SupCathHerald: 588 miles, 3 sacraments, 2 days

The head of an organization or company is bound to busy, but two days with Bishop Peter Christensen reveals the variety of pastoral, liturgical and administrative aspects to the job of shepherding the Diocese of Superior. The bishop celebrated two Masses, administered three sacraments and covered 588 miles of road — all in the space of 36 hours.

4:30 p.m. Arrive in Medford.

5:25 p.m. Baptism at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary parish in Medford.

As the tenth child of Karl and Ann Mahner and the 50th grandchild of Lee Mahner, Markus Peter Mahner has the honor of being baptized by Bishop Christensen.

6:23 p.m. Following the baptism of Markus, Bishop Christensen surprises the evening religious education classes at Holy Rosary with a visit.

In each class, the bishop gives an impromptu lesson based on the theme of the evening from the Beatitudes to miracles to the Eucharist.

In one class, the bishop asks, “Do you believe in miracles?” Most of the classes answers in the affirmative, while one eighth-grade In one class, the bishop asks, “Do you believe in miracles?” Most of the classes answers in the affirmative, while one eighth-grade boy says, “No.”

Bishop Christensen is not deterred: “You know what’s going to happen? God’s going to get you in some way, and then you’ll say, ‘Oh yes, I get it.’”

In another eighth-grade class, Bishop Christensen asks, “You know what I think about eight-graders?”

“We’re cool,” a teenager girl responds.

“You’re the coolest people in the world, and if you can match that coolness with faith, you’ll amaze the world,” Bishop Christensen says.

 The whole thing at Sup Cath Herald

Photo: Mary Gibson

.....cool!