 

St. Elizabeth’s in Oshkosh, a mission of St. Joseph’s in Chappell, recently installed new carpet outside the front door of the church.

Nearly 500 people attended the 27th annual G.O.L.D. dinner and auction in November.

It was cookie time with Santa at Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Paul along with chicken noodle soup and chili.